the job market

what is your employment status

  • Full time employee 40+ hrs

    Votes: 55 74.3%

  • Unemployed, receiving a weekly check

    Votes: 9 12.2%

  • Self employed and booming

    Votes: 3 4.1%

  • Professionally unemployed like myself

    Votes: 7 9.5%
  • Total voters
    74
  • Poll closed .
GotWood

GotWood

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Joined
Jan 12, 2007
Location
Maiden, NC
Ok, who is just sitting around waiting on the next gig? I have never been this dead in my life. Getting to the point where I can barley pay the bills. Thank God for a good wife that has a constant crappy job.
 
Crappy part is that when I do get work..I can make ,in 2 or 3 days damn near what I would in 3 or 4 weeks at a 10 to 15 dollar an hour job.

Great money when things are good...NO money when they're not.

I've only worked 5 ''new construction'' houses all year...been mostly remodels or change outs. Compared to over 100 new home jobs per year for the last 8 yrs.

Safe to say my lifestyle has changed quite a bit.
 
You forgot the bacon eating/producing position.


Just went back to full time Jan. first. Thank God.
 
GotWood said:
that's damn good considering that it is only the 6th day of the year.
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I'll bet they were "short" jobs. LOL

Sorry Dylan I couldn't resist.
 
There is no option for partially laid off. I've been on 24hrs a week/every other week for about a year now and it doesn't look any better this year. I do wish it'd pick up some.
 
sharksanddanger said:
There is no option for partially laid off. I've been on 24hrs a week/every other week for about a year now and it doesn't look any better this year. I do wish it'd pick up some.
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yea, I don't know how to fix the poll. I thought about that at the time I posted it
 
I was sitting around, being worthless all of 2009 (well, worked part time) but I got a job offer yesterday for a gig in ATL.

Doesn't pay as much as I wish but I think pay will grow after the 1st year. Also I am not too hot about moving but, whatever. Gotta do what I gotta do.
 
I used to live just outside of atlanta in Conyers/Covington area. What kind of job u looking at.
 
It's a good time to be a disgruntled Federal employee for sure.

18 months ago, alot of my coworkers said, "why in the world would you want to work for the Governemnt, you get worse pay, old supplies in a losuy work environment, and limited travel... Academia is where it's at!".
 
yea i cant wait to go back to work but my job is fun but sucks becaues we work 9 mouths and off 3 and we dont work every day due to that i work a zmax drag way but its all good yall should come down and run one day
 
I spent 6 months this past summer in the "GOT NO JOB, but doing a little freelance" category. but I am now coming up on 90 days of full time employment again.
 
It's the same for me.Feast this week,famine last week.Good thing my wife has a good job.Tax season is comin and it always picks up some then.
 
GotWood said:
I used to live just outside of atlanta in Conyers/Covington area. What kind of job u looking at.
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Engineering consulting for a software company. Basically I'm a translator, translating engineering jibberish into terms to software people can understand.

I'll be in the northern part of Atlanta.
 
Well, I'll be unemployed in 300 days, but as of now, uncle sam has me working 8 days a week!
 
at home i have work whenever im here. i work for my dad and our company makes food products and really hasnt seen much of a decline in this recession. we've seen a shift from institutional food sales to a rise in the grocery market. basically more people cooking at home rather than going out to eat.

at school ive had a tough time finding a job. right now im on the short list to work for fastenal part time. had my second interview last week and should hear back from them next week or so with a yay or a nay.
 
Unemployed as of now, got laid off 1 month ago. First time in 21 years of working. Really bothered collecting my obama check each week. I'm so used to working that time off has not felt like a vacation. When you hope for a cash paying side job to help compensate for the (weakly check) weekly check, just to squeek by. After searching and searching the paper and the internet, i've come to the conclusion if you don't have a NASA card in your wallet nobody wants you. Makes you feel ashamed to apply if you don't have alot of degree letters at the end of your name. I can't complain, my little boy has a roof over his head and food to eat. So that in it's self is a blessing. Hopefully all of us that are jobless or on short time will continue to make it and keep praying for a good job to come our way. Take care guys and keep digging, good things will come. Hopefully!
 
I've been an engineering tech at my current workplace for almost 11 years. I always had a list of work to do and had overtime available any time I wanted. In mid 2008, things started slowing down. In November of 2008, my hours were cut to a max of 32/week. Late last year, my employment went from reduced hours to an attached employee. This basically means that I still have a job and my employer wants to keep me around, but doesn't have work for me. I am able to draw an unemployment check but it barely covers my bills.

I consider myself lucky that I only have to support my dog and myself. I was pretty responsible and put back some cash for a rainy day, got half the mortgage I qualified for, avoided buying a new vehicle (no car payments), and paid cash for everything I own (no credit card debt). In the past year, I've pulled $7k from savings to keep things going. If things don't pick up by mid year, I'll probably end up raiding the 401k.

Hopefully things will pick up soon.
 
I am having a hard time finding something. I am currently working part time, and it sucks. I want to go full time. I just recently graduated from GTCC and am hoping to find something in the next month or so. My poor girlfriend graduated in JUly of last year as a DAII and no luck finding a job yet!
 
Layoff since Sept, married and moved from where I could get a new job (Furn Mgt) in a phone call or two. Luckily my wife is a NP so I have been Mr. Mom to the kiddos.
Recently started applying alot more now that hunting season is over:lol:. Have had discussion of going to law school but after 4 years in grad school getting my MBA it makes we want to puke thinking about it.
 
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