Hiring

[spence]

Generally I'd have to agree, but every situation is different.

In this case it seems like the person needs to sober up and retrain.

There are jobs out there, but perhaps not what you want or at the pay you think you deserve. If you have no kids it should be easy to go ultralight on the budget unless you have a lot of debt, and even then there are options.

I can't imagine having to work at a D&D, but at the end of the day I'd do it in a second if it meant food on the table for my son.

-spence

[Circlehook]

Originally Posted by spence

There are jobs out there, but perhaps not what you want or at the pay you think you deserve. If you have no kids it should be easy to go ultralight on the budget unless you have a lot of debt, and even then there are options.

I can't imagine having to work at a D&D, but at the end of the day I'd do it in a second if it meant food on the table for my son.

When you get to a certain point though, don't you agree that you need to just take any job? The sad reality is that unemployment benefits outpay most minimum wage jobs, so people defer to sitting at home until the phone rings....which of course it doesn't.

Maybe it is just me, but after a month or so with no prospects on the horizon, I am biting my pride and flipping burgers if I need to. (preferably a real late shift in a covert town).



* I do have a good job, I am very fortunate.

[spence]

Originally Posted by Circlehook

When you get to a certain point though, don't you agree that you need to just take any job? The sad reality is that unemployment benefits outpay most minimum wage jobs, so people defer to sitting at home until the phone rings....which of course it doesn't.

Maybe it is just me, but after a month or so with no prospects on the horizon, I am biting my pride and flipping burgers if I need to. (preferably a real late shift in a covert town).



* I do have a good job, I am very fortunate.

Like I said, it depends on the situation. Taking part-time work could possibly throw off a career path you've worked hard to achieve and can continue once things pick up. This of course assumes you have the means to live in the mean time.

Certainly though, if you've been out of work that long and need the money you should look to do anything to be productive rather than just complain.

-spence

[Jenn]

wanna know what I like even better? Past few months I have people coming in to my work and asking if we are hiring (not so bad) then they say "oh buy the way what do you do here"? oh really? then I know its coming ..... they say "oh, can you just sign this paper showing that I was here looking for work?"


I work in the front office and I am getting sick of people "looking" for work with us. The sign outside says what we are and these people KNOW they arent what we would be looking for even if we were looking. They just need a signature so they can keep collecting.

[striperman36]

Originally Posted by spence

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I can't imagine having to work at a D&D, but at the end of the day I'd do it in a second if it meant food on the table for my son.

-spence

I don't think any of us would really do it though.

[Circlehook]

Originally Posted by striperman36

I don't think any of us would really do it though.

For me, it would be a hard knock on my confidence. I have worked very hard and gone through alot of hard times to get where I am right now. It would basically be like starting over, only with no ladder to really climb up. Like I said, it would be a Job not a career, a career pergatory if you will.

But, I am able bodied and young. I would do it before I sucked off of unemployment if it came down to it. I have been there before about 6 years ago, and I did what I needed too, but I have never taken a cent of unemployment.

[spence]

Originally Posted by striperman36

I don't think any of us would really do it though.

I doubt they'd hire me. In about a day I'd have that place serving handmade pastry and gourmet pizzas. The teenagers would be mint from all the profit sharing.

-spence

[fishbones]

Originally Posted by spence

I doubt they'd hire me. In about a day I'd have that place serving handmade pastry and gourmet pizzas. The teenagers would be mint from all the profit sharing.

-spence

I could just see it, Spence. You'd be changing the tv in the Dunks to the Martha Stewart show and commenting about how the slip resistant shoes are not stylish enough and that you can't wear he cotton/poly blend polo shirts because you only wear the finest pima cotton.

On a serious note, I bet lots of us would do whatever it takes to support ourselves or our families, even if it means doing a job we otherwise would never consider doing. I put myself through college bussing tables and it wasn't all that bad a job.