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View Poll Results: Have you been laid off during this downturn?

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  • Yes - I was laid off and have not found more work

    14 8.14%
  • Yes - I was laid off and found work that pays less or is in a different industry

    8 4.65%
  • Yes - I was laid off and found similar work.

    22 12.79%
  • No - I have not been laid off.

    121 70.35%
  • Other - Please explain.

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    Company was bought out last year, and then bought out again this year. I don't want to deal with the corporate crap coming down the chutes, so I quit and changed jobs. Start my new job this week in an unrelated field.

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    We just laid a few more people off this past week unfortunately. Though it still seems to be reshaping our staff as we hired on new people to fill other roles at the same time

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    This new aggressive push to get tech companies into Calgary could be a game-changer. Complementary economies.
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    Holy crap, I think we may have just got hit with layoffs. Dunno if this is good or bad for me, guess we'll find out.

    There was an announced meeting scheduled this afternoon on Monday, I kind of figured shit was going down

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    Yep, layoffs happened. I'm still around for now.
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    Originally posted by HiTempguy1
    Holy crap, I think we may have just got hit with layoffs. Dunno if this is good or bad for me, guess we'll find out.

    There was an announced meeting scheduled this afternoon on Monday, I kind of figured shit was going down

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    Yep, layoffs happened. I'm still around for now.
    yikes, which company? any idea on how many?

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    I know Baytex just did some layoffs as well, but they are also hiring

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    Fascinating that of the respondents to this poll, 29% have been laid off at some point in this downturn.
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    Really the "no" category should be split into 2 parts: "I wasnt laid off, and I still work full time at my normal wage", and "i wasnt laid off, but I took a pay cut or reduction in hours".

    I know of a handful of engineers downtown who kept their jobs and work maybe a day a week now. Massive overall reduction in yearly earnings. More than EI however, so they stay aboard.
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    Originally posted by vw_rabbit2.5

    yikes, which company? any idea on how many?
    He works for the government and it's about time they started taking cuts.

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    Originally posted by CompletelyNumb
    Really the "no" category should be split into 2 parts: "I wasnt laid off, and I still work full time at my normal wage", and "i wasnt laid off, but I took a pay cut or reduction in hours".

    I know of a handful of engineers downtown who kept their jobs and work maybe a day a week now. Massive overall reduction in yearly earnings. More than EI however, so they stay aboard.
    Isn't max EI like $50K for a year? I wouldn't mind working 1 day a week for >$50K, even if the job security was low.

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    Originally posted by ExtraSlow
    Fascinating that of the respondents to this poll, 29% have been laid off at some point in this downturn.
    Too bad it wasn't locked per thread, as I'm curious what the trend is of affected citizens from Part 1 to 8.
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    Originally posted by holden


    Isn't max EI like $50K for a year? I wouldn't mind working 1 day a week for >$50K, even if the job security was low.
    Max insurable is ~$50k

    The EI payment is 50% of insurable..

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    Originally posted by Type_S1


    He works for the government and it's about time they started taking cuts.
    Not really disagreeing. I told them a year ago we needed to lay people off. However I don't really work for the gov. Its convoluted Arms length corporation that earns profits. Call it whatever you like.

    Originally posted by vw_rabbit2.5

    yikes, which company? any idea on how many?
    I'm sure if people want to dig they'll be able to find it pretty easily, don't really feel it appropriate to blatantly post it.

    Only around 20 people out of ~600 staff (including people like janitors).

    But we had a round of layoffs last year that was the "you should retire" round. So I'd say in the past 12 months 40-60 people gone, close to 10% of the staff.

    Dunno whether to be happy or sad to be kept on. Tough to drop a good job with decent benefits and pay, its basically perfect, but skills definitely atrophying. Would be nice to take the severance and invest it in myself or business opportunities.

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    And EI is fully taxable, so your net take-home is less than that.

    At max EI of $543/week times 52 weeks you could theoretically gross $28,236 per year. If you were single and had no other income, you'd pay about three grand in federal and provincial taxes.
    So taking home around $25k/yr.

    It's a great deal compared to nothing, but it's not what most folks are used to living on.
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    Originally posted by HiTempguy1


    Not really disagreeing. I told them a year ago we needed to lay people off. However I don't really work for the gov. Its convoluted Arms length corporation that earns profits. Call it whatever you like.



    I'm sure if people want to dig they'll be able to find it pretty easily, don't really feel it appropriate to blatantly post it.

    Only around 20 people out of ~600 staff (including people like janitors).

    But we had a round of layoffs last year that was the "you should retire" round. So I'd say in the past 12 months 40-60 people gone, close to 10% of the staff.

    Dunno whether to be happy or sad to be kept on. Tough to drop a good job with decent benefits and pay, its basically perfect, but skills definitely atrophying. Would be nice to take the severance and invest it in myself or business opportunities.
    They should be cutting 25% of staff from every government agency and instead we just keep racking up debt. The fact that you post on beyond all day while at works is an issue when you are supposed to be working for the people of this province.

    Edit: not my issue anymore as I became a non-resident last month anyways. I still think overbloated staffing at government unions will be the death of Canada though.

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    Originally posted by Type_S1


    The fact that you post on beyond all day while at works is an issue when you are supposed to be working for the people of this province.
    You have no idea the work I do or don't do Needless to say, its probably a lot more than you considering you've had the time to reply. I think I just went a solid 7+ days without a single post here

    Go be angry elsewhere though. In this economy, anybody would take a decent paying job. I've lucked out. Get over yourself

    Edit-
    I also notice that you just merrily skipped by the fact that I pay for my own wages.
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    Well, my wife's department is being shut down. Expected end date is February.

    No one's really quite sure though. It's being totally bungled.

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    guessing who I might be, psychologizing me with your non existent degree.

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