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- studderine
meh.
- fooler0
i got laid off june 2rd. 2 days before my birthday. took the summer off now I'm freelancing for a better company.
good luck!
- kingjulien0
sorry to hear that, dude. when i got the axe at the end of the dot-com boom, they had a security guard in the corner - i assume in case someone went postal. when they asked me how i felt about it, i gave them my best r.p. mcmurphry smile, looked at the rent-a-cop quickly, and said, man, i feel like i could choke the shit out of someone right now. there was an akward silence before i said, i'm just fucking with you, this is for the best anyway - 3 weeks severance and unemployment benefits for the last year of grad school.
good luck.
- Seff0
chin up, been there
- van_rijn0
meh indeed
- studderine0
i am not too concerned. it was a easy xhtml/css coding job, but my classes were really getting in the way of being able to work there. they said they'd love to have me back when the time is right. meh...boring job.
- mrdobolina0
good luck, sounds to me like a great time to enhance your freelance thing. unemployment compensation?
- studderine0
it is a start up SEO company, so no unemployment compensation. i've only really done a couple freelance gigs, aka print jobs for my university. maybe its time for me to look into it, no?
- joyride0
dude, if you we're paid a salary by them, then you can get unemployment... i think if your a student it's lowerd but you still get something. Did they tell you that you didn't?
- mrdobolina0
look into that stuff, if you have it, it is the golden goose as far as trying to start a freelance business. dole money, we all pay in, why not, someone gets a leg up now and then. hope that works out for you in the right way.
- studderine0
well..i wasnt actucally salary...all my checks had no taxs taken out of them. i was contracted work i suppose. i was hired in feb., then worked full time over the summer. so i suppose not?
- mayo0
Better things are coming. Keep your chin up.
- joyride0
no taxes...ouch, well better make sure you can pay that yourself. hope you saved about 25% of that. you can still try, worse they can do is deny you...
- studderine0
i have a 3000 dollar tax credit. i should be fine.
- studderine0
wait...25 percent...that number seems a little high..i hope was fucked over by taking this position. funny thing is..they never said anything about it being contract work till i saw my first check
- joyride0
yeah, roughly 25%, anywrite off's bring it down. But that's playing it safe, if it's less go buy something, but at least you've got it. Since they didn't take taxes out, you'll have to basically file as self-employed... talk to whoever does your taxes and see what they say
- studderine0
bastards! oh well. live and learn. thanks for the help guys. now off to do some college related activities.
- cosmo0
What company studderine? Anyone big? I am in phoenix too.
- JerseyRaindog0
I got made redundant last year after working for a company for 8 years. I got 3 months notice and no pay out. Because Jersey's archaic employment law doesn't have any provision for it. So basically I worked for this wanker for 8 years. A lot of unpaid o/t and stress with the promise of greater things. The senior creative got poached and rather than take a risk with me he fired me and decided to change the direction of the company.
So I found a lesser paying job with less stress. After 6 months they were so pleased with my work (as was I, I felt revitalised) they gave me a pay rise. So now I earn more, my work is much better, I even get health care and a pension which is unheard of over here.
The other company? They appear to be going down the crapper really fast. I hope he chokes.
So every cloud has a silver lining.
Still, just another reason for leaving this island.
- ********0
actually its more like 30% for most everybody.
- ********0
Also Studderine
What is your degree in in college?
I am asking because if your degree is in Web Design/Coding or something like that, it is much more important in my book and when we hire people that htey have experience than a degree.
I personally think a job in your field of study will help you most. Getting a college degree does show a bit of maturity, but thats about it. If you can get really good real world experience in your field you will be 10 steps ahead of the kids in school who didnt do anything but assignments.