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Offline GROWLER

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Work prospects?
« on: December 21, 2008, 01:06:01 PM »
For those of us lucky enough to be employed, how do you see your future? Safe or dodgy?

I THINK my Swamp experience is looking quite healthy, as more people are seemingly looking for days out more than holidays abroad. Sales up by over 600% this crimbo so far. eeek:
Even my full time job appears to be doing ok too,with folk opting for 2nd hand motors instead of new.

Think it's been simply a case of me being lucky to be in the right sectors at this time though tbh, and for that I'm very grateful.

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Re: Work prospects?
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2008, 01:24:40 PM »
I think next year will get even more shiter than this... There'll be millions on the dole by this time next year...
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Re: Work prospects?
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2008, 01:29:44 PM »
Strangely Mrs S#2 is finding she has more work being offered than she wants and more people are approaching me to do things for them too. It seem the "Cash economy" and "Leisure activities" are not suffering the economic down-turn so beloved of the press.
Like you Mr G we are finding multi income streams are the best way through the country's woes. ~ But then I have been preaching that mantra for some time now, although many will not listen.
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Re: Work prospects?
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2008, 01:32:45 PM »
I think next year will get even more shiter than this... There'll be millions on the dole by this time next year...

Seriously ~ will that bother you in Cyprus?  I appreciate that your pension is taking a hit at the moment but by the time you qualify for that things will have turned the corner and you'll be OK again.
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Re: Work prospects?
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2008, 01:35:39 PM »
My mate (yes, I do have one so there), him with the new Maserati is broadly in the antiques business and is rushed off his feet at the moment.

I don't think things will affect us too much In cyprus... We'll keep our heads down for a few years before selling up the house and downsizing... live off the proceeds like... hopefully like...
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Re: Work prospects?
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2008, 01:43:38 PM »
More or less my plan ~ assuming I'm spared that is. My small pension is index linked, the property is too large and one we have shed a child or two we will downsize. Meanwhile there are plenty of cash jobs to be done and, unless the country runs out of children Mrs S #2 will be employed to teach them. We don't actually foresee too many problems for ourselves. How the children will fare in later life is another problem but then I've managed through various recessions etc  over the last 61 years so I expect they will too,
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Re: Work prospects?
« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2008, 04:23:05 PM »
What a topic! Nail / Head Mr G.

It's going to be tougher than tough this next year. I'm adjusting two of my three current income streams at the moment because the commercial climate is changing. Those who have money will continue to spend it and get better value (you're in my sights, my friends  eyes:). Cash will remain King and those who trade in that side of the economy will perhaps weather the impending storm. Certain friends have cashed in their ISA savings and opted for Blue Chip investments which appear to offer more interest at this time.

Over twenty years of being outside the salary-man circuit have taught me many things ~ first and foremost, be prepared to change, be prepared for change too! I fear it's going to become uglier out there  evil:
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Re: Work prospects?
« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2008, 05:02:13 PM »
Unlike you guys I have no business and maybe that's a good thing, maybe that's a bad thing. My one source of income is my salary. Fortunately, my line of business is maintaining, not constructing

On the flip-side, we see MFI closing, The Pier closing, Woolies closing and Christ knows how many others closing. I really do feel for these people. We were shopping in town earlier today and Mrs JOM said "let's nip in Woolies and see if we can get any Quality Street, they'll be cheaper". I did feel a bit mercenary, but not too much  redface:, and we were served by a young lass who was the model of politeness and all smiles, not your usual shop assistant as Barman has noticed. I really felt for the poor love, I hope she and all others of a similar ilk get what they deserve in the future. I really do count my blessings
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Re: Work prospects?
« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2008, 08:07:22 PM »
The problem that myself and Tel have is that we are classed as "over-qualified" for the sort of jobs that would probably pay the money we were used to.

i.e. the employers know that they can either:-

a) pay us less
b) don't like the fact that we would probably show them up, thus discount us for self-preservation reasons, or
c) ignore us entirely

d) all of the above.

My money is on d)

Ah well, self employment looms large  cloud9:

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Re: Work prospects?
« Reply #9 on: December 22, 2008, 09:50:00 AM »
Mr Wench and I are pretty safe. As Snoops pointed out there will always be children who need teaching and I work for a man who views his small company as family so I don't forsee any problems there either.

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Re: Work prospects?
« Reply #10 on: December 22, 2008, 10:18:34 AM »
Shipping rates have plummeted in the past few months.  For the same bit of business we now earn less than 10% of what it was mid year. Not good  noooo:




The industry always has boom and bust cycles, this one is a bit deeper. The good thing for me is that the brokers are the first to be laid off and we haven't got to that stage yet.




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« Reply #11 on: December 22, 2008, 10:40:43 AM »
I think this will be the worst in our lifetimes... for the UK anyway....  Banghead
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Re: Work prospects?
« Reply #12 on: December 22, 2008, 11:38:06 AM »
I'm going on a day by day basis these days. I'm currently working full time hours in a 4 day week so I'm already planning on getting a second job both for extra cash and in case I do end up being made redundant.
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« Reply #13 on: December 22, 2008, 09:01:28 PM »
I leechof the public sector and have contracts through to 2012 (though not a huge amount pa). As things get tighter the education sector will get squeezed. We have property as investments. Shite at present, but what else is there?
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Re: Work prospects?
« Reply #14 on: December 23, 2008, 09:18:07 AM »
I leechof the public sector and have contracts through to 2012 (though not a huge amount pa). As things get tighter the education sector will get squeezed. We have property as investments. Shite at present, but what else is there?

Can't even fall back on doing a bit of bar work now as pubs are apparently closing at an alarming rate.
I can only think of a few relatively safe industries to be in tbh. Service and maintenance, food and funeral parlours.

Growler jnr 's ambitions to join the motor trade have all but dissappeared now, cloud9:  and am currently pursuading him to join one of the big supermarket chains, Aldi/Lidl being the favourite presently.
Yes, the current plummeting of the economic market has had one positive note be grateful for then I suppose.
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