Packard lays off 214 hired recently

[UpInArms]

http://www.vindy.com/local_news/278966526176316.php

WARREN — Delphi Packard Electric Systems laid off 214 recently hired employees and has 300 senior employees reporting to work even though it has no production jobs for them.

Orders are so slow that the maker of wiring harnesses for vehicles is cutting back on its work force, which now totals 4,000, said Doug Hoy, a company spokesman.

The 214 workers were placed on indefinite layoff Friday, which means Packard has no plans to call them back.

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Packard has transformed local operations into component-making operations, where workers can operate machines that churn out large volumes of plastic and metal parts and cable. Labor-intensive work, such as assembling wiring harnesses, has been shifted to Mexico.

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[T Bone]

1. An engineering firm in Ohio

that recently hired around 200 this past spring, just turned around and laid them all off this past week. There is no consistency in the jobs during this so-called recovery.

[BiggJawn]

2. That's why it's called a "Jobless Recovery"!

"...no consistency in the jobs..."

Lay off 300 workers, post "profits" for the quarter, people buy your stock, the "White Collars" get to keep their jobs, the CEO gets a BONUS.