Survey: LoT Unemployment Rate

Morrigoon · 03-03-2009, 03:57 PM

There's been so many of us now I've lost track. How many of us are still employed? How many unemployed? I'm wondering how we compare to the averages.

Alex · 03-03-2009, 03:59 PM

I'm employed and almost guaranteed to remain that way through the summer.

Andrew · 03-03-2009, 04:02 PM

We are both employed. Jennifer's AAA office had several layoffs last week but she was not affected except that now she has a three person department doing the work of five. Nokia announced a voluntary separation program, where employees could take a payout in return for resigning. I looked at it but the payout is so low as to make me think the program exists more so the company can claim they made the offer. However, I'm in a very high profile group and don't expect that any layoffs (if they come) will affect me.

Morrigoon · 03-03-2009, 04:04 PM

In the current economy, I wouldn't recommend taking the payout anyway. Too hard to find a replacement job. And I wonder how that affects your eligibility for unemployment?

JWBear · 03-03-2009, 04:08 PM

I'm employed, but my hours were cut.

Deebs · 03-03-2009, 04:10 PM

I was a stay at home parent for several years. Then had a change of marital status. Obvs, it is not a good time to be looking. It has been difficult.

Ghoulish Delight · 03-03-2009, 04:12 PM

Employed, with general indications that my job is secure for a while, but no guarantee of that.

scaeagles · 03-03-2009, 04:28 PM

Survived a lay off today. Even though my company was profitable last year they had a round. This was presented to us as being prudent, and while I suppose I can appreciate that, the 10 people or so in my local office and satillite offices that were let go must not be feeling too good right now (4 in my department).

I feel a bit guilty that this happened but yet there is no salary freeze.

katiesue · 03-03-2009, 04:36 PM

I survived a cut in December. Who knows how long I'll last. No upcoming stuff that I know of but you never know.

Snowflake · 03-03-2009, 04:38 PM

I'm fully employed right now. The scuttlebutt here is there will be some layoffs.

View Poll Results: Are you employed or unemployed?
Fully employed	35	64.81%
Parially employed (cut hours or lost lower-paying 2nd job)	5	9.26%
Unemployed or mostly unemployed (lost primary source of income, actively looking for work)	8	14.81%
Not part of job market (Stay-at-home parent, etc.)	6	11.11%
Voters: 54. You may not vote on this poll

03-03-2009, 03:57 PM	#1
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Survey: LoT Unemployment Rate There's been so many of us now I've lost track. How many of us are still employed? How many unemployed? I'm wondering how we compare to the averages. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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03-03-2009, 03:59 PM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I'm employed and almost guaranteed to remain that way through the summer.
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03-03-2009, 04:02 PM	#3
Andrew Making Good Girls Go Bad Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Palo Alto, CA Posts: 734	We are both employed. Jennifer's AAA office had several layoffs last week but she was not affected except that now she has a three person department doing the work of five. Nokia announced a voluntary separation program, where employees could take a payout in return for resigning. I looked at it but the payout is so low as to make me think the program exists more so the company can claim they made the offer. However, I'm in a very high profile group and don't expect that any layoffs (if they come) will affect me. __________________ -- Andrew Just Andrew. Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.) -- Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself"
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03-03-2009, 04:04 PM	#4
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	In the current economy, I wouldn't recommend taking the payout anyway. Too hard to find a replacement job. And I wonder how that affects your eligibility for unemployment? __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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03-03-2009, 04:08 PM	#5
JWBear Worn Romantic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 8,435	I'm employed, but my hours were cut. __________________ Unrestrained frivolity will lead to the downfall of modern society.
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03-03-2009, 04:10 PM	#6
Deebs ... Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 961	I was a stay at home parent for several years. Then had a change of marital status. Obvs, it is not a good time to be looking. It has been difficult.
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03-03-2009, 04:12 PM	#7
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Employed, with general indications that my job is secure for a while, but no guarantee of that. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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03-03-2009, 04:28 PM	#8
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Survived a lay off today. Even though my company was profitable last year they had a round. This was presented to us as being prudent, and while I suppose I can appreciate that, the 10 people or so in my local office and satillite offices that were let go must not be feeling too good right now (4 in my department). I feel a bit guilty that this happened but yet there is no salary freeze.
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03-03-2009, 04:36 PM	#9
katiesue Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 4,678	I survived a cut in December. Who knows how long I'll last. No upcoming stuff that I know of but you never know. __________________ My life is so exciting I can hardly stand it.
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03-03-2009, 04:38 PM	#10
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	I'm fully employed right now. The scuttlebutt here is there will be some layoffs. __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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