It's Finally Happened

@cintol I'm glad things are back on track. God's at work.

@just4him Yes he is, thank you Valerie

Oh thank you Valerie, that is awful that happened to you, I am so sorry. We had just bought this house because his work promised us he was safe when we moved and then laid him off. Its been tough but he has one now so we can get back on track.

@cintol Thanks. I did have it, and unfortunately these things happen. i'll be doing some customer service job from home. it's something that I have done before, so hopefully it goes well as well. i hope that your caregiving job goes well for you. I wish you the best of luck as well.

It is such a stressful thing to to, I remember when you got your job, I am so sorry you lost it. What are you going to be training in? I wish you luck in getting something else, I am going to go get a part time job in caregiving again, they are always looking for help there.

@dodo19 That will be nice, I would rather work from home but I like the caregiving also. Thank you

Well lets hope this one is a good run too, I don't want to have to go through it again, I'm getting too old for this.

@cintol We were happy to work for ourselves, we never counted how many hours we worked, but you can never relax. I am glad we were able to retire.

@LadyDuck Thats nice that you had such a successful business that allowed you to retire on.

Thank you Anna, it is such a relief as we have money in savings but I was hoping not to have to spend it. Yes, having your own business would be stressful as well knowing you always have to fill your client base.

Thank you, they say they don't discriminate but they do

Thank you Faye, he is going to work with computers at a bank, hes been in computers for over 20 yrs so its all he knows. He was supposed to start in a town 35 min from us but they found him a spot right here in town so it makes it even better. He will be transferred to the other town when they get it all set up.

@FayeHazel I know, he is so excited to only have to drive 10 min from home. We live in a really small town so it was nice for them to find this spot for him.

@cintol Oh wow, that sounds cool

@cintol when my father had a stroke and couldn't work he went without income for 3 years before he could get any help! I was so disgusted by that. A man who never took a handout a day in his life hit 50 and had a store and couldn't work and no one would give him any help. That is just so wrong! When I was a kid he and my mother bought a piece of land for very low priced. They cut all the weeds which were taller then my head and then kept it mowed weekly. There was a house that was full of rat dropping and urine and smelled terrible and was full of garbage and books and everything you can imagine an old hermit never threw away. They tore it down and cleared the lot. Everyone in the neighborhood was glad to see the eyesore gone! When he had the stroke he sold that land for a large amount of money. He used that to live off of for the next 2-3 years until he was approved for disability. I just can't imagine what people will do who have that happen to them and have no land to sell and can't get any help. It makes my heart hurt thinking about how scared people must feel in that situation.

@shaggin That was a terrible thing to happen to your family, that is a long time to be without any help. Disability takes forever to get and sometimes you try for years just to be denied. Good thing he had that land to sell but he should have never had to do that in order to survive. I have known people to lose their houses when these things happen because they can't get help, this is where our system has to change. People who truly need the help in these situations should be able to get it without losing everything. It is not their fault that this comes about. It is very scary to not know where your going to get the money to keep your households going.

The toughest part was having no insurance but I had saved some money from when we sold our house and moved here so we used some of that. It was nice for someone to finally give him a chance here. I don't understand why they wouldn't want someone with experience other than the fact they feel they need to pay them more and they are looking for cheap. My husband took a huge pay cut but at least he can work back up to it. I would gladly hire older people if I had a company, at least their work ethics are much better than kids today and the knowledge they carry would be worth it.

@cintol He is now with a new job, since September 15th. It is at level with his being he team leader in that company before.

Its so hard to be without a job isn't it, is he looking for work?

@SIMPLYD Well thats good right! I am glad he found something

@cintol my husband is letting me do the initial work too. He lost his leg ten years ago, and that's why he wasn't working the eighteen months. He got his job once he was able to go back to work but didn't get any money when he was off. Or, he got money for a period of time but not that long. He had a blood clot in his thigh that went unnoticed for too long. Because he's minus a keg were hopeful that he will get disability sooner than most, but that remains to be seen. He used to average 25-30 hours but everyone's hours for cut a few months ago and his is down to about fifteen per week .

@MarshaMusselman Oh my, he has been through a lot, I don't see why he didn't get disability while he was going through all of that. Wow, 15 hrs, how do they expect you to live on that few of hours. It amazes me that so many are living on literally nothing in this country but yet the ones who need the help can't get it. Its disgusting I wish the best for your husband and I really hope he gets the disability that he needs. I can only tell you that when he is ready to look for a disability lawyer, some work on contingencies and only get paid if you win. It makes them work a little harder, don't go with Freedom Disability or those type, they are losers and don't care.

Thank you and yes, we moved here one year ago next week. I am sorry they cut his hours, it sucks when we get older and this happens because it is so hard to get something with someone else. My husband wants me to look into disability as well but it takes so long to go through the process. I wish your husband the best of luck if he applies for it.

@cintol Best of luck to him. I know it will be a huge relief to you both.

@DianneN Thank you, he will start his first day on Monday and looking so forward to it.

You were lucky, thank you as he is so looking forward to going back to work.

Isn't it frustrating when they use that excuse? I am hoping he likes this job now that he has found it, I think he will just enjoy getting out of the house again.

@ridingbet I hope that won't be the case for him, I wish him good luck.

@cintol i hope so too that my son will not get fed up with the many requirements of the school, to which many of them question their financial standing.

@Shiva49 Well that is a great work record, you deserve to retire

Thank you, so you had the same job all those years? Nice that you were able to stop to take care of your mom

@cintol No, I had worked in few countries in different jobs. However, I worked for thirty years in my last job though in two countries - siva

Hes always been in computers and you would think it would be easy with all his experience but it was not. He got all his paperwork from HR today, it looks like it is going to be a really good job

@RubyHawk Thank you Ruby

@cintol That’s wonderful. Congrats to him on the new job.

Thank you Thelma, he has been working 2 wks now and is very happy with it.

@thelme55 Thank you Thelma, do you celebrate today as well?

@cintol that is great. Happy thanksgiving to you and your hubby.

@cintol I am sure you are! Congrats!

Thank you snowy, its been a long wait, just thankful he got one.

@snowy22315 Thanks

@cintol sometimes it happens that way. God looks down well for us

Thank you Bonnie, it was tough but we stayed on track so that was good. This job came just in time.

@bunnybon7 Yes he does and always knows when we need him most.

@cintol I saw the same thing happening here in NC in public education. The GOP led legislature has done everything it can to run veteran teachers out of schools so they can hire newly minted teachers right out of school for much less pay.

@DWDavis Everything for nothing

Your lucky and it is hard. You wouldn't think the computer world would be so hard to find a job in but when you have more experience you make more money so they want the younger ones out of college that they can mold and pay less to to start out.

Yes, when your over qualified then you earn more money which is what they don't want to pay. Its a catch either way and usually not in the good one. He will take a huge pay cut to work this new job but I told him to just get his foot in a door some where and once he shows them his worth, maybe he will be able to work back up to where he deserves to be.

@cintol Yes, something is better than nothing as the saying goes here..

Thank you, he loves his new job and is enjoying going to work every day again. I understand why the snores are welcoming on the weekends, I still listen to them every night and told him I may take my own room when our daughter and grand daughter move out.

@cintol

He has never had a hard time finding a job but it is different here but I am glad it is finally over. Thank you

@cintol maybe you had moved to a new place.

@Janet357 We had to come here so no choice there.