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Where’d the Raise Go?

My husband’s employer had shared a few months ago, that he was due for a raise. My husband was ecstatic. A raise? Finally!

Months later and still no raise.

Turns out, the company hit a rough patch and there will be no raises this year. I’d be fine with that but…
layoffs started Friday.

It’d be nice to have one year, just ONE, where one of us wasn’t up for a layoff. We could survive his layoff fairly easily. I’d go back full-time and he has enough odd jobs to carry us for months, but it sure would be nice to have 12 whole months of no layoff fears.

Eh. Maybe next year.

Posted by Beks on October 19, 2011 at 5:00 AM in unemployment, work | 8 Comments »
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Job Insecurity…

I came in to work this morning and noticed the two desks near mine were emptied of all personal belongings. Mine looked oddly out of place with its photo decorated cheer.

Yup. Not one, but two folks were laid off today.

Kinda makes me wish I had put that four thousand dollars to my savings account instead of to Toyota Financing.

Eek!

Posted by Beks on July 14, 2010 at 5:00 AM in unemployment, work | 16 Comments »
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Employment Confidence…

I was preparing for a community outreach event for my work and had compiled a stack of materials to distribute. Some of the other departments have fancy rolling carts or plastic boxes but since our department only participates in these types of events four times a year, I put everything in a cardboard moving box.

File Box

As I waited for the elevator while holding my cardboard box, the manager of HR walked up and asked if I was leaving.

‘Yup, I’m out of here!’ I said with a smile.

She put her hand on my arm and said, ‘Is there something I can do? Did something happen?’

Then it hit me. She thought I was quitting.

‘Oh, no. This is for an outreach tomorrow.’ I said laughing.

‘Oh my God. Don’t ever scare me like that again.’ She said placing her hand to her chest.

As I caught the elevator down, I couldn’t help but smile. In these uncertain times, I’ll sleep well tonight. It’s good to feel valued.

Posted by Beks on February 18, 2010 at 11:41 PM in unemployment, work | 8 Comments »
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Unemployment Mistakes…

I read an interesting article in Time magazine by Nina Easton about the fifth extension of unemployment benefits. Unemployment benefits can now run up to 99 weeks.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1953704,00.html

She believes the extra long extensions to unemployment benefits are detrimental to pulling the economy out of the gutter.

My first reaction was to disagree. This is a tough economy and finding a job is difficult but… now I’m beginning to wonder if she’s right.

When I was laid off in late 2008, I didn’t apply for unemployment. I was so sure I’d find a job quickly that I didn’t want to deal with the paperwork. I hand delivered 5-7 applications a day and before I knew it, 4 weeks had slipped by. I started to panic and a sense of desperation overwhelmed me. I bumped up my search, applied for any and every job including dog trainer and street sweeper, and found a job before 2009 started. I worked pushing shopping carts and boxing groceries until I found a permanent position.

When my husband was laid off in late 2009, he searched for jobs in his field and applied for an average of 3 jobs a week. We knew unemployment bought us about 6-9 months worth of time and were willing to wait for the right position. He was eventually re-hired for his old position a few months later.

No, I don’t think this is true of everyone but I do wonder if nearly two years of unemployment checks is only making the problem worse.

Posted by Beks on January 21, 2010 at 8:59 PM in unemployment | 31 Comments »
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