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I was fired. Now I can live the high life and party on the beach without a care all day while the suckers toil away and pay the freight. Life is a wonderful party now. Not! Only an imbecilic jackwagon would entertain such a stupidly ridiculous notion.
In fact the opposite is the true reality. I have bills to pay and cut backs have been initiated. I’m down to one meal a day, electrical use has been cut to the minimum – no AC, fans, or TV and bedtime is at dark to save on the light bill. Doctor visits are out.
Driving is out except for emergency situations and job interviews. Luckily the grocery store is 3 miles away walking distance and to save gas I hoof it and haul what little I need. No more meals out either. The beverage of choice from now on is tap water as soda, milk, coffee and anything is else is just too extravagant to entertain anymore. Everyplace I can cut back or eliminate an expense I’m doing. If it isn’t essential for survival it isn’t needed. Thank God the mortgage and car is paid off. Internet is for job searching only. If this situation still persists when the cold weather hits its going to be jackets and heavy blankets to save on the heat bill. The world is now a nightmare of anguish, worry and unending frustration.
Those who hate the unemployed should be having an orgasm over this. Life is a hellish cesspool all because one screwed up manager made a serious and irrevocable mistake. I was good at my job. The customers literally loved me. She enjoyed firing me too. It was in her office, closed door, with a 3 hour item by item of lies describing where I was deficient in this or not up to par in that. She was making these lies up and the fact that there was nothing I could do about turned this sick chick on. Just say "you're fired" and let me the H out of the place, you don't have to draw it out for so long like that. Yet she did and relished every second.
I miss it and pray daily for another position to open up anywhere. If I have to move across the country for a 2 month gig I’m there. I can commute up to 4 hours each way if need be and I’m applying for all the local minimum wage jobs I can find. If anyone has some productive ideas or commentary I’m all ears.
Well, without knowing what field you have experience in, what gaps/problems you might be needing to cover on your resume, what your personal attributes are, etc., all we can really suggest is stopgaps.
You said that your mortgage is paid off. Any chance you could sublet, rent a room to a student or young professional? Depending on where you are located, the size of the room, the size of the house, etc., you could charge anywhere from $300 to $700+ a month.
If you are unemployed, you likely qualify for Medicaid. Apply. That way, if, God forbid, you become ill or injured, you won't be forced into declaring bankruptcy to pay your medical bills.
See what you can find out about government assistance programs like food stamps. Sounds like you are in an economic crisis. That's exactly what these safety net programs are designed for.
Your town / city should have an employment office where you can get help with your resume, use their computers to apply for jobs, etc.
Have you offered to mow your neighbors' lawns, walk their dogs, etc. for $20-$30 a week? At this point, every dollar will help.
Yes, the oil field jobs. I can do that and I have IT skills as well. There should be plenty of jobs out there. I have to figure out what to do with my elderly father whom I take care of and factor in relocation for him. He subsists on a modest pension and has health problems and sees specific doctors for specific ailments. In all this wonderful joy I forgot about him and his situation but they have doctors in ND too.
We’ll be selling the house and start that in the works. The housing market in this area is really bad but we’ll take the first offer just to unload the house which has become excess baggage now. The buyer will have a motivated seller and get a bargain that he can resell for twice the value when the housing market turns around. The car as a home has just become an ugly reality but others have done it and so can I. The seats are comfortable for sleep and there’s public bathrooms all over the place.
First I need to get a minimum wage job so I can save up money for the trip out that way as I’m on the east coast. Maybe there’s a way out of this hell after all, assuming the minimum wage job comes through and the money coming in is more than the money going out. Hopefully there will be a job, any job, in ND. Man I have to get things rolling. I may not be on the internet much except for job searching only as I can use the free internet and computers at the library and I doubt that I’ll have any time to spare for forums any more. I can hoof it there and back too. A lot of things going on.
The thing with the oil field jobs is, they're here now and they're lucrative but they won't be here forever. There are some people who view oil patch work as an ace in the hole that they can bust out whenever economic necessity demands it (like, "If they cut me back any more hours here at the job, I can always go to the oil patch!!") and for now, the ace is still there but slowly, the're getting the bodies they need, the entry level wages are coming down and its getting harder to get hired on (although if you have a pulse, you will find some sort of work there)
The housing situation is non-existent, labor lives in either company camps or rental shares or pulls a 5th wheel trailer and lives in that... Its not the sort of place you'd drag an elderly, disabled father along to but there's nothing to spend your money on, no women and you can bang down $70K-$100K with modest skills.
