For me...I got laid off on the Friday of Memorial Day weekend...luckily for me (REAL LUCKY) I had another job by Tuesday afternoon AFTER Memorial Day...I ain't that good, I'm just real lucky, at least in this case anyway.
Generally speaking the economy continues to bite for the business I'm in (construction)..we have some government work (military type stuff all over, Ohio, Arkansas, Alaska, etc), some decent projects at Ford Motor Company and a few other things...but as it stands right now, this new company I'm with...well, I'm pretty sure we have room for some more projects to come through our doors. And the projects that we do send out for bids has everybody and his brother bidding on them, which is yet another sign that contractors out there are hurtin' for some work on that end of the construction spectrum.
I know some lighting sales guys and they tell me they don't pass up any opportunities to bid on a project...where it used to be they might pick and choose or throw a dart at the dart board not really caring if they got the project or not, it ain't like that now.
On a brighter note...the company is doing better this year than they were last year at this same time period, marginally better, still not hitting the target goal, but better...and any positives now days we'll take and be happy for them.
DJD - I have read that the low voltage industry will continue to prosper for several more years, most especially voice/data.
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