Hang in there pal. It sucks. My company has been cutting & slashing for over a year now. Almost to the point I think the light I'm seeing is more likely daylight then a train.

Damn, I probably just jinxed it.

I work in the automotive biz and everyday,another employee or two is gone...these are people that have been with the company for 6-8 year...or longer.Right now,if you're costing them money,your expendable.

Hang in there man...you are not alone.

Thanks guys!! I am holding my head up.
I am the only one in that department that has the health insurance through the company. The other guys have health insurance through their spouses' work, in other words, I'm costing them more money than the other guys.
Management said it was all due to the "dollars & cents". They said they will rehire me as soon as it gets busy again. Until then, I am looking to go to school for automotive repair hopefully.
By the way, your cars are AWESOME musclecarjohn!!:lateral:

I hate to hear this....what's happening just isn't right!
To all, keep positive!!

You could always join the military depending upon your age.I hear there looking for people:lol: but seriously I'm in the navy economy never effects us.

Sorry to hear that.
Good luck with school and/or your rehire.

I'm lucky and unlucky I guess, my unemployment is the same as I was bringing home after deductions, the bad part is that I was the holder of our health insurance and my wifes job doesn't offer it.My local wokforce center has a program called the dislocated worker program, which will allow me to go back to school for the program I want, problem is the classes don't start till Sept. cause I got layed off after the semester started and it's not offered during the summer.Since I lost my job due to no fault of my own I qualified, so now it's just waiting and looking for something to keep me going.

look into a stable career, midwife or mortician.... despite economic downfalls, people still do atleast 2 things anyway

:lol: Actually I'm going into Law Enforcement.

Yeah, times are REALLY tough out there.
Thanks for the positive words guys. Hope everything works out for everyone else as well.:cheers: