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Whats the longest you've been unemployed?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Drewdog, Mar 28, 2007.

  1. bnb

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    Since graduating, I've never been unemployed.

    Since I found clutchfans, I have gone long periods without getting any work done though...
     
  2. Buck Turgidson

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    voluntarily unemployed from early 2003 to about 9 months ago.
     
  3. Mulder

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    I was out of work when I moved from Austin to Houston in 2002-2003 from October to January. I really needed to be off though. My then girlfriend and and I moved, planned a wedding and both looked for work and helped her parents build and furnish a new home. We were very busy.

    I am still deciding if I want to take some time off from working to study for the Bar exam or keep my job after law school while I study. I am leaning towards keeping my job. I just to be disciplined enough to study for the bar at night when no one is taking attendance...
     
  4. serious black

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    I've been doing contract doc review since getting my law license in May. I get regular paychecks, so I'm not really unemployed, but damn it feels like it.
    Good luck Drew
     
  5. oomp

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    Unemployed but stay at home dadding.

    5 months now.
     
  6. JaWindex

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    20 years and counting since birth.
     
  7. ima_drummer2k

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    6 months back in 2000. It sucked HARD.

    I was thinking about starting a thread about this...because I found out last week that I'm getting laid off in October. I get 5 weeks severence pay and a PHAT retention bonus if I stay and train the losers from Indonesia that are taking my job.

    Luckily, I have some time to figure all this out. Here are my options:

    • Stay til October and use my retention bonus to pay off my car
    • Take another job within the company (assuming I get an offer)....then get laid off again in 2 years
    • Start looking outside the company in about 4 months so I can time a new job to start right after the retention date. This would be ideal, but risky.
    • Say "screw it" to corporate American and go back to teaching. I would have to get emergency certified since my certification expired 3 years ago

    Hang in there, Drew. There are people here that have been laid off 4 or 5 times. It happens to a LOT of people.
     
  8. pirc1

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    Getting laid off sucks rotten egg! :mad:
     
  9. JuanValdez

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    My longest was 8 months right after graduating college. I can't say I disliked it. I was being supported by my mother and my wife-to-be. I had lots of free time. All the rejections were kind of a bummer, and I was depressed about it enough to almost completely stop looking in the last 2-3 months. But, plenty of time for games, sports, writing, etc. I don't understand how people get bored without jobs. If I didn't need the money, I'd never work again and it would not bother me one bit.
     
  10. pickymen

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    It's alright. The big change was actually cutting back on going out in order to reduce expenses (transport, food/beer, entertainment).

    I eventually stopped my weekly bball and football game. I stayed at home instead of hanging out with friends. Until today, I am very selective with where and what to eat cheaply (can't cook at the place where I'm still renting). I rent instead of buy books. I had declined all sort of invitations or family gatherings because I can't affor to spend on gifts or air tickets if out of town. And no more dating.

    In short, I became extremely anti-social due to financial reason. And it's compounded by the 'stigma' of being jobless.

    There were positives. I ate less fastfood. I started working out from home after wasting away my expensive 2-year gym membership. And very uncharacteristically, I joined a buddhist org. to help old folks and leprosy patients.

    Some of the changes last even after these years.
     
  11. Dr of Dunk

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    Dang... until October. Wow. Look on the bright side, I've never heard of a company giving employees that much warning. Of course it's to their benefit, I guess, but... dang. Good luck.
     
  12. ferrari77

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    I think it has a lot to do with the psychological. People probably start feeling they're a drain on whoever they're living with -gf, wife or mother, the job search gets depressing, and sometimes i think it can lead to boredom. Thats the best explanation i can give.

    Pickymen, everything you said is so true.
     
  13. rrj_gamz

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    Same here...I was out for 9 months and it sucked...I still can't believe it...It was cool at first, but then it just gets old...That's how I ended up in Albuquerque, as I felt it was better to have a job than to not have one...

    Good luck D...
     
  14. texanskan

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    I am gonna make one final push to get back in great shape and maybe I'll find a sugar mama. On a side note I have never been unemployed since 14 but in the majority of the time it has been one or two part time jobs at a time, I have been able to work full time straight for a year.
     
  15. mc mark

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    Drew are you in Texas and do you want to stay there?
     
  16. IROC it

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    Unemployed after an injury: 8 Months

    Unemployed by choice after family tragedy: 2 years

    Never fired.

    But always had an occupation during those times.

    I guess unemployed was a "relative" term in my case.
     
  17. armyman789

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    no wonder ur post count has gone up so much recently ;)
     
  18. armyman789

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    getting laid doesn't :D
     
  19. kaleidosky

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    my job (at a real company) had me doing nothing (literally..well maybe 5 hours of work a week, and some random training classes every few months) for a very long time. Most people that were in the same situation as me got tired of it after 6 months.. I always thought like you--"I'll never get bored of doing nothing (and getting paid for it, which is the same as doing nothing without needing the money)".

    Well, right around the 18 month mark, even I had an issue with it. Trust me, even you will have a limit. You reach the ends.. I mean, sometimes I was happy, but overall I found that when I started doing stuff again, I could notice the increase in happiness (even though I never really noticed the dramatic decrease)
     
  20. astrorockette

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    I've been unemployed since august 2005, but since I was in school it wasn't such a big deal for the first year. Then I transfered to UNT and really needed the extra money so I started actually looking for a job again. It really sucked b/c I applied a lot of places and no dice. I really wanted to give up and quit but I managed to stay optimistic about finding a job.

    I found out today that I got offered the Cingular position I applied for so I'm not a bum anymore. I'm excited but nervous since I haven't had a job in forever and I don't start for another two weeks.
     

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