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Thu Oct-07-04 03:42 PM
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AT&T to cut 7,000 jobs! We're turning the corner!! |
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16 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - AT&T Corp. will cut about 7,000 jobs and reduce the value of its assets by $11.4 billion due to its retreat from selling services to consumers, the company said on Thursday. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=568&ncid=749&e=1&u=/nm/20041007/bs_nm/telecoms_att_dc
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Thu Oct-07-04 03:44 PM
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Soon, the job cuts will be over because there won't BE anymore jobs! The goal of * all along. ;)
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Thu Oct-07-04 06:38 PM
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21. 90 minutes will NOT be enough time |
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How the fuck is Kerry going to fit all this in???
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Thu Oct-07-04 03:44 PM
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2. That's okay... they can work at Wal-Mart. |
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Thu Oct-07-04 03:47 PM
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worldly goods on Ebay after the unemployment runs out.
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Thu Oct-07-04 04:10 PM
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11. Walmart won't need you. |
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They've got all those lovely self check-out lines now.
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Thu Oct-07-04 06:09 PM
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HughBeaumont
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Thu Oct-07-04 03:44 PM
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3. The message board denizens are seriously digging for dumb nuggets |
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at the bottom of that gene swamp.
Blame Bill Clinton by: yel0fever (35/M/CA) 10/07/04 04:43 pm Msg: 20 of 23 He gave these compaines false hope, so they over hired when times were good.
Tard.
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Thu Oct-07-04 05:10 PM
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Damn you Bill for giving "false hope!" How dare he create 22 million jobs in 8 years!
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Thu Oct-07-04 03:48 PM
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its a growing economy, a different economy Iraq?
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Thu Oct-07-04 03:56 PM
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Bush and co, while trying his best to convince us that Communism is a work of the Devil, and will never work, and always lead to injustice and dictatorship... at the same time brings the American economy into a position in which eventually (once all the jobs are gone, for instance), Communism will be the only viable alternative.
Behold the power of the Free Market. The Irony.
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Thu Oct-07-04 03:54 PM
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6. I said it before and I'll say it again: |
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That's not a corner, it's a gap in the barrier.
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Thu Oct-07-04 03:55 PM
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7. They can all get jobs manufacturing |
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Thu Oct-07-04 04:01 PM
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"Would you like paper or plastic?"
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Thu Oct-07-04 04:07 PM
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10. Meanwhile ATT operators all sound like the hostess at Taste of Bombay |
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Thu Oct-07-04 07:04 PM
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22. Yes, I talked to her today in fact, on a miserably long |
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call to AT&T customer service. The reason it was so long was due to the fact that she had no idea as to what I was talking about and just kept repeating the same things over and over again. I cancelled the service and switched to Verizon (not just because of her, but due to horrible service in general.)
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Thu Oct-07-04 04:35 PM
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12. Yes, we are turning the corner. And running into a brick wall. |
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Don't hurt yourself! :scared:
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Thu Oct-07-04 04:47 PM
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13. added to the others from LBN...14,900 jobs LOST ...forever |
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A pretty bad day, I would say ..
I know that some of these will be spread out over a long term, but when this kind of news hits on ONE day, it starts people who DO have jobs, thinking.. When people fear that they too will lose their job, they zip up that wallet, which only results in lowered sales, and MORE job losses..
Our economy operates on FAITH .. When ordinary people lose faith in the system, everyone gets hurt..
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Thu Oct-07-04 04:48 PM
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14. I hear the war is going well too. |
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The planets are aligning for Shrub. :scared: :evilgrin:
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Thu Oct-07-04 04:54 PM
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15. This is why the Busholini Regime won't have a draft. |
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There're no jobs for the 18-year-olds ... so the only thing they can do is "volunteer."
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Thu Oct-07-04 05:26 PM
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17. Add 4000 from Bank America and a few more mass layoffs I read |
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of recently - and their hole is back to 2 million.
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Thu Oct-07-04 05:37 PM
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18. Watch them come out with some |
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HUGE number of jobs gained tomorrow morning to help Bush out......
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Thu Oct-07-04 07:07 PM
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23. Just wait until the December pink slips, by then the |
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election will be over and we will be seeing the full impact of Bush's* disastrous economic policies.
"Corporations are People Too!"
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Pithy Cherub
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Thu Oct-07-04 06:31 PM
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right into an empty express elevator shaft. That jobs report on Friday is going to say...well according to * it will be a lie with the shaft anyway...
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Thu Oct-07-04 07:17 PM
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24. AT&T Wireless just called and they were east indians. |
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I am not kidding you. Just momemts ago they called to sell me a plan and the Indian guy gave me over to his Indian supervisor whose name was, are you ready? Richard Hunt!!! Yeah right. i wanted to tell him that I don't believe in supporting the outsorcing of America but I am too polite to say that to another man who probably needs that job as well.
Never the less, I won't support the out-sourcing of American jobs.
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Thu Oct-07-04 07:23 PM
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25. AT&T Wireless is actually a different company |
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It split off a few years ago.
Ma Bell is in a heap of trouble for a lot of reasons.
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