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Many people where fired today, the whole U card office personal was let go. Many people including student employees very worried. Sorry to post it here but there is no other place to post it that people read.

(07-25-2011 05:09 PM)emussuperfan Wrote: [ -> ]Many people where fired today, the whole U card office personal was let go. Many people including student employees very worried. Sorry to post it here but there is no other place to post it that people read.

sad to hear that. what is the U card?

U card refers to the university id office -- like student id's, security badges, etc.

Also emutalk.org would be the place to post that. But please don't taint that site too, Carl.

I believe the Echo referred to a large number of layoffs this or the past week due to budget cuts.

(07-26-2011 06:57 AM)emu79 Wrote: [ -> ]I believe the Echo referred to a large number of layoffs this or the past week due to budget cuts.

The Echo is usually a day (week) late and a dollar short when it comes to reporting. The 42 layoffs happened in late June. This is a whole other apparent layoff/restructure.

I always wondered why they needed a specific office and staff just to issue ID cards....seems such a task could be incorporated easily into another office...such as the Admissions "Welcome Center" or "Service EMU".

(07-26-2011 09:03 AM)theleftboot Wrote: [ -> ]

(07-26-2011 06:57 AM)emu79 Wrote: [ -> ]I believe the Echo referred to a large number of layoffs this or the past week due to budget cuts.

The Echo is usually a day (week) late and a dollar short when it comes to reporting. The 42 layoffs happened in late June. This is a whole other apparent layoff/restructure.

I always wondered why they needed a specific office and staff just to issue ID cards....seems such a task could be incorporated easily into another office...such as the Admissions "Welcome Center" or "Service EMU".

It is very difficult to see anybody lose their job and I hope those who find themselves in such circumstances find other jobs soon.

That being said ... these moves are part of a needed streamlining of jobs and duties within the public sector and universities. It is something that private industry has been dealing and has recognized.

At my newspaper we have been taking furlough days for nearly three years now and our staffing across all job lines is very limited these days. It's rough everywhere, believe me.

(07-26-2011 09:03 AM)theleftboot Wrote: [ -> ]

(07-26-2011 06:57 AM)emu79 Wrote: [ -> ]I believe the Echo referred to a large number of layoffs this or the past week due to budget cuts.

The Echo is usually a day (week) late and a dollar short when it comes to reporting. The 42 layoffs happened in late June. This is a whole other apparent layoff/restructure.

I always wondered why they needed a specific office and staff just to issue ID cards....seems such a task could be incorporated easily into another office...such as the Admissions "Welcome Center" or "Service EMU".

The Eastern Echo is two times week during the school year and even less frequent a during the summer.

(07-26-2011 10:13 AM)HuronDave Wrote: [ -> ]

(07-26-2011 09:03 AM)theleftboot Wrote: [ -> ]

(07-26-2011 06:57 AM)emu79 Wrote: [ -> ]I believe the Echo referred to a large number of layoffs this or the past week due to budget cuts.

The Echo is usually a day (week) late and a dollar short when it comes to reporting. The 42 layoffs happened in late June. This is a whole other apparent layoff/restructure.

I always wondered why they needed a specific office and staff just to issue ID cards....seems such a task could be incorporated easily into another office...such as the Admissions "Welcome Center" or "Service EMU".

It is very difficult to see anybody lose their job and I hope those who find themselves in such circumstances find other jobs soon.

That being said ... these moves are part of a needed streamlining of jobs and duties within the public sector and universities. It is something that private industry has been dealing and has recognized.

At my newspaper we have been taking furlough days for nearly three years now and our staffing across all job lines is very limited these days. It's rough everywhere, believe me.

Newspaper industry, like the U.S.P.S, are in deep trouble because of this little thing we call the Internet.

The Washington Post loses money on its newspaper business.

And good magazines, like Newsweek, etc. are in trouble too.

On the other hand, the energy sector, tech sectors, etc. are going gang busters. Autos are strong too.

Very, very uneven economy.

(07-27-2011 03:53 AM)emu steve Wrote: [ -> ]

(07-26-2011 10:13 AM)HuronDave Wrote: [ -> ]

(07-26-2011 09:03 AM)theleftboot Wrote: [ -> ]

(07-26-2011 06:57 AM)emu79 Wrote: [ -> ]I believe the Echo referred to a large number of layoffs this or the past week due to budget cuts.

The Echo is usually a day (week) late and a dollar short when it comes to reporting. The 42 layoffs happened in late June. This is a whole other apparent layoff/restructure.

I always wondered why they needed a specific office and staff just to issue ID cards....seems such a task could be incorporated easily into another office...such as the Admissions "Welcome Center" or "Service EMU".

It is very difficult to see anybody lose their job and I hope those who find themselves in such circumstances find other jobs soon.

That being said ... these moves are part of a needed streamlining of jobs and duties within the public sector and universities. It is something that private industry has been dealing and has recognized.

At my newspaper we have been taking furlough days for nearly three years now and our staffing across all job lines is very limited these days. It's rough everywhere, believe me.

Newspaper industry, like the U.S.P.S, are in deep trouble because of this little thing we call the Internet.

The Washington Post loses money on its newspaper business.

And good magazines, like Newsweek, etc. are in trouble too.

On the other hand, the energy sector, tech sectors, etc. are going gang busters. Autos are strong too.

Very, very uneven economy.

newspapers depend on advertising and typically local advertisers. as the economy continues to consolidate into monopoly capitalism there are less and less local business dollars to spend on advertising. newspapers have downsized themselves into irrelevance on some levels too, without enough good reporters working various desks.

the energy sector is fueled by speculation as financial speculators who buy the rights to oil/gas/etc but have no energy infrastructure (they are neither distributors or refiners) push up costs and then resell those rights. this creates an energy bubble which creates short term profits while pushing up energy use costs.

the american economy has largely been in stagnation since the early 70s. almost all economic growth has been speculative or financial and dependent on debt creation. the tech sectors have been an exception to some degree.

economic activity in all mature capitalist economies worldwide has trended toward monopolies and conglomerates since the end of the 19th century and stagnation (camaflouged by debt and finance bubbles) since the 70s.

education is being rapidly privitized in the US and worldwide not because privitization results in better education but because privitizing public assets is a source of profit making in an economic landscape where capital is running out of growth options. elementary, secondary and university staffing is in a shrink cycle as systems lower operation costs by firing or displacing higher paid experienced staff and outsource operations to private companies or bring in lesser qualified cheaper workers.