Holden to sack 500 jobs

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  1. doomsday surprise

    doomsday surprise Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    doomsday surprise, Apr 8, 2013
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    Caput Lupinum Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    But threaten to take away the government subsidies and they'll scream rape and threaten to lay off a lot more.
     
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    +1.
    Don't know whether to :lol: or :mad:
     
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    I watched the press conference live on ABC24 this arvo. The head of Holden.... did not win over the press :/
     
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    Thank goodness the Climate Change muppet is on the job! I was worried for a second that the government isn't able to maintain a viable environment within which to conduct business!

    Why don't they increase the carbon tax and stop the pollution once and for all? Surely they can speed up the de-industrialisation process and save the planet.
     
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    Yeah, I'm not sure how many Holdens my taxes have paid for? I'd never own one of the newer ones. My brother's commodore just blew the engine. apparently it's a common problem after 140,000 kms.
     
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    Clawhammer Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    None of 'em are what they used to be willrocks :(
     
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    The septic tanks (yanks), the half baked souffle' (Europeans) and the rice paddy side kick (Japs) have lied and cheated with free trade since the Bretton woods system was implemented after world war two.

    Just keep stacking cause these bustards are all going down.

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    Well that was a real surprise.....NOT. Wonder how the Union is feeling now?
     
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    Blame Gillard! Oh wait, maybe not on this one. But still, some realism here. The headlines are 500 jobs gone. But the economy creates new jobs everyday with new industry, new companies etc etc.

    We hear how "jobs are gone" but there's no balance in reporting that new companies/business relocate here and create more jobs.

    But remember the media bias of "if it bleeds, it leads". Good news stories dont get a run. The worse and more shocking news is the more prominent it is.
     
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    So where are the new jobs then ?
     
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  12. Golden ChipMunk

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    Mostly move from full time to part time. Where all the mothers fill in.
    For the guys all jobs are gonnna. It is a fake scennario that they have created.
    And what happens to the sign off guarantees when ALPgreen sign with the cars maker.
    A lot of crap I reckon. Wasted more public funding. Should have let the car maker rusted long time
    ago in their scrap yard. There is not much jobs out there. Most places like coles wooly
    have them replace with self check out. Most PT work also gone.
    I reckon the figure that have been release was not accurate.
    Their assumption were all out of wack. MRRT is like pulling out of the top hat.
    Do you know there are a bunch of analist worked in the department.

    The actual figures i reckon have been fixed by swany.
    They are not reliable. Comes 14 sept will revial the actual
    debt we owed. Big figures of losses at the rate they are going.
    There are alot of companies closing down in Perth everyday.
     
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