RonFez.Net Economic Update

[Stankfoot]

So, How's everybody doing?
Are many still looking for work?
For those with jobs, earning less than prior years?
For those with 401ks did your company stop matching?
Does anyone feel like things are improving?


For me personally I was recently told no raise this year.
Several close friends out of work for over 9 months.
Glad to still have a job.

[TNABuffalo]

Gloating is always a great thread topic

[ToiletCrusher]

I miss working.

[Ritalin]

Business stinks.

[Gvac]

Commission checks are pretty much non-existent. I haven't seen sales figures this low since I started in this business over 16 years ago.

[Sinestro]

Job is doing well, company car and phone, and don't have to commute since I work in my hometown. I'm still tight with some of the people where I worked in the past and they always ask if I'd like to come back since I'm very good at what I do and a specialist in my line of work.

I still contribute to my 401 and the company still adds a percentage. We got a bonus earlier in the month and will be getting another one in Aug. And I'm going to use my 3 weeks of vacation left for Sept. before the cycle starts over again.

I'm doing good.

[SatCam]

401k still matching
expansion is being slowed so not as many jobs in the position im looking to get promoted to
a lot of corporate staff was purged and corporate was restructured
retiree benefits are the first to go...

[A.J.]

We're still at war so I'm good.

[Snoogans]

Still not much work in the car industry. Workin part time and considering goin back to school, as soon as I can find the money to pay for it.

[zildjian361]

job is ok we sell everything in arcades and with the jersey shore startin to heat up, and our new Guitar Hero game i'm good.

[zildjian361]

Commission checks are pretty much non-existent. I haven't seen sales figures this low since I started in this business over 16 years ago.

what business are you in G i get a commission check once a month on top of my pay. around $175.

[Gvac]

what business are you in G i get a commission check once a month on top of my pay. around $175.

I'm in the auto industry.

With all the dealerships closing down a bunch of my customers have simply vanished.

[biggestmexi]

no match on the 401k or raise this year.

upper management all received a 5% cut in their pay.

But at the plant i work at we are building a 3.9 mil building. So im thinkg with slow times and this going up, that is why we are getting hit. Hard.

[zildjian361]

G Still hope to see ya in NYC ON 7-11 I'm buying:smile:

[DiabloSammich]

Business has been steady and has actually started picking up, but the company shit the bed so hard last year we're still digging ourselves out.


Not a lot people out there spending disposable income on landscaping. Instead you got a lot homeowners doing things themselves. Like planting faggot impatiens.

[Gvac]

Business has been steady and has actually started picking up, but the company shit the bed so hard last year we're still digging ourselves out.


Not a lot people out there spending disposable income on landscaping. Instead you got a lot homeowners doing things themselves. Like planting faggot impatiens.

Maybe you haven't heard...

[~Katja~]

unemployment and no health insurance cause cobra, even though 65% contributed by the government, was not an option for companies under 20 people in PA... yay me.
But it's a beautiful summer and I will get to spend some quality time home with the kiddo, who did not have that much of me for extended periods of time since he was 12 weeks old.

[Gvac]

G Still hope to see ya in NYC ON 7-11 I'm buying:smile:

I'm in!

[DiabloSammich]

Maybe you haven't heard...



Sure did.

[Gvac]

unemployment and no health insurance

And yet you wanna wait 30 years.

[boosterp]

Planning on coming out of retirement, money is not going as far as it should and my retirement quality of life is suffering. Luckily the job market is good here so I should be able to find something as supplement.

[spoon]

Business has been steady and has actually started picking up, but the company shit the bed so hard last year we're still digging ourselves out.


Not a lot people out there spending disposable income on landscaping. Instead you got a lot homeowners doing things themselves. Like planting faggot impatiens.

Ha, ur mexican.

[spoon]

My man whoring prospects are still good as long a Gvac stays in Jersey and the economy tanks. As the economy falls, more and more people need my love.

[AF Mike]

I didn’t think it was possible to have had as bad of a month as April
was and still stay in business, then along came June.

I have records back to 2002 on QuickBooks – Worst month, quarter,
year to date. Bad any way I look at it.

One of the work vans blew a steering rack last week. I’ve been debating
whether I want to dump $400 into a lost cause or look for a new one we really
can’t afford now. That or lay our last full time employee off.

I haven't cashed a pay check this year. Another couple of months of this and
I'll have to put money into the company to stay afloat.

At least it’s a beautiful Sunday.

[Fallon]

I survived recent layoffs at my job. Very happy about that.

[furie]

nothing really changed for me.
no raises this year for anyone ofcourse, but that's to be expected

[Thomas Merton]

No raise or step increase, not complaining

[Sinestro]

We got a slight pay increase but they changed the medical insurance so co-pays are higher for meds and doctor appointments.

[jauble]

I had a good meeting with the VP on friday. I should be able to continue eating after i find a new place.

[Gvac]

Can all of the RFnetters who are doing well help those of us who are sucking wind?

I'll gladly accept charity.

Thanks in advance,

Your favorite uncle,

G

[TooLowBrow]

Can all of the RFnetters who are doing well help those of us who are sucking wind?

I'll gladly accept charity.

Thanks in advance,

Your favorite uncle,

G

youd have more money if you put more than half of the penis inside you


be a go-getter!

[Foster]

Can all of the RFnetters who are doing well help those of us who are sucking wind?

I'll gladly accept charity.

