And if you got sick and needed to be around your family after you moved around so much?I can't think of anyone that's unemployed and most people I know that are struggling with improving their job situations it's usually their own fault. I could be doing better myself, but I don't blame anything but myself for that. If you're in a highly specialized field where there just aren't that many jobs to begin with, then your situation is different, but that still doesn't stop you from accepting a lesser job that you don't really want.
If I lost my job tomorrow, whether or not I could replace it immediately with something comparable or better might be debatable, but I could definitely walk into any number of less desirable jobs that would still be better than no job at all.
I've moved significant distances and found employment with no plan... Found employment in and out of cities, etc. I think a lot more is within our control than some people are willing to admit. But it's also true that many are simply in quite unfortunate circumstances..
My friend's kid is underemployed, and needs my friend's help. I think there's a lot of people like that, which makes the statistics look better. Shittier jobs/fewer hours than desired, and early retirement. They're technically employed, or "officially" retired, but it isn't what they want.
Yeah... I don't think that counts as "unemployed"
freelance on the web. we used upwork to find a designer for a mobile app i'm working on and he did a fantastic job. he was doing it just in his spare time too but he made $2000 off of us over a 1.5 month period of time. i know that's not really liveable, but as i said, it was just him doing it in his free time not full time, as he has a full time gig doing it. he lives in europe too and we're in the states (2 on east coast, 1 on west coast) so he doesn't even have to be in the same time zone.
i personally don't know any adults who are not employed that want to be.
^^ This ^^
9 out of 10 people I know are under-employed or early retirement because they cannot find "suitable" employment.
** The "New" economy.
If you knew the situation you'd understand. Generally I'd agree as that's not an easy thing to do. She does nothing you'd expect a stay at home mom to do though. Has to have him bring him bring lunch home, can't get the kids ready to go anywhere, can't really handle them etc.
Said he got home one day and she was laying on the floor while the kid was crying because she couldn't handle it or some such.
I have the utmost respect for what moms do but she doesn't seem to do a lot of what you'd think.
Im in the process changing jobs and I get nonstop offers. Im just being very picky. Most of them are too far away. I fix PCs and stuff and things etc.
Seems like there are more jobs than people to take them again...you know after 8 years of democrat president, like it was in 1999.
Local economies are a little different and some states might be better than others job wise.
The company I was with sold and shut down in June. 17 years and 38 dollars an hour gone. Not employed, but I'm going back to college to be a drug and alcohol counselor.
A temporary gig is definitely not the same thing as employment.
being a stay at home parent is not for everyone. I know a few parents that have tried it to say fuck it and went back to work. Less stress, less work, etc at a real job.
"Seems like there are more jobs than people to take them again...you know after 8 years of democrat president, like it was in 1999.
Local economies are a little different and some states might be better than others job wise."
UH HUH..except thats not true.
numbers from the current administration have always been suspect , the real number is closer to 15~20 % . In some areas 20% + .
Going to be more soon...
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numbers from the current administration have always been suspect , the real number is closer to 15~20 % . In some areas 20% + .
Ya, I like Obummer, but I'm also pretty sure that the job market is nowhere near as good as the official stats. Even if the stats are accurate, there are probably a lot of Wal-mart and barista jobs included.
yes it is, you simply refuse to admin Dem presidents are the ones who bring jobs and not republicans. Whenever a republican president is in office, the rich get richer, the poor get poorer and the economy tanks. Then a dem gets elected and fixes it. Repeat.
now that the unemployment rate is low, gas prices are low and the economy is fine... "the numbers are suspect" lol ok.
remember when High gas prices were "bad" and republicans blamed Obama? Now gas prices are low and its cuz of Obama and its a bad thing now. Or he had nothing to do with it right? but it was his fault they were high. right? lol
At the end of Clintons presidency I was tripping over jobs, all through Bush's could not get a job, about 6-7 years into Obama, tripping over jobs again.
In my field, in my state.
but think whatever you want.
Yes, the real percentages are much higher.
The simple fact is that there are millions of people who are unemployed and not reported. Maybe they're working, maybe they're selling weed or meth or heroin. Or they're working cash jobs under the table. When I was younger I did that for two or three years, never even filed a return. Construction, painting, moving, landscaping.
Not to mention the outright lying... I had a technically unemployed period -- had other, not that small income sources -- and even when meeting a random Craigslist buyer, I danced around the "what do you do" question. Going to guess that other people do that too when being directly asked about employment status by a surveyor.
Location is a big factor in unemployment. Not many unemployed in my area, although every time I watch Judge Judy it seems like everyone on the show is unemployed.