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xmas74

(30,054 posts)
Sun May 5, 2013, 05:13 PM May 2013

Good news-I'm back to work after a lay off! [View all]

The job is in manufacturing and the call back happened in waves over the past six weeks. They are also hiring right now so others in my area will benefit.

Hooray!

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So happy to hear this! hrmjustin May 2013 #1
Thank you! xmas74 May 2013 #2
Great news! n/t winter is coming May 2013 #3
Thank you! nt xmas74 May 2013 #34
Congrats! Hopefully this will be a lengthy and happy employment. LonePirate May 2013 #4
Let's hope for the best! nt xmas74 May 2013 #35
Wonderful pintobean May 2013 #5
Thank you! nt xmas74 May 2013 #36
Superb! Sherman A1 May 2013 #6
Missouri wasn't doing too well xmas74 May 2013 #37
Congratulations abelenkpe May 2013 #7
Thank you! nt xmas74 May 2013 #38
Great news brer cat May 2013 #8
The community needed it. xmas74 May 2013 #39
That is great news! femmocrat May 2013 #9
It'll be about 200 jobs total to start. xmas74 May 2013 #40
Congratulations. DavidDvorkin May 2013 #10
Thank you! nt xmas74 May 2013 #41
congratulations! barbtries May 2013 #11
I'm happy to think about what that money will mean to us. xmas74 May 2013 #42
Congratulations to you, xmas74! WinkyDink May 2013 #12
Thank you! nt xmas74 May 2013 #43
Great news! Brigid May 2013 #13
We make batteries. xmas74 May 2013 #44
Hmmm . . . Brigid May 2013 #71
Big is good Not Sure May 2013 #82
CONGRATS!! hue May 2013 #14
Thank you! nt xmas74 May 2013 #45
Congrats !!! - K & R !!! WillyT May 2013 #15
Thank you! nt xmas74 May 2013 #46
love to hear good news - let's hope it is permanent rurallib May 2013 #16
Supposedly they have more orders than they can handle. xmas74 May 2013 #47
congratulations--and thank you for sharing your good news. we need all we can get. niyad May 2013 #17
Thank you! nt xmas74 May 2013 #48
Glad to hear some good news. Skeeter Barnes May 2013 #18
Times were not fun xmas74 May 2013 #49
I'm going through something similar. Skeeter Barnes May 2013 #75
Marvelous! Congrats to you, closeupready May 2013 #19
Thank you! nt xmas74 May 2013 #50
Congrats!!!! It's Xmas in May for you. :) JackN415 May 2013 #20
Yes it is! xmas74 May 2013 #51
good news!...i know how you feel. madrchsod May 2013 #21
I'm very happy. xmas74 May 2013 #52
Congratulations! dementianurse May 2013 #22
I will, xmas74 May 2013 #53
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2013 #67
lol....xmas74 Skittles May 2013 #23
I wish it had just been a day off! lol xmas74 May 2013 #54
Huzzah! SnowCritter May 2013 #24
Thank you! nt xmas74 May 2013 #55
Congrats! n/t mattclearing May 2013 #25
Thank you! nt xmas74 May 2013 #56
Good for you. 99Forever May 2013 #26
Good luck to you! xmas74 May 2013 #57
Thats great news!!!! SummerSnow May 2013 #27
Thank you! nt xmas74 May 2013 #58
Wonderufl news! Good for you. nt snappyturtle May 2013 #28
Thank you! nt xmas74 May 2013 #59
Great news! JNelson6563 May 2013 #29
Thank you! nt xmas74 May 2013 #60
Must feel a little bit like Xmas! ellisonz May 2013 #30
It does, it really does! nt xmas74 May 2013 #61
what area are you in? Sirveri May 2013 #31
Area of the country? xmas74 May 2013 #63
drat... well might need some machinists for that. Sirveri May 2013 #74
Quite a few are of retirement age. xmas74 May 2013 #79
Woo Hoo!!!!! Le Taz Hot May 2013 #32
I'll still be counting pennies for now, xmas74 May 2013 #64
Wonderful! Good to know that there still are josbs in manufacturing question everything May 2013 #33
They still exist, they are still here in the USA xmas74 May 2013 #65
Wonderful canonfodder May 2013 #62
I definitely needed it! xmas74 May 2013 #66
So are all of us canonfodder May 2013 #68
Congrats! DesertRat May 2013 #69
Congratulations! DianaForRussFeingold May 2013 #70
Congratulations! onestepforward May 2013 #72
Congrats! It's good to hear good news Union Scribe May 2013 #73
Great news. MrSlayer May 2013 #76
Good news, happy for you life long demo May 2013 #77
Outstanding Recursion May 2013 #78
Congratulations!! sunwyn May 2013 #80
sounds good for you and others in your area. DCBob May 2013 #81
I love this kind of news lunatica May 2013 #83
I hope that you are earning a living wage. dotymed May 2013 #84
I'm doing decently for this area of the country. xmas74 May 2013 #88
Congratulations NewJeffCT May 2013 #85
Congrats! Now Get To Work! Caeser67 May 2013 #86
Great news.... WCGreen May 2013 #87
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