Title: If you lost you job today.....How would you view it? Post by: bsfins on September 07, 2010, 11:17:16 am In Late July,early August I was really worried about losing my job....Right now I'm working 2 technically,and helping a friend out that happens to be paying me....My buddy,his wife, and I were driving into town to get a few things we needed.She was talking about in 09,how she changed jobs,and mentioned a couple from their church got laid off from the same place.She found a new job in less then two weeks...He had been out of work for close to a year,before going in a different direction....A lady I know that works at the courthouse,budget cuts got her...When last Friday was her last day...I've not been able to get a creative type job that I think I'd love to have, in about a year and a half I've been trying.On the other hand I've always seemed to land on my feet one way or another, by changing fields,trying to learn different things,trying for jobs I had no business in trying....So I realized not to worry about it (at least until it actually happens :D)
I don't mean to be a Debbie downer, or morbid,but if you lost your job today....Would you take it as an opportunity to maybe go do something you love? Would you pursue the same field you're in now? Would you just take a job, to have a job? Would you go back to school? What would you like to do? Title: Re: If you lost you job today.....How would you view it? Post by: Buddhagirl on September 07, 2010, 11:46:55 am Since I'm already in school to go into a different field (I'm still not quite sure which one) I'd probably just take some time off for a bit and really figure out what field I want to pursue next. I'd also work a bit harder on some of my side endeavors, too.
Title: Re: If you lost you job today.....How would you view it? Post by: Dave Gray on September 07, 2010, 12:11:59 pm I think I'd go back to school and get an MBA and then go into more general marketing with a larger company.
Title: Re: If you lost you job today.....How would you view it? Post by: Sunstroke on September 07, 2010, 12:57:42 pm I'd be on the I-95 offramp tomorrow, begging for change... Title: Re: If you lost you job today.....How would you view it? Post by: dolphins4life on September 07, 2010, 04:51:20 pm Well, I'm in college now.
I was supposed to go on coop, which means working for six months instead of attending classes, but I didn't get a job this time around. However, I have a proctoring job, which means I can get through school with out dipping into the money I put away in my savings from my last coop (Spring of 2009, with Shire Human Genetics Therapies). Plus, I used the tax returns I got from the job to pay off my loans, so I'm now debt free. If I lost my proctoring job, it would be a big hit to my finances. I've saved up a lot of money for when I graduate to get me through these difficult economic times. Title: Re: If you lost you job today.....How would you view it? Post by: StL FinFan on September 07, 2010, 05:38:55 pm I'd be on the I-95 offramp tomorrow, begging for change... That's my corner! Find your own. Title: Re: If you lost you job today.....How would you view it? Post by: bsmooth on September 07, 2010, 06:51:00 pm That's my corner! Find your own. You can both engage in two different forms of business on the same corner. Title: Re: If you lost you job today.....How would you view it? Post by: BoSoxGrl on September 08, 2010, 10:45:19 am I'd be upset, but I would certainly take it as the chance to do something that I actually love to do. Maybe private cake decorating lessons? People have offered me a lot of money to do it outside of where I teach now...so I think I would have options.
Title: Re: If you lost you job today.....How would you view it? Post by: Buddhagirl on September 08, 2010, 11:33:54 am I'd be upset, but I would certainly take it as the chance to do something that I actually love to do. Maybe private cake decorating lessons? People have offered me a lot of money to do it outside of where I teach now...so I think I would have options. Let me know if you need a taste tester. Title: Re: If you lost you job today.....How would you view it? Post by: Denver_Bronco on September 09, 2010, 10:18:40 pm I would crap my drawers. I have 11 years into my job and i'd have 30 years in by the age of 50 and be able to retire. That's pretty fucking awesome. I don't have to pay into retirement as a New York State employee after 10 years of service, which I already have done.
If I lost my job I would anticipate having to either go back to school or take a job making 10-15 thousand a year less. Or I could make the same thing working about 30 more hours a week. That would be awful. Title: Re: If you lost you job today.....How would you view it? Post by: dolphins4life on September 09, 2010, 11:39:39 pm ^^^
Where do you work? Title: Re: If you lost you job today.....How would you view it? Post by: Denver_Bronco on September 10, 2010, 07:15:08 am ^^^ DOL!Where do you work? Title: Re: If you lost you job today.....How would you view it? Post by: Landshark on September 10, 2010, 12:38:20 pm As a tenured professor at Gulf Coast Community College, I have no worries about losing my job. The only way I can lose it is if the cutbacks (which are already happening) go far enough. That has not happened yet and probably never will. Granted these cutbacks have left me with more work as my classes have swelled by over 30%.
If I suddenly found myself without a job, I would spend a few days drowning my sorrows, then get my resume together and apply at other colleges in the state. With my experience, I'm sure one of them would snatch me up quickly. As empty nesters, my wife and I can easily relocate. Title: Re: If you lost you job today.....How would you view it? Post by: Tepop84 on September 10, 2010, 04:27:21 pm it would be the happiest day of my life.
Title: Re: If you lost you job today.....How would you view it? Post by: Gabriel on September 10, 2010, 09:19:17 pm Bummer...
Title: Re: If you lost you job today.....How would you view it? Post by: Defense54 on September 12, 2010, 05:57:17 pm I came close. The City laid off 24 cops just this past month. Plumeting home values are killing all cities and counties in the state. Doesn't make that much sense becuase now I have to work OT to make up for the personnel gaps. Its just the Politicians trying to pander to the people. Look I laid of police so I wouldn't have to raise taxes. There is just nothing else I could do! Little do they know, we are doubling and tripling the amounts of income by working 2-3 shifts in a row.
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