How is everyone's work situation these days??

mca47

Cancer research.

Unfortunately any kind of recession has little effect on my line of work.

Well, fortunately me anyways... :(

dave grolsch

The construction "game" where i live just about shut down,it had been getting slower for the last year and i was pleased and lucky to be in work over christmas.
There are signs that its improving now though,then again its maybe just because its the start of a new tax year :?:
I have been self-employed on/off for nearly 23years and this aint the first recession i,ve dealt with and hopefully i,ll be alive for the next one in ten years or so
On a seperate note,if you have un-employment insurance cover please check that it is gonna pay up,here is my tale.
I have cover for my mortgage payments,the insurers know that i,m self employed,its on my policy documents.
For me to claim i have to cease trading and have proof that i have stopped trading,guess what?? the only proof that they will accept is at the end of the tax year when i do my tax returns that i tick the box to say ceased trading!
Basically if you came out of work in may you would have to wait to the following april to claim!
We are fine though,i am working again,we can get by with the one(wife) wage,we are even gonna use the insurance payments towards our mortgage and pay it off sooner.
Good luck fellow jammers on the job front!! and check them insurance documents because we paid them for 14 years and they aint worth shit.

dunkman

I've recently become a political cartoonist. Work has picked up of late as i believe some bigshots got dropped from the newspapers and that allowed me to undercut them regarding my fee... it's a dog eat dog world out there... which is why my cartoons have a penguin called Spanky in them... i dont like dogs.

decides2dream

lukin2006 wrote:

16 years with my employer, not to worried.

that's awesome for you!
and not to say this applies to *you*......but just saying, longevity/loyalty with an employer doesn't always traslate to security. i know my husband has 22 years in, and it is NO guarantee at all. thousands have already lost their jobs in his particular branch of government, and more probably will. we both HOPE he won't be effected, but he is also keeping aware, and sure.....looking at other viable options. it is brutal out there, for certain! i am very happy to read of the many, such as yourself, doing well....secure....even thriving.....and i hope those hitting hard times move past the difficulties and find solid employment.

CJMST3K

I own my own business. This is the best first quarter we've ever had. Let's hope things keep up!

adropinthepark

dunkman wrote:

I've recently become a political cartoonist. Work has picked up of late as i believe some bigshots got dropped from the newspapers and that allowed me to undercut them regarding my fee... it's a dog eat dog world out there... which is why my cartoons have a penguin called Spanky in them... i dont like dogs.

Except for the not liking dogs part. :evil:

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Today is my last day as a Permit Specialist.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

BIG drivers meeting tomorrow....

Hopefully i am still employed...........hehehehehehe

vedderfan10

I've worked within the Mental Health and Addictions Services (part of a health authority) for just over 10 years. Last week they decided that my coworker and I will be moved to Health Records central location and do transcription there...no longer part of MHAS...All I said to our boss was "we better get one hell of a party before we go"...

So, the new job pays more, is closer to home, and has more vacation...but it's shift work and I am worried how that will affect my depression...

While I haven't actually lost my job, it's still really unsettling...I can certainly empathize with those who have lost their jobs...it sucks.

My brother lost his job at the local pulp mill...they shut it down and do not know when it will be up and running again. He's been here just over 20 years -- and there are a lot of guys very close to retirement who weren't offerd buy-outs because they only shut down the mill, not closed it...They all might go back to work in the fall...

Some of the stories on here are just awful...

comebackgirl

The state is considering freezing wages as of July 1st and requiring 12 mandatory furlough days a year. I work for a state college and they're not certain if this pertains to us since we have our own board of trustees. That's still all being sorted out with the unions. Fortunatley my step increase slipped in under the wire and we just hired 2 new therapists, so I'm hoping I'm safe. I'm picking up some hours through a very busy private practice just in case though. Stress of any kind usually generates more business for me (provided people still have health insurance)! At this point I have too many clients to see and not enough time to see them.

xavier mcdaniel

I got a new one, but I hadn't heard anything since getting an email last week saying I'd get some paperwork in the next few days, so I'm a little nervous to say to the least.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

The results of the big drivers meeting this morning????

