Comments on: Are You Worried About Your Job?

By: Mike Huang

Mike Huang — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:52:39 +0000

It’s absolutely horrifying seeing all these economic problems just stir up in such little time. All of us should just make a fortune from the Internet

-Mike

By: marci

marci — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:01:37 +0000

With all the talk of doom and gloom I was surprised to find that 2/3’s of us are feeling fine about the job. I had thought I was one of the few who was NOT feeling the effects of whatever is going on, and wondered if I was just in a sheltered la-la land here in rural Oregon. Glad to see there are others feeling ok about things.

I work for one of the larger private companies in our county, in recycling and garbage, mine job is specifically in buying junk cars and scrap metal. Things tend to pick up for us with the economy gets bad, and people always have garbage and recyling.

And if I lose my job? I’m fine,except I’ll need to pick up the health insurance and whatever that cost is. No debt, basic monthly living expenses (utilities,gas & car ins,food,meds) are $376/month, and if I deduct the property taxes from that, they are $330/month. My dividends bring in more than that.

I sleep easy, too, about me personally. At the moment my 3 kids and their families are also ok with jobs, etc. I pray that continues.

By: CD Rates

CD Rates — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:14:29 +0000

I feel my job is safe, but the poll reveals that about 33% don’t or already lost their job. That is a huge #.

The fact is if you are not on your own, things are out of your hands. Reserves must be put in place in case you do lose your job. I promise to not do something silly though to end up there.

By: Double Journey

Double Journey — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:40:23 +0000

I never worry about my job. Never have. I have put myself in that position. I have enough savings to be out of work for years. Combination of high salary, low expenses, and aggressive if not obsessive savings.

I also take the attitude that it is easy for good talented workers to find a job. I have never not been able to find a job when I want one. I generally believe that if you are in the top-tier of workers, you bring more to your company than your company brings to you.

By: MJ

MJ — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:01:32 +0000

I also work for a large company so I have no idea if my job is safe, I’m not a senior executive so I don’t have any real leverage. If you’re an employee and not an executive, the fact of the matter is the fate of your job security is not in your hands. You can be a great worker, but at the end of the day you’re expendable.

By: Debt Reduction

Debt Reduction — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:06:30 +0000

I have about 4 months of reserves should I lose my job. Your poll is a good one. It will be intersted to see what others have to say. Thanks for the post.

By: Retire at 40

Retire at 40 — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:47:56 +0000

I asked a similar question a couple of weeks ago. If you lost your job, would you be okay?

You poll is interesting since I (as an employee of the company) really have no idea if my job is safe or not. In fact, it’s completely out of my hands. For that reason, I tend not to worry about whether my job is safe or not but instead do something about it if I were to lose my job.

As I mention on my post, Income Protection is the right course of action for me, so no matter what the circumstances, no matter what turns up, I’ll be fine either way.

I sleep easy at night