Unemployment FTW

Obama will never run out of money for handouts as he is the commander of the presses at the mint.

There'll be plenty for everyone's extended hand.

Only, the more money is printed, the less is the money going to be worth.

thank you sir wrote:

Thank you, for being the reason this country sucks. Instead of finding a new job, you will live off taxes that i pay.

You are a disgrace to be proudly taking this money as it is NOT intended. It is intended as a very SHORT term thing, not for you to take vacation and live off the money stolen from individuals.

I hope every time you pick up your check you are ashamed of yourself, because you should be. You should be ashamed that even though you are perfectly capable of providing for yourself you refuse to and instead become a leech of society.

People like you make me loose faith in humanity.

thank you! you really have to feel extremely entitled to behave like this op!! Unemployment is NOT vacation funding. I work with people every day who struggle to survive on a few dollars a day, shame on those who take gov money to have time off and "look for work" when they have the capacity to do meaningful work.

I don't think anyone was suggesting you go and work at McDonalds, it was all in response to the person who said they'd rather work at McDonalds than go on unemployment, and then someone saying they wouldn't be able to get a job there!

I think the novelty of being out of work may wear off after a bit for you anyway. I was out of work for a while a few years ago and it got extremely boring very quickly. Fortunately I then got a job - it was the 76th application though.

no one cares about your problems

It's called contributing to the thread and you should try it (and where was the problem - I was unemployed for a bit a few years ago then got a different job, which is basically what this thread is about).

hey brothers, just wanted to post an update to my original post. it's now september and today is my four month anniversary of becoming unemployed. i have gone on a shitload of the same bullshit headhunter interviews but nothing that remotely has uncovered a job in my field. its a combination of the industry being dead in the location i'm in and when an opening arises its like a piranha feeding frenzy.

so how did my summer go? well, i have collected $476 (net) every week (you do the math), which has paid for everything including some new furniture for the apartment and a short trip to washington. and how does it feel? the first month or so was GREAT, i got to catch up on lots of appointments and little things i had been neglecting and having time off was great, not having the stress of my job, etc.

THEN after about a month, i started to feel like, "okay, that was a great vacation" and feeling ready to go back to work. the realization that there was no job to go back to was severely depressing. i spent most of july and august running in the morning (admittedly its nice to have the time to do things like a proper cool down, stretch, etc and not be rushed) then sitting at the beach ALONE the rest of the day. it was very depressing reading facebook updates from friends who hate their jobs. it was a very boring and lonely summer.

something i didn't foresee was that the combination of boredom, depression, and running more (i was injured in the spring so i was getting back up to my regular mileage), led me to develop a pretty nice eating disorder for which i'm now being treated (yay COBRA).

so... unemployment. for my first experience i would say pretty mixed bag. there are times when the free time is awesome and irreplaceable, and its not bad to be on a "paid vacation". to be trite, the highs are high... but the lows are f'ing LOW. to any of you, i would avoid it if at all possible.

and to those who would say "oh just go get a job you lazybones" TRUST ME. I WISH IT WERE THAT EASY. I WOULD WORK AND GO OFF OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN A HEARTBEAT. however, not only does the economy blow right now but unemployment has pretty much shattered my self-confidence. i'm not sure i can even envision going on an interview right now and it's not getting any easier as the weeks go on.

sorry if this was really self-indulgent, but i wanted to share with you guys what its really like. good luck to anyone who might be going thru something similar.

Maybe you should find a volunteer fire department that would put you through the academy and then fight wild fires next summer with the forest service. That is sort of my plan after I get back from my temporary job abroad. My summer was pretty awesome for being without a job. I did a lot of new stuff that I had planned to do even if I hadn't lost my job but I did more of it. I hiked/climbed a lot.

Had to close our biz in'07 and I'm in the same boat.

People don't understand it's not as simple as “get a job at Micky D's". Or, "your skills suck and get off your ass".

VP level people laid off are now going after us mid level people and pushing mid level people down to the next level.I just got a Masters Engineering Mgt and it gets you from pile "A" to pile "B". Companies have made the cuts to the bone and will continue to run very very lean while working the current staff death.

I've cut back on a lot of stuff and getting by ok. House is NOT "upside down” but benefits end December and then the shit hits the fan.