Thought of being jobless?

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Does the thought of being jobless scare you? It terrifies me to death.

I have a decent job, and I haven't no income would scare me to death, existing on benefits is no way to live.

I'm just curious about everbody elses views and opinions.
 
Done it for the best part of a year after uni, didn't die so no it doesn't terrify me.
It's still not a nice thought all the same but I know I can get by if needs be.
 
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Done it for the best part of a year after uni, didn't die so no it doesn't terrify me.
It's still not a nice thought all the same but I know I can get by if needs be.
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I would guess (unless that was recently) that you have slightly more commitments/responsibilities now.

I know when I was at college/uni, it wouldn't have phased me, as I would have been able to survive on just any old job.

These days however I have a mortgage to pay and a family to support, and it certainly wouldn't be an easy ride!
 
been there and done it,aslong as your happy who cares about it

came from a very well paying job to nothing

(aslong as you know how to live on a shoestring then you'll be fine) those with huge mortgages though I would worry
 
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tom_e said:
Done it for the best part of a year after uni, didn't die so no it doesn't terrify me.
It's still not a nice thought all the same but I know I can get by if needs be.
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Same here, after Uni I had a few small jobs but nothing permanent for quite a few months. This was in 2008. Bored me to tears.
 
Facing the possibility of this right now - pretty much a 50/50 chance of being made redundant in the next month.

I have a mortgage but fortunately I have some savings set aside for just this reason so I'm not going to be broke immediately, but obviously I would need to get a new job fairly soon and one that paid enough to meet my mortgage commitments.

I wouldn't say I'm terrified about the prospect but ask me again in a couple of months :D
 
Doesn't terrify as such but not something I would relish. Even more so considering our first child is imminent. Thankfully though the house we live in is for all intents and purposes ours (it will be my inheritance) so no mortgage or rent.

Wouldn't mind the free time though :p
 
I got made redundant in november.. started looking for jobs in feb-march.. currently seeing some activity but all this time I've been living off my savings - including mortgage etc.

There's only a certain number of jobs out there.. so spending 7 hours a day looking and then applying gets old very quickly. Then there is the lack of social interaction but we try to have something every month that we do so it's not too mind numbing.
 
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Where I live, unemployment benefits give you 80% of your last salary for 18 months... so while I don't want to be jobless, no it doesn't scare me as I know I would find another job in 18 months, not to mention I will be living at almost full capacity while I search.
 
Was made redundant in April and was owed 2 weeks wages, luckily jumped into a new job almost straight away but I am in the process of caiming redundancy off the government.

There is loads of work out there, and after this has happened I have realised that no matter what we would be ok. The wife earns not bad money so the Bills & Mortgage was still paid and food was still put on the table. We had no savings due to moving into a new house 6 months ago.

I was terrified about the redundancy, however now I have been through it and realised that everything is still all ok it has made me a much more relaxed person as before I was very uptight about earning money and a decent wage where now I just appreciate the fact I earn a not too bad wage and employed again.
 
The thought of being jobless doesn't worry me so much, it's the thought of the subsequent homelessness that terrifies me.
 
Yes it worries me, but I live off a low wage. Luckily I don't have anything to pay other than my own bills and rent (living at home). Plus getting another job after this would probably prove hard for myself.
 
There's lots of jobs -- until you get to 40+ years of age, it appears... then immediately you're "too experienced", "too senior", or "we have found people that are more suited to the role".

Still.. carrying on regardless..
 
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