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canetoad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 04:08 AM
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Poll question: Employed or not
There have been a few polls about the demographic of DUers. We are mostly between the ages of 30 and 65. We are self-identified lefties. We are evenly divided on the death penalty and guns.

What is the DU employment profile?
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 04:12 AM
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1. should have Employed but Worried
yes INDEED
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SoDesuKa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 04:40 AM
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2. Social Security Is Not a Pension
I don't know what Social Security is. I don't think it's a pension.
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canetoad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 05:02 AM
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4. Remember, I'm posting this
Not as an American but as a DUer. I selected categories that I judged would cover the spectrum of employment situations. Please feel free to further differentiate.
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Downwinder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 05:03 AM
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5. Life support.
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ejpoeta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 04:56 AM
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3. my husband is employed full time. I am a stay at home mom, employed
taking care of kids.
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 07:16 AM
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6. Salaried employee.
Both my pay and my contract days have been repeatedly cut; I'm making significantly less money than before the crash.
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eilen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 07:27 AM
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7. Hourly permanent employee
technically part time but work full time hours, with benefits. However, hubby just got laid off.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 07:30 AM
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8. Is disability a pension
I'm 63 with circulation problems in my legs and hands to where I can piddle around but not actually work so I'm on disability so does that count?
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War Horse Donating Member (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 07:32 AM
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9. Unemplyoed and worried
unemployment benefits run out one month from now.

I did just register a sole proprietorship, though. Working against the clock to get things up and running in time, looking to work as a freelancer. I'm at about 85% of where I need to be to make that work.

If you ask me in a month's time I'll hopefully vote "self employed" :).
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 07:34 AM
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10. Underemployed. wish you'd included that one. nt
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 07:35 AM
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11. I'd vote, but my choice isn't there:
Hourly wage: temporary employee (age = 50)

Been "temporary" for over a year. The job was only supposed to last five months. I'm still not a direct-hire permanent employee even after 13 months on the job, but I'm not giving it up until someone offers me a better position that is permanent (after 6 months.)
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 08:20 AM
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12. Unemployed and not worried.
I was laid off in 2010 and since I was already collecting Social Security and had some money saved, I decided to retire.
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sweetapogee Donating Member (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 08:25 AM
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13. I'm
full time with salary. Also have a part time hourly. Spouse is full time with salary.
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