Do it for two years, save every dime and then see how your life looks from the vantage of having $150K in the bank.
Very rarely do such opportunities open up on a large scale for low skilled individuals to make a relatively large amount of money doing honest work. Kids who aren't taking advantage of this will wish they had once the golden door closes.
Well, without knowing what field you have experience in, what gaps/problems you might be needing to cover on your resume, what your personal attributes are, etc., all we can really suggest is stopgaps.
You said that your mortgage is paid off. Any chance you could sublet, rent a room to a student or young professional? Depending on where you are located, the size of the room, the size of the house, etc., you could charge anywhere from $300 to $700+ a month.
If you are unemployed, you likely qualify for Medicaid. Apply. That way, if, God forbid, you become ill or injured, you won't be forced into declaring bankruptcy to pay your medical bills.
See what you can find out about government assistance programs like food stamps. Sounds like you are in an economic crisis. That's exactly what these safety net programs are designed for.
Your town / city should have an employment office where you can get help with your resume, use their computers to apply for jobs, etc.
Have you offered to mow your neighbors' lawns, walk their dogs, etc. for $20-$30 a week? At this point, every dollar will help.
Good ideas, thank you, I truly appreciate it. This just happened and I’m in panic mode right now, I was “let go” last Friday and haven’t slept or eaten much. I never thought of subletting a room. There’s room for 2-3 to live comfortably with a communal type kitchen and bathroom arrangement. I think I should try this first.
Good ideas on the Medicaid and the safety net programs. There’s wonderful individuals out there who harbor an extreme hatred for anyone who makes use of these programs and with my luck there will be a jackwagon in HR who will look down upon it at the decent paying jobs.
I didn’t work long enough to get unemployment yet but there are job search facilities I think I can use there. I’ll see if the neighbors need a reliable lawn cutter or other chores. Not sure if they are into walking the dog but I’ll ask around. I can wash cars and stuff like that. You’re right, every dollar will help. Haven’t been thinking clearly about this and don’t know why such obvious solutions never occurred to me.
Good ideas on the Medicaid and the safety net programs. There’s wonderful individuals out there who harbor an extreme hatred for anyone who makes use of these programs and with my luck there will be a jackwagon in HR who will look down upon it at the decent paying jobs.
How would they know?
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I didn’t work long enough to get unemployment yet but there are job search facilities I think I can use there. I’ll see if the neighbors need a reliable lawn cutter or other chores. Not sure if they are into walking the dog but I’ll ask around. I can wash cars and stuff like that. You’re right, every dollar will help. Haven’t been thinking clearly about this and don’t know why such obvious solutions never occurred to me.
Heck if you were local, I'd pay you $30 to cut my grass. .25 acre plot.
The thing with the oil field jobs is, they're here now and they're lucrative but they won't be here forever. There are some people who think they're an ace in the hole that they can bust out whenever economic necessity demands it (like, "If they cut me back any more hours here at the job, I can always go to the oil patch!!") and for now, the ace is still there but slowly, the're getting the bodies they need, the entry level wages are coming down and its getting harder to get hired on (although if you have a pulse, you will work there)
The housing situation is non-existent, labor lives in either company camps or rental shares or pulls a 5th wheel trailer and lives in that... Its not the sort of place you'd drag an elderly, disabled father along to but there's nothing to spend your money on, no women and you can bang down $70K-$100K with modest skills.
Do it for two years, save every dime and then see how your life looks from the vantage of having $150K in the bank.
If I can figure out what to do with my father North Dakota would be ideal. Somebody else suggested subletting the house but I'm not sure Dad could handle that on his own.
Heck if you were local, I'd pay you $30 to cut my grass. .25 acre plot.
I'm east coast and I appreciate the offer. Not sure how much electric I've incurred staying up to post this so I'll sign off. Think I'll be talking to the phone company tomorrow about terminating service.
The difference between being employed and unemployed is night and day. I would really use this time to reflect on your work abilities. Everything she was saying may not have been a lie.
Good luck on finding new work ASAP.
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