The next time you are thinking about getting a job...

[urgeok2]

i think i'll be ok - but these days there are no guarantees.
many companies - including mine - look at outsourcing as a viable option.

a short term bandage which has long term ramifications ... usually a catalyst for the cancer that grows and eventually kills a business.

its funny the geniuses at the top cant see the signs of a pattern thats been repeated so many times - but then again - these guys leave with solid gold parachutes while everyone else crashes and burns - so what do they care.

rich old white men do not care about anything but themselves.

[Disease]

Where I work they seem to hire new people every day, most don't stay long though. The thing I'm worried about is these new people taking my hours. The Directors are such morons they give shifts to people who are not trained and experienced sometimes instead of the long term staff.

We also have a low period over Christmas and new year a month with no pay from 17h of December to 15 of January it looks like.

That's just the worst time for this to be happening, I need to try and get some shifts in a bar or somthing to get me through.

I have savings, but I don't want to go back to work in Jan and have to start all over again.

Hopefully I can get a few shifts somwhere, just to cover the rent.

[The Flayed One]

We're still hiring as well. As far as I know, we're one of the companies that are actually still doing good. I'm busy as hell.

Apparently we were talked about on a radio show as being good for the economy. We use tons of cardboard for all those millions of packages, so we keep a lot of paper companies in business, which in turn keeps a lot of loggers in business.

[_____V_____]

Originally Posted by urgeok2

its funny the geniuses at the top cant see the signs of a pattern thats been repeated so many times - but then again - these guys leave with solid gold parachutes while everyone else crashes and burns - so what do they care.

rich old white men do not care about anything but themselves.

They just dont care, as long as they are in the boss's seat and the company is running fine. They call the shots, they do the snips, they are the real cold-hearted sobs.

My heart goes out to the average performers who struggle to maintain their salaries and make ends meet. It sure is a tough life for all of them, and it is going to get only tougher.

Heck, I envy all those people who are living off on welfare.

[Roderick Usher]

My job is scary as hell. No matter how much work I do or how many hours I put in, there is rarely any gaurentee of pay. In the past year I have written one spec screenplay (meaning no one hired me to write it) that didn't sell, produced a film without producer pay or rewrite pay, was hired to write a screenplay for a low-budget company, was hired to doctor a script by people who didn't want to pay union wages and doctored a television pitch.

A busy year.

And I made $36K before Taxes and agent/manager/lawyer commisions. I would have made more money managing a Burger King.

And now the poeple who do pay writers are spending less and less and hiring only the most established people in the business. And a potential SAG strike looming means production is even slower.

I'm terrified that I might not get another gig. Every day I work is a gamble, which is exciting and frightening. I know I chose this path, but it ain't glamorous. I drive a crap car that's about to die and the four of us live in a tiny 2-bedroom apartment.

[La Chat Noire]

I'm able to make ends meet with my job, but I can't really seem to get ahead or be able to build up a savings. I'm fine for now, but if my car were to break down or something like that I'd be screwed.

[hacelikewhoa]

I have been at my job for almost 3 years and I am always afraid of losing my job. Not because I don't do my best because I do..I had perfect attendece for two years even, but because Nursing staff are so disposable. We're shit and yet we do all of the work while the department heads pretend to give a fuck about the resident's well beings. Sitting behind a desk, pretending to resolve problems of any sort..Banking the money while these families are trying to get their loved ones taken care of and paying a ridiculous amount of money, only being on top of their game when it's time for our annual state survey. And this place is just begging for fines...It's dirty, they never staff enough people per residents (which is illegal), people aren't filling our their paper work correctly, nurses making med error, ect, ect. My facility is a mess but I plan on hanging in there until I can get to college and become a nurse or get a hospital job. My work is so tight on money that they will not give us paper checks or mail our pay stubs...we have to have direct deposit and we have to pick up our pay stubs within a certain time frame or they will be disposed of. We don't get paid for lunches..we used to get food but now we don't..we can't use color paper...they exchanged normal adult depends with paper thin ones.. mind you this people pee and poop all day and night long..If I were only to count how many complete bed changes I do in a days/nights work. phew.
Now we have even crappier equipment than before..It's crazy. But I'm really glad I have a job.

[Vodstok]

The last few years have put me in a constant stae of worry; i have been bouncing from contract to contract ever since I became a father, and now I have nice staedy work,but I can never relax. i have had the rug pulled out form under me way too often, not to mention working my ass off for people who then wouldnt pay.
I am trying my hand at both after hours work, and writing my ass off. I have 2 articles published at Associated Content with a 3rd submitted, i have a blog, which I get paid for, AND i have been pitching ideas in hopes that one will get snagged as an article for Cracked.com (which is AWESOME exposure, their stuff gets grabbed for IMDB links all the time)
So in case some of you though i was just being an attention whore by posting links to my blog and my articles, think again.

And click the links, comment... Throw a dog a bone (i have a new dog, har har).

Unless you all have been lying to me for thepast 5 years, i am apparently a decently entertaining writer, so do us both a favor. :D

[novakru]

I may stay married for the dental alone;)

But actually, I have no idea what will happen in the near future. My temporary husband may or may not have a job in January. Regardless, I will be fine, I always am.
I really could care less anymore, I could live in a shack and be fine- HE would have have a nervous breakdown if he had to sell his mercedes:rolleyes:

These are definitely the grasshopper/ant days of life...the only difference to that story is: the ant doesn't give a shit if you freeze.


Chaos: bring it motherfucker, bring it

[Spallalala]

I don't have one and its not going to well either ha. I apply and apply and apply and barely even get a response back. Had 2 interviews this year but there is always someone better or employers not wanting to make acceptions. ( one job finished 30mins after the last bus left and they wouldn't allow me to rock up earlier) pfft I say.
Imma keep trying just cos I have to ( stupid government payments ha) but don't think im gonna get anything even remotely interesting here.

Our world is going to shit and grrr @ it