How would you handle going from making 50K+ per yr to making $9.00 per hr?

[nalej]

shiid, i'm just recovering from it. i was making $55k a year, go laid off, and had NOTHING. my wife was already laid off, so we were already struggling, so when i lost my job, we were both sitting on the couch like i applied for unemployment, but my previous job DENIED me lost my house, 2 cars, and had to move my wife and 2 kids to my parents house. then i snagged another job working in oil and gas AGAIN. it was a contract job, but it was for a year and i would be making $19 an hour, so i took it. wifey got a job in social services. so we saved our money, and after 10 months of living off my parents, we were able to lease a house. got into the house and literally a month later, i lost my job AGAIN they didn't renew my contract and didn't give me a heads up. they told me on a Tuesday that my last day was Friday. fukkin' fakkits so i was on unemployment for 2 months which BARELY helped us squeak by, and i got a call for a job. when i went to the interview, i found out that it was another contract job that payed what i was making in unemployment already. but i would have to drive (gas), park in paid parking lots, and eat lunch. after some consideration, i decided to take it anyway because i was tired of sitting on my ass doing nothing. the hospital hired me after 2 months of contracting for them, and paid me $72k a year with all the benefits. a nikka is GOOD right now. so it all worked out. but the down periods HURT a lot....

+rep for winning in life

 

[beenz]

Nab bruh, I wish I worked for the city. They get all these bullshyt holidays off and perks. I'm over at a AT&T credit and collections center, it's good money but the job sucks. That's why I decided to go back to school, and try to do something different. I guess for now it will have to do... I've been there since 2001, they started off the kid at $11.25 an hour, for a 19 year old living at home with his parents, that was baller status to me lol. In 2012 at $30.00 an hour, with full medical, pension and 401k, the job has its pros and cons... I've thought about quitting, but can't now with a baby on the way.

by boy used to work at at&t sales call center. he HATED it, but they paid so good, he had to stay cuz everyone was . the bonuses and the benefits were just nuts. u been there a long ass time. u might retire out that joint.

 

[Steve Piffler]

Thsi is true, very true. When it's only you, you can kind of navigate that shyt through but when you got a wifey AND kids, that shyt would make the hardest nikka out here

real ass talk. i cant tell you how many times i had to take a ride alone just so i can . shyt is HARD to watch your children sleep on someones floor and have to live out of a suitcase for damn near a year. shyt KILLED me inside.

but now, my kids are looking at this when they walk outside:

and they get birthday parties like this:

i spoil them every chance i get because not only did they endure all of what we as a family had to go through, but they maintained A/B grades and excellent conduct. and they NEVER complained when i couldn't buy them something or do something for them because of lack of money. so now they get the world.

 

[Oztradamus]

by boy used to work at at&t sales call center. he HATED it, but they paid so good, he had to stay cuz everyone was . the bonuses and the benefits were just nuts. u been there a long ass time. u might retire out that joint.

I would like to retire with my sanity intact... Your boy works at the call center on Grace or Rock Island? From what I hear sales is the worst... The only reason people stay is cause of the pay, other than that the sales department has a high turn over ratio. I'd rather be working in the medical field, it's recession proof and you're more than likely have a guaranteed job for the next 30 years, since the population is getting older.

 

[Oztradamus]

real ass talk. i cant tell you how many times i had to take a ride alone just so i can . shyt is HARD to watch your children sleep on someones floor and have to live out of a suitcase for damn near a year. shyt KILLED me inside.

but now, my kids are looking at this when they walk outside:

and they get birthday parties like this:

i spoil them every chance i get because not only did they endure all of what we as a family had to go through, but they maintained A/B grades and excellent conduct. and they NEVER complained when i couldn't buy them something or do something for them because of lack of money. so now they get the world.

That's wassup breh...

 

[Art Barr]

Nab bruh, I wish I worked for the city. They get all these bullshyt holidays off and perks. I'm over at a AT&T credit and collections center, it's good money but the job sucks. That's why I decided to go back to school, and try to do something different. I guess for now it will have to do... I've been there since 2001, they started off the kid at $11.25 an hour, for a 19 year old living at home with his parents, that was baller status to me lol. In 2012 at $30.00 an hour, with full medical, pension and 401k, the job has its pros and cons... I've thought about quitting, but can't now with a baby on the way.

hey oz,...
can you give a brother a contact name or referral, so i could get back in at&t.

art barr

 

[MikelArteta]

real ass talk. i cant tell you how many times i had to take a ride alone just so i can . shyt is HARD to watch your children sleep on someones floor and have to live out of a suitcase for damn near a year. shyt KILLED me inside.

but now, my kids are looking at this when they walk outside:

and they get birthday parties like this:

i spoil them every chance i get because not only did they endure all of what we as a family had to go through, but they maintained A/B grades and excellent conduct. and they NEVER complained when i couldn't buy them something or do something for them because of lack of money. so now they get the world.

 

[Smashley]

Would you just all day or would you and get your hustle on to get back to where you was at? The reason I make this thread because I see a lot of nikkas losing jobs and acting like there world has ended and then I see nikkas losing jobs, getting their hustle on, and eventually making it back to where they was or better. So which one is you? How would you respond to an L of that magnitude at the moment? Be honest nikkas.

Ski mask way.

 

[Steve Piffler]

 

[illadope]

real ass talk. i cant tell you how many times i had to take a ride alone just so i can . shyt is HARD to watch your children sleep on someones floor and have to live out of a suitcase for damn near a year. shyt KILLED me inside.

but now, my kids are looking at this when they walk outside:

and they get birthday parties like this:

i spoil them every chance i get because not only did they endure all of what we as a family had to go through, but they maintained A/B grades and excellent conduct. and they NEVER complained when i couldn't buy them something or do something for them because of lack of money. so now they get the world.

Gaaaaadamn this made me shed a tear

 

[bigmanharris]

That sucks bruh, hopefully you can find something quick and with better pay.

Getting plugged in to some recruiters and headhunters. I got 3-4 weeks to find soemthing

 

[bigmanharris]

Damn Steve Piffler....thats RNS right there...

 

[beenz]

I would like to retire with my sanity intact... Your boy works at the call center on Grace or Rock Island? From what I hear sales is the worst... The only reason people stay is cause of the pay, other than that the sales department has a high turn over ratio. I'd rather be working in the medical field, it's recession proof and you're more than likely have a guaranteed job for the next 30 years, since the population is getting older.

his center was over on grace. but he been gone for like 3 or 4 years. now he at us cellular.

 

[Oztradamus]

hey oz,...
can you give a brother a contact name or referral, so i could get back in at&t.

art barr

I wish I had clout to put people on bruh... The only thing I can tell you is to check the site www.att.com/careers and create a profile, see what they're hiring for right now. I hear they always need sales people, but they hold them to these draconian standards, so tread carefully. If you were previously at AT&T and left in good standing, they'll probably re-hire you. After 5 years you'll get all of your original seniority back.

 

[HowardHughes]

lol