Job security

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Job security
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Sun, 09-11-2005 - 10:23am

If you work: Do you feel you have job security? Why or why not? What does job security mean to you? Have you held your current job for a long time? How long have you been in your field? Does your feeling of job security affect your viewpoint of your debt? How? Are you doing anything to improve your job security? Do you like your job? How many jobs have you had in the past?

If you are a stay at home parent: How long have you been at home? Do you think you may have to return to work or begin to work before you had thought? How do you think going back to work could affect your family or your finances? Is your SO working and do they feel secure in their job? Would debt be a factor in you returning to work before you expected to? Do you like being at home or are you anxious to return to work?

If you are disabled and currently not working: Are you dependent on a working person to help you currently meet expenses? Do you worry about your source of income going away or being reduced? Do you think you would have to consider working somehow if your situation became worse financially? Has your disability time generated more debt for you? Are you anxious to return to work? I

Food for thought,
Your chef, Littlesbigs

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Registered: 09-07-2005
In reply to: littlesbigs
Sun, 09-11-2005 - 11:41am

A wise man once told me, "You should never feel like you can't be replaced at your job, because as soon as you do, you will be replaced." This quote helps me out on a reqular basis especially when I feel very comfortable at work. It helps me strive to do my best which I know my boss sees, and it also helps me come up with creative cost saving ideas for the company, which my plant manager loves.

As far as if I lost my job tomorrow, I was looking for a job when I found that one. When it comes to the money aspect of it I would really be in big trouble. That is why we come to this board though, to strive to do better with money, have an emergency fund just in case something like this would happen (BTW I don't have one but am working on it), and if we strive to be debt free we wouldn't have to worry so much.

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In reply to: littlesbigs
Sun, 09-11-2005 - 12:54pm

I'm a SAHM who teaches a couple of classes on a per course basis each semester and I'm finishing up my doctorate. Debt influences my thinking in terms of being anxious each semester about whether or not I'll have the per course money. When I go back to work is more influences by job openings than anything else. DH is a faculty member now and we work in the same field so if one of the colleges in town had an opening in the my field I would feel like I had to apply BUT I'm hoping that doesn't happen for another year or 2.

Taleyna

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In reply to: littlesbigs
Sun, 09-11-2005 - 7:17pm

If you are a stay at home parent: How long have you been at home? Do you think you may have to return to work or begin to work before you had thought? How do you think going back to work could affect your family or your finances? Is your SO working and do they feel secure in their job? Would debt be a factor in you returning to work before you expected to? Do you like being at home or are you anxious to return to work?


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I've been a stay-at-home mom since Aaron was about 1 1/2 years old.

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Registered: 04-01-2003
In reply to: littlesbigs
Mon, 09-12-2005 - 9:42am

"If you are a stay at home parent: How long have you been at home? Do you think you may have to return to work or begin to work before you had thought? How do you think going back to work could affect your family or your finances? Is your SO working and do they feel secure in their job? Would debt be a factor in you returning to work before you expected to? Do you like being at home or are you anxious to return to work?"


I have been home for 4 1/2 years.

Heather

 

 

 

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In reply to: littlesbigs
Mon, 09-12-2005 - 12:45pm

Well, I guess I feel like I have job security...I've worked here for 20 years. However, I am really trying to become debt free (32 months to go) because I feel the owners will retire in ten years and I want a few years to just sock a bunch of money away. I am 41 years old & I have $129,000 in pension plan that I am 100% vested in. My employer has put 100% of this $ in the account for me as a profit sharing plan. I feel very blessed, I have 4 weeks of paid vacation a year, 100% paid for family health insurance coverage, sick leave & holiday pay & gross $51,000/year. So I will be staying here until they/I retire & there is no longer a job.

However, I felt quite secure in my DH's employment & he blew his back out & is unable to do that type of work any more. We have been fortunate & able to live on my income & he has found a contract to do & now has an income, probably 1/4 of what he did bring home. But it is better than nothing. I guess what I'm saying is we all get set up in our jobs & income & payments but forget that injuries/illnesses can change everything in an instant.

Well, I guess that is my 2 cents!
Have a good week everyone.
cindylee

Being debt free with an emergency fund & no more payments is top priority for me. Too bad it took me so many years to learn how important that is.

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Registered: 04-11-2005
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Mon, 09-12-2005 - 6:40pm

If you are a stay at home parent: How long have you been at home? Do you think you may have to return to work or begin to work before you had thought? How do you think going back to work could affect your family or your finances? Is your SO working and do they feel secure in their job? Would debt be a factor in you returning to work before you expected to? Do you like being at home or are you anxious to return to work?"


Lara

 

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Registered: 12-12-2004
In reply to: littlesbigs
Tue, 09-13-2005 - 1:05am
Hi, Littlebigs. I always look forward to your intriguing questions and insights. Let's see. Been in my job 3.5 yrs. Job security? Fairly good, right now. Before, no. Too many downsizings, rightsizings, mergers, etc. Do I feel personally secure? No. Why? Because of DH's job, which is less secure. Everyone says, Oh, if you are in the technical, medical, or teaching professions, you have a job for life. Think again. Not so. WHiz.
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Registered: 08-23-2005
In reply to: littlesbigs
Tue, 09-13-2005 - 1:36am

If you work: Do you feel you have job security? Why or why not? What does job security mean to you? Have you held your current job for a long time? How long have you been in your field? Does your feeling of job security affect your viewpoint of your debt? How? Are you doing anything to improve your job security? Do you like your job? How many jobs have you had in the past?


I do feel like I have job security right now only because we are short staffed & my company really needs me.

lvhunnie2005

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Registered: 11-21-2003
In reply to: littlesbigs
Tue, 09-13-2005 - 4:46am

Food for thought - and something to chew on, truly.

"If you work: Do you feel you have job security? Why or why not? What does job security mean to you? Have you held your current job for a long time? How long have you been in your field? Does your feeling of job security affect your viewpoint of your debt? How? Are you doing anything to improve your job security? Do you like your job? How many jobs have you had in the past?"

My current job will end by the end of september next year, latest. And I have decided not to apply for a renewal of my contract. Might sound silly since I live in an area with an unemployment rate of appx. 20% (officially...), but I have a job which is good as a starting position right after finishing university, but could turn to be a career cul-de-sac if I stay too long. Right now I am very 'secure' in my job, simply because they need me and it would be very hard to find anyone qualified and willing to take my position for less than a year.

Job security for me means not having to live with those darn three-to-six-months contracts I had before. That might not be much but it means a lot to me to have at least a decent chance to rearrange things if it comes to me loosing my job. And that has effects on my viewpoint of my debt - with a more or less secure job I have a real chance to get debt free! DH is not that secure in his job, but he is a student still and also running a small one-man-company :-)

This is my first 'real' job after univesrity, but I have worked all the time for the last ten years, so I have held quite a few jobs, amongst that as summer camp organizer, cook, secretary, sales clerk and accountant, and always to the full satisfaction of my employers. That makes me convinced that even should I loose my job I'd find another one soon - and I would have to, since I do not yet qualify for unemployment benefits if I get fired...

Greetings, Jordis

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