AT&T to cut 7,000 jobs! We're turning the corner!!

[Bluebear]

16 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - AT&T Corp. will cut about 7,000 jobs and reduce the value of its assets by $11.4 billion due to its retreat from selling services to consumers, the company said on Thursday.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=568&ncid=749&e=1&u=/nm/20041007/bs_nm/telecoms_att_dc

[LisaLynne]

1. Woo hoo!

Soon, the job cuts will be over because there won't BE anymore jobs! The goal of * all along. ;)

[Jack_Dawson]

21. 90 minutes will NOT be enough time

How the fuck is Kerry going to fit all this in???

[ibegurpard]

2. That's okay... they can work at Wal-Mart.

eom

[luaneryder]

4. And sell all their

worldly goods on Ebay after the unemployment runs out.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

11. Walmart won't need you.

They've got all those lovely self check-out lines now.

[shanti]

19. just like home depot

n/t

[HughBeaumont]

3. The message board denizens are seriously digging for dumb nuggets

at the bottom of that gene swamp.

Blame Bill Clinton
by: yel0fever (35/M/CA) 10/07/04 04:43 pm
Msg: 20 of 23

He gave these compaines false hope, so they over hired when times were good.

Tard.

[aldian159]

16. Haha

Damn you Bill for giving "false hope!" How dare he create 22 million jobs in 8 years!

[Parche]

5. economy

its a growing economy, a different economy
Iraq?

[Arancaytar]

8. Funny, that...

Bush and co, while trying his best to convince us that Communism is a work of the Devil, and will never work, and always lead to injustice and dictatorship... at the same time brings the American economy into a position in which eventually (once all the jobs are gone, for instance), Communism will be the only viable alternative.

Behold the power of the Free Market. The Irony.

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

6. I said it before and I'll say it again:

That's not a corner, it's a gap in the barrier.

[karlrschneider]

7. They can all get jobs manufacturing

cheeseburgers.
:eyes:

[lpbk2713]

9. Or in logistics.

"Would you like paper or plastic?"

[Bluebear]

10. Meanwhile ATT operators all sound like the hostess at Taste of Bombay

[smirkymonkey]

22. Yes, I talked to her today in fact, on a miserably long

call to AT&T customer service. The reason it was so long was due to the fact that she had no idea as to what I was talking about and just kept repeating the same things over and over again. I cancelled the service and switched to Verizon (not just because of her, but due to horrible service in general.)

[ladybugg33]

12. Yes, we are turning the corner. And running into a brick wall.

Don't hurt yourself! :scared:

[SoCalDem]

13. added to the others from LBN...14,900 jobs LOST ...forever

A pretty bad day, I would say ..

I know that some of these will be spread out over a long term, but when this kind of news hits on ONE day, it starts people who DO have jobs, thinking.. When people fear that they too will lose their job, they zip up that wallet, which only results in lowered sales, and MORE job losses..

Our economy operates on FAITH .. When ordinary people lose faith in the system, everyone gets hurt..

[MGKrebs]

14. I hear the war is going well too.

The planets are aligning for Shrub.
:scared:
:evilgrin:

[TahitiNut]

15. This is why the Busholini Regime won't have a draft.

There're no jobs for the 18-year-olds ... so the only thing they can do is "volunteer."

[robbedvoter]

17. Add 4000 from Bank America and a few more mass layoffs I read

of recently - and their hole is back to 2 million.

[helpisontheway]

18. Watch them come out with some

HUGE number of jobs gained tomorrow morning to help Bush out......

[smirkymonkey]

23. Just wait until the December pink slips, by then the

election will be over and we will be seeing the full impact of Bush's* disastrous economic policies.

"Corporations are People Too!"

[Pithy Cherub]

20. Turn Corner

right into an empty express elevator shaft. That jobs report on Friday is going to say...well according to * it will be a lie with the shaft anyway...

[Robin Hood]

24. AT&T Wireless just called and they were east indians.

I am not kidding you. Just momemts ago they called to sell me a plan and the Indian guy gave me over to his Indian supervisor whose name was, are you ready? Richard Hunt!!! Yeah right. i wanted to tell him that I don't believe in supporting the outsorcing of America but I am too polite to say that to another man who probably needs that job as well.

Never the less, I won't support the out-sourcing of American jobs.

[tritsofme]

25. AT&T Wireless is actually a different company

It split off a few years ago.

Ma Bell is in a heap of trouble for a lot of reasons.