Current Events > If you lost your job tomorrow how fucked would you be?

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Do you have enough savings to keep you afloat for 3-6 months?

Do you have enough skills where you think you could find another job quickly?

Are there enough quality job openings where you live or are you hampered by being in a rural area?

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Ive got a house and a family so absolutely assfucked.
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I can start tomorrow at 3 places for sure so not much of a problem. Well one is a fast food place known the manager since I was a baby while the pay will be crap I can always go to that place for a job

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I could manage like 3 months before I scrape

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Blue_Dream87 posted...

I could manage like 3 months before I scrape

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2 months maybe, assuming I get paid out for what I worked this week.

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BignutzisBack posted...

Do you have enough savings to keep you afloat for 3-6 months?

I own my own trade business, so sure, but to answer that question: None of your business.

Do you have enough skills where you think you could find another job quickly?

Master Electrician/Air Conditioning with 22 years of experience in Remodels, New Construction, and Commercial/Industrial

- Plumbing
- Tile
- Drywal
- Foundation
- Painting
etc.

Are there enough quality job openings where you live or are you hampered by being in a rural area?

The Dallas/Ft Worth metroplex is booming with work always needed to be done somewhere.

I'm gucci.

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I could easily get another job with my experience. The largest gap I had in employment history is about 1 month and that was mainly because I was having to recover from an injury.

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I have about 5 months worth of savings across a few different accounts. I'd have to cancel my new car order, though

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i'd be straight. i have enough saved up to last awhile. i just got back into school so i'd debate on not even really looking for a job although i probably would still after a month or two off. but would be nice to just focus on school and then get a job. i could live job free at least a year.

I'm fucked.

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with current spending habits, i wouldnt last very long
if i cut back, which i would, i could last a long time
i have skills to find a new job

i think the only thing holding me back is myself

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Not immediately fucked. I'd survive 6 months on my savings (I'd have to budget harder).

Yeah wouldn't be fun.

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Family business, so that would be pretty fucked. Only job I've ever had, so I've never even filled out a resume. Though I don't think it would be particularly hard to find something else, but definitely not as high paying unless I get a degree somewhere. I could go a while without being too hard pressed at least.

Kind of fucked. I could easily get another job in the area, but it would mean starting at the bottom.

Or I could leave town and go stay with my parents which has been my eventual plan for a while, but I'm behind on rent and the landlord is my best bud and I'm not an asshole.

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I can find a job easy, not because I'm great at anything, but mainly because my fiance could easily put me on on her job. For the sake of not having that to fall back on, I can still land a job as a fast food worker or construction worker since I don't view myself above these positions.

My work ethic also would help me go up the ladder, so I'm not too worried about it. It would be stressful for a few weeks, but eventually I'll charm my way into a job.

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Considering Im still in residency, pretty fucked.

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Id be fine for several years. It would be almost impossible for me to find a job this good again though.

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I'm an undergrad physics student, so I'd be pretty boned
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If I lost my job I have enough money in savings to probably survive a good year (between stocks and savings account) but I would probably be fucked in that people in my career field don't just "lose their job" without a reason that generally impacts their ability to get another job easily.

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If I tighten the belt, could probably make my reserves last about a year or so.
Could turn into a freelancer version of my job within a week so there's that too.

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I would be upset, but it's not end of the world material. I would hope it would merely be a temporary inconvenience.

Id be fine. Can last a year with the money I currently have with no real issue.

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Is the topic where ceman with no life boast about their savings account because all they do is work, game, and eat McDonalds?

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If I lost my job tomorrow I'd be working again by Wednesday.

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I'm already unemployed and have been for about two years.

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Oh we including 401ks and such? I got like 20k in mine. Losing half to taxes and such extends my time from 2 months to like 8

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If I cut everything but the bare necessities maybe a year. As I live now about 6 months with no income at all.

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I'd be okay for a while.

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Insta dead unless I go into my retirement funds

My savings went rip when buying a home last year and i won't fully recover for a few more months

But I'd pretty much have to do something illegal to get fired within the next 5 years

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BignutzisBack posted...

Do you have enough savings to keep you afloat for 3-6 months?

Maybe two months at max, which is more than enough time to find another job.

BignutzisBack posted...

Do you have enough skills where you think you could find another job quickly?

Been at my current job for 10 years. That kinda longevity looks good on a resume.

BignutzisBack posted...

Are there enough quality job openings where you live or are you hampered by being in a rural area?

There are plenty of jobs around here. They're unappealing in that they are high hours/low wage, garbage benefits but if i was in a pinch I'd work at one.

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I would be 0 fucked. I have EI to fall back on, and enough in my chequing account to last for months after that runs out.

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I have some money and I live with my parents atm, so not particularly fucked.

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Very.

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Last time I was on the job market I had 3 offers within a few weeks, not counting other companies I was in talks with. I think Id be ok lol

I can retreat back home to relatives at the companies expense for housing until I found work which would take all but a week if not a few days likely. Along with a few thousands in stocks which I'm wont touch.

I have a year+ of professional otr truck driving experiences with a good driving record so there are a wealth of jobs I hoo on in a moment's notice anywhere in the country.


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I'd be homeless by the end of the week

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Not very since I wouldn't be able to pay prostitutes anymore

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I will have to move back with my parents, which I try so hard to avoid. It almost happened when I lost my dev job

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My husband lost his job nine months ago. After his severance ran out, he filed for unemployment in January but hasn't received anything yet. We could live for several years but would be cutting into liquid savings and eventually retirement (our own self-designated, not the kind that carry penalties, such as our 401ks). I have a job, but it doesn't even cover the mortgage payment. (I'm a teacher. We live in the Bay Area.) Fortunately my husband is a Reservist, so we have access to affordable health insurance. Lucky me, I work for a school district that doesn't provide health insurance. I could purchase it, but it is very expensive.

If I lost my job, we would not be in dire straits. But if things don't turn around for my husband, we probably will have to move back to our old house in southern CA (currently rented out).

We are very fortunate, but we also forego a lot of pleasures. We haven't taken a vacation for two summers now. We rarely eat out (and never buy alcohol), and we don't have expensive tastes. So we have a lot of savings.

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I would probably go homeless relatively quickly.

I'd be sol financially pretty quickly, but I have plenty of job options.
Old co-workers constantly ask me to join their companies.
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I'd probably become a homeless meth addict or the Joker IRL or something like that.

Im screwed to the max. I have a family to feed.

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