Oh, hello economy. Have we reached bottom yet?

[icarus]

Oh. Joy. WG received a letter that his insurance claim has been refused. The insurance company insists that he has to file with L&I.

WG's been pacing and worried all day. There has been no other topic of conversation today.

He spoke with the union trust people immediately. They were surprised at his company's insistance that you have to report injuries for L&I within a 72-hour window. The woman there said, "I had some pain in my hand that I ignored at first but it kept getting worse. I was able to report it to L&I."

Now WG has to file an L&I claim after the fact. He's going in to the shipyard to talk to human resources tomorrow.

Meanwhile, the head of my work, the tutor program, has called a meeting for 10:30 tomorrow. This will be our first ever meeting.

I have a feeling I know what it's about. I was reviewing the applications for next year's tutors this week. Today I was told to put that on hold. We won't be hiring new tutors for next year.

Yesterday, I read that economic indicators had improved. Companies were restocking their inventories. First quarter profits were better than expected. It is time for the economy to turn around, please.

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[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's more or less what they're saying over here in Germany. Unemployment rates have started to rise, but quite a few of the bigger companies (some of which I'd have sworn were stable) have only just filed for bankruptcy, so they're all still kind of in limbo. Never mind that most of the owners of small businesses I know are barely scraping by, but none of them has given up yet. That might change, too.

There's no saying how bad this is going to get.