Just FYI, Kodak announced the layoff of about 40 more film division employees today.
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Now that really hurts!
Man, they better get it together soon and get the new and restyled for 2012 game plan on or just call it done.
Sorry to hear, thoughts with your community.
2 are left! The guy in charge of the lights and HVAC and the guy who cleans the floors and rest rooms!
JK.
PE
Whew! Don't scare us like that, PE. I'm only 15,300 days old (give or take a hundred days or so) - I'm too young to have a heart attack. 
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2 are left! The guy in charge of the lights and HVAC and the guy who cleans the floors and rest rooms!
JK.
PE
well, i've heard of hot dogs ( low grade of course ! ) being filled with saw dust and floor sweepings,
seeing these are the only 2 fellows left maybe their new / old emulsions will be made of floor sweepings too ...
Could end up like this: http://dilbert.com/dyn/str_strip/00...000/70000/9000/500/79574/79574.strip.zoom.gif
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hi steve
i have a feeling that its going to be more like this
cause it is all going to be done this way in the end anyways
[video]http://www.theonion.com/video/more-american-workers-outsourcing-own-jobs-oversea,14329/[/video]
i have a feeling that its going to be more like this
cause it is all going to be done this way in the end anyways
[video]http://www.theonion.com/video/more-american-workers-outsourcing-own-jobs-oversea,14329/[/video]
In other words, screw the very people who made and developed the products, the people who worked their whole careers for their retirement. That's very disturbing to me.
I'd be willing to pay a premium for renewed Kodachrome, to shoot on 'special occasions' or assignment, but never, ever if they discarded their employees pensions like the paper case of a disposable camera.
Thanks to all the people standing up for the workers.
Andrew O'Neill
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Maybe we'll get to see infra-red in sheet sizes again...
Not likely. The only reason infrared film was available was because the US Government would buy and surplus enough to guarantee that Kodak would keep infrared film in production. Kodak only made a profit on infrared film because the government paid to keep the production line open.
Wow... I wonder if your opinion will change when you've dedicated your entire career to company with a... legally binding agreement... that you'll have a pension and can survive in your old age. Welcome to modern America and disposable people. Welcome to Logan's Run. Welcome to Corporate American CEOs making millions and shafting the little guy who doesn't have the power or the money to fight back.
You really think Kodak should shaft its retirees? You'll accept this when it happens to your father or brother or you?? Just..... wow!!
I hope Kodak doesn't do this. If they do I'll never spend another single penny with them. I'll go entirely digital point-and-shoot.
BTW, sorry to be so blunt, but to wish for hundreds of people to be cheated out of their pensions just so we can have our Kodak film is just about the coldest, most selfish and childish thing I've ever heard.
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Sticking to principles when that means making a sacrifice is a virtue.
Sticking to principles when that means forcing others to make a sacrifice is a being a priggish bore.
Sticking to principles when that means forcing others to make a sacrifice is a being a priggish bore.
There is no gray line. There is no wobbling to one side of the line or the other. When the line is so clearly drawn then anyone with the slightest bit of integrity and compassion must defend that line. So... you'd shaft all those people so you can have your Kodak film? My stance on this makes me a piggish bore? Wow... what has America come to?
Frankly, I'll keep my principles, thought of as a piggish bore or not.
Frankly, I'll keep my principles, thought of as a piggish bore or not.
Hey Old, where were you when pension funds were stole in the 70's and 80"s. When deregulation not only cost 1000's of jobs but 1000's of companies in transportation. There is a whole history of business buying business, and going out of business, that has nothing to do with the so called American principal. It is pure and simple greed....money. Many who read these have a history of hard times that have nothing to do with Kodak and predate the Kodak problems...you know...nobody cares. Right, if you have an invested interest there is a personal stake involved...but that is a personal problem.
I would not like to see Kodak go out, nor screw there employes but I would have to ask...did they care when the rest of the American business world went through the same problems over the last 20-30 years.
From someone who does not have a pension I am not concerned about your gray line, nor your integrity and compassion because I believe it is self serving. Forgetting Kodak...this has happened over and over...and no one cares except the people with vested interest.
This is not an American problem...it's global...and it's just film. Nobody is starving or dying because they don't have water, or food, or medical care. Nobody is dying because of the all important religious affiliation.
This is just a film company that has a great history they threw away and now we are suppose to be concerned about the pension welfare of the employes. My ass... get real and welcome to the rest of the world.
Best,
Jim
I would not like to see Kodak go out, nor screw there employes but I would have to ask...did they care when the rest of the American business world went through the same problems over the last 20-30 years.
From someone who does not have a pension I am not concerned about your gray line, nor your integrity and compassion because I believe it is self serving. Forgetting Kodak...this has happened over and over...and no one cares except the people with vested interest.
