(un)employment poll

Discussion in 'Blazers OT Forum' started by barfo, Feb 24, 2009.

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Have you been de-employed in the past year?

  1. Still at same job as one year ago

    27 vote(s)
    62.8%
  2. Changed jobs in past year, by my choice

    2 vote(s)
    4.7%
  3. Got fired/laid off, no new job yet

    5 vote(s)
    11.6%
  4. Got fired/laid off, found new better job

    1 vote(s)
    2.3%
  5. Got fired/laid off, found new job, but not as good

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  6. Didn't have a job a year ago, still don't

    6 vote(s)
    14.0%
  7. Didn't have a job a year ago, now I do

    2 vote(s)
    4.7%
  8. Self-employed, income same or better

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  9. Self-employed, income down

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  10. Left job, no new job, by my choice

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  1. barfo

    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Just curious how many people have been de-employed.

    barfo
     
  2. AgentDrazenPetrovic

    AgentDrazenPetrovic Anyone But the Lakers

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    8 years strong.
     
  3. Colonel Ronan

    Colonel Ronan Continue...?

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    I chose the 2nd option. I had to stop my job because I moved back to the UK... None of the options really apply to me, because I didn't change the job for another.
     
  4. BLAZER PROPHET

    BLAZER PROPHET Well-Known Member

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    I'm still going strong (unless they find out I post here during the work day), but my wife lost her job. She's writing part time to keep up from bankruptcy.
     
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    Minstrel Top Of The Pops Global Moderator

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    Hello darkness, my old friend
    Same job. I switched jobs by choice a couple of years ago and, as far as I can tell, I'm really at no risk of being laid off.
     
  6. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    I hear folks are selling their collective souls like gangbusters. ;)
     
  7. Ed O

    Ed O Administrator Staff Member Administrator

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    I resigned from my position a few months ago and still am looking for full-time work.

    None of the options apply to me. :)

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    Minstrel Top Of The Pops Global Moderator

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    Hello darkness, my old friend
    Not me. I hate to work, because I'm remarkably lazy. I'll hold down a job so long as I have one, but if I were to lose the job due to the economic down-turn, I'm okay with being unemployed for a while (sabbatical, let's call it) and fairly confident that I can get work long before I need it.

    Being possessed of no children is what allows me to take such a laid-back approach, of course.
     
  9. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I just PIMP on the weekends!
     
  10. BalancedMan

    BalancedMan That's out of context....

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    Graduated six months ago. No job still, although a couple of really nice prospects in the pipe right now.
     
  11. AgentDrazenPetrovic

    AgentDrazenPetrovic Anyone But the Lakers

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    did you go out with a bang?
     
  12. Ed O

    Ed O Administrator Staff Member Administrator

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    Haha. No. The hot secretary had already moved away.

    I actually left on good terms and have done some contract work for them since then. I had been there six years, though, and that's a long long time in interactive media time :)

    Ed O.
     
  13. AgentDrazenPetrovic

    AgentDrazenPetrovic Anyone But the Lakers

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    boo. no "take this job and shove it" moment?

    meh.

    interactive media? for some reason I thought you were a lawyer.
     
  14. BLAZER PROPHET

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    So long as there are ambulances, attorneys always have a job.

    [jus' kiddin', Ed]
     
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    At the same job 3 years, and like it, after 6 years working at place that absolutely crossed the line into abusive, interspersed with periods of unemployment.

    But...if the hostile takeover happens, there is about a 50% chance I would be unemployed within a year. Loss of income, health, retirement, like so many others. And very hard time finding new work.

    So, OK but nervous would sum up my situation.
     
  16. Ed O

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    I am a member of the state bar but don't practice.

    Ed O.
     
  17. barfo

    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Practice? We talking about practice? Practice? Practice? I mean, we talking about practice?

    barfo
     
  18. Rodolfo

    Rodolfo Double Stamp>Triple Stamp

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    I have a friend that's failed the California Bar once and the Oregon bar twice. He's going for the Washington exam in July because it's supposed to be easier?
     
  19. Minstrel

    Minstrel Top Of The Pops Global Moderator

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    The California bar exam is the second-hardest in the nation, due to the number of subjects. I believe only the New York exam has more subjects.
     
  20. barfo

    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Yeah, but the additional subjects on the NY exam are Home Ec and Auto Shop.

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