I am interested and currently unemployed for the 2nd time in my life (at 62). It has been about 6 weeks since I got the notice.
The 105 year old company that I worked for for 20 years (in 2 stints) appears to be closing. The problem was ownership capital problems & cash flow, not operations.
The last week I have heard nothing from my usual sources, it is possible someone is trying to buy it. In the previous week it appeared that another company that I had also worked for had taken over the salesforce.
Since 1972 I have been in the wholesale hardware distribution industry, with 2 privately held companies. Most of my time was in sales & sales management, then retail store design and later I published their catalog (3,000 pages 37,000 SKU’s) from a database. I created and maintained all their web images when we took them on-line for the web.
On the print side, there is no other human who knows the process that we used to create the catalog, except me. If it survives, I am sure they will have to have some help with that.
I was 54 and working for a bus company and I would transport special needs students to Pittsburgh. They bought out the other company I was working for and there was not much work for going to the Burg. I was doing medicals and local special needs student plus Airports but my pay was going down. I was complaining to my cousin on the phone about money and he said try for another cousin was working so I got an application but just could not get up the guts to take it in after a number of months I did and within 6 months I got an interview. It was between me and another guy and he went no another job so it was mine by default. It has worked out great. we have paid bills off and have been able to save. I hope this thread helps you get a job!! I know my grammer etc,,is not good but instead of going to College I chased girls. Other family member went to College and are making nice money!!
Man, I miss printing. I was on the mechanical side of things, not composing. The job was ideal in more than the pay & benefits, though I surely appreciated that as well. I loved the physical activity of slinging those 10-ream paper boxes.
Now I’m a security guard holding onto my home tooth and nail at less than a third of what I used to earn. Too stubborn to give up my place.
Near Statesville & Greensboro, NC.
Thank you for posting this thread, GregB!