AM I NEXT? NO LOVE AT CKE - CARL'S RESTAURANTS

The handwriting was clearly on the wall since March 2016 when Carpinteria, California-based CKE, the parent company of Carl’s, Hardee’s, and other fast-food restaurants made the decision to implement the relocation of the company’s headquarters to Franklin, Tennessee.

It was a business decision driven by California’s unfriendly business environment, high taxes, and high costs of living.

At that time 275 employees were left in the old Anaheim, California location where Carl Karcher founded the company in 1941.

So it comes as no surprise that the company has opted to close its Anaheim office and sell the property as it leaves California. It is believed that some of the jobs were transferred to foreign business process outsourcers.

according to a CKE spokesperson, “While maintaining multiple corporate offices made sense in the past, working from a single location is critical to building the culture we need to propel our business forward. With that in mind, we’ve undertaken the difficult task of closing our Anaheim office and moving its roles and function to Franklin.”

The Anaheim office was an operational hub that supported restaurant operations with accounting, finance, payroll, real estate development, facility maintenance, IT and construction services.

It appears that CKE will not be the last corporation to move out of California where the one-party progressive control over the government is openly anti-capitalist, anti-business and wants to fund their social programs, including the support of illegal aliens, on the backs of state businesses.

It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere ... are you wondering, Am I Next?

AM I NEXT? LAYOFFS AT GOODMAN MANUFACTURING (UPDATED)

DECEMBER 21, 2019 — AN ADDITIONAL 45 LAYOFFS. 1,430 GONE; 150 TO GO

The company has announced that it will be laying off another 45 employees at its Fayetteville, Tennessee plant.

According to the company, the total number of employees permanently laid off is 1,430, leaving an estimated 150 workers in place, primarily in warehousing.

AUGUST 4, 2019 — GOODMAN PULLS THE TRIGGER, SHUT DOWN WILL RESULT IN THE LAYOFF OF 703 EMPLOYEES

Following through with a plant closure previously announced in 2015, the company will shut down its Fayetteville, Tennessee manufacturing facility resulting in the lay off 703 union-represented employees commencing on September 27, 2019.

Operations will be transferred to Goodman’s manufacturing facility located in Waller, Texas. The $417 million facility is located in the Daikin Texas Technology Park, named for its parent, the Osaka, Japan-based Daikin Group, the world's largest manufacturer of Heating, Ventilation and air Conditioning products and systems. The facility contains the largest purpose-built building to support HVAC design, production, and distribution in the United States.

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Houston, Texas-based Goodman Manufacturing, a subsidiary of the Osaka, Japan-based Daikin Group, one of the world's largest manufacturer of HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning) equipment has announced that it will be phasing out manufacturing operations at its Fayetteville, Tennessee facility resulting in the layoff of 81 employees as it relocates a product line to its facility in Waller, Texas.

The decision was driven by economic conditions and the permanent layoff is part of the previously announced transition process between the Fayetteville and Waller facilities.

It is believed that the entire Fayetteville facility will be phased out by first quarter of 2019 with all manufacturing and logistics operations consolidated in the recently built Daikin Technology Park in Waller, Texas. Opened in May 2017 and “located just outside of Houston, Texas, the Daikin Texas Technology Park allows Daikin to consolidate manufacturing, engineering, logistics, marketing and sales for Goodman®, Amana® and Daikin brand unitary heating and air conditioning products in one location.”

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life, or promises for a bright future. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. Are you now wondering, Am I Next?

AM I NEXT? LAYOFFS AT HSN (03/04/23)

MARCH 4, 2023 — 400 EMPLOYEES AT QVC AND HSN

Parent company Qurate Retail Group has announced 400 employees have been laid off at television-shopping companies QVC Inc. and Home Shopping Network as part of a multi-year growth strategy known as “Project Athens” that included cost reductions.

According to a Quarte spokesperson, “These decisions are not easy but are necessary for realigning how we manage the business and heighten focus on critical priorities.”

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St. Petersburg, Florida-based HSN, formerly Home Shopping Network, has announced that it is closing its subsidiary Ingenious Designs in Ronkonkoma, New York and laying off 66 employees. This is the company founded by Joy Mangano who invented the “Miracle Mop” which was purchased by HSN in 1999. The company’s design and product sourcing work will be relocated to West Chester, Pennsylvania to be closer to Qurate Retail Group, HSN’s parent corporation which also owns QVC and other online properties. The decision driving the closure is said to be purely economic.

Few inventors have been the subject of a major motion picture, and even fewer inventors of household products, but in 2015 “Joy” was released to tell the story of a single mother of three who created a retail phenomenon. The movie, written by David O. Russell and starring Jennifer Lawrence as Joy became an inspiration for creative girls and women throughout the nation. The movie also stars Robert DeNiro and Bradley Cooper.

Jennifer Lawrence was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Mangano.[

JOY is the wild story of a family across four generations centered on the girl who becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty and becomes a matriarch in her own right. Betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, pave the road in this intense emotional and human comedy about becoming a true boss of family and enterprise facing a world of unforgiving commerce. Allies become adversaries and adversaries become allies, both inside and outside the family, as Joy’s inner life and fierce imagination carry her through the storm she faces.

Jennifer Lawrence stars, with Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Edgar Ramirez, Isabella Rossellini, Diane Ladd, Virginia Madsen, Elisabeth Röhm and Dascha Polanco.

An interesting interview…

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life or promises for a bright future. We see good people being laid off through no fault of their own. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. Are you now wondering, Am I Next?