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Skyglider Tidal Wave Bay User is Offline Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 1105	Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 5:58 pm    Post subject: Cedar Point Layoffs in September? · Quote Nothing solid, but several of the commenters to this Sandusky Register article refer to layoffs at Cedar Point in September (no, not seasonal workers, fulltimers). http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/08/05/front/844752.txt I know this is not reliable info, that is why it is in the rumors thread, we will see what happens in September. I would hate to see more Ohio rank and file and mid-level management workers losing their jobs because of missteps by upper management, in running up the debt and making other "interesting" decisions. _________________ "It's a very special ride. We want to make sure it has a proper home." Cedar Fair Spokesman Innes on Big Dipper, 12th oldest roller coaster on Earth.
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Catchthebrassring Double Loop User is Offline Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 256	Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:17 pm    Post subject: · Quote If that's true, how typical of today's companies. The CEO screws up, gets the company into dept but its the little guy who gets stuck with the fallout. _________________ "Be ashamed to die until you have achieved some victory for humanity."  Horace Mann Geauga Lake will always remain in our hearts and memories. On June 17th & 18 2008 dick drove the final 2 nails into the coffin of our beloved Geauga Lake
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coasterdad Site Admin User is Offline Joined: 01 Jul 2007 Posts: 2162	Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:40 pm    Post subject: · Quote Maybe the CEO will go first.   _________________ GL's demise was caused by one mans foolish greed. In the end the truth will come out as it always does.
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ffejie Thunder Falls User is Offline Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 795	Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:26 am    Post subject: · Quote yeah out with dick!!  i'll warm up the car!!!
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ffejie Thunder Falls User is Offline Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 795	Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:29 am    Post subject: · Quote wait wait wait i got ahead of myself!! no car for dick  this is more fitting for dick.
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dsloban Thunderhawk User is Offline Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 1075	Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 10:12 pm    Post subject: · Quote I was at Cedar Point a couple of weeks ago and I was watching the Snoopy Bow Wow. Anyhow I was talking to a lady who has a son who works part time at Cedar Point. He has been hearing that there will be laying off people! _________________ Life is like a rollercoaster. It is full of ups and downs!
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Flyingscooter Riptide Run User is Offline Joined: 13 Oct 2007 Posts: 357 Location: Cleveland	Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 4:52 pm    Post subject: · Quote If his contract is like many other ceo's thnk about this: many go like this: i retire, i get a 50 million bonus. you fire me, I get 200 million... _________________ Great Lakes Brewery: Buy beer, buy local! -Mark
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Sohio Splash Landing User is Offline Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 131 Location: Nashville, TN	Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 9:23 pm    Post subject: · Quote Flyingscooter wrote: If his contract is like many other ceo's thnk about this: many go like this: i retire, i get a 50 million bonus. you fire me, I get 200 million... Money well spent, if you ask me... _________________
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Dominator56 Villain User is Offline Joined: 18 Jul 2007 Posts: 1283 Location: Akron, Ohio	Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:10 am    Post subject: · Quote he can keep his filthy money as long as we can get rid of him. _________________ Geauga Lake I will miss you!
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gldude Beaver Land Mine Ride User is Offline Joined: 05 Jul 2007 Posts: 4	Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:34 pm    Post subject: · Quote double post Last edited by gldude on Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:36 pm; edited 1 time in total
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gldude Beaver Land Mine Ride User is Offline Joined: 05 Jul 2007 Posts: 4	Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:35 pm    Post subject: · Quote ffejie wrote: wait wait wait i got ahead of myself!! no car for dick  this is more fitting for dick. The poor donkey.
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coasterdad Site Admin User is Offline Joined: 01 Jul 2007 Posts: 2162	Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:39 pm    Post subject: · Quote There will be layoffs at the end of the season and lots of them. _________________ GL's demise was caused by one mans foolish greed. In the end the truth will come out as it always does.
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Dominator56 Villain User is Offline Joined: 18 Jul 2007 Posts: 1283 Location: Akron, Ohio	Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 11:41 pm    Post subject: · Quote I wonder what the public opinion will be on him, or rather what they think of him now. _________________ Geauga Lake I will miss you!
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raising4daughters Beaver Land Mine Ride User is Offline Joined: 06 Aug 2008 Posts: 20 Location: Cleveland, OH	Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:11 pm    Post subject: · Quote No doubt CF/CP will need to do some layoffs.  How else will Kinzel & Co keep their lofty salaries while simultaneously trying to pay off the humungous debt they saddled unit-holders with as they acquired GL and the Paramount Parks.  The little guys will get screwed.
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tine79 Splash Landing User is Offline Joined: 26 Sep 2007 Posts: 193	Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:28 pm    Post subject: · Quote Add in the payout due when K soon retires, they'll also be picken the fountains clean.   Sorry for those charities that Kinzel & Co donated the fountain $ to.  Not that it was a ton of $, but I never heard anything about them adding to it.   Tsk, Tsk, Didn't their mummies ever teach them the lesson about "what comes around goes around"? _________________ Money, power, fame:  the roots of evil, and others heartache.
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