Who's enjoying Unemployment?

[rugerboy]

Originally Posted by 92PathSE

I joined the club on Monday...hope there aren't any club dues.

oh yeah..... deal with the states bs games to got money you deserve!

[TOMS97ZJ]

Originally Posted by stubs179

Not sure if this has been posted already?

I sure am enjoying it. Been off and on for the last 8 months or so. The wife works in a lab at the University so we are still making enough to get by. And am getting to drive my crawlers a lot!

So how many of you guys are on unemployment? Do you like it or not?

And this is the EXACT reason why our country is going down hill.

It really sucks knowing that my hard work is going to pay for your laziness...

[2JSC]

ALthough I have a job, my hours have been cut back and it hurts. My mother has been unlemployed for almost a year and it hurts. She's been trying to make the best of it and go to school, but she's not getting much help in the way of loans or grants so it's a little rough.

[thecrusader]

Originally Posted by TOMS97ZJ

And this is the EXACT reason why our country is going down hill.

It really sucks knowing that my hard work is going to pay for your laziness...

and this is the exact reason i got off the benefits.
prejudice that goes with being on the dole. people
thinking were "lazy" "cant be bothered" "don't want to work"
maybe some of us don't but alot of us do and cant get it.

depending how long your unemployed yo go through stages.
at the start you deny and are a little repulsed by it. then you
realize that its bloody hard to get a job and you have alot
of time on your hands. you can either get down about it or
spend time with family, re-evaluate things and enjoy the time off.
still looking for work. other wise it is very depressing.

i can see were your coming from though.

i am pleased to say the unemployment office was told
to royally plow it on Monday. im not on benefit anymore.
it was doing my head in. being sent on courses and having
to pay for them, knowing they are a useless waste of time
just so they can get kickbacks from the man.

i wonder were they base there unemployment figures from too.
if its off how many people are o payments, the employment
rate can artificially rise just because people like me have had
enough but are still unemployed. :?

[saturnsl89]

i know im enjoying it but i will be working again in about 2 weeks after training for usps

[prusik333]

i have 4 months temporary unemployment, does that count Jeremy?
i will enjoy the last half of it immensely

[HndsWthtShdws]

I've been out of work for the last 6 weeks. Too redneck to go work at Wal-Mart or a fast food joint. I wouldnt last a week there. Glad I'm only 20 and dont have a family to support. School and the car are payed off.

I've been plowing snow for a contractor when it snows. Commercial lots with a tractor. Pays ok but minimal hours. Barely made rent this month, and most of it was by doing a little freelance electrical work and dirtbike repairs. No beer or girlfriend money.

Honestly.....I'm falling into depression. I'm not happy unless I have a few skinned knuckles and a sore back.

[Stormin2u]

I'm still employed but performance bonuses have been frozen and everyone was handed a 10% pay cut like it or leave it still that's better than no work.

[gas]

Originally Posted by TOMS97ZJ

And this is the EXACT reason why our country is going down hill.

It really sucks knowing that my hard work is going to pay for your laziness...

work as hard as you like your money doesnt pay my uneployment

[92PathSE]

It's been 48 hours. I'm bored as hell. Broke the rear bumper mounts on one of my crawlers so fixing that took up some time.

The last job I had...let's just say that I was making less than the guys who fill in the pot holes in the roads around town. Not that I'm talking smack, but honestly folks, those guys do a lot of standing around. And they get benefits!

Probably just gonna go back to school...again...

Unless one of you is looking for a guy with a Net Admin degree and multiple Microsoft and Comp TIA certs...PM me lol

[dasmonkeyboy]

I have been off for a little over a year now. I used to work in tool and die building gages and robotic welders until my company went under because of the collapse of the economy.

I have put out so many ap's and resumes that I lost count 5 months ago.

My wife has a good job and that is keeping us afloat. But we wouldn't survive without my unemployment.

Some days are better than others but when the depression hits it hits hard. Then the self worth doubts kick in and it feels like a sole crushing weight.

I hate unemployment but the thought of it running out terrifies me. If there is a hell I don't think it could be much worse than this.

[Kamikaze]

I have been working strong for the last 7 years at my company. Just got my hours cut to 32 a week.....its a little scary.

[TOMS97ZJ]

Needing unemployment to get you by while you SEARCH for a job is one thing.

Sitting around and ENJOYING being on unemployment is completely different and makes you a loser.

There's a big difference in the two.

My brother has been on and off unemployment but every chance that he can he is either looking for a better job or working at his seasonal job.

When I was unemployed I WALKED door to door and put in applications everywhere I could.

You think finding a job is hard, try being a 23 yo felon, that makes it much more fun.

[Mousebuster]

I worked at a CD/DVD Manufacturing Plant for 5 years until October 2009 as a maintenance technician. They closed so I have been on unemployement since Oct. It sucks, but im going to school now since there are no well paying jobs in my area.

[RANOVRU]

I was supposed to start doing some plumbing for a friend who owns his own business a couple of weeks ago. With all the snow we've been getting Ive worked one day in 2wks.

Im still officially UE'd though & next month marks 1yr for me. WOOT!

[FuriousCal]

I have worked in the commercial millwork industry for the past 8 years. We were very fortunate as we had a lot of big multi-million $ work locked up before the economy took its big crash that has carried us through the last year and a half. Companies have been dropping like flies in our line of work, and we have been lucky enough to not have to lay even one employee off in our 40+ man operation. Bidding jobs has been a joke the last year, as companies are taking jobs for less than the material to make the job costs just to keep doors open. But it is definitly on the upswing as work is starting to pick back up. You can always count on California to have their mutli-million dollar libraries and courthouses. As far as unemployment goes, it is a good and necessary thing in America. But there are those who def take advantage of it, and there is no place for people as such in our struggling economy.