This does not include the recently announced Iams (yes, the pet food company)relocating headquarters jobs down to Cincy which is probably a manageable commute for most employees,
and,
NCR pulling up stakes and going to Atlanta. NCR was a pioneer in employee focused work environments. In the late 1890's and early 1900's, Patterson's NCR was what Google is today. Patterson realized how awful the factory environment was and had floor to ceiling windows installed as well as ventilation hoods. He went on to provide on-site daycare, doctor, cafeteria,, showers and locker rooms, gymnasium, first aid stations, and lovely landscaped grounds amongst other niceties. Certainly was not the typical sweatshop environment that dominated the manufacturing plants of the day. Anyway, NCR is, err, was a Dayton company, but no more.
Not sure what will become of Dayton without the ability to keep our anchors here. Half of Dayton seems to be named after Patterson... I think he'd be pissed. He seemed to have a pretty strong sense of community and social welfare.
So, the national average for unemployment was 8.6 in April. Dayton ran at a cool 12.5 and Ohio, 10.2. The coming months are certain to climb higher.
On another note, my Mr. Barr's wife died on Tuesday. He seemed "ok" about it, but you can never tell with the men of his generation. I am going to be keeping a closer eye on the fellow for a while. She had been in a nursing home for about 5 months, I think. I never met her.
Back to the fruitless job search.
Dad - Being his typical silly self...
We miss you dad!
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