I checked my phone this morning and I had an email that let me know the alarm at the house was off, so I call DH. "Where are you?" "I'm at home." "But why?" "I'll tell you when you get home." So I walk in the front door and ask him what the story was. It turns out he got laid off as of this...

My husband knows his job will end in June 2013. He's 60 and the chances of him getting anything else in his field are slim to none, even part-time teaching (academic). My job ends June 2012 and I'm going back to school for 8 months to get a teaching certificate and take over as the main...

husband finds out this morning, oh yeah oops forgot to tell you, you're back on layoff. nice. thanks for the heads up. now the layoff itself isn't a huge surprise, the masonry industry is still pretty fickle, but the fact that neither his foreman nor anyone higher up bothered to call? if he...

ok. this is a VERY real scenario for me right now. besides stockpiling cash, what are some thing I should to do if I feel I am about to lose my job?

I was told today that I will be layed off in the next two months. I'm sooo sad and scared. My question is, do I go ahead and wait till it happens - take the severance pay and then take a lower paying job? I know that there are not any jobs in my field. I have been looking and will continue...

A recent budget cut was passed eliminate a certain type of program that gives funding to parents to help with child care. This really affects many centers in Ohio and mine is one of them. Allthough our director says we will be ok, I feel she is sugarcoating things because our centers have MANY...

Just finished reading this article: In case of layoff: A financial fire drill It has a lot ideas about things we here at FV do daily, but its never a bad idea to re-read something in case you missed it or overlooked it when scaling your monthly expenses down (its not indepth mind you, but does...

Just heard from one of my co-workers that there is a rumour going around that my dept. is being looked at for layoffs.... The worse part of it? DH and I both work in the same dept :fan: Guess I better load up on some :spam: and other canned goods this weekend....just in case something comes...

Well my son-in-law was laid off from his job yesterday, guess the company thought they could save a few bucks by hiring in a new guy for less pay. Not that they were paying him much anyway, but they hired the new guy for $8.00 an hr & were paying him $12. He'd been there for almost 5 years &...

This sucks! It really has me worried too. Here we are getting ready to close on the modular and now this. We are going through Rural Development for our loan and the land we were given by dh's uncle. The company is asking for people to take a voluntary temporary layoff, and suposedly they would...

Yesterday when DH got to work, rumors were flying that his company was getting ready to make some cuts. The rumor was that they were going to be laying off 3 guys. Well, this sent Dh into panic mode, because he is in the bottom 3 as far as seniority goes, so since they are union, if the make...

...of those who are being laid off. I really didn't expect it to happen. Not after the company posted their 3rd highest earnings last year :ponder: The good news is they gave me a months notice, reduced my workload so I can job hunt and interview during the day, and are sending me to a career...

http://frugalliving.about.com/od/moneymanagement/tp/How_to_Prepare_for_a_Layoff.htm

I'm trying to figure out if I'm just noticing it more or have we had a rash of layoffs in the Frugal Village households. I just posted on my layoff thread, Ann's and Quiltingmommy(?) layoff threads. Are there more? Or am I jusat noticing because I am sitting in the layoff in the household boat?

Well it happened. Dh (the main earner) is unemployed as of next Friday. Here is my post on it if your curious about all the details I'm just going to share and hopefully get ideas from others as this goes along. I keep telling myself. We have been through worse!~ It might not be fun but we...

The semiconductor plant DH works for is closing its doors... My DH, his brother and his wife, and about 1150 other employees will be jobless within the next two months, the fab will close on Sept 30th... YIKES!!!!! We had already talked about it, and were kind of preparing ourselves, but this...

Just updating re the layoff situation. We had a meeting with our supervisor and it looks like I am safe for the next six months! :relieved: They will be revisiting things after the new financial year (July 08) but I can be completely out of debt by July 1 if I stick to the plan and keep...

I'm looking for advice and tips for people/families experiencing unemployment or a layoff. (including tips for a job search)