Entries from January 2009
The single most important factor in reviving our economy is job creation.
Here is an idea: what if every American works four days a week, instead of five days?
The results:
each of us works a little bit less, and get a 20% pay reduction.
better quality of life: one extra day a week, which translate to [...]
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Tags: Beat Recession
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Note: I changed the text a little bit to protect confidentiality.
“I got laid off from Long Lines on 1-20-09 and they are hurting for money planning on 100 more cuts and 25 more in customer care.”
“Boeing in Seattle is laying off PMs that they hired less than a year ago. Not sure how many, but [...]
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Tags: Uncategorized
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Costco: I was at Costco over the weekend – what recession? It was crowed! Someone I knew who worked at Costco told me that their store was doing more business. I’m not surprised at all. Given its low price and high quality, I think Costco will do better than most retailers. Instead of going to [...]
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Tags: Beat Recession · Company Analysis
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Looking back on his first stint in the White House, Emanuel says, "If I knew in the first year of the first term what we knew by the first year of the second term, history would have been different." Yet no one knows better than Emanuel that he will have to retool himself in some [...]
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Tags: Career Fast Track
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I’m not making this up.
An Australian state is offering “the best job in the world”:
The Island Caretaker position pays 150,000 Australian dollars (105,000 US Dollars), and include free airfare from the winner’s home country to Hamilton Island on the Great Barrier Reef.
The job responsibilities include
stroll the white sands
snorkel the reel
take care of “a [...]
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Tags: Beat Recession
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