yup

Yeah...hey Chey and Joe....you guys ok?

well, atleast Obama is caring about the pollution our cars make.

What has that got to do with this thread?

don't encourage him

Wow, that's a lot of zeros.

Sorry guys. I hope you make it through all that.

wouldn't happen if Obama was making "change"

how many of that is from the big indiana cut.

you are a fucking retard. enough already.

chills, eggs me on all the time.

That makes absolutely no sense at all.

I posted a link to this yesterday Ody sheesh.

I think this is public.

8500 contract workers
2500 took a buyout
4000 union or manufacturing
5000 salary or managment which includes engineering.

while those people are getting screwed. All the suppliers, vendors, truck drivers are getting fawked as well.

there will be more cuts in the state because of this. I know of a few design houses and manufacturing plants in il that rely on cat for business. Sad to hear. Hopefully the economy recovers sooner rather than later.

My b-i-l works at the plant near Joliet. I wonder if he is secure?

Besides Joe and Chey I have another friend who works for Cat. I hope they all keep their jobs.

Same here. Step-dad works at Joliet plant as a chemical engineer. Hope they are secure.

Good point, dipshit.

Sucks to hear. I'm wondering when the bottom will hit, cause we're not there yet.

Ian (mm-racing) works at Cat as well. hence the other threads he has started.

Ahhhhhh, in that case I hope he takes the buy-out.

im in one of the said mfg plants that supplies to cat

Thats Harassment!

I work for CAT too, and so far it looks like I'll be safe. Nothing at this point is guaranteed though. And Ian's numbers are pretty accurate. So far, it looks like the Aurora plant will be hit a bit worse than Joliet, but that could change as things move along.

Well I hope everyone here that works for CAT is ok!!

i dont work for CAT, but i did stay at a holiday inn express last night.

Sorry to hear. I hope everyone on here makes out alright. I wonder how much worse its going to get before it gets better?

And your still only a tick smarter than talesdarkside.

imagine 20,000 people flooding the job market.

I bet there will be thousands more apps for every open position in the area (if there even are any).

20,000 from cat, how many from supporting vendors and customers?