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DU: How does YOUR Job situation look? (poll)
« on: January 26, 2009, 02:01:46 PM »
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Journalgrrl  (1000+ posts)        Mon Jan-26-09 11:47 AM
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Poll question: DU: How does YOUR Job situation look? (poll) 
 Just a little photograph of our economy , as it is reflected HERE...Our news reports are dismal, let's have some stories to make the numbers more personal.
I'd really lke to know your "industry/profession" too...

If you are not looking for work or have given up, do you have a plan B? training? relocating?

Please share!
Poll result (151 votes) 
Still working!  (55 votes, 36%) Vote
Working....but less hours   (11 votes, 7%) Vote
Working....but on shaky ground  (34 votes, 23%) Vote
Not working...looking for work  (24 votes, 16%) Vote
Not working... gave up looking  (16 votes, 11%) Vote
OTHER?  (11 votes, 7%)


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H2O Man  (1000+ posts)        Mon Jan-26-09 11:48 AM
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1. Other.
 Retired. But the employment options in my area are grim.


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EstimatedProphet  (1000+ posts)        Mon Jan-26-09 11:49 AM
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2. Still working, for now
 But the job ends within the year.


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Cabcere  (1000+ posts)        Mon Jan-26-09 11:53 AM
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5. Curently looking for work
 I had an interview for a part-time position last week, and I'm still waiting to hear back about that. *crosses fingers*

I graduated in May with a degree in Anthropology, which is virtually useless at the Bachelor's level, but I don't have the funds or the focus to go to grad school at this point in time. I'm thinking about doing some volunteering at the local free clinic and maybe getting some training so I could be a medical office assistant or something like that, but again, I'm not really sure. 


 :whatever:

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lumberjack_jeff  (1000+ posts)      Mon Jan-26-09 11:56 AM
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8. What is this "job" of which you speak?
 When I feel the need to be kicked in the teeth, I go through the dehumanizing ritual of looking for work. Then I go back to free-lancing with greater appreciation.


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madrchsod  (1000+ posts)        Mon Jan-26-09 11:56 AM
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9. my wife works in the mental health field
 and i`m drawing my social security starting this month. our daughter is laid off until the auto industry goes back to work but she makes almost the same on unemployment as her 40 hr take home pay


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Journalgrrl  (1000+ posts)        Mon Jan-26-09 12:02 PM
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12. FWIW I gave up for the time being... 
 I am just going to have to up my ante by doing some training stuff. Thank GOD I am on Section 8 housing and have been signed up with the Job One center up here and they enrolled me in a Federal Program (WIA- Workforce Investment Act) They help younger "at risk kids" get training and get into the workforce, but they also help single mommies like me and others who may be undereducated to get training for better marketability.

I am getting enrolled in a program thru CSUSacramento for a certification. Hopefully by the time I am done, the mrket will have improved.
I figured what better time to get that schooling under my belt than when the economy is in the tank. I just hope I will be able to find something when I am done within a year...which seems really optimistic.
Part of the prep work is that I have to research the market that I am interested in (right now, labor relations, HR) and it is strange to ask about the job market in times like this!
 


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onehandle (1000+ posts)      Mon Jan-26-09 12:02 PM
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13. Let's put it this way... The client my job depends on got bail out money.
 Edited on Mon Jan-26-09 12:03 PM by onehandle
The whole thing has been shaky for over a year.

I keep my resume up to date and I'm reformatting my portfolio site.


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JackDragna  (1000+ posts)        Mon Jan-26-09 12:14 PM
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24. I'm a science teacher, so life is good.
 I'm pretty well liked where I work and I'm an in-demand commodity. Granted, I make squat, but I'm happy. 


As for myself I got a raise January 1st and as bad as this economy is, my planes are still full of people.

Are any CCers hurting ?
 


 

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Re: DU: How does YOUR Job situation look? (poll)
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2009, 02:04:40 PM »
Doing just fine, thanks for asking.  I know a couple of folks here are in turmoil, so please say a prayer for them.
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« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2009, 02:38:34 PM »
Hi, my name is Texacon and I'm a Realtor.  It's been 2 days since I wrote my last contract and ....

 :-)

All kidding aside.  We didn't have a bad year here and 2009 is BOOMING.  We have about 6 contracts working right now and will probably close somewhere in the neighborhood of $500,000 for January.  God is continuing to bless us.

Not to mention my son, who just turned 16, applied for one job and he starts Thursday.  Guess he's smarter than the DUmmies who can't find work.

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Re: DU: How does YOUR Job situation look? (poll)
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2009, 02:57:36 PM »
"I graduated in May with a degree in Anthropology"..... Johnny trys once again to sing, "Head bone connected to the neck bone, neckbone connected to the backbone, backbone connected to the hipbone........"
Lotta demand for that I guess.
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Re: DU: How does YOUR Job situation look? (poll)
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2009, 03:01:36 PM »
I am fine, just today got a whole nother plate full of responsibility going forward.  Business health is good and somewhat shielded against recession.  

Get a load of all those government programs talked about up there.  

