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What is your fall back option?
Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:07 pm
Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:07 pm
Let's say you lose your job tomorrow or your burger king checkout has now been outsourced to a kiosk; what's your go-to fall back?
Can't work in the same career field you currently do, and you can't sell drugs, pimp, etc... Nothing illegal and has to be a real occupation. Can't do gay porn either (Sorry to some of you)
You basically have to pick up and start over. Do you have a back up plan or an ace-in-the-hole?
ETA: The reason I ask is I used to work in solar and have a lot of friends that still do. I saw the writing on the wall and got out a year ago. Many of them did not, and have committed themselves and their families to that field. Now it's struggling due to new laws and many of them are very very worried. I guess it's just always good to have a back up plan. I went back to school full-time but I also do some work from home. If school doesn't work out, i'd probably put in a package for military OCS.
Can't work in the same career field you currently do, and you can't sell drugs, pimp, etc... Nothing illegal and has to be a real occupation. Can't do gay porn either (Sorry to some of you)
You basically have to pick up and start over. Do you have a back up plan or an ace-in-the-hole?
ETA: The reason I ask is I used to work in solar and have a lot of friends that still do. I saw the writing on the wall and got out a year ago. Many of them did not, and have committed themselves and their families to that field. Now it's struggling due to new laws and many of them are very very worried. I guess it's just always good to have a back up plan. I went back to school full-time but I also do some work from home. If school doesn't work out, i'd probably put in a package for military OCS.
This post was edited on 1/24/18 at 12:20 pm
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Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:08 pm to TDcline
I married a doctor.
Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:08 pm to TDcline
towel boy..errr ..pool attendant in Las Vegas
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This post was edited on 1/24/18 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:08 pm to TDcline
Why can't I work in the same field? This is dumb.
Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:09 pm to TDcline
My wife is rich
Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:09 pm to TDcline
Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:10 pm to TDcline
I find a construction job and play music. I can make pretty decent cash just playing on the street outside downtown bars. Throw in paid acoustic gigs and full blown shows, and I’d get by.
This post was edited on 1/24/18 at 12:17 pm
Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:10 pm to TDcline
Pharmaceutical sales rep
Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:10 pm to TDcline
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Can't work in the same career field you currently do
This is stupid.... I picked a field and obtain a certification so that I have countless fall back options.
Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:11 pm to TDcline
Go to work in customer service for a place with a ton of turnover. Become the regional manager in 3 years simply from attrition.
Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:15 pm to TDcline
Currently figuring this out. I have been unemployed for 4 months now and can not get an interview. Any OTers hiring? I'll sweep floors at this point just to get some money coming in.
ETA: I am in Baton Rouge.
ETA: I am in Baton Rouge.
This post was edited on 1/24/18 at 12:16 pm
Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:16 pm to TDcline
Not much of a chance that my career will be automated.
Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:17 pm to TDcline
my wifes mommy and daddy are loaded
Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:23 pm to TDcline
quote:
You basically have to pick up and start over.
Ive done this several times, it's an adventure.
I don't have a plan, I'll choose a path based on opportunity and personal fulfillment
Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:29 pm to TDcline
Im hung pretty well so i will just get a suga momma
Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:36 pm to TDcline
I have middle management experience in retail and with my experience and degree could easily get a job somewhere in that industry or hop to Amazon AWS in a different business silo.
Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:38 pm to TDcline
I maintain my low voltage license so I can always fall back to my tool belt if my corporation did something stupid like eliminate my position.
I believe everything happens for a reason and if I end up getting laid off, it would end up being the best thing that ever happened to me, or so I tell myself to resist all the urges that make me want to go out and kill.
Don’t forget to understand exactly what you put on the tree.
Don’t believe the florist when he tells you that the roses are free.
I believe everything happens for a reason and if I end up getting laid off, it would end up being the best thing that ever happened to me, or so I tell myself to resist all the urges that make me want to go out and kill.
Don’t forget to understand exactly what you put on the tree.
Don’t believe the florist when he tells you that the roses are free.
Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:39 pm to TDcline
quote:The frick kind of stipulation is this?
Can't work in the same career field you currently do
Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:39 pm to TDcline
Take my tent and move to a remote beach in Kauai. Get away from it all and eat chicken every day
Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:40 pm to TDcline
quote:
Let's say you lose your job tomorrow
My thinking would be to maximize my savings and minimize spending my saved money.
File for unemployment.
Put the kids on Medicaid (add wife and myself if possible)
Get food stamps for the kids (wife and myself if possible)
Look for a job similar to the one I had
If not successful, look for a job that I can do with my degrees
If not successful, look for anything
I have about 5 years savings stretching it. See what I can do in 5 years.
If not successful, go be a missionary in Africa in a Muslim country, get killed, wife collects the $1 million life insurance policy.
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