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Recession Galway

d-gal · 2008-11-25 21:48:51

Just wondering has anyone really noticed the recession in Galway? Shop street is always busy, pubs and clubs are packed (weekends anyways) and I don't know many people that have lost their job (besides the over-extravagant builder!) I initially thought as a personal trainer that my job would be affected but it seems it has…

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#152 04-02-2009 6:04pm
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Anyone work there from boards.ie?? Isn't the meeting on at 7:30pm?

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#153 04-02-2009 6:15pm
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anyone know what happend to Fidelios (spelling)? Heard it on the news, but then couldn't find anything about it on the net - 50 jobs gone there as well, according to Galway Bayfm...

Worrying times...

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#154 04-02-2009 6:17pm
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galah wrote: »

anyone know what happend to Fidelios (spelling)? Heard it on the news, but then couldn't find anything about it on the net - 50 jobs gone there as well, according to Galway Bayfm...

Worrying times...

wheres that place??

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#155 04-02-2009 6:19pm
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Parkmore...

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#156 04-02-2009 7:14pm
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snubbleste wrote: »

Anyone know what's going on with Celestica in Ballybrit?
It employs 380 people plus had announced to create 120 more jobs 18 months ago.
Rté said there will be a meeting with all workers tongiht

Yep, apparently 7pm. Let's hope the news is not as bad as I'm sure we all expect:(

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#157 04-02-2009 7:16pm
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So?? any update?

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#158 04-02-2009 7:26pm
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galah wrote: »

anyone know what happend to Fidelios (spelling)? Heard it on the news, but then couldn't find anything about it on the net - 50 jobs gone there as well, according to Galway Bayfm...

Worrying times...

Do you mean Fidelity?

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#159 04-02-2009 8:04pm
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I'd assume they mean MICROS-Fidelio. They run a support centre in Parkmore.

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#160 04-02-2009 8:15pm
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Recession threads merged

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#161 04-02-2009 8:16pm
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celestica meeting at half 7 tonight, i can see the thumbleweed already in parkmore:o

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#162 04-02-2009 8:17pm
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leeroybrown wrote: »

I'd assume they mean MICROS-Fidelio. They run a support centre in Parkmore.

Don't think they've really been affected... Kind of out of the loop now though
The UK offices where development of the products take place has been hit pretty hard by redundancies, but we haven't lost any existing support contracts so can't really let any support staff go.

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#163 04-02-2009 9:37pm
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tman wrote: »

Don't think they've really been affected...

Agreed. Someone probably heard about their non-Irish layoffs and wasn't sure if Ireland were affected.

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#164 04-02-2009 10:08pm
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Celestica letting 120 go, not good.

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#165 04-02-2009 10:51pm
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gaeilgegrinds wrote: »

Celestica letting 120 go, not good.

Not good at all, but could have been worse (touch wood)
Thanks for that update.

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#166 04-02-2009 10:55pm
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gaeilgegrinds wrote: »

Celestica letting 120 go, not good.

Im sure i heard on rte news that it was 80 they are letting go

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#167 05-02-2009 1:56am
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I was in Toy City this evening. The shelves are all but empty and there seemed to be only two people working there. Guy in the games section said it's a clearance sale and new stock would be coming in a week or two but as speculated before it looks to me like they are closing down.

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#168 05-02-2009 4:18am
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Are there any types of jobs in Galway that haven't been effected by the recession and still need to employ new people?

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#169 05-02-2009 5:39am
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we have just been told we are going on days
in 3 weeks...all night shifts to finish up....
keeping a positive outlook on things tho
major company on galway as well....

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#170 05-02-2009 10:03am
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I should start hiring you guys as my monkeys

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#171 05-02-2009 10:08am
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Hi-Psi wrote: »

Are there any types of jobs in Galway that haven't been effected by the recession and still need to employ new people?

Virtually everything has been affected by the recession. It's all had a knock on effect.

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#172 05-02-2009 10:15am
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Xiney wrote: »

Virtually everything has been affected by the recession. It's all had a knock on effect.

Not everything. A lot, but not *everything*

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#173 05-02-2009 10:17am
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The count is at 320,000
They expect it to hit 400,000 by EOY
That means 450,000 cos they dont get anything right up there in Dail E

500,000 next year .... whats the odds that even people in this thread will be hit. God its terrible.

