> Internet related companies (let alone dot coms) are the least of it.
Job cuts
> have been creeping up in large amounts across various sectors since
last year
> with huge leaps in the first two quarters of this year. Companies
who have cut
> at least 1,000 jobs (with many cutting more than 5,000) this year
include:
The company I work for laid off 640 people nationwide last month.
It's an air express company and the main reason for our economic woes
is that most of our large corporate accounts (IBM, Xerox, Dell
Computers, etc) are having to tighten their belts and are therefore
sending less express mail. My job isn't the most challenging or
fulfilling and I'm certainly not going to get rich doing it. But at
the moment I'm not in any kind of position to have to look for another
one.
I will gladly take my $300 when it comes but I really don't see how
the refunds are going to do much to 'jump start' the economy. I
realize that $300 may make a big difference to some people in more
desperate straights than I'm in but, really, how far does $300 go
these days? As Suzanne Sugarbaker would say 'Oh, big woo!'
Mark in Seattle
