BellSouth to cut 1,074 jobs next quarter

[CShine]

BellSouth said Monday it will eliminate 1,074 jobs in nine states during next year's first quarter, including 236 workers in Georgia, most of them in metro Atlanta.

That's about 1.65 percent of BellSouth's work force of 65,000 in the Southeast.

"The majority of the surplus positions are technicians, as well as some operator services and clerical positions," said BellSouth spokesman Jeff Battcher.

"In addition, about 15 percent of the surplused positions are part of the previously announced exit from the pay phone business, which is going to be effective Dec. 31," Battcher said.


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[DemoTex]

1. Thanks for the seque!

My brother's (MD-Radiology) partner (JD-Law)was once with Bell South. My wife (PhD-Industrial Psychology) was once with Bell Atlantic, GTE, and the combo thereof, Verizon. The common demominator? Total, visceral hate of the fucking phone companies. Period.

[Cooley Hurd]

2. That's okay - there's a new Wal-Mart opening up...

Wal-Mart Opens Supercenter in Raleigh, NC
Wheeeee! Jobs for all! I'm sure gonna vote Republican next year!

[mbperrin]

3. Man, look at that Bush* job machine

go!

(Or should it be Watch those jobs go...away!?)

[terrisel]

4. People can get by on lower income if they buy

everything at Wal-mart. It can be the giant ubiquitous governmental stores like they used to have in the old Soviet Union.

After their competitors shut down for lack of customers, Wal-Mart will start having long lines at checkout. As the dollar continues to fall and imports get more expensive,they will begin to have shortages of better quality merchandise.

As "our" corporations become better able to compete on the world market due to worthless dollar and hiring 3rd world labor force, we will begin to have shortages of food and other goods.
Our unemployed will join the armed services so that they can eat Halliburton and Bechtal substandard and skimpy food rations for which the taxpayers will pay $30 a day. This is what Republicans mean when they say "service" economy: join the service if you want to eat.

Don't worry ! We can make money to buy Wal-mart goods and pay our taxes if we start whittling scraps of wood to sell to Europeans as American folk art. It is amazing what you can create if you are willing to whittle for 16 hours a day.