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• Fancy your job cuts with a twist of irony?

  In one of life's great ironies that the gods send down to amuse all us little people, news reaches Guru that trade union Unite is making some staff redundant. The so-called 'super union' is looking to make cuts across all departments, with the number or job losses as yet unconfirmed. Cuts are happening because it expects the recession will... Posted May 20 2009, 11:51 AM by Guru Filed under: job losses, trade unions, Unite, redundancy, GMB

• Death of a barman

  A man walks into a bar. His day has been long, his time is now short, and the pub is where he sorts his problems out. He takes a seat on the bar stool, orders a pint, and begins to recount how he was made redundant. After speaking for a good ten minutes... Posted Aug 20 2008, 08:49 AM by Guru Filed under: job losses, jobs, office antics, workers, beer, Britain, USA, unemployment, leisure, technology

• Job cuts provide foundation for Olympics

  Guru notes that the construction sector axed more than 4,000 jobs in just one week, which in turn caused mass panic, serious alarm and raised fears of a full-blown recession for UK plc. However, being the 'glass-and-half full' type of oracle,... Posted Jul 11 2008, 12:07 PM by Guru Filed under: job losses, velodrome, cuppa, olympics, construction, opportunity, poles, recession, Lord Coe, jobs, cycling, poland, jobs boom, bmx, building, café society, shanaze reade