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[Comicboy]

Well I found out Monday I may be losing my job of 13 years. Thanks, appreciate it.

[cblakey1]

Originally Posted by Comicboy

Well I found out Monday I may be losing my job of 13 years. Thanks, appreciate it.

Man, that's a drag.

Everything happens for a reason though, and if it happens, I'm sure you'll be off to bigger and better things.

[Jesse321]

Originally Posted by Comicboy

Well I found out Monday I may be losing my job of 13 years. Thanks, appreciate it.

Sorry hear this CB ... hopefully it will mean better things in the future.

[Mandragora]

Originally Posted by Comicboy

Well I found out Monday I may be losing my job of 13 years. Thanks, appreciate it.

so sorry to hear it.

i wish you all the best

[Comicboy]

Thanks guys. Yeah I don't really know what's going to happen, nobody does. At least they aren't telling anyone other than their cutting 750 people and losing a shift. So now we have one shift here and 2 other plants building gas guzzling pigs that nobody want's to buy. GM isn't very bright.

On my bright side I filled out my app for school yesterday so if I do lose my job I can have something to fall back on far away from the auto industry. To tell you the truth I'm totally sick of the bs and if it comes I'm not going to cry about it. Is it gonna suck money wise - you bet but at least 1) I'll be alive past 55, 2) I'll be able to walk and move when I'm old and 3) my life will be my own again and won't be completely at someone else's whim.

[VinReaper]

Originally Posted by Comicboy

Well I found out Monday I may be losing my job of 13 years. Thanks, appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Comicboy

Thanks guys. Yeah I don't really know what's going to happen, nobody does. At least they aren't telling anyone other than their cutting 750 people and losing a shift. So now we have one shift here and 2 other plants building gas guzzling pigs that nobody want's to buy. GM isn't very bright.

On my bright side I filled out my app for school yesterday so if I do lose my job I can have something to fall back on far away from the auto industry. To tell you the truth I'm totally sick of the bs and if it comes I'm not going to cry about it. Is it gonna suck money wise - you bet but at least 1) I'll be alive past 55, 2) I'll be able to walk and move when I'm old and 3) my life will be my own again and won't be completely at someone else's whim.

That is terrible news. Sorry to hear it! I wish you the best.

But you have the correct outlook. Like someone said earlier, everything happens for a reason. and now you may get a chance to take control back of your life. More power to you!!

Good luck!! And Best wishes!!

VR

[Tommy Allison]

Get as much of a severance package as you can get. Make sure you get your health care covered.

[Comicboy]

Originally Posted by Tommy Allison

Get as much of a severance package as you can get. Make sure you get your health care covered.

Yeah thats not really an option for me Tommy. I work in a factory for GM. My options are to stay and ride it out for as long as possible and let the chips fall where they may or sever all ties for about $80,000. I dunno what I'm going to do other than go back to school for now. Right now I still have a job there but who knows for how long.

[CocoPUFF]

Originally Posted by Tommy Allison

I blame the enviro-wackos for our current plight.

We have 10,000 years worth of coal that could be turned into gasoline, and we have another 30,000 years worth of oil trapped in oil shale. Yet, we're subsidizing farmers to throw away our food, in order to water down our gasoline with crap.

Go figure. We should be using those subsidies in order to develop other sources of energy that we have in stock, instead of driving up food prices.

preach it brotha!