Comments on: What Would You Do If You Lost Your Job? http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/04/09/what-would-you-do-if-you-lost-your-job/ Just tidbits about money and finance. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:07:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: karla (threadbndr) http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/04/09/what-would-you-do-if-you-lost-your-job/#comment-33873 karla (threadbndr) Thu, 17 May 2007 15:10:33 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/04/09/what-would-you-do-if-you-lost-your-job/#comment-33873 The longest I've been out of work was five days. And that was because I was fired without cause at the start of a three day weekend. Temp agency. I'd be back at work tomorrow, maybe even this afternoon. I'd take anything - call center, data entry - anything to keep the bucks coming in. The longest I’ve been out of work was five days. And that was because I was fired without cause at the start of a three day weekend.

Temp agency. I’d be back at work tomorrow, maybe even this afternoon. I’d take anything - call center, data entry - anything to keep the bucks coming in.

]]> By: tiredofbeingbroke http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/04/09/what-would-you-do-if-you-lost-your-job/#comment-19140 tiredofbeingbroke Wed, 11 Apr 2007 02:46:49 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/04/09/what-would-you-do-if-you-lost-your-job/#comment-19140 If I lost my full-time job then I will increase the amount of hours at my part-time gig. I already did the math. I would be able to pay the rent and pay the minimum on all my bills until I got a new gig. If I lost my full-time job then I will increase the amount of hours at my part-time gig. I already did the math. I would be able to pay the rent and pay the minimum on all my bills until I got a new gig.

]]> By: Zachary http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/04/09/what-would-you-do-if-you-lost-your-job/#comment-19109 Zachary Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:19:26 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/04/09/what-would-you-do-if-you-lost-your-job/#comment-19109 I may be getting a service job while I'm out of teaching work for the summer. I may be getting a service job while I’m out of teaching work for the summer.

]]> By: Sick of Debt http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/04/09/what-would-you-do-if-you-lost-your-job/#comment-19094 Sick of Debt Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:14:13 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/04/09/what-would-you-do-if-you-lost-your-job/#comment-19094 I had that experience last year (with employer fighting unemployment) and ended up doing a bunch of interesting things: Greeting at Toys'R'Us for $15/hr (Christmas season), installing video cables at Radio Shack stores ($50/job), working at Taco Bell, doing on-call computer support, tutoring ($12/hr). These days if I lost my main job, I would just increase my second job of tutoring, make some calls to other random jobs I've got references for (eg: picking up people from their homes for Dr. appointments, waiting for them to finish and taking them home). I'd also do some mystery shopping with my wife. I had that experience last year (with employer fighting unemployment) and ended up doing a bunch of interesting things: Greeting at Toys’R'Us for $15/hr (Christmas season), installing video cables at Radio Shack stores ($50/job), working at Taco Bell, doing on-call computer support, tutoring ($12/hr).

These days if I lost my main job, I would just increase my second job of tutoring, make some calls to other random jobs I’ve got references for (eg: picking up people from their homes for Dr. appointments, waiting for them to finish and taking them home). I’d also do some mystery shopping with my wife.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/04/09/what-would-you-do-if-you-lost-your-job/#comment-18865 Jeremy Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:20:32 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/04/09/what-would-you-do-if-you-lost-your-job/#comment-18865 If I lost my job tomorrow my decision would be pretty simple. Collect unemployment while searching for a decent job. The amount received from unemployment would probably be more than a part time, or even many full time jobs. I would need to find someplace that could pay $12 an hour or more with a guaranteed 40 hour week to make it more beneficial to work instead of collect unemployment just from a raw dollar point of view. Since even a lot of service type jobs of that type aren't always readily available I'd take the money from unemployment and use my time/resources to find replacement income. If I lost my job tomorrow my decision would be pretty simple. Collect unemployment while searching for a decent job. The amount received from unemployment would probably be more than a part time, or even many full time jobs.

I would need to find someplace that could pay $12 an hour or more with a guaranteed 40 hour week to make it more beneficial to work instead of collect unemployment just from a raw dollar point of view.

Since even a lot of service type jobs of that type aren’t always readily available I’d take the money from unemployment and use my time/resources to find replacement income.

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