O/T Add me to the list of unemployed.

I agree with Dave. At least you earned it. You'll notice ones that should feel like low lifes don't. I only see entitlement oozing from their pores.

 

Sorry to hear I have so much company. My last job was cabinetmaking. Lost it a couple months ago

Unfortunately, we don't have to look so far for the cause. Too much, 'how can I make money right now' going on in this country.

 

I'll have to chime in here, too. Managed a landscape training dept. for a vocational rehab. facility and was laid off recently, after gutting my dept. 6 months prior. All levels of workers and mgt. seem to vulnerable today.
This may be one of those "hard times" where we have to re-invent ourselves in order to survive; although while just a few years from retirement, twill be quite a challenge.
Still, I would rather wind up my working career doing something I truly love, than existing with another meaningless job, just to pay the bills.... One more character builder coming up!

 

i here you guys i got laid off at the end of october from the best paying job a guy could ask for. beginning of november i settled for a job at 1/4 of the pay. 7weeks later got laid off from there. just went to a interview today most likely got the job but how long is the collision work gonna be busy?? my only option now is to leave my wife and my home to move out of state for work

 

Waterloo came to pocahontas in the early 70,s because wages were much cheaper than in waterloo iowa. Built a big plant them expanded. Many around here depended upon the work. Then poof about three or four years ago they announced they where leaving. This area will probably never recover.Many from here relocated to the Saldiala Mo. plant. Dont really know just what to say other than this whole thing sucks. Im driving truck part time but my boss is thinking of cutting back and just working family members. Now fuel prices are rising again.We need to put on tarriffs. Dont buy any new item if it isnt made 100%here. If you cant do without it buy it used. Keep using everything for as long as possible. Pay someone to fix it that way the money stays here.When you buy import stuff all the money leaves the us. If enough people do this it will make a difference.Anyone else got any suggestions?

 

Hey guys, man I feel for everyone thats in a bind. I have been out of work for nearly two years-I started the thread "How Car Guys Survive Economic Crisis" with my story.
Just as an observation; instead of our Government working on bail out packages for companies like AIG (have you heard that the executives still got bonus's for running the company into the ground)?, automakers, or any other big corporation running around in the company jet with their hand out. Why don't we bail out the American tax-payer! I'm not talking $600 either. Take the total money that would go to these big companies, divide it in to a dollar figure for everyone who filed a tax return last year, and made under $99,000, and give us the money! It is our money right? and we are talking a huge check to each and every tax payer. Some will go blow it on stupid crap, some will pay off their credit cards, some will buy new cars..........but the billions of dollars for the most part will go back into circulation.
Money going to these huge, poorly run companies won't do anything but run up the national debt, and put a band-aid on arterial bleeding.
For god's sake, people are losing their homes, retirement, health care and dreams. Put a few thousand in everyones pocket, and we will all have an equal chance to "do the right thing" with that money. It makes no sense at all to bail out the same people who have run this economy into the ground.
Maybe I'm crazy, but I trust my neighbors to make the right decision with the money before I would trust any executive.

 

Good idea if you could somehow insure that all that money would go to buy U.S. made products...but you can't. Most folks would run to Walmart and just keep feeding the Communist China take-over-the-world-machine.

 

I'm 23, have my degree, went to school for advertising, and spent some time in school for trans. design as well. They are saying Californias unemployment rate is second only to Michigan. I am now a proffesional housewife. All that schooling and no one is hiring. Its not a good time to be fresh out of college. The only places I've seen that are hiring are places I could've worked at in highschool. I will tell you from experience, taking those jobs aren't worth it. Talk about being miserable. Nothing is more degrading to your soul than to know that you aren't working to your full potential.

 

I'm sorry to all of you having troubles. I am technically unemployed, though I do sell cars and parts to make it. the local zoning enforcement types are trying to make that almost impossible.
I guess they would rather have another empty house, and another homeless family than let a guy have some old cars that are stored as per the county regs. Keeping them out of public view.
I had a wrecking yard all legal and such. The state and local fees, plus insurance and rent killed us.

That said, I've been trying to find someone to help me out for years. I can't pay much at first, so most guys don't want to do it. The ones that give it a shot cannot be depended on to show up for work. typically they work a few days and disappear. Come back when they need a little more money.
I guess its easier to go to the County office and apply for aid.

Its not like there is alot of work around here that pays much more than I do. Mostly retail type jobs. If you work for one of the military bases, you do OK. For now. Any mechanic type jobs are hard to get and don't pay alot. Maybe 15 bucks an hour for a Master Tech.

over 90,000 people commute over 75 miles each way to work each day, just to get by. But that cost money. Fuel, a dependable (usually new) car, day care for the kids, (you are driving for 4-5 hours a day).
That kills whatever increased wage you'd get for commuting.

The guy that said he'd have to leave his family behind to find work is not too far off, I think.
I am expecting an increase in the armed forces recruiting. That seems to be a secure job as of today.

 

oh yea I forgot here is a list of jobs in my area..
more evidence of whats goin on *sigh*

 

consider this: there's always going to be shit, and garbage, and health care issues...

 

I'm on the list too. I got laid off at the end of April! Finally got a new opportunity that will hopefully work out. Keep your head up man!

 

I was and am on board with this type of thinking..when AIG was given all those billions..it could have been evenly distributed to every adult over 18 and we would have already stimulated this friken economy..i cant contine with what i want to say..it will just get real ugly

 

Ah...But through all of that, your still on the HAMB!

 

He's sure not going to help things though.

