Losing your job? You’re not alone!
Think you lost your job recently and you're by yourself?
No don't worry the rest of the world is joining you… and your best friends will be at your wednesday lunchtime barbeque to join the party soon trust me!
Before you think this is too much text just have a quick scan down the page and recognize the mega companies (and that's only a very small portion of them as I can't list them all obviously) that are laying of people this month only (november to december 2008)…who knows what's coming….more barbeques I think!
Here's the axing of jobs in the last month:
Sony: -8,000
Google: -10,000
CitiGroup (World's largest company that does banking, financials, real estate, insurance….): -52,000
Pepsi (You're probably drinking one): -3,000
Toy Factory in Shezen China (Where Walmart and Mattel manufacture they toys for Santa): -50,000
Woolworths (Mega supermarket chain in UK, New Zealand an Australia…owned by Walmart): -30,000
Rolls Royce (Most luxurious cars): -2,000
Anheuser-Busch(Budweiser/Seaworld): -1,400
Dow Chemicals (Major chemicals provider): -5,000
3M (Scotch Tape….): -1,800
SSAB (Steel and metals firm): -1,300
UBS (International bank): -4,500
British Airways (Airline): -100
AT&T (Telecommunication…think iPhone): -12,000
General Motors (Crap cars): -4,000
Credit Suisse (Mega European Bank): -5,300
DuPont (Major Chemical Company): -6,500
Adobe (Software design…think Photoshop, Flash…): - 1,200
Viacom (Media owner….all USA radio stations and billboards pretty much): -1,500
Private USA Sector: -250,000
Bank of America (World's largest bank): -30,000
Washington Mutual (Large USA Bank bought by JP Morgan): -9,200
Fujitsu Siemens (Electronic giants): -900
Delta Airlines (Think shitty plane company that always take off late): -4,000
New Zealand Construction(multiple home building companies): -35,000
Aston Martin (James Bond's car): -900
HSBC (Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation…think best bank in the world) : -700
Philips (Electronics Giant): -1,600
Skanska (Swedish home builder): -3,400
Bank of New York: -1,800
Peugeot Citroen (French Mega automobile manufacturer): -2,700
Boeing (The planes you fly in every-time you fly somewhere) : -800
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