It sure is a good thing that the economy is improving ...
Remember when a career at Microsoft was a plum assignment?
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/040520/na_fin_com_us_microsoft_benefit_cuts_2.html
At least they get to keep the free beverages. Wouldn't want to squander any of the 50 billion in cash reserves they are sitting on.
But I guess things are tough in the manufacturing sector, too.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/040520/markets_stocks_10.html
And it seems that we are not out of the employment woods yet, either.
http://money.cnn.com/2004/05/20/news/economy/jobless/index.htm
Is it just me, or is this "recovery" still a bit shaky? I thank the deity-I-don't-subscribe-to every day that I became a contractor and got out of the corporate rat race. This is still really depressing, though. I am not enjoying watching my friends struggle in this economy.
These bums have GOT to go ..