221 Quotes by John Challenger

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    Generation Y wants more meaningful work and is looking for more give-and-take from their employers. They want a lot of responsibilities and also to do work that is interesting to them.

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    Even though February job cuts showed a significant decline, there is no reason to think the job market is rebounding, ... The fact that cuts remained above 100,000 is a strong indicator that employers are still focused on contraction.

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    Even in this runaway economy that has some factories running 24 hours, ... employers are still able to find areas that can be trimmed or eliminated altogether.

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    The July numbers are still double what we saw in the period of economic expansion, ... They're the lowest in some time, but they're not good by any means.

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    There are thousands of co-heads, chiefs and directors now. You don't know if they are top people or are buried in middle management somewhere.

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    The union has done a good job in negotiating a buyout package that at least seems to me to be unparalleled. At the same time, it's bittersweet. What they are negotiating is an end game.

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    Benefits are much worse for part-time workers. The number of people without health care insurance has gone over 40 million.

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