Layoffs and furloughs. . . . . .

[charlie_the_tuna]

as we all know, the economy is going down like a lead balloon and i dont see it recovering. i dont know what will happen but i fear for my kids in the future. one day i wont be here to take care of them and who knows what comes next.
well, the MTA has been talking major cuts and although the LIRR (long island railroad) is so over managed, they have decided to start by cutting train service personel. the place is so top heavy with management, each department looks like this. a supervisor, a manager, a superintendant and a vice president. many departments have several of each.
well, they figure that since they run the trains from behind a desk, they will be laying off 60 engineers and 60 conductors next month and that is just the beginning. i believe the number of non-represented employees (management) being layed off (with buyout packages), is somewhere in the 20's or 30's.
while my job is safe, these are men and women who left careers for "security" and who just bought houses and just had kids and people who i have worked with day in and day out for the last few years.
right now the union talks of how they are doing everything in their power to see these layoffs dont take effect, it doesnt look good for these men and women.
no point really, just wanted to get this off my chest. this company pisses money away like you cant imagine but these people are about to lose their livelyhoods and there isnt a goddam thing we can do about it.
really sucks.