Ireland needs to unite now more than ever, we need to get off golden thrones and do whats best to pull out of the depression.

The public sector wage bill is an expense to the country, thats why they had to hit it. They should stop giving out about it.
What else can they do?

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#174 05-02-2009 10:20am
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JohnCleary wrote: »

Not everything. A lot, but not *everything*

So name something that hasn't been affected.

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#175 05-02-2009 10:21am
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alibabba wrote: »

whats the odds that even people in this thread will be hit.

people in this thread have already been hit

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#176 05-02-2009 10:25am
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Xiney wrote: »

people in this thread have already been hit

Ya ... i had two brothers joining the very long dole queue yesterday in town.

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#177 05-02-2009 10:48am
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Xiney wrote: »

So name something that hasn't been affected.

Not a job for everybody but if you have a C1 and D1 license the HSE are recruiting EMTs. It is one part of the HSE that cannot be cut back because of EU regulations (ones I can't quote or point to). Checkout publicjobs.ie

Despite cutbacks in other divisions Boston Scientific in Galway are expanding and are reruiting the following:
Technical Writer
Supplier Engineer
Senior Supervisor-Complaints,
Senior Stability Engineer
Senior Quality Engineer-Operations
Senior Packaging Design Engineer
Senior Manufactruing Engineer
Quality Systems Validation Engineer (Software)
Quality Engineer-Operations
Quality Engineer - Pre & Post Production
Manufacturing Engineer
Label System Engineer
Extrusion Technician
Checkout: http://www.bostonscientific.com

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#178 05-02-2009 10:51am
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sgthighway, thanks for that reply. Keep them coming. I currently have a job, and its nice to know there are still some jobs out there. Anyone else have anything else like sgthighway?

Aren't CSN meant to be coming to galway?

I sent an email to them and got this reply (on 15th jan):

We are excited to expand into the European market and establish our European headquarters in Galway.

CSN Stores is a pure play online retailer with over 260 stores selling over 1 million products. Here in the US, we are third largest online, home goods retailer (behind Williams Sonoma and Crate and Barrel). CSN Stores has enjoyed tremendous growth … founded in 2002, today we employ over 500 employees in Boston, MA.

Our current job openings can be found at http://www.csnstores.ie/join_csn_stores.asp?settab=5. These roles require fluent English and German language skills.

We are reviewing all applicants CVs. We will contact folks who meet our immediate needs and retain all CVs for future open roles.

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#179 05-02-2009 11:02am
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sgthighway wrote: »

Not a job for everybody but if you have a C1 and D1 license the HSE are recruiting EMTs. It is one part of the HSE that cannot be cut back because of EU regulations (ones I can't quote or point to). Checkout publicjobs.ie

Despite cutbacks in other divisions Boston Scientific in Galway are expanding and are reruiting the following:
Technical Writer
Supplier Engineer
Senior Supervisor-Complaints,
Senior Stability Engineer
Senior Quality Engineer-Operations
Senior Packaging Design Engineer
Senior Manufactruing Engineer
Quality Systems Validation Engineer (Software)
Quality Engineer-Operations
Quality Engineer - Pre & Post Production
Manufacturing Engineer
Label System Engineer
Extrusion Technician
Checkout: http://www.bostonscientific.com

But aren't the EMTs being made to take a pay cut (sorry, "pension levy")?

And Boston Scientific may be hiring, but since other companies laid people off there's a lot more people going for those jobs so it's harder to get them.

Everything has been affected.

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#180 05-02-2009 11:49am
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Xiney wrote: »

But aren't the EMTs being made to take a pay cut (sorry, "pension levy")?

And Boston Scientific may be hiring, but since other companies laid people off there's a lot more people going for those jobs so it's harder to get them.

Everything has been affected.

The HSE are still recruiting though.

It is true that when the likes of Boston Scientific are hiring they look to the likes of other companies in a similar field who might have recently made reduntancies. e.g. When Abbott in Galway closed; a team was setup in Abbott to try and look after the people that were let go. Boston took on a lot of these people. They might go head to head at the stock exchange but they are human when it comes to looking out for each other.

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#181 05-02-2009 11:51am
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Xiney wrote: »

So name something that hasn't been affected.

Me - I've been having to turn work down lately due to education committments

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