Job insecurity is a rising fear among the employed

[Better Believe It]

Job insecurity is a rising fear among the employed
New polls shows percentage who think they may be laid off is reaching peak set in 2009
By Allison Linn
Senior writer, msnbc.com
September 1, 2011

A slew of nerve-rattling economic news appears to be raising fears again among some American workers that they’re going to be getting a pink slip instead of a pay check.

A new Gallup poll finds that 30 percent of workers are worried about getting laid off, nearly matching the highs reached in August of 2009 and slightly higher than in 2010. It’s also more than double the percentage of people who had such fears in 2007.

“We are just not gaining jobs anywhere near the pace that we need to get us out of this situation,” said Sylvia Allegretto, economist with the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at the University of California, Berkeley.

Given such a slow trickle of new jobs, Allegretto said it’s understandable that even those with jobs would be nervous. After all, most people have seen a friend or family member lose a job and struggle to find an equivalent one.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44346263/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/

[HughBeaumont]

1. The Great Reaganomic Swindle - the Season Finale.

No, just ignore us . . . keep giving money to the rich and by all means DON'T put money in the hands of the poor, whatEVER you do. Yeah, because this plan has worked SO fucking well, why veer from it? It's not like the peasants will revolt or raid your precious gated communities or anything. So go ahead, TURN this bitch into South America, circa 1970s. As long as you have YOUR astronomical wealth, you're well protected. Continue to suppress wages. Continue to offshore jobs. Continue to live in this "perpetual business without the need of additional business" Fantasy. Awesome. Let me know how that works out for you.

[Curmudgeoness]

3. Ask Marie Antoinette, Suddam, Gaddhafi, etc

how those gated communities worked out for them. In the end, those lowly common people drink champagne from your silver chalises while living in your precious gated communities. They had better amass more wealth for protection.

[sarcasmo]

2. What a messed up society we live in. Takes months-years to get a job and if you have a job

You have a job and worry every day a pink slip will be coming.

[treestar]

4. Duh, high unemployment rate means you feel you need to keep

your current job.

[Curmudgeoness]

5. Is anyone else surprised that only 30% of the employed

worry about losing their jobs? Sounds way too low to me. Everyone I know worries about it. Everyone.

Talk about stating the obvious.

[glowing]

6. Time to raise taxes and for the Govt to hire directly!!!!!

[Alameda]

10. and stop with the frigging outsourcing.....ENOUGH already!!!!

particularly government outsourcing...OK?

[glowing]

12. Exactly!!!

[SmileyRose]

7. I have one foot on a pink slip and the other on a banana peel right now.

I am VERY good at what I do but I suspect the market for a fugly white woman in her late 50's is pretty small.

I'm incredibly lucky in that my house is paid for even though is not worth anything (like everyone elses) and we grown a decent portion of our own food and are part of a barter network. We'd somehow manage as long as nothing huge comes along health wise. But at almost 60 that's kind of expected as part of the bargain.

[kentuck]

8. I think many employers promote this paranoia....

so as to better control their employees. Just my opinion.

[Alameda]

11. Exactly...get you to work harder and harder.....

[nobodyspecial]

13. Actively

They'll outright tell you to leave because 10 people would be happy to have your job -- for even less pay. The sad fact is that they are right.

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