DU Job Status Poll

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

What's your job situation?

[elifino]

1. Retired work part time.

Been with the same company 49 1/2 yrs.

[elocs]

2. Other: underemployed, temping, worked two 40 hour weeks in the last 8 months. n/t

[Zynx]

3. Unpaid intern and master's student.

"Safe"...but the rest speaks for itself.

[ogneopasno]

4. Other: Resigned voluntarily last August to begin freelancing.

Am doing OK. Mr. Ogneopasno's job is fairly safe.

[Shipwack]

5. Layoff announcement in about 2 weeks...

Aircraft industry is having a hard time, and my employer (Rockwell Collins) is having a second round of layoffs... I'm not as likely as others to be let go, but with only two years there I'm not in a position to relax, either.

[onethatcares]

6. somebody has to do the painting, the leaf blowing, the cleaning of

bird shit on the sidewalks and it may as well be me.

[motely36]

7. we just had a layoff which i managed to avoid

there may be another one coming soon. Unfortunately, I work for a company that supplies the auto industry.

[TZ]

26. oh man thats rough

I'm pretty safe..indeed-- we are hiring!

[Wickerman]

8. Other:

Furloughed one day a month with no pay. And damned grateful to have a job.

[lpbk2713]

9. Retired nine years ago.

Before I had any idea how bad Shit-for-Brains was going to fuggup the whole planet.

Worst move I ever made.

{kicks self in ass/}

[Ikonoklast]

10. Self-employed owner/operator.

Haven't turned a wheel since the first week of October.
Freight is scarce, and rates are less than they were twenty years ago. I cannot turn a profit at these rates, so my best option is to sit tight and hope things turn up in the spring.

But, I'm not holding my breath on the economy turning anytime soon. The stimulus bill with the money for construction will help with increasing freight volumes, but with consumer spending still in the toilet...

[madmom]

11. retired and hoping I'll be able to enjoy it soon

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

12. Retired Fed. Wife retired state.

So far, so good.

[Mollis]

13. Got laid off last week

from my 2 day a week job because I have school the other days.

[Hardrada]

14. Self Employed Business Owner: Used and Rare Books

and Publisher. Rent farmland also. Position safe therefore.

[marybourg]

15. Happily retired.

Finally figured out what I want to be when I grow up - retired!

[NightWatcher]

16. other: underemployed

[alfredo]

17. Retired, put out to stud in 2001.

[madrchsod]

18. drawing social security at 62...

and going to back to the underground economy. did it in the 80`s i guess i`ll do it again

[skorpo]

19. Retired BUT my godson lost his job in July. n/t

[intheflow]

20. Other.

Grossly under-employed (15 hours a week) working for a very elderly man with health problmes. I could wake up any time and find out my boss has passed away and then even my paltry wage will go bye-bye.

[Lady Effingbroke]

21. Hanging by a thread. I expect 'the call' in the next day or two.

If I am still employed come Friday evening (my next set of shifts) I will be highly surprised.

[SeattleGirl]

22. I have a good, steady job, but MrSG was laid off in December,

after 10 years with the same company. He's still unemployed.

[Political Heretic]

23. Grad Student. Part time job needed to stay in school is currently worrisome.

I complete my masters degree this spring. But I'm also working part time (in addition to my full time course load, and unpaid internship) - and I need that job to eat with and pay my bills while getting through school.

And I'm worried about it.

[Chisox08]

24. I'm in two categories Student and Unemployed for a while

[nickinSTL]

25. My job is fairly safe...

though as it's dependent on a state grant, it's hard to know for sure that it'll be renewed, though there's no indication it won't be.

My wife, though, is severely underemployed. Former computer programmer who hasn't had a job in IT for about 8 years, and being unemployed for about 7 - she's now an electrician's assistant, but the electrician she works for is constantly short of work.

[Liberal In Texas]

27. Other: Semi-retired, and freelancing.

And doing fairly well.

[undeterred]

28. I am in my second week of a brand new job.

I almost passed it by because the rate is the lowest I have ever been paid in my field. Now that I am there and see that every single person in my starting group is overqualified (except for one or two who are about right) I realize that if I hadn't taken this I'd be waiting a long time for another opportunity. Its a growing telecom company with lots of jobs. So hopefully I will be able to move up the ladder sometime.

[NuttyFluffers]

29. saw the coming Bush disaster in 1999, prepared for school since then

managed to keep going and plan to go farther still. when the world sucks, it's time to take a break and invest in yourself and build connections. :)

[tabbycat31]

30. lost job in june, now a student

and I will be through December. Hopefully things will start to look up for me.

[Touchdown]

31. Other. Contract talks. Strike possible.

at&t wants to gouge us on healthcare.

[Kat45]

32. My job was eliminated, so I checked laid off.

[MrSlayer]

33. Laid off for the past two weeks.

Expecting a call back soon.