Have you heard of Medtronic? If you have not then you are like one of the many millions of people who has never heard that name before in their lives. To get you up to speed here is a look at how the company describes itself, “Our medical technologies help make it possible for millions [...]
Continue reading...23. May 2012
The city of Los Angeles seems to be taking one budget cut after another in the recent mood swings of the current long term economic down turn. The city is looking to make another round of cuts to the workers. For those of you who missed out on their most recent round of cuts before [...]
Continue reading...23. May 2012
The city of Flint, Michigan is not really known for too much on the national level, unless you count its association with a certain well known documentary film maker and some interesting labor issues in the automotive industry. Today however Flint will get a new distinction added to its record. The schools in Flint are [...]
Continue reading...22. May 2012
It looks like the management of Qantas Airways is at it again. They are going to make another set of cuts to the staff in order to reduce their operating expenses again. Some of you may recall that this is not the first time that the company has made large cuts in order to cover [...]
Continue reading...21. May 2012
When it comes to jobs it seems like people have been losing them left, right and sideways for the last couple of years. The long-term economic turmoil has left many people wondering if they are going to be the one to lose their job next. For many of the people at Hewlett-Packard that worry has [...]
Continue reading...18. May 2012
We have talked in the past about the precarious situation in which the workers of The United States Postal Service find themselves. Some of you may recall our coverage from late last year that projected a truly mind-boggling number of layoffs but for those of you who missed out on it here is an excerpt [...]
Continue reading...17. May 2012
When it comes to the world of working in public education it seems like all of the old rules are going down the drain. It used to be assumed that when you worked in any civil service job, but especially in certain safe jobs such as police, fire services or public education your job was [...]
Continue reading...17. May 2012
We have talked, in the recent past about the not so sweet behavior that the management over at Hostess has been giving to its employees in the past couple of weeks. For those of you who missed out on our earlier coverage on the topic here is an excerpt that will get you up to [...]
Continue reading...16. May 2012
When it comes to the world of business there seems to be a belief that cheaper is better when it comes to what they need to invest in the creation of their products and the payment of the staff who services their customers. The logic does not, of course, follow through into the sales end [...]
Continue reading...16. May 2012
If I say the name Sony what come to your mind? Maybe you think about your TV or that camcorder that you never really use when you go on vacation. If you happen to be a gamer at heart then the word that probably popped into your mind was Playstation. When a company is well [...]
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23. May 2012
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