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« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2009, 03:04:55 PM »
Anthropology, haha.  Another one is Sociology.  I have a moonbat stepson who majored in soc. (not on my dime).  Know what he's qualified for now?
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Re: DU: How does YOUR Job situation look? (poll)
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2009, 04:03:30 PM »
Anthropology, haha.  Another one is Sociology.  I have a moonbat stepson who majored in soc. (not on my dime).  Know what he's qualified for now?
  "You folks ready to order?" 

Actually there are things you can do with Sociology, you can be a social worker.   You generally need a masters and you don't make much but if you like working with people and solving problems it works.

I'm not a social worker but have worked closely with some.   Most of the ones I worked with are worked with are saints.

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Re: DU: How does YOUR Job situation look? (poll)
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2009, 04:05:18 PM »
How do you 'give up looking'?   Do you just sit home (someone else's home I presume and watch TV)? 

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Re: DU: How does YOUR Job situation look? (poll)
« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2009, 04:32:21 PM »
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4913629
 
 
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As for myself I got a raise January 1st and as bad as this economy is, my planes are still full of people.

Are any CCers hurting ?
 


I got laid off from Northrop/Grumman on Friday.

As of right now, I have 3 interviews scheduled for this week, all for positions that at least maintain my current compensation rates.

Guess it's a good thing (for me) that surfing (midget GLBT) porn, posting unintelligible screeds at the DUmp, and consuming staggering amounts of pot and Cheetos doesn't fall very high on my list of marketable job skills.  Otherwise, I might be cursing this Damned Obama Economy.
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Re: DU: How does YOUR Job situation look? (poll)
« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2009, 04:35:52 PM »
Actually there are things you can do with Sociology, you can be a social worker.    You generally need a masters and you don't make much but if you like working with people and solving problems it works.

I'm not a social worker but have worked closely with some.   Most of the ones I worked with are worked with are saints.

Correct me if I'm wrong terry, but don't most social workers get their paycheck from the government ?




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Re: DU: How does YOUR Job situation look? (poll)
« Reply #10 on: January 26, 2009, 04:38:11 PM »
Correct me if I'm wrong terry, but don't most social workers get their paycheck from the government ?





Probably most, the ones I know work for Children's Hospital.   They are good people.

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« Reply #11 on: January 26, 2009, 04:41:58 PM »
How do you 'give up looking'?   Do you just sit home (someone else's home I presume and watch TV)? 

A libtard will sit on its bum, sending emails and whining about how bad life is to its fellow DU'ers.

As for me, well I took a bit of a hit when some mining companies stock took a dive, but that is a long term holding and will recover soon enough.



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« Reply #12 on: January 26, 2009, 04:51:00 PM »
Actually I think my business is going to skyrocket! Gonna be alot more DUmmies needing to be bailed out of jail when they rob the local liquor store in order to feed their habits!  :-) :-)
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« Reply #13 on: January 26, 2009, 04:52:46 PM »
Probably most, the ones I know work for Children's Hospital. They are good people.

Everything I've ever read about social workers is they would rather prolong the problem
rather then correct it cause it guarantees them a paycheck. 

But if you vouch for the workers at the CH, then I'm cool with that.  :)   

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« Reply #14 on: January 26, 2009, 05:00:48 PM »
My husband's work laid off 1000 people this past November (there were quite a few let go in his office).  It is a large corporation so there really isn't much in the way of loyalty as far as the employer goes.  We are doing fine but I'm scared that my husband will lose his job and on top of his salary we would lose benefits.  His employer has the best benefits I have ever seen and I don't want to lose that.  We have about 1/2 a year's worth of salary in savings and my husband gets 8 months of severance if he gets let go so we can weather the storm if he does get laid off.  Still.....I don't do well with uncertainty so I'm nervous. 

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« Reply #15 on: January 26, 2009, 05:07:16 PM »
Everything I've ever read about social workers is they would rather prolong the problem
rather then correct it cause it guarantees them a paycheck. 

But if you vouch for the workers at the CH, then I'm cool with that.  :)   

Ahem.....I have a degree in Sociology with a concentration in Criminal Justice, and minors in Psychology and Anthropology. One class away from minors in History and English.

I have never worked for the government.

I am, however, very good at Trivial Pursuit!

I am a Realtor in E TN. I primarily sell foreclosures and investment properties. Had a closing last Friday. Listed 6 properties last week, listing 2 more tomorrow and will have a closing either the end of the week or the first of next and currently working with a great investor and a couple looking for a 400-500k house. Life is ok. But I am self-employed so I have no benefits.

The other half is a self-employed machinery dealer. He's working with several companies that are closing up shop. Not good. While the business is there...there aren't many buyers.
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Re: DU: How does YOUR Job situation look? (poll)
« Reply #16 on: January 26, 2009, 05:07:50 PM »
I quit working in April of last year and don't intend to look for another job for atleast 20 years.

