I keep getting new customers and new jobs every week. I had one of my swiss shops email me and ask me if I want to come on as the Milling dept Manager. I guess he thought maybe he could poach me if I was slow. He told me they are straight out still and looking to fill a few more positions.
I spoke to a few other swiss shops in New England that I work with and they are straight out as well. Aerospace is still busy too.
This is nothing like what happened in 2009. I havent even changed my daily routine one bit.
Everything they tell us to do to prevent the spread of the virus I practice daily anyway (except for wearing a mask). I live in the woods, dont hang out in groups, wash my hands regularly, and eat healthy. My gym is closed so that sucks but I havent been going much in the 2 months prior to the virus so it wasnt that big of a change.
Anyone else running business as usual?
I also saw a letter on facebook from the President of Starrett this morning stating the execs are taking a 20% pay cut globally until this is over. They are cutting hours across the board and taking the opportunity to go over the books and come up with other cost savings measures to keep the company on solid fiscal ground for years to come. They employ 600 people in a town of 10,000 residents (2000 globally). Before the internet and rising wages they used to be the go to place to work in town as you could afford to buy a house for $100k if your spouse was also full time with the company. Houses were always cheap and still are comparitively. (My parents bought a 2 bedroom house with 1 acre on main street in 1985 for $22k)
I spoke to a few other swiss shops in New England that I work with and they are straight out as well. Aerospace is still busy too.
This is nothing like what happened in 2009. I havent even changed my daily routine one bit.
Everything they tell us to do to prevent the spread of the virus I practice daily anyway (except for wearing a mask). I live in the woods, dont hang out in groups, wash my hands regularly, and eat healthy. My gym is closed so that sucks but I havent been going much in the 2 months prior to the virus so it wasnt that big of a change.
Anyone else running business as usual?
I also saw a letter on facebook from the President of Starrett this morning stating the execs are taking a 20% pay cut globally until this is over. They are cutting hours across the board and taking the opportunity to go over the books and come up with other cost savings measures to keep the company on solid fiscal ground for years to come. They employ 600 people in a town of 10,000 residents (2000 globally). Before the internet and rising wages they used to be the go to place to work in town as you could afford to buy a house for $100k if your spouse was also full time with the company. Houses were always cheap and still are comparitively. (My parents bought a 2 bedroom house with 1 acre on main street in 1985 for $22k)