Focus on the Family laying off employees
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November 17, 2008 - 1:21 PM BILL REED THE GAZETTEBecause of a weak economy and cash-strapped donors, Focus on the Family said it is eliminating 202 jobs, the deepest cuts in the 32-year history of the Colorado Springs-based Christian nonprofit. The ministry laid off 149 workers, and cut another 53 vacant positions.
The cuts announced Monday slash Focus' local workforce by nearly 18 percent - from about 1,150 to 950. Twenty percent of the cuts are in management.
The layoffs come just weeks after Focus announced it was outsourcing 46 jobs from its distribution department. Focus also laid off 30 workers and reassigned 15 more in September 2007.
The organization also cut its the budget from $160 million in fiscal 2008 to $138 million for fiscal 2009 in anticipation of tough times.
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So, Rev. Dobson, are you affected by any of this? Any hits on your salary?
Or is "Jehovah-jireh" a part of your unemployment package for those you let go?
For the unfamiliar: "Jehovah-Jireh" means "the Lord will provide".
"I do this real moron thing, and it's called thinking. And apparently I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions."
— George Carlin
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I was thinking about having "Jehovah Gyrates" as my screen name here, but I doubted enough people would get the joke to be worth it.
Great news about Dobby, by the way.
"The whole conception of God is a conception derived from ancient Oriental despotisms. It is a conception quite unworthy of free men."
--Bertrand Russell
Focus on the ´bottom line`.
Economics trumps everything else including God and family.