Breaking News: Holden to cease manufacturing in Australia in 2017

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Originally Posted by Bossxr8

Maybe you need to spend some of your money on buying a clue.

People who have had 20+ years of experience will be getting redundancies in 6 figures. Who in their right mind would walk away now and get nothing, especially those over 50 years of age who will probably never get another job bar some trivial part time crap. And i'll bet both Ford and Holden have a hell of a lot of workers who are in that boat with decades of experience and an age that employers don't want to touch.

Funny I don't remember saying they should walk away from their job right now, but hey if that's your conclusion I must have typed that right? With the redundancy packages they're given and the after termination that's plenty of time to look for a new job. Most can only wish they got a years wage for simply turning up to work repeatedly.

Originally Posted by Bill M

My bad! Not every one can understand the benefits of a balanced economy.

A balanced economy with 20 billion different career choices is preferable but face reality we're too small and expensive for that kind of economy/job market. You can either stick your head in the sand and dream about a fantasy Australia that has a population big enough to be a global player or face reality and realise there's still plenty of jobs out there, they just wont fall into your lap. But its easier to sit back and do nothing than go out and get a new job.