[uswith6]

Chrysler to cut 250 white-collar jobs - USATODAY.com

others that aren't reporting it to the media are cutting white collar jobs too

[MittenDweller82]

Originally Posted by mewith3

Chrysler to cut 250 white-collar jobs - USATODAY.com

others that aren't reporting it to the media are cutting white collar jobs too

Actually, Chrysler will cut 1,000 salaried white collar jobs by the end of September.

[Dexterguy]

My uncle works at the Chelsea Proving Grounds and many of his co-workers were laid off today. The Michigan economy still will not stop going down the tubes.

[The_Cadillac_Lawyer]

It aint all sunny skies here in AZ either. I work for the power company equivalant to DTE, and they're laying off 800 people today. Told everyone to sit at their desk and do not leave, until escorted out of the building by security!

[malamute]

It's getting too late to leave and find work anyhow. When hard times come, then where do you want to be?

[MittenDweller82]

Originally Posted by malamute

It's getting too late to leave and find work anyhow. When hard times come, then where do you want to be?

Agreed, there may be some pastures of "greener" grass here and there, but even they are starting to dry out. Making a move and end up loosing all of your cash is far worse than riding out a storm.

[tablemtn]

Told everyone to sit at their desk and do not leave, until escorted out of the building by security!

That's not a command they'd have to obey. If enforced, it could qualify as either an unlawful detention or even kidnapping. A good lawyer could take that and run with it all the way to a hefty judgment.

[malamute]

Originally Posted by Sociologist

Agreed, there may be some pastures of "greener" grass here and there, but even they are starting to dry out. Making a move and end up loosing all of your cash is far worse than riding out a storm.

Yes, everyone needs to make their own decisions based on what they have or don't have.

For some, staying near family would be the right thing to do. Families can provide a safety net.

For others moving to have a job would be smart, or to advance in a job if they are at a critical point in their lives as far as their career. Soon leaving isn't really a good option for most because it takes money to get situated in a new place and losing the family support might devastate.

It just all depends. Someone single and in their 20's might be smart going for the job offer because waiting too long on the career can be a mistake. A family with a home already paid off and lots of family and friends around shouldn't think about moving at this time.

[odinloki1]

Originally Posted by malamute

Yes, everyone needs to make their own decisions based on what they have or don't have.

For some, staying near family would be the right thing to do. Families can provide a safety net.

For others moving to have a job would be smart, or to advance in a job if they are at a critical point in their lives as far as their career. Soon leaving isn't really a good option for most because it takes money to get situated in a new place and losing the family support might devastate.

It just all depends. Someone single and in their 20's might be smart going for the job offer because waiting too long on the career can be a mistake. A family with a home already paid off and lots of family and friends around shouldn't think about moving at this time.

I can't say I necessarily agree with the last portion of this statement. I tried to do the smart responsible thing when I left for a teaching job and moved to AZ. The only bright spot is that I met my fiance. I love her but hate all other aspects of my life. They treat teachers horribly here and as a result I changed fields. I now work in health care because that is what I believe will give me the best shot of getting to move back. I moved at 24 and am now pushing 28. If I could travel back in time I would have never left and looked for a job emptying latrines or something because I would have been happier in someplace prettier, with more to do and friendlier people.

While I agree that it needs to be done on a case by case basis. I think it should be thought over long and hard before moving and trying to develop a new social net. People here are closed off and lack the friendly neighbor attitude I knew so well in MI. Frankly I think moving for work just makes people more subservient to a nameless faceless economy when the economy should be serving US.

[Coldjensens]

A relative of mine had a choice of being laid off or moving to antoehr state to work for hte smae company. He chose ot be laid off and found a better job in Michigan in four days. Some of the people who moved to aother state were subsequently laid off after going to the cost of moving to a place where they do not know anyone. Now they are stck living a a strange unfamiliar place away from their family and they still have no job. I hope that they did not sell their Michigan home at a loss, or abandon it to the bank in order to go take the new position.

While the economy in most places is somewhet better than in Michigan, the other places are catching up. They are simply behind us in recession. So moving now for a job that may not be there in six months or a year, does not make sense unless you just hate Michigan and want to move anyway.