Do you think you will lose your job because of the economy?

[HRx]

My wife and I have a home daycare. People gonna keep having kids, people have to/like to go back to work, gotta stick em somewhere! We tweaked our rates a little to adjust for the slagging economy, but no shortage of business around here.

A buddy of mine own's a day care business and makes $20k per month

[adam111]

Losing job beacuse of the economy!

I do not think that there will be wide loses in job due to the economy. Infact, if there is a loss in some case, then if the person that has lost the job is quite good enough, he has always chances of getting another opportunity as per his experience and qualification. One can also start a business if they have complete knowledge about it.

[alltappedout]

lose what?

sorry but this poll title does not read well at the home page...does not include the "job" word.

Ali

[bulletproof77]

Work for the state (CHP)...and unless the "Governator" REALLY screws up, I should be OK....of course, thanks to the BK and the divorce and the foreclosure, I'm still kinda broke, but getting better all the time..God, I wish child support was tax deductible....

[All Cash]

Yup I just lost my job this week. Was on and off unemployment for the last 2 years. Also was a independent contractor at one point. Some say we are in a recession, I say we are more in a depression than the government leads us to believe.

Good luck to everyone.

[ohio]

I met with my bk lawyer and hired him on a Friday and went to work on Monday and got laid off. What timing, eh? Yeah, so, that was the beginning of June. I worked in a factory making computers for Toyota, roller coasters, space shuttle, Kraft Foods, pretty much any company that needs factory style computers. I worked my normal 40hrs a week and then another 40hrs of OVERTIME a week (sometimes only 20,but usually an additional 40) just to pay my bills.

So, when I went on short term disability last year, I was missing that extra 80 hours of overtime in my checks for 5 months. Then I went back to work in September and they had already cancelled everyone's overtime and had even cut work hours to 30 or less a week. So, from September to June I wasn't making ends meet at all.

I stopped paying most of my cards in December, all of them by February and missed my first house payment and second mortgage payment in May. I came to the realization that I just couldn't do it anymore and filed this past June.

341 is September 21, this coming Monday at 9:30a.m and I am getting very nervous! I emailed my lawyer today asking if there was anything I was responsible for bringing besides my id and SS# and he said no. Just go over my petition and know what I put on there. I had mentioned to him I was nervous and hate speaking in public and he told me he'd be there with me the whole time. He even sent a list of questions from the Trustee that they ask. I tried to post it earlier today because I thought it might be helpful for others to see it, but the PDF file is a bit too big for this forum.

Just hope it all goes well and everything goes smoothly. I am surrendering my house so I really hope that goes QUICK! I am moving out of state in a few weeks, so I want them to go ahead and take it, but I fear it will be quite some time since there are so many foreclosures happening in my area.

Good luck to everyone out there! Hope all of you who still have your jobs will not have any issues and those of you who lost them, like I have, best of luck in finding another one and hopefully one you enjoy and can retire with.

[debtprison]

I work as an independent contractor for different companies but:

For a few months I was making nearly $1,400 - $1,600 a month (After years of making only $1,000 a month if even that). But when the economy went down all my new work went with it and brought me back to where I was before.

Now my income is dropping still because of the economy. If it weren't for the economy I probably would be back to $2k+ a month ... something which hasn't happened since early 2002 for me.

I'll always make something from my previous work (probably for the next 5 years anyway) but the amount goes down.

[Iwantmyname]

I lost my job right at the beginning of this. The company tried to find ways to save money. It ended up firing 51 workers in the first bout-- One who was on her hospital bed after a heart attack (the company is self- insured, so if you get sick with something chronic you usually get fired). How has it effected me? Every day I pray that the company goes broke and shuts its doors permanently.

I was starting to pull mysef out of the hole, and thought I could save the house-- took out a lot of savings and used that to save the house-- then got fired. Unfortunately, I had used the emergency money on the house, so before long I was nearly homeless and also going to food lines for food all winter long. Unemployment was less than half of what I made at the job, and that was not really that helpful. -- I mean, I still lost everything. My unemployment ran out, but I found a part time job that might work into a full time job. It's not bad so I am not complaining. Unlike my old job, there are bonuses and other ways to make additional money. I may make the same as I made at 40 hours in the old job at 30 hours in the new job.

[AngelinaCat]

I lost my FT job two years ago because of 'budget cuts' and am now about to lose the little PT job I have for the same reason. Unemployment is running out, and being at the age where a prospective employer wants to hire someone without the degree and experience I have, so they can pay a lower salary and not worry that the person may want to retire in 5-10 years, leaves me with very little opportunities to go to.

[f86sabjf]

I just lost mine today after 9 years. Thanks Chrysler . We just closed a profitable dealership in the middle of a recesssion because chrysler pulled our franchise. Over 100 people laid off. I'm having troubles wrapping my mind around closing a profitable business. So we will be talking to an attorney about Br on thursday.

[irapdp]

It'sa comin!

I work for ethan Allen. It is slow! I am newest. I already missed the can 2 times with layoffs. It is a comin. It is horrible. Everyday we wonder so is today the day they will lay off a few more. I already took a 1/2 the pay cut. Killing meeee!!!!

[liz417]

My husband's company had a meeting and "froze" all bonuses, pay raises, etc.....
I guess when they do it that way, people are just grateful to still have a job....

[Tbornetun]

I have been warned to be prepared to cut hours, cut pay, and then get laid off. How's that for employer strategy!

At least they are giving you some sort of heads up. So many times people arrive for work in the morning and go home that day without a job. No warning.

[halelani]

I have been warned to be prepared to cut hours, cut pay, and then get laid off. How's that for employer strategy!

[thefiredevil]

Yes I really worry about my job to be honest..... we are a client-based company and anytime these clients pull out their accounts with us its the end of the world....