Trouble brewing at my company (potential layoffs)

[Johnny2X2X]

17. And stuff will sit on the docks too

Firms plannig to buy some freight for $100K have $100K budgeted for that delivery. All the sudden they have to pay that $100K and another $145K tariff, they'll just refuse delivery or neglect to pick it up.

The stuff that takes 3 or 4 months to arrive is an even worse scenario, that money is committed, and all the sudden it's more than double the price when it arrives. Some of those firms wouldn;t have even made those orders at the new price. It's a disaster.

I fully expect next Spring when the yearly bonuses are announced for the CEO to talk about tariffs. About how there are no or reduced bonuses this year to pay the tariffs. I rely on this money yearly to do home projects or improve savings, but I can get by without it, but I wonder if the language he uses will be explicit enough for everyone to understand that, "yeah, you're not getting abonus this year because we had to pay trump's idiotic tariffs." We've got 52,000 emplyees, I bet every single one of them that voted for Trump will be making excuses, but will actually know that yup, that $20,000 bonus or whatever amount you rely on didn't come this year because of Trump.