 

When we don't make anything how does anyone think we are going to survive. I guess I'am one of the lucky ones who work for phone company for 35 years and has a pension and some benies. Now in my late 60's It was worth evey penny in union dues to be able to have a future with at least enough to get by. We did not get them for free as part of our hourly pay paid for the things we have now. We all have to now start thinking about the future. I retired at 59 but it did not happen with out a little planing ahead. Trust me you don't won't to work until you 70. life is to short as it is

 

better givin it to the people, than to the companies who have already proven they cant spend it wisely, or dont really have a plan..
take the amount of money that was "dumped" at our economy and devide it up by the population of over 18's..and see if that figure changes your mind about weather or not you would or not still want the money to go to the citizens or not...its just math, i bet you would be surprised at the figure you come up with. its been hundreds of Billions..
they have thrown at this


I would just like to get my opportunity to do whats right for me

 

Back in the 60's, just east of the old Fontana Drag Strip was the huge Kaiser Steel Plant. We used to see it in the distance from the grandstands.
Well, the drag strip closed and a few years later the steel plant closed and it was dismantled in the early 1980's. It is now the site of the California Speedway.
As a young man, it was a puzzling thing to witness. After reading of all the victory ships and other war machines that were built to protect this Nation during World War II (etc.) it was baffling to know that we were starting to import more and more of our steel.
Importing toys is one thing, but steel? I don't know, that pretty much was the wake-up call to me that everything was changing...and not for the better.

 

as a kid this kind of stuff doesnt usually effect my life, but it is
running register at the shop all i hear about is guys talking about finding work.
went over to my buddies house for dinner to see him before he goes back up to base in alaska. his dad came home with news of this being his last month of work at the office.
his moms flower shop closed last month.

 

Hey fellas,

I'll offer right now to help any of you with your resume or cover letters.

I've been helping a lot out-of-work (or close to it) people for the last few months with their resumes and cover letters. In the last 3-4 years I've helped about 75 people. Many of which have gotten jobs, some at a cut in pay and a few at increases (I'm one of them.)

I'm willing to do the same for any of you. By trade, I'm a professional patent proofreader and writing teacher. I've taught 3rd, 5th, and 6th grade and Adult English. Also, I've been a commercial laundry technician and carpenter so I have a good idea of how the "real" world works.

I know times are tough (although the litigation side of our law firm just keeps on growing) but I'm willing to give your resume a look or even help you create one if you don't have one already.

I'm fairly lucky to have a technical background to fall back on (as I'm sure some of you do too) but it's difficult to represent in a resume based on my work in academia. So, when I moved to Utah I had to create a completely new resume.

Times are tough but we have to be creative and proactive. Can't get a job that doesn't exist, right? My family on my mother's side survived the depression by building houses that they never got a chance to live in. These houses still exist today... I should tell you too that the men that built these houses had previous careers... a veterinarian, blacksmith, and a barber. They did what they had to and I'm sure that they got a hand now and then.

So, PLEASE feel free to PM me. We'll talk and figure out what we can do so you cats get back to work.

~Brent

 

You sir, are really cool in my book.

 

I don't watch a lot of television, but when I watch the local news and weather, I keep seeing the same commercials:

"Free Credit.Report.com"

And many wanting to "Help" you out of your
"Structured Settlements"


No car commercials, no beer commercials, no cigarette comercials; nothing for the deparment or discount stores. Is this what the economy of this country has come to? Looks like it.

This is what you end up with when you remove the restrictions on the "Big Boys" and let them do anything to let them maximize their profits at any cost.

 

I left DHL in October of '07 after 14 years and seeing "the writing on the wall".
After 25 years in Freight,I needed a change.
I thought,Hey,I'll get another job easy!
WRONG!
I ended up getting hired at a Recycling co. as a driver in Oct '08.
(I'm the guy waking up the neighborhood at 6am!)

My wife is in the Mortgage industry(need I say more) and just got hired full-time yesterday after more than a year of no work.

If you are looking for work,register at Careerbuilder,Jobfox,Yahoo Hotjobs and check Craigslist daily.
Have your updated resume in a "word document" format so you can email it easily.
Keep your resume simple and to the point.
Keep applying at ALL the jobs you are qualified for or may be qualified for.

Good Luck to everyone looking for work!

 

Damn dude! That's very nice of you!

 

I was with the same automotive company from Oct. 1978 until I was let go in May 2008 (that's 30 years) along with over 100 others. Note; the present mangement who crashed the company into the ground are still there sucking up what cash reserves are still around while the blue collar guys were kicked to the curb without even a thank you for your service. I filled out alot of app's and heard mostly nothing. Gieco was a farce "well we are concerned that you would be willing to work for half of what you were earning before" - next me; "well that was in the past and I am not earning anything now so I will gladly settle for half of what I was making and work my way up". Needless to say - they did not hire me. Anyway, I was blessed and landed a job in late August (at half of what I use to make) and I am grateful. It has meant some changes and adjustments starting at the bottom again just like it was 1978 all over again......

 

websites to look for jobs are; www.usajobs.gov for Federal jobs, www.careerbuilder.com for jobs across the country. Next - try your State + County + City for job listings as well. Also, even truck driving as they always seem to have openings. Border patrol has openings but you have to be under 38 I believe.

 

All I ask is that everybody needs to remember this thread before you head out and buy that China made shit at.........
Harbor Freight

 

You still find stuff "made in the USA" somewhere?? It keeps getting harder and harder...good luck everyone.

 

Thanks for the support guys, I guess I will think of something. My phone was cut off today, thats my only link to work. I get called when there is a shift.
So as the saying goes, it never rains, it pours!!
I guess the net will be next.
There are some jobs out there, most are physical labor, that I would be VERY happy to do, but my injuries from service limit what I can do. I have no shame any work will do me!
Cheers,
Doc.

 

You sound like you attended the Dave Ramsey school.. He is a smart guy..
I have 2 friends who have auto service centers here in Huntsville. Both are trying to hire but they cannot get any one who can pass a piss test ..