harder to find jobs u_u ..
hiring freezes pretty much everywhere (well i'm looking at insurance companies, banks, etc. lollll not a great time. maybe i'll have to go work at AMD or something =\)

personally i didn't lose much in terms of $$, although my parents did. thankfully they withdrew a hefty sum in august or so, so that mitigated the loss somewhat

also i can't buy a laptop because the us dollar hasn't tanked like i predicted yet (to be fair i think it will hit rock bottom end of the summer.. so there's still quite a wait). although that's pretty minor. 0.785 FTL. i want a 1:1 dammit!

oh yeah and where the hell is the big 2009 price correction? did i miss something..?

Valentir

Norway266 Posts

March 15 2009 18:26 GMT

#23

I haven't noticed anything myself, but where my girlfriend is from their are being hit quite hard, alot of factories closed down and its harder to get a job.

ShadowDrgn

United States2497 Posts

March 15 2009 19:50 GMT

#24

Small loss in stocks, but still employed.

Krohm

Canada1857 Posts

March 15 2009 20:20 GMT

#25

I got laid off because my company shut down. Finding a good job is fairly difficult in my area now too. So I'd say its a big loss.

KOFgokuon

United States14896 Posts

March 15 2009 20:36 GMT

#26

still a student, lost 40-50% of my investments

triangle

United States3803 Posts

March 15 2009 20:40 GMT

#27

Well, my father no longer has a job, so paying for college just got a bit more interesting...

SK.Testie

Canada11084 Posts

March 15 2009 21:46 GMT

#28

BIG MONEY!!!
BIG PRIZES!!!
IIIII LOVE IT

Rus_Brain

Russian Federation1893 Posts

March 18 2009 02:43 GMT

#29

Tesite for the profit! ^^ <3

Sunhay

Canada303 Posts

March 18 2009 05:19 GMT

#30

hmm, my city has a high unemployment rate due to a major steel mill closing down, luckily our family buisness isnt too greatly affected by all of it so far.

QuanticHawk

United States32073 Posts

March 18 2009 17:07 GMT

#31

On March 16 2009 06:46 MYM.Testie wrote:
BIG MONEY!!!
BIG PRIZES!!!
IIIII LOVE IT

Such an awesome game. NES still rockssss

vGl-CoW

Belgium8305 Posts

March 18 2009 17:45 GMT

#32

the world crisis came into my house and beat my dog and it died

MoltkeWarding

5195 Posts

March 18 2009 19:38 GMT

#33

No effect, eyeing potential profits.

Lemonwalrus

United States5465 Posts

March 18 2009 19:40 GMT

#34

vGl-CoW post more than 3 times as verbose as Moltke post in the same thread....my mind just asploded.

Edit: Damn you moltke, you ninja'd in another word and threw off my math.

KlaCkoN

Sweden1661 Posts

March 18 2009 20:19 GMT

#35

Lost about ~20% of my savings the last year due to stock market falling, otherwise no effect at all really, still studying.

Savio

United States1850 Posts

March 21 2009 07:05 GMT

#36

I am better off because of it.

1. In school, and getting a fixed amount of guaranteed money from the military.
2. I have no debt (at least no unsubsizied debt).
3. Prices have gone down on consumer products but my income is the same
4. Gas has gone down
5. House prices have fallen and I am more likely to be a buyer than a seller anytime soon.
6. Credit crisis is no problem. I have great credit.
7. Stimulus package even though I am already better off. Fat child credit and i have a kid and my wife is pregnant again (I got $8,000 dollars BACK on my tax return)

So ya. Recession for da win!

fight_or_flight

United States3988 Posts

March 21 2009 07:17 GMT

#37

Rumor going around at my work is that there will be a pretty big layoff next friday.

For anyone not familiar with how layoffs work, it is not announced until the day it occurs. Then, that day, usually a friday, people go around to individuals and tell them they are one of the ones being laid off. They are supervised while they pack their things, and escorted out of the building. Many times, people who have worked there for 20+ years get it.

So you can work at a place for 20 years, then on a random friday, you can find out you've lost your job and in an hour you have packed your stuff and are gone.