GG economy

[Method]

Just got laid off. Time to cancel my accounts and look for another job. Fuck.

[PyrostasisTDK]

Just got laid off. Time to cancel my accounts and look for another job. Fuck.Sorry to hear that bro, good luck in your new job search.

Hopefully Obama wont raise taxes on businesses like he campaigned on... or layoffs are going to get significantly worse.

[suicidesspyder]

I feel you i had a great job but in doing so went back to college to further my knowledge as a chef and had to leave old job. It was to much driving 3 hrs a day total to get to work and back and goto school not mentioned the miles. Now with what bush did i cant find a good paying job even just for part time cause BUSH SCREWED OUR ECONOMY UP. Sorry little frustrated at him just like his daddy they just want to make a name for themselves lol.

[Method]

I work in online advertising, for a small firm. I was a high paid biz dev guy. Sucks, but oh well, these things usually happen for the better. Just a little frustrating that its going to take such a toll on my back account.

[zanthor]

I feel you i had a great job but in doing so went back to college to further my knowledge as a chef and had to leave old job. It was to much driving 3 hrs a day total to get to work and back and goto school not mentioned the miles. Now with what bush did i cant find a good paying job even just for part time cause BUSH SCREWED OUR ECONOMY UP. Sorry little frustrated at him just like his daddy they just want to make a name for themselves lol. I would LOVE to hear how Bush affected the economy as it sits today. I would really love to hear exactly what you think he did... Economies are living creatures and they go through cycles, they go up and down, and while the decisions politicians make can affect them greatly, it's rare that their decisions actually reflect in the immediate term.

The housing crisis we face in America right now for example started by the good intentions of the Carter administration, and I'd wager you weren't even a glint in momma's eye back then.

[pengwynman]

I feel you i had a great job but in doing so went back to college to further my knowledge as a chef and had to leave old job. It was to much driving 3 hrs a day total to get to work and back and goto school not mentioned the miles. Now with what bush did i cant find a good paying job even just for part time cause BUSH SCREWED OUR ECONOMY UP. Sorry little frustrated at him just like his daddy they just want to make a name for themselves lol. I would LOVE to hear how Bush affected the economy as it sits today. I would really love to hear exactly what you think he did... Economies are living creatures and they go through cycles, they go up and down, and while the decisions politicians make can affect them greatly, it's rare that their decisions actually reflect in the immediate term.

The housing crisis we face in America right now for example started by the good intentions of the Carter administration, and I'd wager you weren't even a glint in momma's eye back then.but DOOD, Bush is president NOW so that means anything BAD that is happening in America right now is automatically HIS FAULT!
/sarcasm :whistling:

[Burne]

Sorry to hear about your job loss. A lot of companies are tightening up sadly =(

My wife works for KeyBank, and they tend to send out the usual "we are doing layoffs" email every Xmas.. makes everyone nice and nervous.
Luckily shes still got a job this year..

I work for a NOC center.. and I know we couldn't make it on my salaries alone.

[Bigfish]

I would LOVE to hear how Bush affected the economy as it sits today. I would really love to hear exactly what you think he did... Economies are living creatures and they go through cycles, they go up and down, and while the decisions politicians make can affect them greatly, it's rare that their decisions actually reflect in the immediate term.

The housing crisis we face in America right now for example started by the good intentions of the Carter administration, and I'd wager you weren't even a glint in momma's eye back then.

Well its not like Bush is solely responsible for the economic downturn, though I can understand the sentiment that he was a contributing factor simply via the fact that he and everyone else in Washington have this notion that so long as they can keep the economy from tanking they've "fixed" the problem. Well, that and the fact that we've known about the housing bubble for some time now and no one really cared until the thing popped.

Bottom line, there's plenty of blame to go around.

[Bovidae]

Sorry about the job, it's brutal out there right now. My wifes employer told them their budget runs out the first of March and their reserves might make salary to the end of the month.

IndyMac: I bought a house from them two days after the FDIC takeover. I got a great deal, but if my wife gets laid off, things might be a little difficult.

[Basilikos]

I was laid off in the middle of August, but I was able to do contract work with the same people for a bit. Out of curiosity, how do people actually get jobs? I've created a respectable resume, have good references, and only apply to jobs that I am qualified for, but no one is biting right now.

[pengwynman]

kind of off-topic, but i lol'd:

http://i38.tinypic.com/juz953.jpeg

[magwo]

Regarding the economy - well...
Here's my take on it: War. War is bad.

Why is War bad for the economy? Is it because people go overseas and get paid money by the government and don't spend their money at Starbucks? Not really.

Here's why it's bad: Energy waste.

1 soldier dead: Probably thousands of gigajoules put into this human in forms of food, education, transportation, etc. When this solder is dead, all the invested energy goes to waste.
1 missile fired: Probably similar to a human - not only does one invest a lot of direct energy to produce a missile with fuel and explosives and components - the energy involved in developing, designing and quality assuring the missile dwarfs its actual production investment.
A few hundred thousand soldiers, driving around in vehicles all day long: LOTS of energy.


You see.. when you wage war, you are actually using your saved up energy to blow shit up, and to kill people, who hold LOTS of abstract energy that is completely wasted when they die.
Your energy is spent on basically nothing. It's just dispersed as heat and nothing in the atmosphere.


Edit: The only good thing about war that I can see, are scientific spin-offs.

[nimbok]

i too was laid off back in september(i work in banking). luckily, i had already started looking for a new job months before i was let go. on finding a new job though, stay away from monster.com and sites like that. all i got was a bunch of spam and endless calls from recruiters leading me nowhere. the best way to find a job in my opinion is to network. get to know people in your industry, build a good rapport and ask around. the decision makers are much more inclined to interview and hire people suggested to them by their collegues rather than the people recruiters shove in front of them. best of luck to ya :)

[Coltimar]

War, historically, is great for the economy.

A lot of the trouble with our current economy is that is is grossly inflated and propped up by a ton of individual debt. The US economy, the capitalist economy really, is like a big balloon. It swells for years and years, then pops. Then it starts over again. The real solution to this trend is live within your means (which will shrink the economy) and get rid of your debt (which makes the economy APPEAR to shrink).

OP, sorry about your job. I hope you score an even sweeter one real soon.