Economic Condition Poll

[DemocratSinceBirth]

[rucky]

1. Well, I wouldn't say I'm "hopeful"

but I haven't given up.

[Motown_Johnny]

2. I am on a seasonal lay off and struggling, but will survive: what option is that?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. Are You In The Auto Industry?

How are you compensated during that time?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. .

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. .

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. Are You In The Auto Industry?

How are you compensated during that time?

[Motown_Johnny]

13. no.....I get laid off every winter.. on unemployment for about 3 months

[KharmaTrain]

7. How About Retired And/Or Disabeled...

These folks are here on DU and should be included.

[Le Taz Hot]

8. 15% unemployment rate locally

I'm a 54-year-old educated, unemployed, over-qualified female. Do the math. :shrug: Struggling to start my own business.

[peacebird]

9. where is the "I am employed and worried about being laid off" option?

for those of us whose companies are outsourcing software code and test to India & Bulgaria?

[ixion]

10. yep, that was the option I was looking for, too

employed... for the moment.

[peace frog]

11. I am employed but NOT "doing fine"

That statement is a bit too specific to include most employed people.

[Tesha]

12. I'm self-employed but my business volume could be better.

Mr. Tesha works for a big, big company that is slowly
putting itself out of business through a combination of
not reading the market correctly, not responding to
those changing conditions, out-sourcing like crazy, and
entering that mode of constantly laying-off the older,
loyal talent. Plus, he's pretty far outside the particular
technical discipline he'd rather be working in. So he'd
probably vote for either "underemployed" or "in fear of
layoff".

Generally speaking, things are not great for either of us.

Tesha