Unemployed?

anonymous · 07-18-2011, 10:17 PM

Seems to me we're mostly educated, not stupid people, and yet so many of us are unemployed right now. This recesion sucks. how many of us are in the same boat? Looking for work?

SamIam · 07-20-2011, 12:39 AM

You forgot UNDER-employed. I have a part time job but desperately need/want more hours and better pay. Living in western Colorado, I run into a constant Catch 22. The towns that have an affordable standard of living have a high rate of unemployment. The town I live in and the next nearest town have pretty low costs of living, but unemployment runs around 13%. The towns with jobs tend to be ski/resort towns and the cost of living is in the stratosphere. Working people live 50 or 60 miles away from the resorts because they can't afford anything closer. Then the cost of gasoline decides to sky rocket. Can't win for losing.

Gravdigr · 07-20-2011, 02:17 AM

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Originally Posted by SamIam

You forgot--

Unemployedbutgettingbyafterafashion.

monster · 07-20-2011, 06:22 AM

Wouldn't that be employed but need something better?

wolf · 07-20-2011, 10:54 AM

I would much rather be working right now, but were that the case, I couldn't be as present for crazynurse as I am right now.

So, in the lemons of my shitcanning, I am making extra-sugary lemonade (or perhaps some limoncello) by doing something good for someone who really needs it.

At the commonwealth's expense.

But I would like to do more than just get by.

BigV · 07-20-2011, 11:57 AM

Hi wolf.

In Washington unemployment benefits are paid for by taxes I paid in the first place, like any other insurance benefits supported by premiums of the subscribers. When I was working, I was paying, but not collecting. Is there a different structure where you live?

Rhianne · 07-20-2011, 01:27 PM

I'm 47. I've worked my whole life since leaving school with only a couple of brief periods of unemployment. The last while I was based fairly near where I live but before that I travelled about and could be away from home for days or weeks, mostly in the UK but also elsewhere in Western Europe, Africa and Asia. I (mostly) enjoyed it all.

Then I had a heart attack and suddenly work mattered less, particularly in comparison to the importance of the people I was closest to. Just over a year ago in May last year I made what at the time seemed like a huge and difficult decision but now seems so straightforward and obvious and gave up working entirely to look after, full time, my partner who has a long term, chronically debilitating, health issue.

So am I employed? No. Am I looking for work? No. I have as much of that as I can cope with. Am I happy? No, not really, but things could be worse. I don't know what box to check!

infinite monkey · 07-20-2011, 02:27 PM

I'm employed. I have very seldom not been employed since I was about 13. Many years I had a second and even a third job.

I am employed. I'm happy, though often frustrated and stressed. But...yeah this job just may give me a heart attack.

infinite monkey · 07-20-2011, 02:28 PM

psssst: I found out that "following your bliss" is really only for those who can afford it, or who have someone who can fund them. Otherwise I'd be dog poo picking. Not that dog poo is bliss, it just doesn't gripe and crab at you, or threaten to kill you.

wolf · 07-20-2011, 02:31 PM

BigV ... it is really my money, but hey, it sounds more pitiful that way.

infinite monkey · 07-20-2011, 02:33 PM

Absolutely. You earned your unemployment benefits!

classicman · 07-20-2011, 03:33 PM

Rhianne - you got your priorities in order.

Filling out this poll - meh.

Aliantha · 07-20-2011, 06:33 PM

Our situation hasn't really changed but financially things are pretty tight lately. I am the home maker, so I only work for love, and that's ok, so I guess I'm employed and happy. Dazza is mostly happy in his work too although he gets stressed out from time to time, but much less than he used to when he was working in the mining industry.

Trilby · 07-21-2011, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Rhianne

I'm 48 I've worked my whole life since leaving school with only a couple of brief periods of unemployment.

Then I had the big C and suddenly work mattered less, particularly in comparison to the importance of the people I was closest to. I made what at the time seemed like a huge and difficult decision but now seems so straightforward and obvious and gave up working entirely to look after, full time, me As I have a long term, chronically debilitating, health issue.

