Posted by barefootin (anonymous) on November 3, 2009 at 4:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)

another one bites the dust

Posted by goodoleboy (anonymous) on November 3, 2009 at 5:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)

This was a telemarketing firm right? If so, then good riddance

Posted by jayhawksfan (anonymous) on November 3, 2009 at 5:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It was a market research call center, somewhat similar but not a telemarketing company..market research doesn't sell anything they do research studies.

Yeah good riddance in an economy like this..smart post there goodoleboy. That's just what Emporia needed was a lot more unemployed people.

Posted by neighbor (anonymous) on November 3, 2009 at 5:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Perhaps it had more to do with the Nationwide no-call list rather than the economy?

Posted by Beo_Saoirse (anonymous) on November 3, 2009 at 5:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Goodoleboy: Let's see, a legitimate business paying OK wages shuts its doors in a community that is already suffering from bad economic times. Really, Goodoleboy? Really?

Posted by jayhawksfan (anonymous) on November 3, 2009 at 5:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Actually I worked there, the nationwide no-call lists are only for telemarketing, it doesn't apply to market research companies. The facility was shut down due to the economy and lack of work due to that.

Posted by goodoleboy (anonymous) on November 3, 2009 at 5:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)

"It was a market research call center, somewhat similar but not a telemarketing company..market research doesn't sell anything they do research studies."

By calling people at their house or spamming their inbox. The company at that location has gone under, moved in out, quite a few times since I have lived here. I'm sure spam filters and people switching to cell phones had nothing to do with it either.. I'll wager most of jobs were temp jobs taken by college and high school kids, anyone have figures on median income?

Posted by Mommyof4 (anonymous) on November 3, 2009 at 5:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)

The funny part is that in the paper article they said that we had suspected a closed but up until the week before they were telling us that they wouldn't close the facility down. I am glad that goodoleboy thinks it is good that they closed the business, if your a tax payer then I guess you get to pay for my kids. Thanks!

Posted by jayhawksfan (anonymous) on November 3, 2009 at 6:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Yes the people on the phones called people in homes and businesses to conduct research studies. No there wasn't any "spamming" people's inboxes. The work there was all over the phone market research studies.

Before On-Line Communications moved here in 1999 or 1998, the same location used to be Idelman's Telemarketing. When Idelman's went out of business in Emporia this company bought the facility and it had been the same company since 1998 or 1999 when they came into Emporia. It was not staffed by temp employees. The night shift employees were mostly college kids, the dayshift was mostly not students though. There were several people there that had worked there for at least a couple of years that lost their jobs.

I understand that you may not care for the type of business that it was,and that's fine...but that's just an ignorant statement to make in an economy like this. Since there's not a whole lot of opportunities in Emporia right now, adding a lot more unemployed people to that wasn't really something you should be applauding. Regardless of whether you care for the business or not.

Thanks though goodoleboy I guess if all the people that worked there (as well as the other places in Emporia that have closed or are closing soon) are unable to find jobs and have to get state and federal assistance you won't mind helping them out with your tax money! ;) haha

Posted by ToxicPink (anonymous) on November 3, 2009 at 6:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)

There was a lot of high school kids that got their first job experience there because they were willing to hire them (only because they just fired them two weeks later for not making their quota oh lol), but still, they gave 16 year old kids the opportunity to have "experience" whereas other places would not hire them because they did not have any job experience (At 16? who would have thunk it).

But that's not the point, we're losing yet another place that helped employ people, this town gets better and better. And I'm sure not everyone who worked there was high school kids trying to make some gas money. I had considered it to supplement my income since they allowed such flexible hours to help with student loans.

I hope everyone who thinks it's funny that a "telemarketing" company has shut down is pretty secure in there jobs because that's just how many people are going to be full force in the job market again trying to pay the bills and put food on the table.

But, being poor, hungry and out of work is a good thing right? I mean that's what some of you think. Its not people losing jobs! It's job positions closing down!....oh wait...

Posted by Mommyof4 (anonymous) on November 3, 2009 at 6:32 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Some of the people that lost their job had been there for 4 or more years...since I don't have a paycheck now I can't buy items from Emporia business'...which means I can't help to stimulate the local economy...it is vicious cycle.

Posted by YY4U (anonymous) on November 3, 2009 at 7:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Look at the classified ads in the Gazette, Lots of jobs there :-) http://www.emporiawebsites.com/classifie...

Posted by tbluma (anonymous) on November 3, 2009 at 7:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I gotta jump on the band wagon here goodoleboy. Kinda of a dumbassed statement if you ask me. Who cares what they did as long as it was a legitimate business? The next time my utilities or some other city/county incured expense goes up I'll have them call you for my share.