I still have a job....
and im getting a raise in 5 weeks......

life is beautiful.............

chiquimonkey

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

The results of the big drivers meeting this morning????

I still have a job....
and im getting a raise in 5 weeks......

life is beautiful.............

wooohoo!

if we get the grants at work i should be getting a promotion, i'll just be happy to keep my job though, i love working there and don't wanna leave!

SPEEDY MCCREADY

chiquimonkey wrote:

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

The results of the big drivers meeting this morning????

I still have a job....
and im getting a raise in 5 weeks......

life is beautiful.............

wooohoo!

if we get the grants at work i should be getting a promotion, i'll just be happy to keep my job though, i love working there and don't wanna leave!

right on...

i want my company to stay in business for 20 more years....

and then they can hand me my little gold watch and send me on my merry way.............

youngster

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

The results of the big drivers meeting this morning????

I still have a job....
and im getting a raise in 5 weeks......

life is beautiful.............

Good for you! Glad to see people are doing good in this economy.

_Crazy_Mary_

meh, I had a party of 6 that tipped me $13 yesterday, so that didn't make me feel very good. It was pretty much a slow night overall.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

_Crazy_Mary_ wrote:

meh, I had a party of 6 that tipped me $13 yesterday, so that didn't make me feel very good. It was pretty much a slow night overall.

HI MARY!!!!

cheap fuckers like that have to make you CRAZY!!!!!!

i couldnt do what you do....

i would end up chasing people down in the parking lot and kicking them right in the ass...........

hehehehehe................

decides2dream

got a notice on friday in the mail that i will now be paying up an additional 12% towards my health benefits. :? certainly not horrible news by any stretch, but coupled with flat salaries this year, ever rising costs of utilities, property taxes, groceries, etc.....it's just that much less in my pocket each month. considering how difficult it is to keep ANY $$$ in your pockets these days, just one more blow. eh well. worked a lot less OT this busy season as well - so less $$$. i am fine with the less $$$ overall - i hate working OT - but i just hope it doesn't negatively affects my employment at all. as of right now, i really don't think it will. spetember is the REAL busy season for us.....so that's my true barometer. i am just thankful to have my job and all the benefits - even if i have to pay a few bucks more for some of em - and i am glad i've picked up a good # of more responsibilities at work. definitely makes me feel more *needed* and in this climate, that's a really, really good feeling.....

dunkman

_Crazy_Mary_ wrote:

meh, I had a party of 6 that tipped me $13 yesterday, so that didn't make me feel very good. It was pretty much a slow night overall.

perhaps if you're employer paid you a decent hourly rate then it wouldnt have mattered what they tipped.

you should be thankful they tipped $13... you dont know how bad their circumstances are either.

just highlights what a truly stupid system it is for you guys.

decides2dream

it just keeps getting better! :?
so now find out come june my monthly commutation costs will go up $50! insanity. as both my husband and i have the same commute, that's an extra $100 out of pocket expense, on top of everything else that has gotten out of hand cost-wise, basically everything, each month. it sucks.

also, employer is hinting that perhaps next year we will have more limited choices in regards to our healthplans. bleh. i can go back to my husband's coverage, but it was actually cheaper for both of us to have individual plans thru our own employers.

income remains flat more than likely.....but costs just keep going up and up! and sure, commutation is taken out of salary pretax, but an extra $50 each still wil hurt. :evil:


oh, and my husband's job may have a reorganization of tours, so he may well lose his current bid and lose his weekends off. :( that truly sucks b/c my hours are M-F, totlly inflexible....and that would mean that on a regular basis, no days off together. we had that for 6 months when i first started here 2 years ago, and yea...it sucked. our hours are already different due to his job, so we have only a few hours together daily as it is.....so if he loses his weekends off, we will have next to no time together. bad enough gettting squeezed financially, but i know most of us are....thankful to still be well-employed, yada, yada......but this truly cuts into quality of life. ugh. it sucks.


just needed to rant. :twisted:

MayDay10

things are good here. Our jobsite is receiving federal stimulus money so we are actually adding a bunch of jobs/work here.