Maytag from bad to worse

[user 12105]

No offense was taken, though my post came of as a little touchy. I don't mind doing the kind of work i do. There are things now that i see i would like to get into that i didn't see when i was younger.

As long as you have breath in you, there are opportunities to better oneself, just a matter of making up your mind and going for it.

 

[toggleswitch]

IMHO- There is dignity in any honest job.

Probably the gross-est and simultaneously rewarding job I had was helping a quadriplegic neighbor with his morning needs.

ah..this would include forcing the body to have a BM while he was in his wheelchair, bathing him and dressing him.

Never forget to thank whomever it is you beieve in that you have your senses and your mobility.

Just to say, "Thank you G - - that I met this person and could be in your and his service" I refused the money every few sessions.

So if I came off as elitist or snobby or nasty, It was truly not my intent. I have paid my dues, and expect to have to do so again at any time.

Life has slapped me down plenty... and you just have to learn to say "Thank you, sir, may I have another"

and just to bring it all back down to the level that is expected of me (LOL).... my ethnic group has a really cool expression that says it all. "You can't F _ _ _ me unless I lay down first!"

HOPE springs eternal!!!!!

-end of sermon.

-Kyrie Ele-ison

 

[kenmore1978]

phase out

"I believE (and anyone please correct me if I am wrong),but I read somewhere that Electrolux plan over the next few years to
gradually phase out the Hoover and Kelvinator brands and just have 3 brands Simpson,Westinghouse and their own Electrolux brand."

In the US Hoover is owned by Maytag, so I doubt if it's going to be phased out.

Kelvinator IS owned by WCI (Electrolux0 and currently IS being phased out.

 

[kenmore1978]

career change

"I was an accountant for 20 years with a degree in Finance and Investments."

What's good about your situation is that you now have TWO options for employment, and accounting is something that wil always be needed, and can even be done on the side as a small business. So you could still be well-served by your degree.

 

[toggleswitch]

TKS!

As you can probably guess, my personality type and accounting are not necessarily compatible!

My last gig as an accountant was with a CPA firm that "did" big famous musical artists that we have all heard-of.

That place was as dry as as any desert in the Middle-East, and I'm not talking about a really good de-humidifier, either.

When my position was eliminated, I had to calm-down the geek-azoid dork CPA who axed me! LOL LOL LOL I thought he was gonna keel-over!

And because the universe is frequently working me in ironic ways... I was to meet the partner and the mother-in-law for dinner and a Broadway show just moments later, that night (a Friday, natch.)

I said nothing at first. It took them both an hour to realize I had the contents of my desk in a shopping bag, and that my mood was a bit "off".

But I had a wave of something come through me (may I call it the Holy Spirit?) and absolutely KNEW with every fiber of my being that I had to go through the experience and somehow I would land on my feet.

The other two at the table were boucing off the ceiling when I dropped the bomb, I was just fine.

I was signed up to go back to school P/T for a 2nd degree, so I just switched to F/T.

I was on umemployment [the "dole" for the unemployed] for 1.5 years and was able get the schooling nearly finsihed.

Got a state license as well as an appraiser.. sent resumes out using the Yellow Pages (bisoness telephone diectory) and got a realy decent job 10 miles (20km) 10 minutes from home. I was able to change careers to something of interest and can make tons more money...

BOTTTOM LINE: Good comes out of all experiences no matter how "bad" at the time.

ME ME ME ME ME.. LOL thanks for listening!

 

[stainfighter]

OMG! It's official on the radio!!! Haier Group!?!

I just heard the news on WTOP via the Internet. They outbid the NY firm that was in the running (Blackstone group?). WTOP reported it is being acquired for $1.8 BILLION?! Unbelievable...

 

[user 12105]

...A moment of silence....

 

[tolivac]

I saw the news of Haier acquiring Maytag on the Yahoo News homepage.

 

[appnut]

Guys, let's not put the final nails in the foccin yet. The bid, according to news reports, isn't official yet. So, until it's formally tendered and accepted, .....

 

[petek]

I still say "very interesting" they let a state controlled Communist company buy an American firm yet no US private company is allowed to do business with Cuba? Where is the logic

 

[stainfighter]

true, it's not final yet...

but it does point to a new chapter in the Maytag saga...it is sad like toggle pointed out what was once a company that had quality as their hallmark, because of so many acquisitions (as one factor) going under. It is giving me pause. I agree that not everyone is college material; having a piece of paper hanging on the wall does not guarantee job security in today's economy, technical skills on the other hand do make people employable