How is everyone's work situation these days??

Lizard

decides2dream wrote:

not paid?
as in, for the day...a week.....2 weeks......?
how does that work?
:?

Yeah, as in NOT paid. Paid twice a month--not paid for the 15th yet. Will be tomorrow but most likely not on the 30th. I will be patient because I can afford to be but Damn. Or FUCK for the F-bomb thread

hrd2imgn

not bad, I teach so relatively safe, but I teach art so you never know...always the first to go.

Prince Of Dorkness

whitepants wrote:

The sex industry is recession proof because at the end of the day, most humans, that's all they have. Thank God I'm above that, but to each their own.

Cheers!

I'm not in the sex industry, I'm in the porn industry. We're hardly Recession Proof, but resistant, anyway.

fanch75

Jasunmark wrote:

I work in Porn. I'd love to say that we're 100% recession-proof, but we're not. It's still been a hard road these last few months. but that being said.. I'm sure a lot more safe than most people, I'd like to think.

We'll see.

Do you ever get tired?

dunkman

prfctlefts wrote:

are sales are up 5% to last year

clearly you dont sell "self help grammar" books for a living then

Rygar

dunkman wrote:

prfctlefts wrote:

are sales are up 5% to last year

clearly you dont sell "self help grammar" books for a living then

Just as you don't sell "self help punctuation" books for a living then.

dunkman

Rygar wrote:

dunkman wrote:

prfctlefts wrote:

are sales are up 5% to last year

clearly you dont sell "self help grammar" books for a living then

Just as you don't sell "self help punctuation" books for a living then.

thats right... i already said what i did about 45 posts back

clearly you dont sell "how to read a thread" books then

Rygar

dunkman wrote:

Rygar wrote:

dunkman wrote:

clearly you dont sell "self help grammar" books for a living then

Just as you don't sell "self help punctuation" books for a living then.

thats right... i already said what i did about 45 posts back

clearly you dont sell "how to read a thread" books then

I already knew what you did, so whether or not I sell books about thread reading is irrelevant.
I do, however, sell "how to stack wood", "how to change lanes successfully", and "interesting facts about the orange" books.

soulsinging

Jasunmark wrote:

whitepants wrote:

The sex industry is recession proof because at the end of the day, most humans, that's all they have. Thank God I'm above that, but to each their own.

Cheers!

I'm not in the sex industry, I'm in the porn industry. We're hardly Recession Proof, but resistant, anyway.

Are you messing with me or are you serious? How do you break into the business? I've thought about bailing on my law firm job one day and moving to LA to handle contracts or copyright in the porn industry. Might be the only way I could handle being a lawyer long-term.

dunkman

Rygar wrote:

dunkman wrote:

Rygar wrote:

Just as you don't sell "self help punctuation" books for a living then.

thats right... i already said what i did about 45 posts back

clearly you dont sell "how to read a thread" books then

I already knew what you did, so whether or not I sell books about thread reading is irrelevant.
I do, however, sell "how to stack wood", "how to change lanes successfully", and "interesting facts about the orange" books.

i have one of those books

fact no.13 - no word rhymes with 'orange'.

fanch75

soulsinging wrote:

I've thought about bailing on my law firm job one day and moving to LA to handle contracts or copyright in the porn industry. Might be the only way I could handle being a lawyer long-term.

Buckcherry would totally support this. Dude, you could see them all the time in LA on the Strip!

Rygar

dunkman wrote:

i have one of those books

fact no.13 - no word rhymes with 'orange'.

Yet!

soulsinging

fanch75 wrote:

soulsinging wrote:

I've thought about bailing on my law firm job one day and moving to LA to handle contracts or copyright in the porn industry. Might be the only way I could handle being a lawyer long-term.

Buckcherry would totally support this. Dude, you could see them all the time in LA on the Strip!

See them? Shit man, I'd be signing them up to play industry parties and then taking the groupies they don't want!

decides2dream

Lizard wrote:

decides2dream wrote:

not paid?
as in, for the day...a week.....2 weeks......?
how does that work?
:?

Yeah, as in NOT paid. Paid twice a month--not paid for the 15th yet. Will be tomorrow but most likely not on the 30th. I will be patient because I can afford to be but Damn. Or FUCK for the F-bomb thread

FUCK
is absolutely the appropriate response here. :?
damn.......i guess the 'good' thing is you can afford to wait it out? still sucks, but i that certainly makes it a bit more bearable. from your post can i take it your employer WILL, eventually, make up these lost wages? b/c what you're saying is, only getting paid once a month practically, so that's quite a cut! good luck!

hrd2imgn wrote:

not bad, I teach so relatively safe, but I teach art so you never know...always the first to go.

i had my days cut teaching art, looooonnnngggg before this recession. :? there were major cutbacks across the board within the school - but art, music and phys ed....all had their schedules altered. don't mean to 'scare' you at all....all depends on the school/district.....but you ARE absolutely correct. all those 'special' courses, all considered luxury, 'unnecessary'.....are absolutely the first to go, even if your state mandates the program. good luck to you too!

chromiam

"Special Meeting" this afternoon at work... should be fun

SPEEDY MCCREADY

chromiam wrote:

"Special Meeting" this afternoon at work... should be fun

I had the pleasure of attending one of those "special meetings" a couple of weeks ago.

Good Luck!!!!

chromiam

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

chromiam wrote:

"Special Meeting" this afternoon at work... should be fun

I had the pleasure of attending one of those "special meetings" a couple of weeks ago.

Good Luck!!!!

I'm not too worried, seems like it will be the same ole no OT (which I don't get anyway) and that the company is losing business (which since I'm not a salesman, I can't control), and possibly a forced week off around the 4th of July, which I was already planning to take as part as my vacation. So as long as there aren't any big surprises I'll be fine.

Get_Right

decides2dream wrote:

Get_Right wrote:

quite simply not good
I am an attorney that counsels importers and exporters-trade is in the terlit right now.
revenue significantly down, two rounds of layoff and I fear another one coming in June.

et tu, getright?




hope all looks brighter for all on the horizon........

thanks
so far hanging in there, but things are tight around here
we shall see

chromiam

Well that was fun.... all changes are affecting the plant ( I work in the lab)... new 4- 10 hour days, split shifts (affects lab a little), plant closed during 4th of July week and week between Christmas and New Years... yeah nothing exciting or surprising there.

Sea

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