"NEW YORK - U.S. planned job cuts soared to an eight-month high in September while new hiring rose only slightly, a report said on Tuesday.
Employment consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. said employers announced 107,863 layoffs in September, 41 percent more than in September 2003 and 45 percent more than in August of this year, when 74,150 were laid off.
The September figure was the largest since January 2004, when employers laid off 117,556 workers.
The September figure brings third-quarter job cuts to 251,585, 19.9 percent more than the 209,895 registered in the previous quarter and 4 percent more than the 241,548 for the third quarter of 2003.
Job losses in September were particularly heavy in the computer, transportation, telecommunications and consumer products industries, the report said."
makes me appreciate what I've got, no matter how much I hate it here. Maybe if I'm lucky I can keep it for a bit longer.
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I'd have to disagree. Being one of the many unemployed in the Bay area (whom incidentally was making barely a living wage - by american standards) and whom was out of work for over a year...it is something that is not necessarily something that you can control.
I worked damned hard to find the current job that I have. I'm a highly educated individual who was looking for ANYTHING...and I mean anything consistently and without fail for that entire time. (approximately 19 months) And incidentally you can't start your own company if you have nothing to start with because you're busy paying off federal loans.
I'm sorry Ray, but I'm going to abosolutely disagree with you on this one. I'm not the only one who will tell you the same. I can give you the name and e-mail addresses of over 20 individuals whom this very same thing has happened to, and is still happening to. All of them just looking to pay the basic bills like food, water and a roof over their heads.
I am NOT a special case in this cenario. I'd have to say that I pull the line like the rest.
And to be honest I'm more than a little insulted that anyone whom decides to undercut my long term efforts to find full time work anywhere...and I mean anywhere means that you've never been blessed with the opportunity to be poor. And yes I've been working-poor my entire life. My mother is a teacher, and the only one whom was around, and I know that you know that teachers in this country make squat.
If you disagree fine, but you've got no right to say "love it or leave it" (paraphasing of course) to any person who worked as hard as I did to just keep their head above water.
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