Any takers?
How many here have been affeted by the economy and how?
by Quirky1 20 Replies latest jw friends
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BurnTheShips
Got laid off, now working part time. Huge pay cut.
Probably 1/3 or more of my net worth is gone.
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shamus100
I'm expecting to get laid off in the spring. Frankly, I need a break anyways. I work way too much.
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troubled mind
The company my husband works for has laid off workers twice now . This week they said orders are down 40% and to expect one whole shift to be deleted soon ... There was shut down over the holidays , my husband had vacation time still so he still got paid ,others with less senority went w/o .
Absolutely no bonuses and no overtime . His 401k lost about a third of it's value .
Just trying to hang in there .
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SnakesInTheTower
I made about $10K less in 08 than 07. I am strictly commission debt collector. Still, if you take what I made last year and divide by 2080 (FT work), I still made in the $18-20/hr range.... and probably average 16 hours NOT 40 hours a week. I usually work two days a week. (Sat/Sun)...not much social life lol....lots of time during the week though..good for school.
Our client, a major cable company, just announced it is filing Ch. 11 reorganization bankruptcy. Our company, cooincidentally, just announced a $1/1% cut in what we make in our collections. (ie, a $100 customer payment.. I lose $1 for the payment and $1 on the amount...I drop from $18 to $16 for it). However...if we successfully sell cable to a new customer....upgrade a customer...retain a customer..... then we get our old amount. If the whole office overall makes a certain % of sales....then we actually get a raise....
Problem is...I did not sign up 3 plus years ago to sell cable...I signed up to be a bill collector. Now they want me to do disconnects and sales along with collections? Let me finish school and get the hell out. I can't sell for a product/service I don't believe in. Hmmmm.... after 30 years of selling another product I no longer believe in, is anyone surprised by my attitude?
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Awakened at Gilead
Lost a scholarship opportunity because funding was cut. Now I have to pay for grad school myself.
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BurnTheShips
Keep swimming, A@G.
BTS
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Warlock
Cut from full time to part time.
The businees I work for is doing real bad.
I'll be looking for work next week.
Warlock
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jaguarbass
When the Bushwacking began 8 years ago I lost a job I had for 23 years making tools
for 50$ a year. We could no longer compete with China and Russia and Mexico.
I bounced around for about 5 years playing music and odd jobs and ended up working
as a correction officer for less than 30,000 a year. 1970's wages.
I'm not buying new Harleys or boats or new cars anymore or taking ski vacations to Collorado.
I know a lot of people this has happened to even worse. Bush's Voodo economics has trickled down
and made Amerika a third world country.
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jaguarbass
When the Bushwacking began 8 years ago I lost a job I had for 23 years making tools
for 50,000$ a year.
Too bad we cant edit after we post to correct our errors.