rightfultoefinger
All Star
Oh it effected me alright. But in a very good way. My stock portfolio is worth a ton and we bought our place on the low and made a ton. Basically we made lots of money.
How did the 2008 recession effect you?
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I got hella lucky
I got laid off in December '09 but had a better paying job within a month. Wifey's company was laying people off but she was spared. I was at a company doing a big project for a big bank... it was one of the few that survived
Timing is everything... if I had graduated a few years later I'd have been completely fukked
Gearing up for the next one... wifey and I work in boring but safe fields so hopefully we should be OK. Hoping to load my powder keg to buy some cheap stocks
I got laid off in December '09 but had a better paying job within a month. Wifey's company was laying people off but she was spared. I was at a company doing a big project for a big bank... it was one of the few that survived
Timing is everything... if I had graduated a few years later I'd have been completely fukked
Gearing up for the next one... wifey and I work in boring but safe fields so hopefully we should be OK. Hoping to load my powder keg to buy some cheap stocks
It didn't. I quit my job in June of 08 and didn't even know we were in a recession. Luckily I found a job the next day. But as soon as I got to the new job, they started letting people go and had a hiring freeze. Luckily they needed my position to be filled.
I gotta prepare for this next one tho
I gotta prepare for this next one tho
prince_peoples
Superstar
It didn't affect me at all
I made alot of money those years
I made alot of money those years
*sits down in a chair* Here goes:
- Lost my job as a Ink Technician within 2 months of being hired
- Tried to seek jobs and ended up being a salesman for like a week (could not take the pressure and expenses)
- Worked as a landscaper for my wife's dad and the business ended up folding within a few months
- 3 years of unemployment, depression, suicidal thoughts, and dead end temp jobs (warehouse worker and security guard)
- might as well call your father in law daddy
desjardins
Veteran
I got a new job and a 20k+ pay increase 
I remember being on some straight
vibe back then
We had a company meeting around thanksgiving and we all went around saying what we thankful for
I said some shyt about how we all had jobs and were doing good in that bad climate so we should be thankful
CEO was like
and everyone started clapping 
That company was cool but they basically used the recession as an excuse to never give us raises while I was there. I bounced after a couple years when my stock vetted
I remember being on some straight
vibe back thenWe had a company meeting around thanksgiving and we all went around saying what we thankful for
I said some shyt about how we all had jobs and were doing good in that bad climate so we should be thankful
CEO was like
and everyone started clapping That company was cool but they basically used the recession as an excuse to never give us raises while I was there. I bounced after a couple years when my stock vetted
Didn't notice a difference. I was still broke. A lot of folks were doing way better than me. Was working a job that I used to have nightmares working at when I wasn't there but tried to make the best of it. Also was in school getting my B.S. after I graduated with my associates. So I didn't feel shyt. Was also convincing myself that I was crazy at the time because I didn't want to deal with certain things so I was in and out of mental health centers looking for am excuse go avoid life but my work insurance was wack. I made the best out of my struggle though I bytched about it..
i was broke and i was living with my dad so i kinda escaped that. it was hard to get a job and it took me 2 yrs
It didn't affect me being a single man, STEM, in California but I learnt a lot from how much it affected those people supporting families around me.
Taught me to always have a side hustle. Savings are cool but side hustles are life savers. I Keep and develop side hustles now even with a regular job.
Taught me to always have a side hustle. Savings are cool but side hustles are life savers. I Keep and develop side hustles now even with a regular job.
Got engaged in Dec 08
Got married in Oct 09
Moved to Michigan in July 10, bought a condo got a better paying job.
Only financial down side was commuting from Ann Arbor to downtown Detroit everyday for work. Gas was high as shyt, bought a new car for better gas mileage.
Got thru it unscathed thru dumb luck I guess. IDK
Got married in Oct 09
Moved to Michigan in July 10, bought a condo got a better paying job.
Only financial down side was commuting from Ann Arbor to downtown Detroit everyday for work. Gas was high as shyt, bought a new car for better gas mileage.
Got thru it unscathed thru dumb luck I guess. IDK
I was in college living in my moms section 8 house in the hood. Didnt even notice a recession.
Facts. I had 12 “friends” growing up. We used to be Mobb Deep everywhere we went. Now I have 2. My focus has shifted to family over friends as well. I don’t got time to be hanging out with 10+ nikkas anyway.
Edit: I said that backwards earlier smh
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I was 19 working a part time job not sure about going to college. Then in a matter of weeks I went from getting 35 hours a week to 8 hours a week My little pockets were hurt. Enrolled in college that summer and left town lol. In hindsight I should went to community college from 18-19 when I was bullshytting working those retail jobs. I would’ve saved time by finishing college on time and money from not paying a 4 yr college for all four years. But I made it 
My little pockets were hurt. Enrolled in college that summer and left town lol. In hindsight I should went to community college from 18-19 when I was bullshytting working those retail jobs. I would’ve saved time by finishing college on time and money from not paying a 4 yr college for all four years. But I made it