manticore.ca

Well the company dropped the bomb today, up to sixty people got laid off in all departments.

With chrysler going into chapter eleven, they are idling almost all north american plants and could be down for up to two months.

We knew it was coming, as 85 percent of our lines are chrysler, and with GM going to idle at their plants in roughly a month, severely agravates things even further.

In ontario according to our labor laws, in a twenty week period, being laid off for thirteen weeks means a permanent layoff, and there lies the dilemma.

Worst case for chrysler is 8 weeks, add in GM’s shutdown and i could concievably be out of a job. If it was not for the money, i would not give a shit. However with everyone else getting laid off, the remaing job market is depressed and jobs are far and few between.

Even plan B, which was to move to Alberta is not so hot right now with their economy going into the tank. Some positive news though, this is the last month on my car loan, i have to go see the folks at wells fargo on monday to invoke layoff insurance for my other loan.

EI is already in place and will kick in as soon as next thursday when my last full check is deposited. Finally the job market might be depressed, but its not all doom, going through the job bank yielded a job that pays roughly the same, skills directly transferable, and is strictly a weld cell, no line work.

Beyond that, i intend on concentrating on jobs that have reduced hours, rather than expecting wage parity for 40 hours. What i am looking at in my area is subpar wages for 40 hours which is not cost effective.

Two or three part time hours type jobs would allow me flexibilty as well as collect wages on par with my current job.

Damm if the thought of takingnan extended job on pogies dime does not look all that bad.

Wish me luck folks