What do you do for a living?

[braincramp]

Sales Agent for a Industrial Supply company for 23 years.Lost $200,000 worth of business when the recession hit here in the beginning of 09.And here I am.

[smithjake03]

I'm a SEM Specialist...^_^

[Tikitrey]

Landscape Designer in Az. Not the best occupation to have right now.

[oregonpilot]

self-employed....wallcovering installer

[chemteacher]

I'm a high school teacher in California. 50K in student loan debt, lot's of credit card debt (from my lousy salary), a couple of lawsuits, and all this with a paycheck that I could have gotten without going through so much crap. America really respects its teachers, yeah, right into uncompromisable debt.

[UsDeadPool]

I am a former business owner in the construction world, Have worked in customer service or retail for 4 years and now i'm part owner of a tow truck company in CA.

[freeatlast98]

I own a small telecommunications company. Due to a horrible economy most of my larger customers have declared BK. Therefore, here I am doing the same. This business supported me for the past 21 years. Work now is almost non-existent.

[citizen]

Factory slave (for now)

[Beachlover2]

Legal Assistant, previous employer reduced hours and hourly pay and then laid off October 2009, currently employed, but with substantial paycut.

[mstomica]

Teacher................

[chriselle]

Level II Software Support

[jelo6875]

I was a wire room data entry clerk for a bank and worked P/T for a janitorial company cleaning offices. .....lost my bank job May 2010. My husband was working as a diesel mechanic/jack of all trades (his brother was the boss there) layed off in October 2008 which started all this mess...now he works painting large trucks and RVs.

[jsheedy]

Emergency Veterinary Technician

[Fletch]

Operations Manager for a large East Coast based trucking company that specializes in hauling building materials....

Business has been slow since 2007.

[gamama]

Stay at home mom and self-employed business owner. Husband is in software - in 08, was laid off, 8 months later had to take a lower paying job with no benefits. Now working with benefits, but pay cut by 40%. business is suffering and husband's lower income has forced us to bk.
All in all, we are down 75k /year in income...ouch!