Whos out of work?

Mathews Man · 03-02-2009, 11:47 AM

I know this is a sore subject - but I am just wondering-

who is laid off?
Who is tired of fighting unemployment?
What the job market looks like where you are?

I'll start- I am a Laid-off RV worker from Inidana (northern)

My experience with enemployment is 1 week ok, next week they make another hoop for me to jump thru, and to wait at least 3 days for my card to get charged.

In Northern Indiana I see Nobody looking to hire?

Gator eye · 03-02-2009, 12:15 PM

I still have a job today......not sure about tomorrow.

BUT

Took a pay cut earlier in the year and now I'm loosing my health insurance at the end of the month....

Holy Smokes · 03-02-2009, 01:15 PM

I get three a day
breakfeast,dinner, and supper

jdawg240 · 03-02-2009, 02:04 PM

I still have a job but they (being my employer) have cut 2 jobs from my office in the last 2 months. And Im still expected to get everything done very short handed. On one hand Im happy to have a job on the other Im sick of feeling the brunt of the cut backs when the fat cats on top still make the big cheese. We could fire a few VPs and save some big time cash.

Carpshooter · 03-02-2009, 04:50 PM

I haven't been affected much

,but you never know!

I've decided to use three weeks of my five weeks vacation during deer season

,got to put meat on the table during these tuff times

.

I still work 48 -60 hours a week

,they don't fire slaves

!

Mathews Man · 03-03-2009, 09:34 AM

I may have to come up there to work- Can you hook a brother up? Indiana is a dead zone for jobs

kebees4 · 03-03-2009, 11:20 AM

I still have a job today......not sure about tomorrow.

BUT

They have laid off 20% of the employees. They are talking 25% pay cuts now. Things not good in Ohio.

wildfan99 · 03-03-2009, 12:56 PM

Working on & off. If I do I am Traveling. Just enough work to keep me off unenjoyment.

BUT there is a bright side.... Obama will fix it!!!

SinGin · 03-03-2009, 03:22 PM

Don't worry everyone "BROTHA BAROCK" will save us all

the contractor · 03-03-2009, 04:10 PM

I'm staying busy enough to pay the bills, and lucky to do that. constructio has always been feast or famine so I've saved enough to survived for a little while. In february I had 3 of my best guys quit on me and started jobs with benefits and insurance , and that actually helped me cause it was gettin close to having to lay off. I have had some down time lately when I'll look at over 100k of tools and equipment sitting still and think about liquidating and going off to be a mountain man up in the hills,ya know ,just 'dropoff the grid'. But, Texas aint got mountains and the wife and kids and..this ..and that...blah blah blah!

eldermike · 03-03-2009, 04:15 PM

I heard today that the light at the end of the tunnel has to be changed to a green bulb that's lighted by solar energy, until then it's been turned off. The good news is 5,000 jobs will be created in the process.

I have a job today, but things around here are not looking good at all.

frs123 · 03-03-2009, 07:57 PM

doesnt seem to be as bad up here but its coming. been quite a few jobs lost lately. still working and damn thankful for it but hours have been cut and its getting tight. but people still throw away garbage and the damn garbage trucks break down so i still have enough to keep going.....for now.

eldermike · 03-03-2009, 08:25 PM

I'll be 60 in June, my 401K is now a 101K. Us baby boomers will be working a few more years if there are jobs to work. Someone needs to tell those Washington boys that we would have retired and got out of the way, but not now.

BowhuntnHoosier · 03-03-2009, 08:42 PM

Work is always slow this time of year for us. Hours cut to 46 a week.

killbambidead · 03-03-2009, 10:27 PM

for the first time since christmas my boss has enough work to need me 5 days in a row so its picking up a little

trussoni · 03-06-2009, 08:17 AM

layed off since last fall here wifes been out of work since december the future aint looking none too bright

poorman · 03-06-2009, 09:08 AM

Almost all of my plant is on 4 days a week and we have a fractiion of the people we did a year ago. Luckily I still have a job

Mathews Man · 03-06-2009, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by trussoni

layed off since last fall here wifes been out of work since december the future aint looking none too bright

If it not to personal what job were you guys doing? I know around northern Indiana nobodys looking good from Welding to RV workers. Sad time- Where are the Clintons when we need em

poorman · 03-06-2009, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Mathews Man

If it not to personal what job were you guys doing? I know around northern Indiana nobodys looking good from Welding to RV workers. Sad time- Where are the Clintons when we need em

Behind the stage pulling the strings on our current puppet

Mathews Man · 03-06-2009, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by poorman

Behind the stage pulling the strings on our current puppet

Hope fully they are useing him as sock puppet- I'd hate to think I am the ony 1 getting it in the A

poorman · 03-06-2009, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Mathews Man

Hope fully they are useing him as sock puppet- I'd hate to think I am the ony 1 getting it in the A

No... We are all taking up the wazoo!!!!

Well it looks like ex president hillary is finally going to get her health care reform. No matter what it cost

Mathews Man · 03-06-2009, 10:03 AM

Come on now we ALL need to do our part? Right?

poorman · 03-06-2009, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Mathews Man

Come on now we ALL need to do our part? Right?

Yeah, Unless your going to be part of Obama's cabinet..... then you only have to do your part as and entry fee!!!

Chris · 03-06-2009, 10:52 AM

We've got the double whammy in our area. GM plant to the north just closed, Chrysler plant to the east is very Iffy. The employees that come in say they don't know one day to the next what they will be working.

Not only that construction in our area is non-existant and we have a bunch of those guys that come into the shop. They said there is basically ZERO work for painters, carpenters, concrete, etc.