Posted by ToxicPink (anonymous) on November 3, 2009 at 7:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)

6 places and two shady ads for a mystery shopper and one "AWESOME JOB Opportunity. Work from home. Make a difference. Recorded information: ##-###-####" Hint: The area code isn't Kansas.

LOTS of jobs. They're falling out of Emporia's backside.

Hey Mommyof4, you have lots of experience being a bartender? I don't want to assume anything there. RN or CNA? Do you have a disability?

I hope all those job opportunities listed in the Gazette is as helpful as people think they are.

Posted by sandman (anonymous) on November 3, 2009 at 8:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)

These are very sad times, not only in Emporia, Kansas but in our nation. Whenever there is an honest job "lost", we ALL lose. Remember, that dollar that goes from your hand goes to another, etc. That dollar is now gone that would have aided many.

Posted by goodoleboy (anonymous) on November 3, 2009 at 8:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)

"I understand that you may not care for the type of business that it was,and that's fine...but that's just an ignorant statement to make in an economy like this."

Because I have a right to my opinion, and show me where I said I was glad people were out of work? That’s a right folks, NOWHERE! After the comments made by several employees here if you want sympathy from me you can look in the dictionary between **** and syphilis.

“are unable to find jobs and have to get state and federal assistance you won't mind helping them out with your tax money! ;) haha”

The fact that you delight in unemployment so much only illustrates your true work ethic, enjoy my friend, odds are its not the first time=)

Tbluma

“Kinda of a dumbassed statement if you ask me. Who cares what they did as long as it was a legitimate business?”

Duley noted, if another strip club, porn shop, head shop, etc moves in here not a peep then OK? Why are so many things of this nature frowned upon if they are legitimate businesses? If I don't get an opinion no one else does either=)

Posted by 50miles (anonymous) on November 3, 2009 at 8:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)

So after reading all the comments I must defend the job I left 6 months ago. A job I loved. Yes times got tough and work was short so I left. Guess what I now drive 50 miles each way for 25 cents less an hour. This way a good paying job that offered insurance to employees and their families. gow many places in this crap hole of a town can say that? Perhaps your mother should have told you like myself and all the other working mothers of OLC global tell our children. If you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all! I have faith in all you guys and gals that better things will come your way. However for now maybe we should look up the smart guy and ask him for some cash. Get a life Guy!

Posted by goodoleboy (anonymous) on November 3, 2009 at 9:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I am not a fan of these companies; many other Americans feel the same. How that constitutes that I am happy about the fact that people are out of work is beyond me. If you all feel the need to direct your anger at me then by all means do so, I really do hope it makes you feel better. The sun will rise tommorrow, and you all eventually find jobs elsewhere. What I truely find astonishing is how happy multiple posters are about going on unemployment, it shows your true character.

Posted by Mommyof4 (anonymous) on November 3, 2009 at 10:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Posted by goodoleboy (anonymous) on November 3, 2009 at 5:11 p.m.
This was a telemarketing firm right? If so, then good riddance

You said good riddance to a company that employed people in our community regardless if you didn't like the type of work. No we are not happy about being on unemployment but you said good riddance about my job so I said thanks. I want to be able to provide the best for my children and family. I want to stay in this community where my kids are happy and feel safe and you say good riddance to the job that was keeping me and my family here. It is your opinion as is it mine to say that your opinion is disrespectful and lacking insight.

Posted by jmcmannis (anonymous) on November 4, 2009 at 12:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I lost my job here in emporia and have been unable to find a new job and have had to work at Labor pros in topeka but now I cant even afford the gas to drive back and forth. We need to revitalize the job market in emporia somehow.

Posted by neighbor (anonymous) on November 4, 2009 at 12:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I'm sorry for those that lost their jobs. Telemarketing-Market Research- Survey, all the same IMO, an unsolicited invasion of household privacy. I personally wish charities and "Market Research" were included in the no-call. And come on folks, they dumped you out in the street. I know folks that worked there in the past, they did more than research work and surveys there.

Posted by solong (anonymous) on November 4, 2009 at 7:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)

If this company is one that infringes on peoples rights by coming uninvited into their homes by telephone and interrupting their lives in an unwanted manner then I am glad to see them go. Personally, any of these companies who still call while I am on every no call list there is does not have my support, good riddance. Hopefully the people who have lost their job will find one that is not such a nuisance, I wouldn't have worked at a place that interrupts family time.

Posted by hornet08 (anonymous) on November 4, 2009 at 7:27 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Solong- I'm glad you are in a situation that allows you to pick and choose which jobs you will work at it and I hope it doesn't interfere in the time you spend looking down your nose at other people.

