Perspective

Today was a crazy day. Let me lay a little bit of ground work for this post. I work for a printing company in Indiana. I have worked there for a combination of about 17 years, minus the 4 year break I took to be a private investigator. When I first went to work for the company in October of 1989 it was a great place to work. It was family owned, and they really cared about their employees.

Now let us fast forward to 2006. The company is publicly held. It was the victim of a hostel take over. The person who bought the company is more concerned about money than people. I understand that is the way some people make their money, but I never thought that it would ever matter to me.

Over the next couple of years things were cut. We lost our 401k match, our raises were put on hold, and the stable life of employees that we had was shaken. I never thought that I would have to worry about my job with this company. Right before Christmas in 2006 several members of management were let go. To the workers on the floor it was a relief that they still had their jobs. Management always seemed a little overstaffed.

This past year there were suppose to be more cuts, but due to some people quitting and others getting fired, no cuts were necessary.

Today the ax fell again. This time all of the cuts were in the production area. I will say that some of the people who were cut deserved it. Others were just casualties. In all 37 people lost their jobs and joined the ranks of many others in American who will be searching for employment.

With this latest round of cuts, it makes me a little less confident in the company that I work for. I feel that it may be time for me to start making sure that I have something to fall back on in the event that I would become a casualty.

Hopefully the economy will take a turn for the good and there will be no need to worry. But until it does, NO ONE IS SAFE.

Yeti out......