So, how about that economy?
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So, how about that economy?
| Mon, 01-12-2009 - 12:18pm |
I have to admit that I'm rather terrified at the projected job losses for 2009 and it has snapped me out of my nervousness at working two jobs next fall. Usually, if something happens to the working parent's job, the SAH/PTWOH parent could also try to look for a job in order to stabilize the family income, but in this economy even educated and qualified people are going to have a much harder time, don't you think?
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A job loss is a job loss, and whether or not one parent sah doesn't really make much difference, imo.
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Ducky
"I think that there is some measure of *luck* to finding a new job, even in the best of circumstances.
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I agree, and I think it still does.
ITA.
It doesn't make a difference if one parent SAH???
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Ducky
wow to the 10% unemployment.
The same thing happened to me. I had two different neighbors offer me jobs out of the blue. Both are part time and one can be done from home. I was a SAHM at the time, but the nature of the schedules and the work enabled me to fit both jobs into my life fairly easily (so much so that except for close friends, most don't realize that I even work). When my youngest goes to school FT a year and a half from now, I'll ramp up the hours of the job I do outside the home so that I'm working at least 20-30 hrs a week.
Dh changed jobs this summer. He wasn't even looking for work. His roommate from college had been "talking him up" to a business associate who is pres of a local company. When that company was looking to hire someone, the president of the comp. had the HR director call dh and ask for his resume. After much contemplation about whether it was the right opportunity, dh took the risk and left the company where he was fairly secure and comfortable for the last 9 years. I wouldn't call it "luck" b/c dh has worked incredibly hard for the skills and reputation he has. But it was a "who you know" thing as this company wouldn't have known about dh had it not been for dh's friend.
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