Lost my job... what a great way to start the day

[elskeetro]

Job-Hunting Tip: ... wear that same top you had on, in that bud pic ya posted the other day :computerlove1:

haha. you mean the 'perky' pic? that is a hard one to shake.

Bringin a huge plate of buds wouldn't hurt either...haha.

Best O'Luck
Skeet.

[stinkyattic]

It's definitely not a dress up sorta job but I thik that might be a bit much, lolol!
Love ya too Hound. I'll get by. I'm feeling happier already!

[Reefer Rogue]

Damn, i hope you get a new job asap Stinky! Good luck

[Weezard]

My boss announced this morning that he is closing the lab and moving it to another state. Id' have a job at his new location but it's 1000 mi away and I can't sell my house in this economy, and wouldn't move for that crappy pay anyway. That's on top of all the crap I already had going on.

What. The. Fuck.
I NEED to vent. And I intend to spend the next month scouring Craigslist for something perfect for a chemist-hydro tech-bar manager- graphic designer- agriculture instructor-stringed instrument repair person-line cook- tutor- substitute teacher- commercial fisherman- lab tech- lab equipment maintenance specialist- landscape technician- FUCK, someone with a resume like mine should have no problems finding a job but the newspapers are just FULL of accounting, nursing, and AVON sales ads... I'm SO fucked. So, SOOO, SOOOOO fucked.

Congratulations!
And I mean that!
Why?
Because you now have options.
Now, you are available.
The best way to get a huge raise, is to change jobs.
Opportunities abound!
Even/especially in this economy.

Best advice I ever got was from an old guy who was about to retire from the machine shop where I worked as a youngster.
He was the smartest guy there, so I petitioned for advice. Really had to push for it too.
Can't fault him for that. Advising a 20 year old is usually a waste of time.

I asked him what he would do now post-retirement.
He said; "I will probably die very soon. All my friends that worked one job for 40 years died in less than 2 years. "
Their job WAS their identity, their life, their "safe" rut.

I begged him to tell me what he'd do if he could start over.

He said;
"Retire now! Get the hell out of here with their carrot-on-a-string raises and vague promises of future training, etc.
1. No-one pays a young man/woman what they are worth.
Play! Find out what you love to do. Odds are, someone will come along and screw it up by paying you to do it.

2. Here, if they train you to be, say, a lathe operator, lathes will be automated before you can blink twice and you'll end up doing something you don't love and calling that a living.
3. If you manage to last 40 years, retirement sucks, everything hurts, and the end of 2/3rds of your life will leave you feeling lost and miserable.

What about a pension?


"Take a job at age 40, (entrance pay will be a lot higher), work 15 or 20 years and re-retire if you need a pension.

Go and see the world now, while it's still fun."

But what will I live on I asked?


"All the opportunities that you missed by being in harness 8 hours a day.!!"
He answered.

He was dead right on all counts!
I bagged my tools, cleaned my bench and said polite goodbyes to the other drones.

First year was rough.
Had car payments and rent to cover.:upsidedow
Then, gradually, I plugged in.
Had time to learn, had freedom to exploit what I learned.
Found that electronics was fascinating.
Reproducible magic. Easy as pie and people were eager to overpay me for it.
I love to solve problems and was available to do just that. During the day when everyone else was "busy making a living"

Bought a house, never missed a mortgage payment and had a permanent smile for the next 20 years.
When I turned 45, I bluffed my way into a troubleshooting contract with the biggest network in the world.:dance:

Because of my freedom, I still know how to think "outside the box" that made me look good as a troubleshooter.

Of course, one does need a work record for social security, so after a year this, highschool "throwout", accepted a position that required a bachelor's degree. Held that position for 13 months.
Pay was great, bennies were great, the people were brilliant and stimulating.

Longest year of my life.
God, I hated going to work every damn day!

So, cheer-up!
You have traded "security" for opportunity.

I've read all your posts.
You are smarter than me and you have multiple skills.
Had you charged a reasonable fee for all the guidance you donated here, you would be doing just fine without a "realjob".

No gotta suffer another Mass. winter now, if you don't want to.
Sure the R.E. market is in a slump.
Selling is not advised.
But, rents are still high.
Wanna really shake up your life.
Rent your home to a grower. (saves a lot of clean-up).
Find a place in the sun. (Hint, you'd make a great neighbor:thumbsup.
Use your rental income to service a mortgage while you freelance for bigger bucks than a "lab rats" pay.

Just my 43 cents. I realize that out-of-harness is too scary for most folks to even contemplate.
The opportunity take still applies, though.
You have time to network.
Good jobs seldom hit the want ads.
Every one of my friends with good positions found them by networking with friends and being available at the right time.

At the very least, you can do as my lab rat friend did in N. Ca.
Just walked into Seaton Hospital and knocked on a few doors, with her resume in hand.
Now she makes double he private lab salary.

No worry, Ms. Attic
"Every little thing gonna be alright"
I can tell these things

Aloha all ovah ya.
Weeze

[linearvermin]

You just wrote a freaking essay haha.

[Weezard]

You just wrote a freaking essay haha.

Aloha, L.V.

Us retired guys got spare time.
And I just love Stinky, she saved my daughters!

best
Weeze

[knna]

Good luck with that interview, Stinky.

Im on some board than you since more than a year. Definitively, its a bad time to get a good new job.

But i believe you had found that interview too soon. I think being jobless for some time is good (and for too much time, very bad).

All the best,
knna

[Weedhound]

If anyone EVER gets a lesson in life....it should be from Weezards post. He's absolutely right too......life IS what you make of it. Getting fired as a medical assistant (for being drunk on the job....ahem....lovely reason don't you think?) opened the door for the opportunity to do exactly what I love.......working with animals. One door closes; another ALWAYS opens but you have to be paying attention.

Right on Weezard. :thumbsup:

[Weedhound]

He's also right about something else.... Pick out where YOU want to work and send them your resume whether or not they have an ad running. It works and you end up where you want. Try it. It's always worked great for me.

[TheSmokingMonkey]

Worst part about loosing your job is a potential drug test for new one.

So true. I am in that space right now. It's not a good one. I was trying to abstain while job searching but now, I don't know, I kinda wanna take a chance and indulge tonight. We'll see.