Replies to post #961 on Intel Corp (INTC)

[SemiconEng]

Slightly OT: Still, though. Those people are more than just a statistic. My heart goes out to each and every one of them. Probably the scariest thing in anyone's life is to be without the security that they've always taken for granted.
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It's rough, I've been laid off in my career, twice. Both times, just before the holidays. Last time, it was the Medical Instrument Company in Palo Alto, Ca. They said that they needed to balance the books, so after working for 2 years to develop the new product, and 4 years improving it and trying to make it profitable, just when it started to make money, the company transferred the product to the main Los Angeles Facility, and laid off all 14 of us in the department.... Not Real Fun....

Semi

[Alan Smithee]

Wanna:

Sorry for the delay in responding to your post. I haven't been over to iHUB in a while.

It would appear that Washington State has overtaken Oregon with a 7.4% unemployment rate. Things here are not good. Boeing is likely to increase the number of layoffs past the initial 30k projected. Each Boeing job supports at least 1.5 other jobs in the local economy.

On a brighter note, a source of mine at Mr. Softee advises that they are hiring up to 5k new drones, er, employees.

Who knows where this will end...