Posted by AuntieMel on November 4, 2004, at 16:44:00
In reply to Re: American's spoke yesterday, posted by Toph on November 3, 2004, at 22:01:05
Hey Toph.
I'm trying to state this in a way that won't get a pbc - and yet everytime I try it sounds like I'm sending you an admonishment, which isn't what I mean. Ok, here goes.
There are many, many of us in the oil biz that are hard working upstanding citizens. It just seems that everytime oil hits the news it's something negative and folks have built been prone to lump all the "oil business" together.
Unfortunately, other businesses get the sympathy news. Steel mill shut down, 5000 out of work and everyone can (rightly) feel for these workers. But if the oil biz is hurting (low prices) and people get laid off nobody cares, it's just a good thing that gas is cheap.
Since the early eighties hundreds of thousands of jobs have been lost, most never to come back. From 2000 to 2002 our department alone was hit with at least 6 rounds of layoffs and I saw some very good people get the axe.
I guess what I'm getting at is don't judge all the books by a few covers. We're not all bad.
(posted to you, but directed at the world.)
poster:AuntieMel
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