How's the economy treating you these days?

4 years for me. i work for a small, family-owned business. we are holding our own, but i know profits for the owners have dropped off to nothing. going to need a raise of some kind in the next year or may have to find a part-time job to suppliment income.

 

Rest easy boys, knowing the bigshots that caused this economic mess are up and running again with their multi million dollar bonuses.

 

Indeed, companies that required multiple taxpayer bailouts to prevent bankruptcy that very same year continued offering enormous bonuses to their executives, even though they were losing money hand-over-fist.

Warm and fuzzy.

 

Do I smell politics?

IBTLO!

 

That may be true but Id rather work for Big Businesses more money,better benefits I hope they help out Big Businesses that supply higher paying stable employment,put it this way Id rather work for Toyota Motor Corp. than work at the corner garage

 

I'm trying to start a new career in Land Surveying. No one has ANY work in this area so nobody is hiring

 

Dont go there thats where Ive been since the late 1980's,Its a dead end dude,Boom or Bust economys rule whether you got a job or not and most of the Engineering firms treat Surveyors like Red Headed step children.

 

They should cut taxes to ALL businesses. Or in this case, not let them go up in 2011. Working for the big company would have some great benefits, but the majority of Americans, like myself, work at the corner garage. A Chevy dealer in my case.

 

Yes I agree,my idea of a small business is a Deli sandwich shop,nail salon,candle shop stuff like that,at this point I think Chevy Corp might be considered a small business cause nobody wants one,they are all buying Yotas or Hondas

 

It's gotten pretty nervewrecking at one point but THANK GOD i'm doing good.
I do shipping for a pharmaceutical company and since i'm basicaly the only certified hazmat shipper, I feel pretty secure. I actually told my current employer I got an offer at another job so they counter offered and gave me a raise (about 1 months ago).
Now I just got word that our export manager wants me to help her and eventually do ALL the export documentation for our site. My manager already told me that once that happens, they'll be giving me another raise since it's a much more involved and specialized position. I look to get all this trianing and experience and maybe go to FedEx or something like that and get payed even more..

I truly hope the economy and the world as a whole gets better soon, for everybody.

 

Good point.

 

I think FEDX and UPS like drivers that come with a CDL License,I think Im going to try to get one,it helps getting in the door for certain jobs

 

Thats true Chris, but wanting to create jobs and being the reason we are all in this mess are two totally different issues. This economy was f*cked long before Mr Obama came along and probably will be long after he is not re-elected. We can all thank little Bush & his desire to deregulate the Mortgage industry for this shitstorm.

 

Not quite the economy started to slip at the end of Clintons term and Bush inherited it,since Sept. 11 Massacre by Terrorists out situation sucks for jobs and economy we can all thank them for this mess,we probably wouldnt be involved in the Middle East at all if it werent for these Terrorists fuckin up the world,all our Money$$$ could stay home to work on the US peoples behalf

 

The deregulation of the mortgage industry started in 1999 under Clinton, however, the Bush administration did nothing to stop it. In my opinion both the left, the right, and the atmosphere in Washington caused this. 9/11 and two wars didn't help. I'm a fiscal conservative, but I'm not going to get into Obama bashing. Not only is it banned on this forum, but it's counter-productive in my opinion.

 

It will definitely be a + for you if you already have a CDL. I wouldn't be applying for the driver's positions though. With my experience, i'd be applying for like DG compliance. There are a lot of pharmaceutical companies here in San Diego and most of them export items, so we'll see. It's not the most exciting thing ever but it pays pretty good - without a college degree... (My Lazy ass)

 

Thats true is was bipartism f*ck up & now we all get to pay, just getting tired of everyone piling on Obama, I am not saying he has done everything right but we can't blame him for all our problems.

 

Just the facts Ma'am, just the facts.