For those of you who are unemployed...

I'm unemployed but my parents cover my expenses.
I'm saving up all my pocket money so it should be me, not brilliantly but ok, through at least the first year of uni. Till then I'm stayin' put.

 

LOL.--Actually that's true,isn't it pathetic.But I tell ya the US government could stop that from happening in 2 seconds if they wanted too.I think most people are sick of talking to India on the phone for customer service anyhow.

 

Don't live beyond your means and actually save money every month instead of living paycheck to paycheck. Then file for unemployment for extra income and get some job to just pay the bills like a waiter or some shit.

But I wouldn't know because I'm not unemployed lawl

 

My wife works for the school district
and I have my own business doing odd jobs, hauling, painting, organizing, handyman type jobs. I havent had a REAL job in years, I get most of my business from repeats or Craigslist.

Our rent is $1350 a month for a 3bd, 2ba house..it is a stretch at times

 

uhm, i'm not employed right now. while at home, i went out and shoveled snow for some money - believe it or not, i made awesome money just shoveling snow. sure when it was rainy and snowy out it absolutely sucked, but when it was clear out and the only snow was on the ground, it was pretty sweet.

i also live at home - well, right now i'm out in san diego, but i will be back home looking for a job. most likely its going to be a fast food place - upside to that is it would be only for a couple months before i go back to my summer job at a sports camp.

gonna save some money and take an EMT class in hopes that it will help me move up on the eligible firefighter list so that i can get a spot in the academy - but that isn't promising....so i may also enroll in a personal trainer certification and try to find work that way

 

What happened to your lucrative teaching career?

 

teaching career?

 

I perform sexual favors for college coeds in return for cash, weed and alcohol.

It's a living.

 

I mooch off my loved ones, the fools.

Sort of, but not really. I have been searching for work for a whopping two days and I have two interviews set up for tomorrow, both are well paid jobs.

I don't understand how people stay unemployed apart from by choice or disability. I've been unemployed for relatively long periods of time in the past, but then it was only because I didn't get off my ass and try to find work. Wherever I've been, I've always been able to get work easily as long as I've wanted to.

 

I have only minimal responsibilities, I am grateful for that.

 

Same. I'm currently employed and I've had 5 interview requests so far, none of the jobs I applied for I ended up being interested in though.

People really need to be more clear and upfront when they post want ads. For real.

 

so you're broke & destitute, huh?





(sorry I couldn't pass that up)

 

I do OK.

 

I know there have to be at least some drug dealers in a place like this.

 

I'm unemployed at the moment, but I'm also a student, going to college five days a week so I'm in a pretty big hole when it comes to finding paid work.

I couldn't get a job in 2008 because I got a bit sick and couldn't drive my car for about six months. I live about a half hour from anywhere, so it's pretty difficult to get transport.

I've been looking for work since last November, and must have been turned down about a dozen times. So for now I'm just living with my parents and we're helping each other out. They'll help towards petrol, feed me etc while I play taxi for my little brother and sister, do dishes, washing, clean bathrooms, groceries, feeding pets, mopping/sweeping and all that jazz. I think I'm pretty lucky, but once I do get a job I want to repay them properly

 

sometimes being employed doesn't make much difference. some of my friends work and actually earn more than i do by about £5000, but they are always skint and never seem to have the money to get through the month. I'm on a quite small wage but i work full time and i pay all my bills and half of the rent on me and my hubbys house, i run my car and pay for food and still have plenty of money left at the end of each month.

where a lot of people go wrong is buying things when they dont have the disposable cash to do so. i'm really frugel with money, we got a xbox 360 and bikes and i got a great camera etc but i saved damn hard for them and would never have got them if i didnt have the cash to do it. if you cant afford it, you cant have it. simple really.

anyway i don't think i could survive being unemployed because of commitments to pay bills and rent etc and i wouldn't want to let my hubby down as right now he relies on my income just as much as i do and on his wage alone we couldn't afford to live in the way we do. i havent been unemployed since i left school luckily and until i have kids i want it to stay like that. i actually enjoy working most of the time too.

 

One of the few bits of wisdom that my dad managed to make me understand.

Same here.(with the exception of the long periods without work)

 

my mum taught me that one too.

maybe it is partly to do with how you are brought up and whether you are taught about money.

i hate owing anyone money. being in debt scares me. my hubby got into serious trouble with money, luckily he had savings and so did i and we fixed it together. now we have less money but i sleep easy at night for as long as we don't waste our money, we can afford all we need to get by and dont owe a penny. whatever we have is ours.

 

I worked for a for a large industrial cable manufacturing company. I was the production manager for 14 years in the assembly division. They started outsourcing most big jobs a few years ago so I kind of saw this coming when they eliminated my position last month.

I got 4 months severance pay/benefits - then its unemployment (in NJ its over 550.00 max). I cant begin to collect until my severance runs out, in about 3 months.

If I can collect long enough and use whatever benefits I can from the VA- I might make it long enough to where I can cash out my 401k without being penalized.I think you have to be 59 in this plan ,so Im not to far away Now I dont have a million bucks in there but it has built up thru the years (the company matched my 5% contribution dollar for dollar)- This fucked up economy caused me (and I guess many,many others) to lose thousands of it but now its all in a fixed account.

I have a small place near the Jersey Shore that's paid for and a 5 year old Camry that's paid for,I keep it simple -I know I'm kind of fortunate,and I dont lose sight of that.
If I didnt have a heroin addiction thru the 70,s and 80,s Im sure Id be in better shape- but I was able to regroup (methadone maintenance) and happy to be alive and free.

Anyway - Im glad that Im not 25 and unemployed in this world right now. A lot of you folks are going to have it tough for awhile. Unless your a trust fund baby, getting some type of plan together is not a bad idea.
Greed,much of it from people my age- caused a lot of this economic mess.
I would live simpler and make small sacrifices , make my garden bigger, and get back to doing many things myself from simple carpentry to auto repairs- things that many folks(including myself) have gotten away from.

Wow- I must have had a lot to say- -:willy_nilly:
bestTo All
JJack