Well for the second time this year I got laid-off!:af: Nine months on the new job and on friday they tell me goodbye! Merry f%&*#@$ Xmas! Looks like a change is needed but I have no idea what. Glad Bambi went down on saturday so I have some meat for the winter.

that sucks !

Sorry to hear that Canalratt1! That is not exactly great timing! I just can't get over these heartless companies....can't they friggin at least wait until after the holidays!!!! Would it kill them to wait a few weeks?:huh: Any way, sorry again for your mis-fortune! I am sure brighter things lie ahead for you, good luck!:kewl: OOoopps...sorry, supposed to be grumpin'!:af: :splat: :peessed:

Tony - sorry to hear man :( - really am... Wanna startup a business together?

:( Bummer Tony, sorry to hear that:(

I feel your pain, in my back, my wrist, my knee, well almost every body part screaming since I started roofing to feed the family while looking. Good luck in your search, hopefully mine will end soon with the new year.

Hang in there Tony.

Thanks guys, yah with a daughter in college this is a tough one. John any luck out there at all? I should be alright money wise with unemployment and some side work, whatever I can get but without medical I have to pay for my daughters insurance through her school. Oh my company said if I want to still carry my insurance its only about 950$ a month!

sorry to hear that, man.

the good news is that there is some good news...light at the end of this awful tunnel. economies picking up, should be a matter of time before the job market goes cuckoo...especially after New Year's.

-WW

Tony.....look into the unemployment office for help with the insurance....they have various programs (both with COBRA and without), and I'm kicking myself for not taking advantage of them while I still qualifeid....initially I believed I wouldn't qualify, but found out differently after it was too late.....:smash:

Oh, and welcome to the club (again).....going on two years, and things still ain't too bright, and I'm getting a bit frustrated....fortunately, between an excellent severance package, no kids, refinancing my mortgage with an excellent plan, a wifw with a job, some oppurtonic investment results, some odd side work, and a whole lot of prior savings, I'm not too bad off, but the savings were supposed to be for retirement...:(

Sorry to hear this ! I am currently working for 1/3 of what I have made in the past, I KNOW it su*cks just hang in their and think about all the good things you have .
Best of luck to all of us.
VB

I was recently asked if I would work for what works out to 40% of what my last job paid - but I can't afford to. I'll take a 28K discount but I can't afford a 48K discount :(

UNENJOYMENT !!!!!:af: :af: Hang in there Tony..