If the consumers don't get a little confidence the stock market is going to continue down and the media will keep push that it's so BAD out there. It surely doesn't help.

Wheely · 03-06-2009, 10:57 AM

I listen to Sean Hannity and Mark Levin quite a bit, look up their webpages to find the station in your area. I am getting educated on what is really going on.

scottnorthwest · 03-06-2009, 12:20 PM

We are doing better in Washington than most, but it is getting there. I think the bottom is still a long ways away. In addition to the jobs lost, folks who were going to retire will have to stay working longer. That means a whole slew of positions will not open up. Taxes are being raised on the rich so they wont be able to invest as much, less money for expansion and jobs. It is going to be a tough haul, no doubt about it.

eldermike · 03-06-2009, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Wheely

I listen to Sean Hannity and Mark Levin quite a bit, look up their webpages to find the station in your area. I am getting educated on what is really going on.

I sure hope more people do, or we could be seeing the end of our culture as we once knew it.

scottnorthwest · 03-06-2009, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by eldermike

I heard today that the light at the end of the tunnel has to be changed to a green bulb that's lighted by solar energy, until then it's been turned off. The good news is 5,000 jobs will be created in the process.

I have a job today, but things around here are not looking good at all.

Today they reported another 650,000 jobs lost. That light at the end of the tunnel is a train........

Mathews Man · 03-06-2009, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by eldermike

I sure hope more people do, or we could be seeing the end of our culture as we once knew it.

our cluture is gone- dont know what they are repacling it with but it aint good.

poorman · 03-06-2009, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris

We've got the double whammy in our area. GM plant to the north just closed, Chrysler plant to the east is very Iffy. The employees that come in say they don't know one day to the next what they will be working.

Not only that construction in our area is non-existant and we have a bunch of those guys that come into the shop. They said there is basically ZERO work for painters, carpenters, concrete, etc.

If the consumers don't get a little confidence the stock market is going to continue down and the media will keep push that it's so BAD out there. It surely doesn't help.

Well - My place of employment supplies those people that you are talking about in your first paragraph. That is why we are so slow.

But hey !!!! Maybe we will all have jobs building all these bridges and raods that are going to be built that know one will be driving on because they cant afford to go anywhere!

hunter2678 · 03-06-2009, 02:18 PM

Delphi poorman?...My best bud works for tuttle contstruction there in beantown.....Im from Elida, lots of friends that live back there, I'd say about 50 % have been laid off in the past 6 months.

poorman · 03-06-2009, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by hunter2678

Delphi poorman?...My best bud works for tuttle contstruction there in beantown.....Im from Elida, lots of friends that live back there, I'd say about 50 % have been laid off in the past 6 months.

Delphi is one of our customers. We supplied brake reservoirs to the dayton plant. That is shut down now. We still do some Delphi but not as much.

goldflinger · 03-06-2009, 09:03 PM

Looking O.K. here. Keeping cows feed and cleaning up after them is good business. I Set up and fix the farmers epuipment............

eldermike · 03-06-2009, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Mathews Man

our cluture is gone- dont know what they are repacling it with but it aint good.

I am praying that we wake up.

frs123 · 03-06-2009, 09:44 PM

its a bad feeling standing under the sewer pipe and knowing somethings coming but not sure whats gonna dump on my head. ive been told the logging aint gonna pick up again til june or july, construction is really down, chevy lot in town closed. but we still got garbage so im lucky to be working. not sure what the country is gonna be in a few years but its gonna be a while til were back on out feet.

monkybrainz · 03-10-2009, 01:58 PM

Heck, I moved to this state with a promise of a job that didnt happen, got hierd on at a mill then laid off the day before i started. got on at another one and was laid off the day before... aint had an honest days work in ?????...getting bummed, depresed,angree, agitated, insomnia, but! I might hear about a job today ( I hope) I hope all ya'll out there strugglin stay positive and find work soon....................

eldermike · 03-10-2009, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by monkybrainz

Heck, I moved to this state with a promise of a job that didnt happen, got hierd on at a mill then laid off the day before i started. got on at another one and was laid off the day before... aint had an honest days work in ?????...getting bummed, depresed,angree, agitated, insomnia, but! I might hear about a job today ( I hope) I hope all ya'll out there strugglin stay positive and find work soon....................

I just prayed for you bro.

Mathews Man · 03-10-2009, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by monkybrainz

Heck, I moved to this state with a promise of a job that didnt happen, got hierd on at a mill then laid off the day before i started. got on at another one and was laid off the day before... aint had an honest days work in ?????...getting bummed, depresed,angree, agitated, insomnia, but! I might hear about a job today ( I hope) I hope all ya'll out there strugglin stay positive and find work soon....................

I have been looking around but scared to take a big jump(by moving) up-root the family and everything and be in the same mess, I feel for ya brother, Hang in there I have all the same feelings you do getting bummed, depresed,angree, agitated, insomnia.

But I know we have a faithful father in heaven, elder mike thanks for the prayer I will be praying for everyone myself. We could ALL use prayer

jschulz · 03-10-2009, 06:39 PM

I work in a General Motors Plant, & I've been layed off since before Christmas. I have'nt heard anything about a call back date yet. Not looking good at all.

monkybrainz · 03-11-2009, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Mathews Man

I have been looking around but scared to take a big jump(by moving) up-root the family and everything and be in the same mess, I feel for ya brother, Hang in there I have all the same feelings you do getting bummed, depresed,angree, agitated, insomnia.

But I know we have a faithful father in heaven, elder mike thanks for the prayer I will be praying for everyone myself. We could ALL use prayer

thanks bro