On every forum I am on I see post after post of people who have just lost their jobs. I can't remember another time this bad. SW Florida used to have an extremely low unemployment rate, so much so that employers couldn't find people. In the last year that has done a 180 flip.

Don this is so true . Working for one of the big 3 i am seeing buyouts of the better payed positions so they can get ready to hire at half the scale .


Well first day i did get the 6 hours i usually get . I am glad this is only for a week but more are coming thru out the year . The assembly plant i heard is going to 1 shift sometime this year that will be putting a hurt on alot of the lower seniority people. It is going to roll thru so many support jobs also .

Tango this will put a hurt on car work . I am a day person and like doing more after i get in home in the afternoon . But i would have to adapt if i became a long term situation i am sure .