Do you and/or your spouse have a stable job?
@faln_angel1205 (1192)
United States
September 9, 2008 4:27pm CST
Okay what i mean is ... the field of work that you are in, is it steady work, or can one of you be laid off for lack of work available, or because of weather such as in construction?
My husband installs sprinklers for fire protection, most time weather doesnt affect him working, they work in rain, snow, ice you name it. however, sometimes there just arent enough projects to keep all the guys in his trade working. So he will work with a company doing a project, move to the next project, and then boom that copmnay has no more projects going for a while and he, along with others on the job, are laid off. he then has to call other companies that higher his trade, and try to find one that has projects...meanhilwe he collects unemployment insurance, but its a 2 wk wait for that first check, and its about half of what he makes when working. We try to save when he is working for when these times arise, but everytime you get alittle saved, he gets laid off and we have to use it, and start over again when he goes back to work.
Just this school year (september) my son started going full day so i can now work without worrying about child care, however nothing is coming through so its still tough with one income that isnt stable. yes i knew his trade when i met him, but it wasnt so bad back then (13 yrs ago)
So do you or your spouse have a job like this, and if so, do you stress or are you pretty together about it because you are use to it? I just need to be able to not have a breakdown every time this happens.
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@hellcowboy (7374)
• United States
9 Sep 08
Right now me and my fiance are currently unemployed because it seems that the way gas prices are that a lot of people are losing their jobs,my friends father works in construction and they were told they would always be work in the construction field but now his father is out of work,and there is not telling if he will find work for a long while,but I hope he does because I know it has to be hard for him to not be working because he is a workaholic.
@sudalunts (5523)
• United States
9 Sep 08
I had a steady and stable job, but I got laid off almost three months ago. My husband has never had a stable job since i met him. so of course I am stress out worrying about how we are going to make it. I am collecting UI, but it is no where near to what I was making when I was working. My husband then got a commission only sales job. Two months and he has only made one sale, and only received half of the commission, because the will pay the other half after the job is done. That stinks, it does not help us at all. The bills are piling up, trying to figure out should we buy gas or food. I am really depressed, we haven't spoke much to each other today. I do not know what to do, I have never been in a situation like this in my entire life. I have always been able to pay my bills, and even when I was laid off once before, i had enough money to maintain until I got another job. We have nothing in savings. It is really depressing, stressful and hard to deal with.
@samtaylorskykierajen (7976)
• Canada
9 Sep 08
I am a stay at home mom so and my husand is the captain of a boat he fishes for . It is only seasonal so he doesn't work during the winter , he does work but doesn't get paid for it . He has to fix the traps , paint the buoys and other stuff that I am not sure about . He signed a contract so they are unable to fire him but they keep chaging the laws and he is never sure from day to day if he will have a job because he is the captain to a boat he doesn't own and they are trying to make it so that you can't captain a boat unless you own the boat yourself .
Money is always a worry as we never know when he will get a pay or for how long he will be paid . We just found out today that he is getting one more pay on Friday and that will be the last til next season , we thought he was going to get a couple more pays . He picks up odd jobs here and there all year when he can find them or he is on U.I . He doesn't care to be on U.I because my husband is not someone to sit home and do nothing , it drives him crazy . He has applied for a job seven hours away and it will be full time work and we are praying that they will give him a call . The problem is they are hiring from there area before they hire outsiders so there is no guarnatee he will get hired . We really need this , it will mean moving away and we just bought a house in the area we live in last year and have to pay for it for the next 24 years but with the cost of everything rising , we will not have enough money to make it through this winter .
@reoko10 (578)
• United States
9 Sep 08
Well I don't Work but my husband works for the railroad one is ITS and it is a pretty stable job it's just the hours change so he can come home different times of the day he works 12 hours shift 8pm to 8am but like I said the hours change but he makes about 1,000 every two weeks. So you should check it out it might help.
