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| Slowdown to cost Germany 130,000 jobs |
| 2008-11-24 |
| Germany's labor office says it expects the current economic crisis to cost the country's job market an additional 130,000 jobs in 2009. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 They can always send that million and a half Turks that don't plan to assimilate packing. That would open up a lot of jobs, cut the welfare rolls, and increase the habitability of Germany, all at the same time. Of course, it's not PC, but screw PC. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-11-24 15:28 |
| #4 Upon closer inspection (IE, my lazy ass actually went and read the article), the spokesdroid actually was talking about an increase in unemployment, not a decrease in employment. For those of you who don't pay attention to this sort of thing, they're two distinct and not-necessarily-related phenomena. We're talking 130,000 additional folks drawing unemployment. I don't think that includes perpetual students, perpetually trainees, or out-right NEET. (I love that acronym, btw - 'Not currently engaged in Employment, Education or Training'. It's so much less judgmental than 'hikikomori' or 'unemployable bum'. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2008-11-24 14:41 |
| #3 The wonders of Eurosclerosis - no jobs are ever created or destroyed, except by retirement or death. Betcha that 130,000 doesn't count 'attrition'. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2008-11-24 14:35 |
| #2 Only 130,000 jobs? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-11-24 14:06 |
| #1 Crap. How will I ever relocate there if they don't have any jobs? |
| Posted by: Iblis 2008-11-24 00:08 |