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Stealhead · 02-25-12, 02:33 PM

I would say in the current times if you have a job that allows you to have enough money to make ends meet even if you are perhaps underemployed and making a bit less than you could possibly earn then you are lucky.If you are in a really good job fully employing your education and experience then you are very lucky.

I think the people that are getting hit the hardest in the US are the ones that where living outside their means(which you could get away with until a few years back).Of course that is partly their fault but much can be blame can also be laid at the feet of finical institutions for allowing so many to do this in the first place.

The other type that is really getting hit are the people that where mid to late career only to get laid off they suffer because many companies do not want to hire very many people at that experience level when they can hire two or three new bloods for the same price so the experienced ones end up having to take a lower paying job many times.The ones that are considered displaced workers have it a little easier because they are much more likely to get unemployment extensions and the law(at least here in FL) allows them to turn down a job that is certain percentage lower than their old salary if they want.I know a few guys in this boat one took a $10.00 an hour job his previous company that closed down he was making $20.00 an hour.The other man fared better he was making $17.00 an hour and nabbed a job earning $14.00 to start and now he makes the same as he did before.

@iambecomelife So did you graduate law school in 2007-2008 or later it is not entirely clear if your classmates where in the same class or where senior to you.

02-25-12, 02:33 PM	#84
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I would say in the current times if you have a job that allows you to have enough money to make ends meet even if you are perhaps underemployed and making a bit less than you could possibly earn then you are lucky.If you are in a really good job fully employing your education and experience then you are very lucky. I think the people that are getting hit the hardest in the US are the ones that where living outside their means(which you could get away with until a few years back).Of course that is partly their fault but much can be blame can also be laid at the feet of finical institutions for allowing so many to do this in the first place. The other type that is really getting hit are the people that where mid to late career only to get laid off they suffer because many companies do not want to hire very many people at that experience level when they can hire two or three new bloods for the same price so the experienced ones end up having to take a lower paying job many times.The ones that are considered displaced workers have it a little easier because they are much more likely to get unemployment extensions and the law(at least here in FL) allows them to turn down a job that is certain percentage lower than their old salary if they want.I know a few guys in this boat one took a $10.00 an hour job his previous company that closed down he was making $20.00 an hour.The other man fared better he was making $17.00 an hour and nabbed a job earning $14.00 to start and now he makes the same as he did before. @iambecomelife So did you graduate law school in 2007-2008 or later it is not entirely clear if your classmates where in the same class or where senior to you.