I don't think I will find anything with the benefits and money I get from the goverment.
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Re: DU: How does YOUR Job situation look? (poll)
« Reply #17 on: January 26, 2009, 05:14:37 PM »
How do you 'give up looking'?   Do you just sit home (someone else's home I presume and watch TV)? 
Pretty much....but I have to do cookin,cleanin...all that wonderfully fun stuff....
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« Reply #18 on: January 26, 2009, 05:36:03 PM »
I am a Realtor in E TN. I primarily sell foreclosures and investment properties. Had a closing last Friday. Listed 6 properties last week, listing 2 more tomorrow and will have a closing either the end of the week or the first of next and currently working with a great investor and a couple looking for a 400-500k house. Life is ok. But I am self-employed so I have no benefits.

The other half is a self-employed machinery dealer. He's working with several companies that are closing up shop. Not good. While the business is there...there aren't many buyers.

You got what I NEED baby!  Our inventory is so low right now it is terrible.

Congrats on the closing and the listings!   :bow:

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Re: DU: How does YOUR Job situation look? (poll)
« Reply #19 on: January 26, 2009, 05:38:31 PM »
How do you 'give up looking'?   Do you just sit home (someone else's home I presume and watch TV)? 

We're talking about Dem liberals here now.
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« Reply #20 on: January 26, 2009, 05:59:53 PM »
Hi, my name is Texacon and I'm a Realtor.  It's been 2 days since I wrote my last contract and ....

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Sometimes I think I'm looking in the mirror when I read your posts Texacon. I've always used the Texas flag as my avatar (but changed here since you already have it); my initials are also KC....and I'm also a Realtor. I work in corporate real estate though, for just one company so have it pretty easy. My job is pretty stable at this time, but you never know. My biggest concern is not so much being laid off, as it is us being bought out or merged. Last summer it looked like we would be doing just that and my job was gonna be relocated to Houston. I would have had a choice of a great severence package or them moving me with a great relocation package. A Canadian company put a wrench in the deal and our merger fell through right at the last minute. So other than the possibility of being forced to relocate somewhere I don't want to go, I think I'm pretty OK job wise.
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« Reply #21 on: January 26, 2009, 06:46:51 PM »
"I graduated in May with a degree in Anthropology"..... Johnny trys once again to sing, "Head bone connected to the neck bone, neckbone connected to the backbone, backbone connected to the hipbone........"

Lotta demand for that I guess.

Right, although you already know, sir, I have a great deal of respect for anthropology and sociology; it's a lot of fun and provides much illumination, but anybody who thinks they're going to make money off of it is nuts.

When I was 17 years old, I declared as my major in college the history of the British Empire and Commonwealth.....with full awareness, even at that green and immature age, that it wasn't really going to provide me with useful skills on the job market.

Which of course it didn't.

The problem with the primitives having such degrees is that they "feel" they're "entitled" to some well-paying job because, after all, they have a college degree.

I think that's one of the biggest differences between franksolich and the primitives; there are things in life well worth studying, but more for illumination and enlightenment, than for pecuniary reasons.

Of course, that could just be me, being deaf and so not entertainable by television, movies, radio, concerts, music, telephonic chitchattery, and all these other auditory things that fill most brain-capacities. 

I have the same brain-capacity, and it must be filled, with something, anything.

And I'm sure you knew a long time ago that whenever I get out the boat and row over to Skins's island to observe the primitives, for me, it's the same thing as a hearing person watching a show on television, or doing an anthropology field exercise.
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« Reply #22 on: January 26, 2009, 07:42:20 PM »
Sometimes I think I'm looking in the mirror when I read your posts Texacon. I've always used the Texas flag as my avatar (but changed here since you already have it); my initials are also KC....and I'm also a Realtor. I work in corporate real estate though, for just one company so have it pretty easy. My job is pretty stable at this time, but you never know. My biggest concern is not so much being laid off, as it is us being bought out or merged. Last summer it looked like we would be doing just that and my job was gonna be relocated to Houston. I would have had a choice of a great severence package or them moving me with a great relocation package. A Canadian company put a wrench in the deal and our merger fell through right at the last minute. So other than the possibility of being forced to relocate somewhere I don't want to go, I think I'm pretty OK job wise.

Shhhh or everyone will figure out you're my sock in case I get banned here!!

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Welcome to CC!  You around the Austin area? 

Glad your job seems to be fairly stable.  I think corporate real estate would be fun but I don't know much about it.  Are you licensed working for just one company?

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« Reply #23 on: January 27, 2009, 10:37:48 AM »
Retired at 46, with multiple homes.  A damned shame the economy sucked so bad for the last 8 years or I could have had more.   :fuelfire:

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Re: DU: How does YOUR Job situation look? (poll)
« Reply #24 on: January 27, 2009, 11:57:49 AM »
My husband was laid off in November and its pretty tight. Hi-tech pretty much dried up here...when Intel lays off you know things are bad. When he was first laid off he had lots of interviews but as the market has dried up so have the offers. I'm sure things will turn around, they always do In the mean time we were smart enough to take out insurance so that if anything like this happened we'd have our house payment and our line of credit loan paid. So we get to be poor in paradise and I get to see my husband more than I ever have in our lives. Still, it's very hard on him. We have 9% unemployment in OR. He's looking out of state so we'll see.

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