iPhone;380051 Wrote: > The more people talk about a down economy the closer and deeper it gets. > Other then a few more foreclosure For Sale signs (98% of these were sold > to people that should never have been given a loan in the first place, > thanks to Acorn), I have seen no real indications of any downturn! I > still have to wait in line to pay for my groceries. We had to stand in > line to pay for our goods at Target and Wal-Mart over the weekend (and > they were both well staffed at the registers and staff were re-stocking > shelves). I even had to wait in line at Home Depot (and they are > supposed to be hard hit) and on Saturday they were giving away free > lunch! We had to wait for a table last night at the restaurant on a > Monday night. > > I will get worried when I breeze though the register or don't see > anybody else in the stores with full shopping carts. Or if I don't have > to wait for a table and nobody else is eating or at the bar. Have I seen > some restaurants close, I have and almost all were ones I never go to > twice because they were not worth eating at? In fact, my favorite > Barbeque place has been busier then he has been in years and has hired > additional staff.
Just because you seem to perceive business being conducted as normal, trust me - the profits are not there. I have several friends in retail sales and I myself am in asset property management - these last 6 months have been brutal. Most of my competitors have dropped their full-time staff to part time and we're suffering huge financial losses compared to even our worst year in the past. davidjames;380068 Wrote: > You anecdotes are thoroughly trumped by the (un)employment data, > financial reports, bankruptcies and outright closures of businesses > across the country. I couldn't have said it better! mvalera;380085 Wrote: > There is no need to worry. > > Logitech is fully behind the Squeezebox products. The announced > restructuring will not change that. > > Also that job was filled, so that's why it was taken down. > > Mike That's great news Mike; very good to hear. Here's to a profitable 2009! corbey;380711 Wrote: > ...My company, one of the largest and most profitable in Silicon Valley, > hasn't had mass layoffs, but they have implemented a hiring freeze and > let go all the contractors. If things don't improve, we full-time > employees could be next, and we're ALL worried. That sums up pretty much most of the large businesses in my part of the country (Michigan). Unemployment is projected to hit almost 10% here - a very frightening thought! Cheers, EnochLight -- EnochLight ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EnochLight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3392 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57742 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
