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"I gotta tell you, over the summer I was out of work for a medical reason and then laid off. I only worked 4 days total between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Thats a long time, but I could have cared less about returning to work. I wasn't in the least bit bored. I know people say you get restless and want to get back to work. Fuck no, not me If it wasn't for the debt piling up and all the things I couldn't do b/c of lack of money I'd have no problem not working "

well maybe i should try it then... just for a little while... haha.

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"you could see this as an opportunity to live out your lifelong dream of being a soldier of fortune oh wait, i think i'm projecting someday... "

how did i miss this??? hahahaha.

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11/10/2008 11:15:22 PM

The best thing that ever happened to me was my first real job i had after graduating ended. Now I am going on 4 years at the job after that and it looks like a lifer.

[Edited on November 10, 2008 at 11:16 PM. Reason : w]

11/10/2008 11:15:26 PM

that's awesome. i feel fortunate to have worked with who i did, just as a contract employee it wasn't going anywhere really. i'm almost glad i got laid off in a way. i was underpaid and under-appreciated, but not motivated enough to do anything about it.

(right after i just said i have all the motivation to get a new job )
i just got complacent.

[Edited on November 10, 2008 at 11:19 PM. Reason : ]

11/10/2008 11:17:35 PM

Good luck finding something!

11/10/2008 11:19:55 PM

now you have motivation!

you can always work at Wally World to make a few bucks in between jobs.



[Edited on November 10, 2008 at 11:30 PM. Reason : w]

11/10/2008 11:28:53 PM

You made the bulldozers go

Last week, I got laid off on monday. Then re-hired on wednesday. Tuesday, however, I was kinda looking forward to a longer job search. I figured with savings plus unemployment, I had 7-10 months before I had to get something. Oh well. Good luck.

11/10/2008 11:30:07 PM

isnt unemployment up to a year now?

11/10/2008 11:31:07 PM

yeah but with a mortgage, etc, I figured it would account for maybe half of monthly bills.

Also, I got a first time home buyers loan. If you lose your job and qualify for unemployment and have made a few payments already in the first two years, you get like 4 months of the mortgage payments delayed and added to the back end of the loan.

11/10/2008 11:32:37 PM

so did the company say "ooops, we didnt mean to let you go?"

11/10/2008 11:34:58 PM

no, they just have a ton of work to do, laid off a lot of people, and then another guy quit. I think mostly it was because I was almost as badass as that other guy.

11/10/2008 11:35:55 PM

Quote :

"Last week, I got laid off on monday. Then re-hired on wednesday. Tuesday, however, I was kinda looking forward to a longer job search. I figured with savings plus unemployment, I had 7-10 months before I had to get something. Oh well. Good luck."

that's crazy. i have a feeling they are going to regret getting rid of all the people they are cutting. we were swamped with work and had limited people as it was. they'll probably be calling me in a month or two, but i'm sure as hell not waiting on them!

11/10/2008 11:39:50 PM

yeah it was a weird week. at least I got a couple of days free "vacation" out of it.

11/10/2008 11:42:07 PM

yeah, if you call vacation worrying about how you're going to pay your mortgage!

11/10/2008 11:44:02 PM

I think he was saying he had enough money saved up, plus unemployment, to last awhile...that was the same case with me....and I just really went through the motions of applying (as required).

[Edited on November 10, 2008 at 11:46 PM. Reason : m]

11/10/2008 11:45:41 PM

ahhh, yeah. i see that now.

still, not having a job all of a sudden is pretty stressful.

11/10/2008 11:47:10 PM

definitely.

11/10/2008 11:48:16 PM

think positive.

you got laid off because there is a better job just around the corner.

dont worry Pipyopee, everything will be mo bettah

11/10/2008 11:48:33 PM

actually Ive been getting it so much I kinda dont want to get laid for a night.

Ive got too much homework.

11/10/2008 11:49:16 PM

yeah, but sometimes it is a good thing....you said you wanted to get another job (not contracting) but were too lazy...now...you dont have much of a choice...

I had a 4 month break between jobs... My parents were the ones that keep bothering me about it...lol

[Edited on November 10, 2008 at 11:55 PM. Reason : w]

11/10/2008 11:49:29 PM

^ exactly.

this is the kick in the ass i need.

