caffeinated primitive still has his job

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7203563

Oh my.

I thought Benito Bo was going to have all this under control, circa 11:01 a.m. January 20, 2009; what's the hold-up?

The primitives promised us.

Javaman  (1000+ posts)        Fri Dec-11-09 12:06 PM
Original message
 
I still have a job...for now...
 
We went through some layoffs a couple of days ago. Then yesterday we had a company wide talk with the owner.

I have never seen him so stressed.

The worry in the pit of my stomach is growing. No anxiety attacks yet. Yet.

My wife and I have prepared. No debt. A fairly good nest egg for a rainy day...as long as that day doesn't turn into months.

I'm in my late 40's. I have a fairly odd skill set, I can do a lot of different things.

And somewhere deep down in me, a voice, one that I try to nurture as best as possible, keeps saying, "you can get through this".

But my fears, sometimes, drowns it out.

I've been through several recessions. This one by and far is really bad.

I see the anemic signs of "recovery", but in my current area of employ, those signs aren't coming fast enough.

If I can make it through this year, I think I will be okay. I start night school next month. Retraining for an emergency. I would love to think I'm training for a "new career". But new is relevant. "New" is by choice, "New" is never by need.

I've worked a host of shitty demeaning jobs in my life, and the prospect of having to maybe work those types of jobs again, honestly, doesn't really frighten me. If I do get laid off, then those types of jobs would be a god send in this economy.

Work is work is work is work. No one is above putting in a hard days work, no matter what it entails. I'm not as young, my bones crack in the morning and I'm certainly not as flexible as I was in my 20's, but work is work is work is work.

I don't know why I'm writing this. Perhaps just to put my concerns on electronic paper and get them out of my system.

There is a different vibe here now.

During his talk with us yesterday, the owner invoked memories of the great depression and how the original owners weathered that. Personally, I don't think that was a good tact, but what do I know?

I'm just spewing worried thoughts.

SharonAnn  (1000+ posts)        Fri Dec-11-09 12:08 PM
Response to Original message
 
1. Glad the owners weather the Depression. How did all the workers do?

Javaman  (1000+ posts)        Fri Dec-11-09 12:20 PM
Response to Reply #1
 
3. Wish I knew, it was way before I was born. 

We were a much smaller company then. Just a very few employees. We didn't really start growing until the 1960's.

but I will tell you this, 2 of the owners went and served in WWII. I thought that admirable of them. They didn't have to, they were both very wealthy and in their 40's as well, but still chose to serve. (The third partner was to old to serve. In his 60's.)

One was a major in europe and was in combat and the other served on board a destroyer and saw massive action in the south pacific.

A very interesting history to my firm.

NMDemDist2  (1000+ posts)        Fri Dec-11-09 12:10 PM
Original message
 
usajobs.gov

get out your resume and add everything you've ever done in the last 10 years (7 or 11 pages? no worries)

the gov. is hiring like crazy.....

barbtries  (1000+ posts)        Fri Dec-11-09 12:10 PM
Response to Original message
 
2. you'll be fine

i like your attitude. try not to worry so much, it saps energy. easy for me to say, i know (me the biggest worry wart in history since my mother passed away).

HughBeaumont  (1000+ posts)        Fri Dec-11-09 12:36 PM
Response to Original message
 
4. Got that here too . . .

Bank just failed, was taken over by NYCB.

Right now, there are about 300 FDIC employees in this building. 70 people were let go yesterday.

I'm in that same boat. I plan on getting a copy of VisualStudio 2008, continuing to update my skills and hope, if the worse case scenario happens, someone hires me.

I just get a knot in my stomach when I come into this place. I don't feel like eating, I can't work, I'm nervous and scared and just an all-around wreck.

There's times where I have to hold back tears because I have to try and stay strong. I'm feeling vulnerable and sick.

But I thought Benito Bo.....oh, never mind.

StarfarerBill  (741 posts)      Fri Dec-11-09 01:10 PM
Response to Original message
 
5. Good luck, Javaman.

I hope you can keep your job without it becoming intolerable.

If it weren't for unemployment compensation and my savings, I'd have been up the creek more than a year ago.

[Carl]

Aren`t ya all glad that O and the dems "saved" so many publicly funded jobs with their so called stimulus while letting the private sector that has to prosper to sustain them rot?

[Karin]

Javaman is a lousy freeper troll.  He's not afraid of hard work, manages his finances responsibly, and admires military service.  Tombstone him!!!!

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

SharonAnn  (1000+ posts)        Fri Dec-11-09 12:08 PM
Response to Original message
 
1. Glad the owners weather the Depression. How did all the workers do?

Actually, I was wondering how the CUSTOMERS fared. It seems to me that without them the company has no reason to exist and even the owner would be out of a job.

Where they being properly served?

Where they being reasonably charged so they could pass cost savings onto their own customers?

Was the quality of goods and services adequate?

Was work done with a sense of committment to the customer?


That's what really matters, especially in periods downward economic trending.

[Ralph Wiggum]

NMDemDist2  (1000+ posts)        Fri Dec-11-09 12:10 PM
Original message
 
usajobs.gov

get out your resume and add everything you've ever done in the last 10 years (7 or 11 pages? no worries)

the gov. is hiring like crazy.....

 

Anything more than a two page resume gets tossed in the trash.

[Tucker]

Javaman had a anarchy avatar until he got caught up in the peace symbol switch movement earlier in the week. As one who advocate anarchy, why would he want stability in his life?

[NHSparky]

Anything more than a two page resume gets tossed in the trash.

Even though I'm in what's considered a very stable job field, I keep mine updated.  Single page only.  The longer back I go, the more generic.  Then again, I've only had three employers since I left high school.

I loved the OP's "I have a fairly odd skill set" statement.  Any potential employer that sees that will pretty much bet the farm on the fact dude is a worthless bum who isn't worth the effort to train or keep around.

[kenth]

Actually, I was wondering how the CUSTOMERS fared. It seems to me that without them the company has no reason to exist and even the owner would be out of a job.

What's wrong with you? Businesses exist to provide jobs. They should be happy that they are allowed to channel their greed this way. If businesses don't start hiring soon, they need to be shut...

 

Sorry, been reading too much DU lately.

[jukin]

Anything more than a two page resume gets tossed in the trash.

Yep, the shorter the better.  When your resume consists only of your name, you know you have made it.

[The Village Idiot]

It seems to me the government will literally hire anyone for the bottom-rung jobs. Pretty much have to be able to show up for some of them.

[BlueStateSaint]

It seems to me the government will literally hire anyone for the bottom-rung jobs. Pretty much have to be able to show up for some of them.

That's my experience in NY . . .

[zeitgeist]

Anything more than a two page resume gets tossed in the trash.

Not always the case.  Some of the longer ones get raves when read out loud on slow days.