Most companies don't plan to cut jobs in 1st quarter

[chefdennis]

Gee if this is true, it doesn't seem to be as bad as is being stated:

Most companies don't plan to cut jobs in 1st quarter

Sixteen percent of U.S. employers expect to cut workers in the first three months of 2009, according to an online survey conducted for USA TODAY and CareerBuilder.com by Harris Interactive.

An additional 16% said they expect to add workers, while 62% anticipate a steady payroll.

Job cuts could be particularly pronounced in the Northeast, where 19% of those surveyed said they planned to reduce the number of full-time, permanent staff at their companies during the first quarter.

The survey, conducted Nov. 12-Dec. 1, involved 3,259 hiring managers and human resource professionals.

CareerBuilder.com is a job-finding site jointly owned by Tribune, McClatchy, Microsoft and USA TODAY parent Gannett.

U.S. employers cut jobs every month in 2008 through November, according to the Labor Department. Last month, the unemployment rate was 6.7%, the highest in 15 years.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/econom...-in-2009_N.htm

NAAA, im pretty sure it will be TEOTWAWKI!!!

 

[RLENT]

chef,

Dunno .. whatcha think - maybe if the MSM would report more this kinda thing - rather than peddling their standard issue "doom and gloom" (along with all the rest of the chaos, corruption, blood and carnage) .... then maybe the folks might start to have a little hope ? .... and things might not be quite as bad as they could (or would) be .... as a result being fed on a continual diet of never-ending disaster (reason why it's a good reason to be on a very limited diet of it ..... too much of it and you'll come to the conclusion there's little reason to get out of the sack in the morning .....)

Good find