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"dont worry Pipyopee, everything will be mo bettah"

lol

11/10/2008 11:52:51 PM

yeah, and you need to afford Joie and with Xmas and all coming around....she dont want no coal in her stockings.

11/10/2008 11:54:02 PM

11/10/2008 11:55:48 PM

so the company you worked for, they just laid off all the contractors? Those are the first to go.

11/10/2008 11:57:50 PM

yep. production line contractors were first to go.
they cut all overtime for contracting office personnel.
then a wave of layoffs.

so i saw it coming.

11/10/2008 11:58:48 PM

contract employees get paid more than regular employees I have heard (at least the ones that I work with do). However, the bad thing is that they are, of course, contract employees.

[Edited on November 11, 2008 at 12:02 AM. Reason : w]

11/11/2008 12:00:54 AM

it usually pays for their benefits and etc, though, doesn't it?

11/11/2008 12:02:34 AM

not if you're an "adjunct professor"

11/11/2008 12:03:07 AM

^^,^^^ yeah, i didn't have any benefits. no vacation (all no-pay, no-penalty) and no sick days. so it was supposed to pay for that.

unfortunately i got shafted coming out of school since i didn't really know what i was doing. you live, you learn.

contracting can be great as long as you know what you're getting into as far as length of employment and risk are concerned.

[Edited on November 11, 2008 at 12:04 AM. Reason : ]

11/11/2008 12:03:56 AM

duuuuuddddddeeee.
i remember why MY threads made it to three pages


ahhhhhhh the glory days.


seriously though.
i'm the breadwinner now wtf???

11/11/2008 12:04:17 AM

if you know how to work the system as a contr. or an indep. contr. then its nice.

monster.com y0

trianglehelpwanted something or another... long name, amazing results

11/11/2008 12:05:30 AM

^^sugar momma!

11/11/2008 12:05:58 AM

^^ you get paid to say that? haha.

^^^

11/11/2008 12:06:33 AM

hah, ive just heard the dang commercial a trillion times and i still cant say it correctly... haha

if you've got a degree, hit up the FBI. that should be a cool profession

[Edited on November 11, 2008 at 12:09 AM. Reason : ]

11/11/2008 12:07:51 AM

11/11/2008 12:08:02 AM

C-SHIP

11/11/2008 12:09:36 AM

he just bought a house last year, he wants to stay in the Raleigh area. I doubt he will have much problem finding a job.

also, when the FBI does the background check, he will not make it.....

[Edited on November 11, 2008 at 12:11 AM. Reason : w]

11/11/2008 12:10:13 AM

if you've never, ever, under any circumstances had any fun that might register on a lie detector test, hit up the FBI. that should be a cool profession

11/11/2008 12:11:19 AM

that would be pretty badass.

11/11/2008 12:12:03 AM

[Edited on November 11, 2008 at 12:13 AM. Reason : IM PREMIE WHY ARENT MY PICTURES BIG????]

11/11/2008 12:12:47 AM

hmmmmm, seperated at birth? Perhaps you can try singing? hahahaha

11/11/2008 12:13:31 AM

how embarrassing.

11/11/2008 12:13:53 AM

You and Joie could be the next Tim and Faith

11/11/2008 12:16:49 AM

im tellin ya

FBI is the way to go if you're clean. but you have a limited time to start. pretty much from when you get your degree til like 30 something.

11/11/2008 12:17:26 AM

how do you even go about getting an FBI job?

11/11/2008 12:20:02 AM

http://www.fbijobs.gov/

http://www.fbijobs.gov/11.asp <-- special agent

[Edited on November 11, 2008 at 12:21 AM. Reason : ]

11/11/2008 12:21:09 AM

http://www.fbijobs.gov/


haha holy shit look at the image name

11/11/2008 12:22:17 AM

http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/series_search.asp

the other link didnt work

go down to mechanical engineering it will show you all the openings for the feds.

[Edited on November 11, 2008 at 12:25 AM. Reason : w]

11/11/2008 12:22:32 AM

yeah, that was too easy.

11/11/2008 12:22:45 AM

hey just because the FBI acknowledges that it is attempting to appeal to other races and ethnic groups, guys... that's really no reason to hispanic

11/11/2008 12:24:19 AM

lol... gg

halfway through a reply before I got it

11/11/2008 12:25:14 AM