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Originally posted by SuspicionVandit I do mechanical/IT-work/repair for a pharmaceutical company and as of tomorrow, I (one of the lower teir workers) am getting laid off for 30 days. After those 30 days (the "slow season"), I am getting re-hired. Just in time for GTAIV and the TF2 update? Wow, it's good believing in the correct religion.

lol, well at least something good will come from it. Thats really bad if the IT field is laying people off too.

in the 5.5 years i've been at my company, my job has only become more secure. people will always need graphic/web designers regardless of what the economy is like, so i guess i'm not too worried.

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Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY What part of Cali?

Southern California.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles The super-rich are still doing great, though: http://money.cnn.com/video/#/video/...ession.cnnmoney "What recession?"

haha I saw that too.

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Originally posted by bas Dual exhaust tips on dual exhaust = QUAD EXHAUST = 300 gain in horsepower. Duh

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Originally posted by bas Undies with a dickhole aren't good for guys. Your balls can get caught in them. That's why I prefer to go over the gate instead of through the fence.

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Originally posted by lücid in the 5.5 years i've been at my company, my job has only become more secure. people will always need graphic/web designers regardless of what the economy is like, so i guess i'm not too worried.

i owe you a baby unicorn



there's pretty much always a need for accountants so i don't think i'll never have to worry. when the US fully employs IFRS there will be even more work for accountants here.

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Originally posted by lucid pro tip: if you value your life, NEVER do anything that will place you "outside" of the jonze circle of trust.

i'm in new york and people like to be entertained. so as long as people are willing to spend money on sports i'm fine...

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Originally posted by Ygrene I once saw Swamper peel off 4 or 5 $100 bills from a fat roll and say this to Donald Trump: "Go clean yourself up; you look like a bum.". And then he threw the bills right in Trump's face/hair! Then Swamper and his entourage of 30, who were all wearing TA monogramed Rolexes, left the room and flew to Hawaii for a few hours because Del wanted fresh coconut. To his defense, Trump didn't even really look like a bum.

My job is pretty secure, this coworker of mine is so damn paranoid that we're going to be let go. It's just silly, we're better than 90% of the graphic operators out there. WE'RE the reason all that stuff gets on the air successfully, we're not going anywhere

That said, usually the summer is a pretty slow time in sports land, the only thing going on will be baseball. Last summer we all had our hours cut so we were only working 3-4 days a week and that was a bit rough. Luckily we have a TON of projects that need to get done by the start of college football (new graphic package for FSN), so this summer should be busy busy

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Originally posted by bas Luckily we have a TON of projects that need to get done by the start of college football (new graphic package for FSN), so this summer should be busy busy

a new robot?

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Originally posted by lucid pro tip: if you value your life, NEVER do anything that will place you "outside" of the jonze circle of trust.

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Originally posted by lücid in the 5.5 years i've been at my company, my job has only become more secure. people will always need graphic/web designers regardless of what the economy is like, so i guess i'm not too worried.

there's a very thin line between there still be a need which will always exist and trying to minimize operating costs.


while the print industry tends to be less affected by economic downturns graphic design is another matter and it's staff being more expendable.

I'm amazed you would think that being in the graphic design industry equals stability. Many people in the industry believe there is a continuous ten year cycle that goes round and round and round which only becomes much more affected when there are global slow downs.


Not pointing fingers and being judgemental or telling you to be careful but you need to look at the last 20 years and how many cycles the industry has gone through. 92 dead, 98 was somewhat peaking then came the 2000 internet boom, progressively came back up then crashed after 9/11 ... it's progressively risen and today we are coming up what might very well be another crash.

I know plenty of designers who are starting to get laid off or having projects and hours cut.

Securing your job, progressively getting closer to that senior designer position is all fine and dandy but it's a long hard road full of bumps

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Originally posted by jonze a new robot?

An ARMY of new robots

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All I can say is I cannot wait until January 2009.

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Originally posted by bas An ARMY of new robots

oh my, i know someone that will not be pleased

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Originally posted by lucid pro tip: if you value your life, NEVER do anything that will place you "outside" of the jonze circle of trust.