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Posted on Jul 30, 2010 by cgctheworst for Capital Group Companies (CG)
CG was the worst experience of my life!  Boss is totally incompetent and psychotic and survived the cuts.  Boss totally was out to get me.  Fabricated lies that went into my review.  My appeals to next level boss and to HR all marginalised and dismissed.    I've got so much documentation and digital...Read More
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Posted on Jul 1, 2010 by h-town for Capital Group Companies (CG)
CG is no where on the list this year.  Did this site have an effect on that?

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9176791/Best_Places_to_Work_in_IT_2010...Read More
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Posted on May 13, 2010 by steve for USA Repository Services
Energy Department advances with shutdown of planned nuclear waste repository

WASHINGTON -- The dismantling of the Yucca Mountain repository plan advanced this week when the Department of Energy ordered the project's main contractors to stop most work and prepare further job reductions.

The dep...Read More
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Posted on May 4, 2010 by spring cleaning for Capital Group Companies (CG)
A contact in SNO said this week has been interesting with 2 long term associates being "let go".  Please tell me how after 15-17 years each with CG they are "no longer performing up to standard"

Its interesting the annual profit sharing bonus and MRP are to be paid out within the next few week......Read More
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Posted on Apr 28, 2010 by justiceforthisgreatsite for Capital Group Companies (CG)
Thanks, Mike (name?) for making and maintaining this great site. the outlet proved therapeutic to many people at Capital; its also interesting from an anthropological point of view.

You also, I think, paid a great service to Capital and a smart HR executive would read these posts for insight abou...Read More
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Posted on Apr 21, 2010 by bill kanyousuck for Capital Group Companies (CG)
A) paid off bills, rent, utilities, till it ran out
B) Livin' large, vacations, retail therapy, cars,women & wine.
C) Invested it back with AFS
D) Invested it with anybody except AFS
E) back to school, higher degree, career change 
F) Invested in real estate
G) spent it on a anti-depressants &...Read More
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Posted on Apr 17, 2010 by former afs associate for Capital Group Companies (CG)
I never liked working on the phones.  I really hated that TM's were always in meetings.  I didn't care for the schedule on the SHSV Web.  I didn't like how TM's would tell you that meetings were in confidence, and then later you would find out that they were talking about your situation in a TM meet...Read More
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Posted on Apr 6, 2010 for Sanofi-Aventis
The shrunken U.S. sales force of Sanofi-Aventis is shrinking yet again. As BNet Pharma reports, the U.S. operation is laying off some 400 reps to account for generic competition and underperforming drugs.
One of the culprits is Ambien CR, the sleeping pill that's now fighting generic rivals for mar...Read More
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Posted on Apr 6, 2010 for Carilion Labs LLC
Carilion Labs will lay off 90 people as part of its plan to relocate its reference lab from Charlotte, NC, to Greensboro, NC, following its merger with Spectrum Laboratory Network of North Carolina.

The Charlotte lab will close its doors in five to seven months, according to a local news report. ...Read More
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Posted on Apr 6, 2010 for Counterforce Corp.
Canadian security company Counterforce Corp. plans to lay off 83 people from its Houston operations.

In a letter to the Texas Workforce Commission dated March 22, the company stated it would be conducting a mass layoff during the next four months.

The company did not give a reason for the job ...Read More
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Recent Message Board Comments

By Kury Us (Sep 1, 2010)
oh please, look back at some of my previous posts and tell me you think I could possibly be greg or a director

I care somewhat because I still have friends there and Ive told every one of them they should get out...Read More
By xoxoxoxo (Sep 1, 2010)
kury us
if your gone why do you care? maybe you are still working there (candy, greg scott)?????? ...Read More
By Kury Us (Aug 31, 2010)
worried, I was one of you but refused to kiss ass. I know all ths tish they pull believe me. but my point is that unionizing is useless once the doors are closed and forcing them to pay out more might close the doors sooner...Read More
By disappointed (Aug 31, 2010)
10 years ago i believed in him but now greg has turned into such an idiot...Read More
By worried about my job (Aug 31, 2010)
to kury us: maybe you are not one of us who has had to ass kiss every day to keep my job and now only to see my friends get lied to, mistreated, cheated out of severance and totally screwed.  from my perspective after a couple of us have talked to linda there is a lot 346 can do for us....Read More
 

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