For now I am in grad school, so as long as my boss can keep research funding coming in I'm alright. But, I'm in my 5th year so I have to finish within a year or so. That is very scary since there are no jobs out there right now. All of my colleagues that finished their PhDs and got jobs last year are now unemployed. Even postdoc positions are going to be scarce since there are a lot of scientists competing for them and cutbacks in funding.

What do you study?

I wasn't aware anybody 'worked' whilst employed by Royal Mail or the NHS :hmm:

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Polymer chemistry

Working as SAP developer. No problems for me. However, this job sucks all blood and soul out of me.

It seems that every where i go I see help wanted signs here in N. Cal.

Currently layed off been since 3rd week of December 2008. Suppose to get to go back on Feb 13th but was just informed last night they laying off 40 more people. So i might be off longer. Working for the auto industry is not all fun anymore.

I have some on & off work that is beginning to feel like more of a problem than a good thing. It seems like here the government is very happy about providing free work for companies by forcing people to take work for basically no or very little pay. Thinking about pursuing my phd or maybe a second degree.

Taking phone calls for Verizon Wireless through an outsource, ACS. I have exactly the same feeling. I'm doing everything I can to find something else. I'm getting too old for warehouse work. I've applied at the local bookstores, as that seems to be something I might like.

Best Wishes to all those without employment. I work in the IT field for a small software company and so far things appear stable. Essentially the business would have to go bankrupt for me to lose my job, but in today's economy that could happen. I don't see a light at the end of this tunnel for a very long time.

I hope your vision stays true...good luck :up:

This is to all that are employed. This might be a good time to look how that computer and your skills with it can make you some money on the side. Examples

Ebay

Amazon


Something before your on somebodys pole.

To both working and not working, Good Luck and my thoughts and best wishs.

Right....now get some shut eye because your on shore duty tonight bonny lad :DL ;)

same here in the tropics
 

Im back in the office after a week off taking care of my wife after a procedure.

Im doing about half of what I should be working as an engineer (but my boss is cheap), but is design work so I like the challenge, bad year for a job change

the wife works for.... CITI Bank... so go figure.

tough times, people being laid off even here as our exporting companies have no big orders to cover and the stupid politicos took almost 2 extra years to aprove a free trade agreement with the US... so many companies build factories in other central american countries.

button up and ride it my friends.