This is not an American problem...it's global...and it's just film. Nobody is starving or dying because they don't have water, or food, or medical care. Nobody is dying because of the all important religious affiliation.
This is just a film company that has a great history they threw away and now we are suppose to be concerned about the pension welfare of the employes. My ass... get real and welcome to the rest of the world.
Best,
Jim
Jim;
I was there, working at Kodak during the 70s and 80s. Yep, saw all of what you say and I sympathized. In fact, Kodak did and set up a pension plan that was "bulletproof" with a golden parachute that would protect employees. See where that left us. Hah.
The rule is that if it does not make a profit it isn't good. And that includes moving the process outside the US. We don't make or do anything here nowdays compared to the rest of the world.
So, I am about to lose medical benefits. If it were not for the varitey of Kodak plans and my years servive, I would have lost everything.
Oh, and I contributed plety to those plans. I'm lucky to get something back.
PE
I was there, working at Kodak during the 70s and 80s. Yep, saw all of what you say and I sympathized. In fact, Kodak did and set up a pension plan that was "bulletproof" with a golden parachute that would protect employees. See where that left us. Hah.
The rule is that if it does not make a profit it isn't good. And that includes moving the process outside the US. We don't make or do anything here nowdays compared to the rest of the world.
So, I am about to lose medical benefits. If it were not for the varitey of Kodak plans and my years servive, I would have lost everything.
Oh, and I contributed plety to those plans. I'm lucky to get something back.
PE
Just to mention that in the United States, all these 'efficient' corporations that weaseled out of their pension obligations did so at the expense of the US Government (that means us, we taxpayers).
They dumped it off to a pension guarantee system. And WE all pay for it.
So if you sit around, admiring those clever executives, and believing how wonderful the 'free market' is, remember the corporate welfare handout we provided so those mighty executives could keep their billions in bonuses.
They dumped it off to a pension guarantee system. And WE all pay for it.
So if you sit around, admiring those clever executives, and believing how wonderful the 'free market' is, remember the corporate welfare handout we provided so those mighty executives could keep their billions in bonuses.
Not sure exactly what is being discussed any more but... I agree with Ron and I sure hope that he and other Kodak colleagues are compensated. This situation is really tragic for people who contributed so much and placed their faith in Kodak.
What happened to Kodak could (and eventually will) happen to any number of other American companies; we encourage risk and transformative new business, and this is the downside. Then, when these collapses happen, there is extra burden on the States and on Federal budgets as well. Make no mistake, we will ultimately all pay for what Kodak management did... albeit far less than retired Kodakers. But this hit us all in taxes, eventually.
What happened to Kodak could (and eventually will) happen to any number of other American companies; we encourage risk and transformative new business, and this is the downside. Then, when these collapses happen, there is extra burden on the States and on Federal budgets as well. Make no mistake, we will ultimately all pay for what Kodak management did... albeit far less than retired Kodakers. But this hit us all in taxes, eventually.
I still find it strange that American companies can have control and access to pension funds. My company pension is controlled by a separate company. i.e. a company which specialises in pensions and insurance.
Steve.
Steve.
Realistically speaking and in my personal view, there are only two ways for Kodak to go with still film production: One, to down-scale significantly as the demand today does not justify the capacity of the coating plant. Two, license the coating to another operation which can make it profitable, whilst keeping, say, the final quality control and branding in house.
I read an interview long time ago with Mr. Maitani, the designer of the Olympus OM series. He explained that at the end of the series in the 90'ies, the whole production line, tooling etc. had to be dismantled and sold as scrap to recover at least something because at the capacity it had, if run even for a few weeks at full speed, it would cover the market demand for a year. Considering that starting up and shutting down a complex production line takes some serious planning and doing and that letting it "idle" is not an option, it became a simple decision governed by practicalities. The nail in the coffin during the interview was when the reporter asked him to confirm if, for this reason, there would never again be an OM series camera body built again and Mr. Maitani dryly replied "That's right. Never again.". Just like that. End of story.
I read an interview long time ago with Mr. Maitani, the designer of the Olympus OM series. He explained that at the end of the series in the 90'ies, the whole production line, tooling etc. had to be dismantled and sold as scrap to recover at least something because at the capacity it had, if run even for a few weeks at full speed, it would cover the market demand for a year. Considering that starting up and shutting down a complex production line takes some serious planning and doing and that letting it "idle" is not an option, it became a simple decision governed by practicalities. The nail in the coffin during the interview was when the reporter asked him to confirm if, for this reason, there would never again be an OM series camera body built again and Mr. Maitani dryly replied "That's right. Never again.". Just like that. End of story.
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