Posted by Steve_Corbin (anonymous) on November 4, 2009 at 9:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)

ANY business closing is bad for its employees and for the city of Emporia. I am of the belief that we haven't experienced the worst of economic times yet.
What will the unemployment rate for the nation be in May 2010 when hundreds of thousands of newly graduating college students hit the streets?

An aside to ToxicPink;
A good experienced bartender can make from$2.00 --$10.00 an hour in wages, not much granted. But I know a young man who got a masters at ESU a few years back, worked his way through college at Bruff's downtown. He is in k.c. now waiting tables at a up-scale resturarant 4 days a week and is knocking down 68K a year with tips. A good bartender in Emporia can take home $30K a year. Service, personality, good work ethic, and knowing how to shoot the bull can lead to a succesful job in the service industry.

Posted by solong (anonymous) on November 4, 2009 at 11:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)

homet08, thanks for the support, those who make good decisions enjoy the luxury of a solid employment foundation. I was fortunate enough to be able to retire in my early 50's but it was the result of good planning and it certainly did not involve imposing my will on others by denying them family time making unsolicited phone calls to make a living. Our system does reward those who make good choices and sacrifice to obtain an education through reaping what we sow, the path of least resistance leads to less.

Posted by YY4U (anonymous) on November 4, 2009 at 11:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)

KBR is accepting applications. Especially in Afghanistan and Iraq. Here is the website: http://www.kbr.com/careers/about_kbr/ind... Good Luck!

Posted by YY4U (anonymous) on November 4, 2009 at 12:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I might mention that these positions with KBR pays anywhere from $9,000 to $15,000 per month.

Posted by tbluma (anonymous) on November 4, 2009 at 12:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Goodoleboy
Some days I think I agree with you and some days I don't. Yesterday I didn't so why do you go into the little kid mode?
ie your statement that if I don't get an opinion no one else does either. Kinda like I don't like the way you guys play so I'm taking my ball and going home.
What you printed did sound like you didn't care if people lost their job and you did more or less tell them to take a hike on getting any sympathy. May not be what you meant but that's the way it sounded.
You also thought what other people printed implied that they would rather be on unemployment than working. I didn't read it that way but that's just my opinion.
I've probably said a couple of things on here that I would say differently the next time so, lighten up a little don't be so thin skinned.
Have a nice day.

Posted by goodoleboy (anonymous) on November 4, 2009 at 4:32 p.m. (Suggest removal)

People got upset over me attacking a business I don't like. Why can't I have an opinion without people jumping off a cliff and chastising my beliefs? I never stated that I was glad people were out of work, just that I am glad this kind of business is gone. Then I get responses like: have fun paying for my family and such. Who is the child here? I know many people in this community that find the local x rated video stores, strip clubs and bars appalling, and that is perfectly fine, they are welcome to their opinions on those establishments as I am on this one. The only little kids here are the ones jumping the gun and chastising me for delighting in their unemployment. Which I NEVER did to start with. So for their ignorance, yea the posters above lost my sympathy, especially since they seem delighted in having me foot their bill.

Have a good one too

Posted by Steve_Corbin (anonymous) on November 4, 2009 at 7:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Can't we just all get along?

Posted by Local_Hispanic (anonymous) on November 4, 2009 at 10:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Well I knew plenty of people that worked there. And yes I know that their job did interfere with peoples family time at times. But the employees didn't choose to do that as if their intentions was to just harass people at home? It was their job to conduct interviews.

And for the record, the night shift were the ones that called residences while the day shift called businesses. And if someone said that they were on the no call list then their number was taken out of the system. The majority of calls were made to other states usualy on the east and west coasts.

So Goodoleboy these guys probably never called you. It's never good for anyone to lose their job, and to come on a open forum, and even though it is your right, just to say Im glad that they are gone is so disrespectful to the employees. Just like what happened at Tyson. People came on here and started saying that they were glad that Tyson was closing.

Maybe you should have said that you felt sorry for the employes and just left it at that. But maybe you like starting up contraversy? And just for your information I also worked there. I might not have agreed with the way they did business but according to our supervisors it was the people that were providing the jobs that were very strict on how to conduct the interviews.

Posted by goodoleboy (anonymous) on November 5, 2009 at 3:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)

The only controversy was from people that jumped the gun saying I was glad that they were out of a job, the preceded to delight in me paying their unemployment. I repeat what I initially said, I am glad this business is gone, good riddance. I think they are dying breed anyways with more and more people switching to cell phones as their primary means of telephone service. So in my eyes it was inevitable anyways. Sucks people lost their jobs, hope they find others. Contrary to popular belief on display here not everyone thinks that every business entity here is a good thing, and people are entitled to those opinions.

