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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 11:52 PM Original message |
Who else is unemployed and looking for a job? |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. I've been out for three months. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 12:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Can you believe how bad it's become? |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 01:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. No, I didn't expect it to dry up like this. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 01:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Thanks! |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 07:33 AM Response to Reply #14 |
35. what kind of trade? |
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yy4me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 07:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
36. I was just reminded of how long I have been unemployed. The |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
2. Me until a few days ago. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Congratulations. It's definitely better than nothing. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 12:31 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. True. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 12:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. CA isn't exactly a hot job market either. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I took the first thing I was offered, terrible pay and all |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 01:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. That's insane! $25,000 for a house in Sacramento? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 02:04 AM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Cute house, maybe even with a pool in a dodgy to marginal neighborhood, |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
3. i'm horribly underemployed |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 12:34 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Newspapers are a dying breed. |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. i'm willing to bet there's a big difference between our cost of living |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 01:30 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. The wage kind of depends on the region, also. |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 01:41 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. i'm in n. colorado |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 01:55 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I know. We're just doing what we can to survive. |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 02:01 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. good luck to you too |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 02:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
29. Printed daily newspapers are ill |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 02:30 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Even if it's printed on toilet paper? |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 02:42 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Subscriptions may be a thing of the past before long |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
6. I lost my 50K job August before last |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 12:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. That's a big difference in pay! |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
41. Biology: Getting paid to walk around all day. |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
9. I've been out of work since last July |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 12:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. How is the unemployment in Ohio? |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
15. Me since July of last year. Sucks and is very depressing. n/t |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 01:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Being out of work is naturally very depressing, yet you must maintain a positive attitude. |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
19. I've been out of work for two and a half months. |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
20. me |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 01:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. So, get a sheep, then at least your dog gets to herd. |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
26. Does underemployed count? |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 02:18 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. That's how I feel, too. |
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annonymous (850 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
33. I have been unemployed since February. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
34. i'm grossly underemployed and looking.... |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
37. I actually got two interviews from one place but they hired the other guy who is younger. |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
38. My husband is, since Feb. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
39. Employed, but at the lowest paying job I've ever had |
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cherish44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
40. I'm underemployed |
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