I really hope that Obama is going to be able to make some good change. So far January sucks. Watching the news is scary enough with murders and wars...on top of that LAYOFFS. That word freaks me out. We have had so many friends and family members that have been hit by job cuts and a slow in all markets. It is really upsetting.
On a website called www.layoffblog.com it stated that:
According to CNNMoney: “The job market continued to take a beating Tuesday, as six companies across several industries announced more than 11,500 job cuts Tuesday.
The huge number of job cuts pales only in comparison to Monday’s statistics: seven companies issued job cut announcements totaling more than 71,400 layoffs.
In January alone, companies have announced more 211,500 job cuts.”
- U.S. companies have announced 519,895 job cuts since November 1, 2008.
- The U.S. jobless rate reached 7.2 percent in December, the highest level in almost 16 years.
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Wow. Those stats are higher than I thought.
It IS scary, isn't it? I have two brother-in-laws on Brandon's side that are jobless right now because of all this. :(
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