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20-06-2007, 10:59 PM
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LOW AND SLOW
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Geelong.
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Hi all, my recent posts about Coghlan Russell Engineering finally came true last Thursday. We were all made redundant. Some of my workmates have been there for 40+ years. Very sad time. No real point to this thread but i hope anyone out there in the automotive industry who feels safe at the moment, enjoy it while you can, it aint gonna last. The whole industry is going down BIG time. If you work at TOYOTA you might be OK.
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20-06-2007, 11:04 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Alice Springs
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I hope that everything works out for you. It probably sounds lame but..... for every door that closes, a window opens.
I was made redundant about 15 years ago, I was pretty cut up about it at the time. But things have worked out better than if I had still been working there. And it is true that no matter how valuable you think that you are to a company, your probably not. Good luck.
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20-06-2007, 11:07 PM
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LOW AND SLOW
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Geelong.
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Thanks mate, i appreciate that.
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20-06-2007, 11:09 PM
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Fiat POWAAH!
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Western Australia
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having been made redundant myself i know what you're going through, best of luck with your future endeavers.
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20-06-2007, 11:35 PM
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LOW AND SLOW
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Geelong.
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Thanks DoreSlamR. Very hard at the moment as i have a wife and 3 sons to support and i dont know when the next dollar is gonna come. Geers payout will help but christ knows when that will come through.
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21-06-2007, 10:10 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Near Canberra
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I've been redundant twice and put off because the business was going broke once, each time has found me with better opportunities. Hang in there and be prepared to consider opportunities that you might not if you had a permanent job.
Best of luck, Tote
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22-06-2007, 06:20 PM
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Peter Car
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: geelong
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Backwells IXL took over some of the work, with some going in house to the Ford stamping plant, so good to see a local business securing the work, and they hired a number of CR employees to do the job too. Pity they couldn't hire all of them.
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22-06-2007, 06:28 PM
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Virtuous Bogan (TM)
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: TAS
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Yeap that sucks, but some of these companies that are going bust have been sitting on their backside, and have dodgey management that cant see past their nose.
Agreed manufacturing is going to be tough, product development is actually on the rise. So not all doom and gloom.
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