Workload
Workload
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The consulting firm I work for has been very slow for the last couple of years. We are a multi-discipline firm. Some of my engineering friends have been busy at the firms they work for. I am just curious as to the general conditions out there. Is it the firm I am working for or are others struggling out there?






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You noted that your firm is in the heavy industry sector. I too was working in that sector up until last year. I noticed a significant slowdown in the work in this sector. I believe it is the result of the "slow" economy, whereby companies are postponing larger projects until their sales increase. In my opinion, it is the result of the nature of the stockmarket, where companies are measured heavily on a quarterly basis, with little regard for the long-term outlook for a company.
Hang in there, the economy is expanding. I suspect the heavy industry players will open up their purses fairly soon. I have already seeen it with some of the companies that I used to do work for.
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Tax revenues are down, due to the loss of manufacturing jobs to Mexico and China (Georgia and South Carolina have lost tens of thousands of jobs in the last few years). One of our clients built a new plant last year in the midwest anticipating a 40% rate of growth; since then they have shut down three of the nine US plants and cut all salaries by 35% in order to survive. If it weren't for the housing industry this country would be in serious condition. On the upside, for the first time in two years, our clients are beginning to sound more optimistic and are looking for better times by the end of this year.