# Hostess  out of business; 18,500 jobs to be lost

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**Created:** [November 16, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hostess-out-of-business-18-500-jobs-to-be-lost/265503 "2012-11-16T05:34:59Z")
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### Author: ![d\_gage](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/d_gage/32/6321_2.png) [@d\_gage](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/d_gage)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2012, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hostess-out-of-business-18-500-jobs-to-be-lost/265503/19 "2012-11-16T09:42:20Z")

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> [@fs 1991 camaro spun rod bearin 900 w/o rims/system heads intake carb](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-1991-camaro-spun-rod-bearin-900-w-o-rims-system-heads-intake-carb/49653/70):
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> drop those numbers lower and see how you feel, say a factory worker whom assembles things with his hands makes 35k a year ( which i think is a more accurate number ) and the guy in the office overseeing 20 people makes 55k. what one would you pick if you had the option to do so.

I’ve personally taken a 40k+ year hit and am a much happier person and plain old in a better mood.

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