Constant fear

[Yax]

I'm in constant fear of losing my job with this economy. How can this be eased? ANd no, I won't just quit, there's no other jobs out there. Thanks 4 all your help, George!

 

[pyonir]

work hard.

 

[Dingleberries]

Just always have a back up plan ready. You may have to take advantage of the underground economy just like i'm doing right now by selling weed to third graders.

 

[Yax]

Originally posted by: Dingleberries
Just always have a back up plan ready. You may have to take advantage of the underground economy just like i'm doing right now by selling weed to third graders.

Well, since you've cornered the 3rd graders already, maybe I'll have to consider 4th graders eh?

 

[Platypus]

nothing can stop me now.

 

[Yax]

Originally posted by: pyonir
work hard.

Hard work isn't the factor nowadays, the economy is.

 

[Avatar26]

Drink heavily

 

[Dingleberries]

Originally posted by: cheapbidder01

Originally posted by: Dingleberries
Just always have a back up plan ready. You may have to take advantage of the underground economy just like i'm doing right now by selling weed to third graders.

Well, since you've cornered the 3rd graders already, maybe I'll have to consider 4th graders eh?

No, sorry bud. My good friend Earl that works at Subway already claims that territory and last time I checked he has a 90% market share. So, you'll just have to go after the preschoolers, although they prefer heroine over marijuana.

 

[Tyler]

Do everything you can to make yourself an asset to the company.

 

[Dingleberries]

Originally posted by: pyonir
work hard.

That's what a peon worker would say and do.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: Dingleberries

Originally posted by: pyonir
work hard.

That's what a peon worker would say and do.

not necessarily. I'm a peon, and i don't do a damn thing all day.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Tyler
Do everything you can to make yourself an asset to the company.

Translation: get some kneepads and spend quality time with your supervisors.

 

[lozina]

No wonder you can't get a good share of the preschool market, my studies have shown preschoolers choose ectacy tablets which are molded into pretty little characters. It's almost like Flintstones vitamins except they make me a ton more money.

 

[pyonir]

stop living in fear and take life as it comes. There is nothing you can do, short of getting a new career or a new job where you won't feel the fear of it being taken away.

 

[Nocturnal]

Try talking with your general practictioner about some sort of anxiety relieving medication for the time being.

 

[Rainsford]

Originally posted by: cheapbidder01

Originally posted by: pyonir
work hard.

Hard work isn't the factor nowadays, the economy is.

By hard work I'd say make yourself impossible to get rid of. Do many different things, volunteer for projects, have so much responsiblity that getting rid of you would just trash months of work, and it would be difficult to find others to continue your work. Sure, it's more work, but that's how you put yourself a head above your co-workers. Who are they going to fire, the guy who does his job fairly well, or the guy who does his job and volunteers to help out in other ways?

 

[Zrom999]

Buy a gun and spread a rumor that if you got fired you would come back and blow everyone away. Let them live in constant fear of you.

 

[Yax]

Its not a matter of being fired. I'm still around because they need me. Many others have fallen already, including some supervisors. We are at bare minimum which means, everyone does their share of work plus the work of all those who have been laid off.

If the economy doesn't turn around soon more cuts could be on the way. Sucks. Once out of a job, its going to be almost impossible to find a new one with this market. Perhaps I can change careers, no more High Tech, no more R&D, no more Networking. Its too competative nowadays.

WARNING: to all those who will start College next year, or who are still in college, DON'T GO INTO ENGINEERING! You'll be wasting your time and money. There are already too many people in that field and they have EXPERIENCE.

RANT:
I envy those kids who went to College with me and graduated with Bio, Chem or Phil degrees. A college buddy who went into Chem, got his pharmacy degree. He says, now the starting sal is like over 100K and he could find jobs anywhere he wants to work.
The chick I knew with the Bio degree is now a Doctor and the guy with a Philosophy degree is now a lawyer. None of them seem to have problems with finding jobs. To think they didn't have to take courses like Signals and Systems analysis, Computer Architecture, and a ton of Math courses that I tried to convince myself I enjoyed when I took them. What a waste of time.

So for anyone who's thinking about their future, think more about where you would like to live, then pick a career that would allow you to live there comfortably. I mean who needs an Electrical Engineer, Computer Engineer or Computer Scientist in Farmersville, CA? But every city will need lawyers, doctors and Pharmicists. Well, I'm proud of those people. Think I'll go back to school now that I know better.

 

[acidvoodoo]

You've got to work hard
You've got to work hard
If you want anything at all

Nothing comes easy
And that's a fact
Nothing comes easy
But a broken back

Nothing comes easy
It never will
Nothing comes easy
But a broken will

So work hard

 

[Garet Jax]

The problem is that a lot of people got into this job for the wrong reasons. It sounds like you may be one of them.

It will take time for the true demand to level out and the true supply to adjust itself accordingly. The internet boom really screwed everything up. People from all walks of life were getting into computers for the money.

The people who jumped into the market will need to leave before balance is restored. It took almost 5 years for the bubble to create itself and burst. It will probably take close to that for the everything to be restored.

 

[Yax]

Originally posted by: Garet Jax
The problem is that a lot of people got into this job for the wrong reasons. It sounds like you may be one of them.

It will take time for the true demand to level out and the true supply to adjust itself accordingly. The internet boom really screwed everything up. People from all walks of life were getting into computers for the money.

The people who jumped into the market will need to leave before balance is restored. It took almost 5 years for the bubble to create itself and burst. It will probably take close to that for the everything to be restored.

Well, I got in before the bubble started, but now I'm stuck competing with everyone else who got in.

 

Drink more.

 

[azncoffeeboi]

Originally posted by: Dingleberries

Originally posted by: cheapbidder01

Originally posted by: Dingleberries
Just always have a back up plan ready. You may have to take advantage of the underground economy just like i'm doing right now by selling weed to third graders.

Well, since you've cornered the 3rd graders already, maybe I'll have to consider 4th graders eh?

No, sorry bud. My good friend Earl that works at Subway already claims that territory and last time I checked he has a 90% market share. So, you'll just have to go after the preschoolers, although they prefer heroine over marijuana.

Preschoolers have been mine for the last 2 years... and i mean to keep it that way...

 

[Yax]

Originally posted by: azncoffeeboi

Originally posted by: Dingleberries

Originally posted by: cheapbidder01

Originally posted by: Dingleberries
Just always have a back up plan ready. You may have to take advantage of the underground economy just like i'm doing right now by selling weed to third graders.

Well, since you've cornered the 3rd graders already, maybe I'll have to consider 4th graders eh?

No, sorry bud. My good friend Earl that works at Subway already claims that territory and last time I checked he has a 90% market share. So, you'll just have to go after the preschoolers, although they prefer heroine over marijuana.

Preschoolers have been mine for the last 2 years... and i mean to keep it that way...

Guess I'll just have to starve.

 

[lastig21]

Prepare your speech for such a situation. Design it around Kevin Spacey's speech in American Beauty. At least you could live comfortably without a job for awhile.