Do you have a job?

roccman · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:47 am Post subject: Do you have a job?

Just curious...
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patience · Expert Joined: Jan 04, 2008 Posts: 1664

I have a job because I made one for myself. The one I used to have depended on the auto industry, so in '03 I started a small business.
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baha · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:28 am Post subject: Re: Do you have a job?

I have been unemployed for 3.5 years. I went from a high pressure, high paying project management job in Colorado to a lazy country lifestyle in Mississippi. My life is so much more enjoyable now I am reluctant to go back to work. I sleep better, I exercise more, I've worked hard at becoming self sustainable and loved every minute of it. I think of all the money I squandered living the consumer lifestyle for all those years and I am ashamed of myself. If I had know then what I know now I would be rich and retired right now. My monthly expenses are 1/6 what they were when I was working. Luckily I never liked credit so I am debt free.

I just interviewed for a job as a maintenance technician with the US Post Office. It is 90 miles from my house so I either have to move or commute. After calculating the expenses involved I came to the conclusion that it's almost not worth going back to work. I will probably take the job just for a few years so I can buy a few more things to prepare for when TSHTF. I want solar panels but if you don't pay taxes you don't get the tax break that makes it affordable.

A word of wisdom to the young folks around here. Save, Save, Save!!!! Keep life simple and you're life will be much more enjoyable and secure.
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vision-master · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:45 am Post subject: Re: Do you have a job?

mi, maintenance technician 25 years or so.........

Last year was 2003.

smallpoxgirl · Moderator Joined: Nov 08, 2004 Posts: 6278

*A* job? How bout how many jobs do you have? I've got two, have an application in for a third and probably should be hunting for at least one more.

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Jotapay · Intermediate Crude Joined: Jun 21, 2008 Posts: 628

I work at a $9 billion dollar technology manufacturing facility. The parts go into hard drives and phones and such. We'll see how long it holds out. They have a huge investment in the place. But I have no doubt that they would shutter it if/when corporations have to contract due to the credit crisis.

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Heineken · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:44 am Post subject: Re: Do you have a job?

Now that I'm "retired" I work harder than ever, and I don't even get paid for it.
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Ludi · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:46 am Post subject: Re: Do you have a job?

No. I'm self-employed, so I don't have a "job" per se. We have one client currently, and nothing waiting in the wings. So I may be "unemployed" in a couple of weeks. But who knows, always in motion is the show-biz. Smile

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DomusAlbion · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:49 am Post subject: Re: Do you have a job?

Retired from 35 years in software development.

Now working harder than I ever have.
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Gerben · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:13 am Post subject: Re: Do you have a job?

I have a job as a consultant. I work part-time like about half the people in the Netherlands. I make enough money to be debt-free and have a nice savings account. I don't buy stuff I don't really need.

Auntie_Cipation · Heavy Crude Joined: Aug 18, 2005 Posts: 100

I have three or four jobs, depending on how you count them: two regular ol' part-time jobs (one for the county, one for a federal agency -- that one's just for the summer) plus a freelance business. The freelance business has one regular client plus sporadic other jobs.

Until about four years ago, I had a fulltime career with the same government agency mentioned above. Excellent salary, benefits, relative job security, etc. I quit because I didn't like the politics and bureaucracy, and I had an opportunity to go live on an off-grid homestead instead.

Once settled into the homestead, I decided I wanted/needed a *little* paid work, but I wanted to keep it as low as I could, both to reduce my work hours, and to minimize my personal participation in both ends (not just as a consumer, but as a 'producer' as well) of the unsustainable growth economy. One by one the part-time jobs fell into my lap, and now I have more work than I want.

The key to making this work, IMHO, is to have low expectations. Most of my jobs pay me hardly more than $10/hour. Now, I've made several times that much in other jobs in the past; I know that's not my personal worth as an employee. I don't feel the need to be personally insulted about receiving that wage -- it's just what's available here. I also have made sure that my lifestyle doesn't require more money than that -- ie I don't spend money I don't have.
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Jotapay · Intermediate Crude Joined: Jun 21, 2008 Posts: 628

Wow, I can't believe 24% of the people who responded are unemployed.

Byron100 · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 2:31 pm Post subject: Re: Do you have a job?