If you were fired todayFollow

I didn't realize how much Texas controlled the educational system until I found that out from my girlfriend, who spent most of grade school in TX. Apparently they would get brand new textbooks for free every year. >:(

What does surprise me is just how uneducated the population is there compared to here with the control over textbooks. It's not like we aren't using the same ones.

If I was fired today, I'd just call back the guy who has been trying to get me to work for him for the past month or so.

If for some unknown reason that fell through, I have a solid amount stored away.

Has it is benefits? What?

Rage!

For some of us the situation has happened and its not fun by any means. Your loyal to your company and making good money. However, after years of being loyal to your company your company is no longer loyal to you. The owner's are only loyal to their pockets and getting the cheapest workers and making fast cash. It's the american dream! At least the company is good enough to give you a layoff package that is better than nothing. They even give you a chance to find other positions in the company. (LOL like there was any to be found) Suddenly, dispite all your efforts your out the door with barely enough money to make your bills. Unemployment will support you for a bit but you just are so strapped for cash its not funnny.

The market is crap and its filled with people in your same situation. Companys realize that and jobs are hard to get and you soon find that 99% of the companys want younger people more willing to take the underpaid jobs and the abuse that most of us would not back then. Months go by and still no jobs let alone a single interview. Things get desperate. Bills pile up and go unpaid and soon your filing bankruptcy just to even try to start again new. Not fun and even worse the bankruptcy can keep you from another job. Finally you land a job. It's not even in the area of expertise you have but the pay is barely reasonable and dispite the risks of being assaulted or hurt there you take it. Trying to hang on to anything you have left. You realize you took a trememdous pay cut but you have to eat and keep a roof over your head. In my case 25k pay cut.

Remember this,
Everyone looses jobs. Finding a secure one is now non existant. (Well manbe cept state and federal ones) Save money and be ready for the worst because companys are no longer loyal to their employees. They are not what they were 10-15 years ago where you considered working till retirement there.

Edited, Jul 22nd 2010 6:06pm by Tailmon

I found that paragraph really hard to read Tailmon. Do you do that on purpose?

Bull ****. You willingly work the back shift. Every 24hour operation is desperate for people like you.

You realize that $10,000 is a five figure salary right?

Um...

Yeah. Whilst posting my reply, I noticed that Xsarus already had, so I didn't include the obligatory explanation. Wasn't going to waste a post count though! ;)

Ah. But I left in the ...

Yeah, but for that week or so without employment? I'd be screwed.

I wouldn't be thrilled but we have enough in savings (plus paid-out vacation time plus unemployment) to keep the mortgage paid for a good while on Flea's salary. Heck, once the baby's born with me staying home and not paying for child care we might turn a profit!

I've worked various manners of minimum wage jobs in my time and would do so again versus living in a box.