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"The business is among the Milwaukee area's largest private-sector employers, according to Business Journal research. The company last year said it had about 2,280 employees locally and more than 6,000 companywide."

During challenging economic periods, many companies engage in restructuring and downsizing, which can be disheartening as employees are laid off. Wishing the best for the affected employees and their families.

 

I've been laid off 3x in my 44 year career. Once after 17 years, Once after 8 years and once after 2 years (covid). It sucks, no one gives a ****, you do what you need to do and move on. Once people realize employees are disposable, the hurt heals much quicker...

 

The company I work for is a multibillion-dollar company, with over 50,000 employees, and sells products in 150+ countries around the world. They restructure every couple of years. There is nothing exciting about it.
"We are combining department x with department y."
"We are streamlining our logistics team."
"We are making our engineering teams more efficient."

They all mean the same thing: some people are moved around, others are let go, and 99% of people are unaffected. We are offered a voluntary severance package that is really good. The one time engineering was affected over the past 15 years (about 6 years ago), this voluntary severance caused too many people to leave, and we needed to rehire.

Unions are expensive. The company I work for has some union facilities and their costs are exorbitant compared to non-union facilities, and the pay/benefits are not any better than non-union facilities. These facilities are first in line when it comes to cuts. The unions in this companyprovide no benefit, and only appear to drive up cost.

 

Who would buy a new bike for over $30K when you can buy a low mileage RGS for under $20K.

HD better hope there are a lot of rich customers to buy those shiny new bikes...

 

Well with the current level of improvements the new RG has over the RGS I suspect many would prefer to buy the new bike, what it comes down to is some get hit with the reality quick that their credit won't let them buy what they want

 

[QUOTE=ahhlou;21727498]Who would buy a new bike for over $30K when you can buy a low mileage RGS for under $20K.

So true. I've learned a 'new to me bike' is just as much fun as a brand spanking new bike. Probably more so, because I don't have the 1st year depreciation monkey snickering in my ear.

 

I bought my FXR in 1989 and it only cost $8200. Harleys are for rich people, not the working class guys who used to be their clientele.
The nice thing about the Evo is that I can do most repairs on it myself and I don't need a $3000 dollar scanner to troubleshoot it or take
out a second mortgage on my house to pay for it.

 

In HR language that means "fired"

 

They must be storing them at my dealer.

 

$8200 in 1989 is equivalent to about $22,000 today…that’s an expensive non-touring bike.