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How is the economy affecting you.
divemaster127:
I was just curious if we could get some stories of how the economy is affecting you. I will be the first over the years I always thought my job with the military was recession proof being we are government. But 2 days ago 1 of my team members was axed with no prior warning nothing. I also found out the goverment is being very slow paying their bills all the sudden. So I guess I am a little more worried about the future than I was. What changes are you guys making. I sold my racing setup so I could start getting some dedicated machines but now I have kind of started rat holing the money for now. As you guys know the profit from arcade related things is very poor so I sure can't depend on that.
dm
Ginsu Victim:
It hasn't affected me yet, but I can't get into my views on the economy without joining the politics and religion board.
Zero_Hour:
Hiring Freeze is currently in effect. No pay raises of any sort any time soon. As an added bonus, I get 10 furlough days between now and the end of June (that's a mandatory unpaid day off for the uninitiated), which cuts my pay 10% during that period. The FY10 budget for my institution has the potential to make my job nonexistent come July. My wife is in much better shape professionally, and is up for promotion around the same time I may be up for unemployment. We didn't spend too much on our house, so even if I'm out of work we'll make mortgage and bills without too much pain.
Technically it's affecting me. But not in a way that I currently "feel" - yet.
divemaster127:
I just found out a bit ago our 401k's are stopping for now & 2 people were put on 4 day work weeks.
Blanka:
Today I heard the Netherlands does best at the moment just after Finland and Poland from a European perspective. Italy does worst apparently. It affects me little, as I work in construction, and that is one of the most affected businesses. On the other hand, prices go down as well. I think they can fix wages for 2009 and still keep the buying power on the same level. In July we will have a big gas-price reduction (they promise) and raw materials and food are much cheaper then last year too.
Roads are quieter though, but mostly because of less traffic of trucks to Germany and the rest of Europe I guess.
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