Sentences with phrase «companies in a tough spot»

And that puts companies in a tough spot when it comes to hiring and retaining stellar employees.

This places insurance holding companies in a tough spot; they need dividends from some operating subsidiaries to survive, particularly during times when credit is not available on favorable terms, if at all.

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Still holding the phone to his ear, Musk parks the Prius smack in the middle of SpaceX's overcrowded lot — at a company that adds 11 employees a month, finding a parking spot is tough — and strides off to finish the meeting.

Given DeVos» repeated commitments to allow states as much leeway as possible when it comes to education policy, this «could put DeVos and company in a tough political — and legal — spot.»

Bought this truck with 7800 miles on it and had 4 recalls in less than a year the factory bedliner in it is separating from the steel and everytiei take it to the shop and its supposed to be a work truck made tough that's a joke due to the manufacturer defects I have to miss using it on jobs to haul and if you ask for a loaner that is not included in the warranty so I have a ram that is causing me to lose money and the company wont give me a truck to use while its getting manufacturer defects fixed makes sense and well trading it in is a joke after you buy a ram they depreciate dramatically so trading it in will cost you so thought since they changed names maybe they would b better but 2 hours on the hotline about why no loaner for a working man and all I get is there is no loaner policy when your vehicle is in the shop even when it is their flaws!And what really ticked me off they wanted to patch the factory sprayed bedliner so I took it in and dropped it off we had a big hail storm and they left my truck out in it and they aren't responsible for that either and you pay 600 for a factory sprayed bedliner and its peeling up and they want to patch that spot instead of respraying the whole thing can u say cheap but they were more than happy to take my money when I bought it but they don't stand very tough in my opinion never had this many issues with my fords

Adonia wants to be a professional chef to exclusive clients and she's willing to do anything to get ahead in the tough industry, relationships be damned.When a crazy pop - rock star hires her company to cater the rest of her flagging tour, she joins a crew where each budding chef competes against each other for a spot on her cut - throat boss's exclusive first line.Adonia deals with everything from breakneck deadlines to a forced spa weekend while still cooking up to professional standards, keeping her temper in check, and fighting the building tension between her and her cute co-worker, Leah.Losing means being blacklisted from the industry, but winning could cost her something a lot more important - her self - respect.

They, so far, don't appear to be interested in making the tough changes and painful downsizing required to succeed an an e-book world, and they (rightfully) fear that their spot at the top will be jeopardized during the upheaval, as newer, leaner, more forward - thinking companies replace some of the «Big 6» publishers at the top of the heap.

We know that most people in your situation are in a tough spot financially, do not have the time to deal with the insurance company, and just want to resolve the claim and return to normalcy.

Even if Facebook never complies, the exchange offered just one example of some of the tough demands made by lawmakers frustrated that the company — and its peers, Google and Twitter — didn't do enough to spot and combat Russia's efforts to meddle in the 2016 election.