Thanks in advance,

Your favorite uncle,

G


you got it, I'll buy on 7/11

[PerryWinkle]

you got it, I'll buy on 7/11

will you buy for me too? :drunk:

[KnoxHarrington]

Lost my job, and after a few months of looking, I found another job. I've had to take a severe pay cut, though, and I'm struggling.

I'm supposed to start getting incentive pay and OT hours at some point, but that should have kicked in now. If it does, I'll be relatively fine, but who knows.

I'm really not sure what to do at this point.

[K.C.]

Steady work, but hate job.

Looking to bolt at first new opportunity.

[Foster]

will you buy for me too? :drunk:

you got it, the catch is you actually have to show up

[Snoogans]

I just worked 3 and a half hours and made 84 cash. For the last 3 days I worked a total of 11 hours and made 260. Its really killin my motivation to go find a real job

[~Katja~]

I just worked 3 and a half hours and made 84 cash. For the last 3 days I worked a total of 11 hours and made 260. Its really killin my motivation to go find a real job
I could not live on 260/ week, even if that means just 11h work

[~Katja~]

you got it, the catch is you actually have to show up
FACE!! :clap:

[ToiletCrusher]

I have two jobs.

[Snoogans]

I could not live on 260/ week, even if that means just 11h work

it was the last 3 days. I work 5 a week. And its cash tax free. Most of it just goes away so I can pay for school and get the fuck outta here asap.

Im also tryin to find something during the day cause i dont start work til like 4-430 but there aint shit around here right now. Too many fuckin people

[Snoogans]

Or get this old guy to quit and take his hours. He makes like 1500 cash a week cause he works mon-sat from like 11-10. Me and this other guy are tryin to get him to quit so we can split it up and ill end up workin 35-40 a week instead of the current 15-20

[Foster]

Or get this old guy to quit and take his hours. He makes like 1500 cash a week cause he works mon-sat from like 11-10. Me and this other guy are tryin to get him to quit so we can split it up and ill end up workin 35-40 a week instead of the current 15-20

well death is in the air, maybe you'll get lucky

[Snoogans]

well death is in the air, maybe you'll get lucky

He is like 65 or something. All he does is work. Mon - Sat where I work and he works sunday somewhere else. And he hits something every other week so I know the eyes are goin

[~Katja~]

it was the last 3 days. I work 5 a week. And its cash tax free. Most of it just goes away so I can pay for school and get the fuck outta here asap.

Im also tryin to find something during the day cause i dont start work til like 4-430 but there aint shit around here right now. Too many fuckin people

believe it or not there are actually benefits to jobs where you are paying taxes... and paying taxes in general.

But good luck with school and all. Hopefully by the time you are done the economy will have turned a bit and you will find a job with a degree.

[TheMojoPin]

It's a little tough right now, so thank God I have the fortunate living situation that I do. The hours at work are limited as is plus trying to finish up school fulltime this summer makes it even harder to get time. I'm right in the middle of a two week stretch of not getting an hours and paying all the bills and buying groceries has pretty much wiped me out until the next paycheck.

I'm not even opening my 401k and MF reports.

[Snoogans]

believe it or not there are actually benefits to jobs where you are paying taxes... and paying taxes in general.

But good luck with school and all. Hopefully by the time you are done the economy will have turned a bit and you will find a job with a degree.

thats whats fucked up. I had found one before the economy tanked, so I didnt even need to think about goin back to school. But all that shit went bad and now I almost don't have a choice.

Unless that old guy quits...or something

[MHasegawa]

Finished school in April and I can't find work in a DEAD manufacturing industry. Loan payments start in October, stay away from me or you will be mugged.

[silks]

Work is very slow, but my handicapping has been astute. Luckily my wife is pretty busy.

[Dan 'Hampton]

Work is a little sporadic. Projects coming up real quick. Wife is taking courses at college and not working so little or no money coming in right now. Still working out somehow.

[Marc with a c]

i'm making as much in a month as i did in a week last year at this time.

[Misteriosa]

well i graduated with my BA this january and that was supposed to bring about a 5-6k increase in my yearly pay. little did i know that the education increase was being suspended as well as the yearly inflation adjustments to everyone's salary. then my documented hours were cut as well as my hourly pay rate. i say documented hours because tho i actually work 45 hrs/week, i only get paid for 35. also, my job changed the dental and medical plans. the dental copay went up from $5 to $30 and the medical went up from pcp $15 to $20, spec $20 to $40, rx $15 to $35.

but im lucky to still have a job. (and they know that which is why they keep abusing us)

[Dirtbag]

I survived the layoffs, but they're still cutting hours badly. Although the one plus side to being a complete loser and still living with the folks is that I'm not exactly strapped for cash. :wallbash:

[Aggie]

Planning on coming out of retirement, money is not going as far as it should and my retirement quality of life is suffering. Luckily the job market is good here so I should be able to find something as supplement.

Stop spending it all on beer!

[Sinestro]

Stop spending it all on beer!

He's doing his part to stimulate the economy. If people stopped buying beer, more people would be losing their jobs in that industry.

[SatCam]

I forgot to mention, they cut all OT to zero, even for people who were hired under the agreement that they were guaranteed OT every week. Then I heard a rumor yesterday my position in the company is probably on the chopping block, which either means Im gonna be fucked over and have to step down or it'll be my chance to move up providing they get rid of the dead weight above me

[A.J.]

He's doing his part to stimulate the economy. If people stopped buying beer, more people would be losing their jobs in that industry.

That's my motivation as well.