So am I employed? No. Am I looking for work? No. I have as much of that as I can cope with. Am I happy? No, not really, but things could be worse. I don't know what box to check!

Like that.

Rhianne · 07-21-2011, 06:04 PM

Haha, you just sound like a lazy scrounger to me Brianna!

View Poll Results: Unemployment....
employed and happy	14	41.18%
employed but need something better	10	29.41%
unemployed, desperately seeking	3	8.82%
unemployed, would lke to work	4	11.76%
unemployed and ok that way	3	8.82%
Voters: 34. You may not vote on this poll

07-18-2011, 10:17 PM	#1
anonymous Operations Operative Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: in hiding Posts: 578	Unemployed? Seems to me we're mostly educated, not stupid people, and yet so many of us are unemployed right now. This recesion sucks. how many of us are in the same boat? Looking for work?

07-20-2011, 06:22 AM	#4
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Wouldn't that be employed but need something better? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-20-2011, 10:54 AM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I would much rather be working right now, but were that the case, I couldn't be as present for crazynurse as I am right now. So, in the lemons of my shitcanning, I am making extra-sugary lemonade (or perhaps some limoncello) by doing something good for someone who really needs it. At the commonwealth's expense. But I would like to do more than just get by. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-20-2011, 11:57 AM	#6
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Hi wolf. In Washington unemployment benefits are paid for by taxes I paid in the first place, like any other insurance benefits supported by premiums of the subscribers. When I was working, I was paying, but not collecting. Is there a different structure where you live? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

07-20-2011, 12:39 AM	#2
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	You forgot UNDER-employed. I have a part time job but desperately need/want more hours and better pay. Living in western Colorado, I run into a constant Catch 22. The towns that have an affordable standard of living have a high rate of unemployment. The town I live in and the next nearest town have pretty low costs of living, but unemployment runs around 13%. The towns with jobs tend to be ski/resort towns and the cost of living is in the stratosphere. Working people live 50 or 60 miles away from the resorts because they can't afford anything closer. Then the cost of gasoline decides to sky rocket. Can't win for losing.

07-20-2011, 01:27 PM	#7
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	I'm 47. I've worked my whole life since leaving school with only a couple of brief periods of unemployment. The last while I was based fairly near where I live but before that I travelled about and could be away from home for days or weeks, mostly in the UK but also elsewhere in Western Europe, Africa and Asia. I (mostly) enjoyed it all. Then I had a heart attack and suddenly work mattered less, particularly in comparison to the importance of the people I was closest to. Just over a year ago in May last year I made what at the time seemed like a huge and difficult decision but now seems so straightforward and obvious and gave up working entirely to look after, full time, my partner who has a long term, chronically debilitating, health issue. So am I employed? No. Am I looking for work? No. I have as much of that as I can cope with. Am I happy? No, not really, but things could be worse. I don't know what box to check!

07-20-2011, 02:27 PM	#8
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I'm employed. I have very seldom not been employed since I was about 13. Many years I had a second and even a third job. I am employed. I'm happy, though often frustrated and stressed. But...yeah this job just may give me a heart attack.

07-20-2011, 02:28 PM	#9
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	psssst: I found out that "following your bliss" is really only for those who can afford it, or who have someone who can fund them. Otherwise I'd be dog poo picking. Not that dog poo is bliss, it just doesn't gripe and crab at you, or threaten to kill you.

07-20-2011, 02:31 PM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	BigV ... it is really my money, but hey, it sounds more pitiful that way. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-20-2011, 02:33 PM	#11
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Absolutely. You earned your unemployment benefits!

07-20-2011, 03:33 PM	#12
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Rhianne - you got your priorities in order. Filling out this poll - meh. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

07-20-2011, 06:33 PM	#13
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Our situation hasn't really changed but financially things are pretty tight lately. I am the home maker, so I only work for love, and that's ok, so I guess I'm employed and happy. Dazza is mostly happy in his work too although he gets stressed out from time to time, but much less than he used to when he was working in the mining industry. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

07-21-2011, 06:04 PM	#15
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	Haha, you just sound like a lazy scrounger to me Brianna!

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