Here we go again.. back to the job search

He will we just have to wait two weeks for his last paycheck (he was on a bi weekly and we where just paid on Tuesday) and then two weeks after the last check to file. It will be a tough month but we'll make do.

oh dear, well hopefully you can sell something on etsy and make a bit...

I am trying that's for sure!

Thank you. It is amazing what people believe when the government says it. Numbers are down on paper for the unemployed but in reality they are up. The numbers given are people who are on unemployment. The thing is it no longer shows those who did not find jobs and are still looking for them and no longer getting unemployment benefits. It is the normal weaseling around the facts our politicians (all of them) do.

Oh OpinionatedLady you have no idea how many times I say that to people off line and they argue that it is not true the numbers speak. I try not to argue especially when it is obvious that many to date are suffering and I am one. I wish you family all the best and do hope your husband can get a job soon.

I do not know about severance pay but knowing this company I highly doubt it. He is eligable for unemployment which is good so it's just a matter of searching for the next job. It is a little deflating to have to go back kinda like being sent down a shoot in the Shoots and ladders games, but oh well it's life. No time to wallow just time to work it out.

We did it last year we can do it again. It just was a blow we didn't need to take. Life was back on track and here's another big bump. I am not 8 months pregnant this time so I can go out and find a job at night this time around.

Well, good luck!

Yes it does show how the economy is and how our government is like an ostrich hiding it's head in the sand and refusing to believe it is getting worse not better. The government (federal) put out a list (printed in the paper) that listed our area as having one of the biggest increases in jobs for the nation...this made an alarming out cry for the people as just the week before the state had put out a statment that we would be up for state help in the area do to the sharp decrease in jobs and the increase in not only unemployment but those who are not employed but are no longer eligible for unemployment. The feds basically saw the numbers for unemployment benefits go down so made it sound as though everything was getting better but in fact only 2% of those off of unemployment had actually gotten jobs. Better my a$$.

Thank you for your well wishes and I send some back to you. I hope your situation turns around and the riches of life bless you again.

As of now I been doing good I hope so, since Sept 2011 up to present I've been in the company a small firm without any benefits at all I just earn money , I kept on praying to maintain my job here. Thanks for giving wishes also. Take care.

lol.. it was funny how it worked out. Life has it's quirks.

We are not the feel sorry for ourselves types. We see it as an opportunity to improve our situation. Last time he decided to go back to school and so far that has been though difficult a great thing. This time we will see how the wind blows and where we land again. We are not scared of hard work and neither is too proud to take on some jobs others would find beneath them.

He is a diesel mechanic by trade but has been working and has his licenses for environmental clean up. He's the guy in the white suit cleaning up the Hazmat spills. He has for the last two jobs found positions doing both as many of the companies like to have their own mechanics. He is going to school to get a degree in specialized electrical maintenance so he can work hopefully in the solar fields.

I keep looking!

Thank you. As far as I am concerned we did it then we can do it again. It was just a little deflating and I left it till the morning to go over the budget to see where we can cut back and make changes to hopefully live off only unemployment for a while and not touch what little we had saved back up. Luckily I had paid off most of our bills. The only none house bill at moment is a medical one and an orthodontist for the braces we are living with on my 11 year old.

His main concern is finding a job that works with his school schedule. He has 8 months of school left and we will make sure he finishes so that this time next year we will hopefully be getting him not only a new job but one where he earns more money.