Posted by HenryVIII (anonymous) on November 5, 2009 at 4:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I agree with goodoleboy and I'm sorry I wasn't able to defend him sooner. What if I was making money on a prostitution ring and suppose I had 15 or so "employees". One day we had to shut down due to the poor economy. Was the loss of that "business" a bad thing?
I agree that the company (not the jobs) going away is a "good riddance". Don't worry; those kids will get new jobs to pay for their beer.
'enry

Posted by methusla (anonymous) on November 5, 2009 at 4:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)

" What we have here is a failure to communicate "

Posted by biscuitboy (anonymous) on November 5, 2009 at 7:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)

tbluma

"the next time my utilities or some other city/county incurred expense goes up I'll have them call you for my share."

I'm shocked...I didn't think a dyed in the wool, tried and true conservative like you would ever stoop to asking any body to pay your share of any thing. Isn't that what's wrong with this country...too many damned liberals wanting some body else to pay their way. You wouldn't be turning liberal now on me would you? :-)

Posted by create (anonymous) on November 6, 2009 at 8:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Henry, apples and grapes. Your prostitution business would be illegal anyway so you can't compare that to On-Line Communications which is a legitimate business and serves the economy by deducting federal and state payroll taxes and FICA. That alone makes it unfortunate that these folks have lost their jobs, regardless of whether or not we agree with what they do for a living. We the people are the ones to lose.

We must also remember that while we lose their income taxes and purchasing power, they lose something even more significant -- their livlihoods. Now they must stress out and look for more work in a job picture that is bleak.

Good luck to all of you who have lost your jobs. I am sorry this has happened to you.

Posted by tbluma (anonymous) on November 6, 2009 at 12:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I was merely being a smartass bisquitboy.
Goodleboy's post about good ridance hit me the wrong way.
We don't need to lose anymore business in this town than we already have.
But since so many liberals think that we should take from the rich and give to the poor maybe I should go quit my job and hold out my hand.
But alas not to worry some one has to pay for all this cash for clunkers,stimulus this(astro turf), stimulus that, gov. health care, illeagal imigrants, etc, etc.
So I guess I'll just keep my job and hope when all the liberals are done robbing me that I might be able to afford my meager home and a bottle or 2 of Coors Light.

Posted by biscuitboy (anonymous) on November 6, 2009 at 12:32 p.m. (Suggest removal)

And I was merely being a smart ass with my response.....It's a beautiful day....we should all try and enjoy it.

Posted by sunshine (anonymous) on November 7, 2009 at 7:20 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I worked at Online once as a second income. It was awful and demeaning work, but I swallowed my pride and did it anyway because I needed to support my family and I'd rather work at a crappy job than to apply for SRS benefits. Most of the people working there were in the same boat. No one works at a place like that because they like it. Now if I had known that they hired high school kids I would have sent a couple of my kids there a long time ago. I don't remember seeing high school kids when I worked there, but it was a long time ago.
You know, for goodoleboy and others that don't get this...sometimes it doesn't matter what the job is, you do it because you have to. People got defensive about your comments because people are still raw over loosing their jobs and the lack of others jobs to even apply for right now. If you have a job you better hang on to it and hope like hell you don't wind up in the same boat as these folks. It's scary not having a job and not knowing how your going to pay the bills.
Another thing to think about...with no jobs to offer around here I think we may loose college students in this town because they too have to have a way to pay the rent and take care of themselves...how many moms and dads in this day and age are able to foot the entire bill while their kids spend 4 years in college?
The point is people, think before you open your mouth. Do you care who you might offend or hurt? When you say some of the things you do, it is obvious, no you don't care.

Posted by barefootin (anonymous) on November 7, 2009 at 10:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)

The way I read Goodoleboy's comment, he meant he was glad to be rid of another telemarketing company, nowhere did he say he was glad for the job loses. No it's not good that a tax paying business is leaving and there will more unemployed folks in the community, but I have re-read his comment and I still didnt see him taking delight in the job losses. Look out Goodoleboy, the telemarketers have been finding cell phone numbers which is very annoying!

Posted by goodoleboy (anonymous) on November 8, 2009 at 8:56 a.m. (Suggest removal)

It is illegal for telemarketers to call Cell phones because it can result in charges to the person paying for the service. If one calls you inform them that they are calling a cell phone and they will stop immediately. Just one more reason I don't haved a landline=)

Posted by barefootin (anonymous) on November 8, 2009 at 9:24 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Thanks for telling me how to get rid of the telemarketers that call my cell.