Thought of being jobless?

AHarvey said:
In the end, I didn't want to waste any more of my life dealing with it, plus, who knows what else they'd throw my way. I wanted a happy life :)
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Hmm, I've not been in that position before but if you could have created (or waited for) documented evidence then you could have ended up leaving with something rather than nothing... not only that but the management would have been dealt with too. You seem happy enough with the outcome though, so that's fair enough.
 
If the Tories/Banksters/Corporations had their way we'd all be paying them for our jobs... This is how they keep wages low, fear of losing our 'precious' jobs. We desperately need change, they need to know it's US doing them a favour, not the other way around.
 
a good reason not to live beyond your means, if you lost your job then applying for lower paid jobs would still cover all bills ect.
 
Buy income protection insurance?

I pay £18 p/m that covers me for £25k p/y if I become unemployed for longer than 30 days or become unfit to work.
 
Just finished uni, got a couple options:

1. Job hunting - currently jobless
2. Do a masters, but at a cost of £8,000.
 
kitkat9933 said:
Buy income protection insurance?

I pay £18 p/m that covers me for £25k p/y if I become unemployed for longer than 30 days or become unfit to work.
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I always worry that the providers would always find a way to wriggle out of those policies if you ever tried to claim. We try to save as much as possible, but we aren't quite where I'd like us to be yet.
 
Spook187 said:
It would depend on what mortgage you have aswell.
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ye , if your mortgage was 900 a month then you lost your high paid job and found a 20k job a year, it just isn't going to do... you can climb the ladder but once your up the ladder you then have to stay there to keep up with your current lifestyle or mortgage !

im happy renting with no big bills, £400 a month rent is the only big bill I have, and with the way its going at the minute im glad as they've already sacked loads of managers , office staff and staff from the supermarkets ( shelf stackers ), just hoping they don't move onto the distribution centres now
 
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No, I was jobless for nearly 6-8 months due to circumstances that were unfavourable.

I used that time to read books, go to the gym and get swole and also work on skills which would make me more employable. With the internet this day and age you really can do anything and learn anything.

Depends how you use the time, obviously I was young, no debt or mortgage/kids.

If you have those things you're screwed. Good thing I want none of those things.
 
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AHarvey said:
honestly, tried it with HR and they were on the companies side, then i started getting picked up on things that I was supposedly doing wrong etc. I was put on a performance improvement plan because I hadn't organised any "fun days" in the office despite the fact that none of the other 7 in my area had done any.

All because my boss wrote an incorrect performance review about me and it was picked up on in my response and her boss agreed with me.

In the end, I didn't want to waste any more of my life dealing with it, plus, who knows what else they'd throw my way. I wanted a happy life :)

Not really, as i said i'd have taken a job at mcdonalds if needed. I'm not proud and work is work, my wife was supportive of it and had told me to leave many times. I'm not the type to kick back and do nothing. I'd rather be paid to pick litter up dressed in pink assless chaps than do nothing :p
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It's always better to do the bare minimum at work (even if just to get fired) and look for jobs, than to worsen your position financially by quitting. You lost thousands in shares that you could presumably have sold (or are you forced to keep them for a certain amount of time?), as well as lots in income. Unless you were being beaten with a stick every day then I'd have stuck it out, put my feet up, and got job hunting!
 
Worried about losing my current job, yes because I am way overpaid for what I do.
Worried about finding another job, no because I can pretty much walk into any of the few companies that require my skills around where I live.
 
Not as much as it used to, simply because I now have enough money saved up that I can support myself for several months without an income. And I'm confident I could find another job before my money ran out.
 
I'd try to take the mindset that I was good enough to be employed in my last job so I'd be good enough to be employed in a future job (unless I'd been dismissed for dishonesty, disobedience etc).

The interesting TV programme "Job Centre" about a recruiting agency in Yorkshire certainly showed that all manner of jobs needed filling and all walks of life seemed to be employable.

As with many things in life, "the threat is worse than the execution". There are people who believe that unemployment is actually manufactured by governments to control workers. I seem to believe that this argument was used by trades unions in the '60s when the government was welcoming skilled immigrants from commonwealth countries as a means of tackling industrial unrest in the UK.

That argument doesn't seem to have come to fruition when one considers the number of people who are happy to live on benefits for the whole of their lives. They don't seem to be controlled do they?

FWIW, I've never been unemployed.
 
Nah. Can't live in fear. Ruins your chances and position anywhere. Makes you be the "at least I have a job" and "of course I'll do all that, with no extra pay" guy. Sod that, you end up going nowhere.
If I lose this job, I'd get another.
 
Not too worried at all, I have a rental agreement which means I can walk out and only give 30 days notice, and we are fortunate enough to have two lots of families which would take us in without hesitation for any length of time.

No debt, two cars that are paid off which could be sold, and therefore would give us some capital to survive, and transport to and from work could be sorted via buses and trains for as long as required.

We've started to focus on our spending habits and have greatly reduced our monthly expenditure, too. So much so that we could live on one wage.

As soon as we get a mortgage, however, things could change quite quickly. Hence why I'm constantly studying to improve my experience, so if the day did come, I'd be (hopefully) able to find another job.
 
Richdog said:
It's always better to do the bare minimum at work (even if just to get fired) and look for jobs, than to worsen your position financially by quitting. You lost thousands in shares that you could presumably have sold (or are you forced to keep them for a certain amount of time?), as well as lots in income. Unless you were being beaten with a stick every day then I'd have stuck it out, put my feet up, and got job hunting!
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Firstly, I'm not the sort to do bare minimum. Maybe you are happy sitting there idling by but that is not me, I was raised to do everything to the best of my ability and it's stuck with me. Or worst case, I twiddle my thumbs and get sacked for being lazy then have to explain that in interviews.

Shares I would have lost when I left anyway, even if I had stuck out this long i'd of received maybe £500 payment on them this year. They were a bonus to those who worked there that you lost when you left.

I was much happier walking out of there with my head held high, I was happier sweating my sack off breaking my back on the building site and I was much happier picking orders on £7 and hour than I was at any point in the 18 months previously.

Everyone is different and most people would look for work, but when you're working 50-60 hour weeks on good money with lots of benefits, it makes it harder to find work. I was the first of 15 so far that have just walked out, and more are planning on leaving as soon as they find something. I liked the fire underneath me pushing me to find something else ;)
 
AHarvey said:
Firstly, I'm not the sort to do bare minimum. Maybe you are happy sitting there idling by but that is not me, I was raised to do everything to the best of my ability and it's stuck with me. Or worst case, I twiddle my thumbs and get sacked for being lazy then have to explain that in interviews.

Shares I would have lost when I left anyway, even if I had stuck out this long i'd of received maybe £500 payment on them this year. They were a bonus to those who worked there that you lost when you left.

I was much happier walking out of there with my head held high, I was happier sweating my sack off breaking my back on the building site and I was much happier picking orders on £7 and hour than I was at any point in the 18 months previously.

Everyone is different and most people would look for work, but when you're working 50-60 hour weeks on good money with lots of benefits, it makes it harder to find work. I was the first of 15 so far that have just walked out, and more are planning on leaving as soon as they find something. I liked the fire underneath me pushing me to find something else ;)
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Fair enough, each to their own and good luck for the future!
 
Working vs not working for anyone on minimum wage is almost the same thing...

Slight differences in quality of life that is all, so no doesn't scare me one bit :p
 
I couldn't stand the thought, of it long term. Before I got in the job i'm in now, a had time off for just shy of three weeks, and really didn't know what to do with myself, really takes you out of the loop. :(
 
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