What is Your Employment Situation?

CherylNYC · 09-26-2013, 04:29 PM

Self employed sculptor/scenic artist, but I get my work through my union. I do a lot of overtime when there is work, so I can comfortably pay my bills on as little as 36ish weeks of work a year if I have to.

I'm well respected in my industry and good at my job. I usually like the work, but there are times like last night when I supervised a sandblasting project until 12:30 at night, when I think about doing something clean, quiet, and stress free, like operating a jackhammer on a construction site.

Kätzchen · 10-15-2013, 12:41 PM

SoOoOoo, since earning an MA in May of 2011, I have been laid off 5 times, on jobs not related at all to my former career experience or in a field of interest where I can utilize skills sets I have earned since May of 2011.

For me, my worksearch each day is not an ordinary exercise I commit my time and energy too. It's difficult finding paid work and in particular, because I'm on a last round of emergency-tiered unemployment benefits (which are painfully small - it's less than my basic monthly cost of living), I've taken to developing field notes - ethnographic accounts - of the particular barriers I face while competing to be hired for a job.

Here's a "snapshot" of a identifiers and driving influences associated with use of a particular item identified. A sample of items I record:

age related practices, class practices, sex & gender based practices, company culture (-/+), power structure: Culture of Obedience (top down) or if the company employs bottom-up practices, etc., to items pertaining to whether a company fosters collaborative efforts in a community-based ways to items related to the what the company feels constitutes Green or Sustainability industry standards (if there's any trend to note on social responsibility, toward that end). I also look at how long it takes to complete a company's work application and mechanistic features that drive the application process.

I do this for myself because it's a feasible way for me to develop a record of barriers I face and there have been a few times I have taken my notebook with me to mandantory appts at the employment office, because agents are frustrated with how it is that I can't find a job, and I show them my matrix. The look on each person's face is priceless.

Scots_On_The_Rocks · 10-15-2013, 02:11 PM

I have been in the same line of work for 15 years despite that time having been spent with two different districts. I love working in education, however I hate that the government still ranks education on the lowest of priorities and as a result I can barely make ends meet half the year.

MsTinkerbelly · 10-15-2013, 02:37 PM

Sitting at home on my ass feeling sorry for myself...wondering if i will be allowed to go back to work, or will i start the fight for disability.

Nat · 10-15-2013, 02:57 PM

I work full-time - sometimes more. I love my job.

View Poll Results: What is Your Employment Status?
I am employed full time.	84	53.85%
I am employed part time.	7	4.49%
I do freelance work.	7	4.49%
I am on unemployment.	6	3.85%
I am not currently employed.	4	2.56%
I am not currently employed but looking for a job.	7	4.49%
I am currently employed and looking for a better job.	7	4.49%
I work more than one job.	6	3.85%
I am on disability.	15	9.62%
Other: See thread for explanation	13	8.33%
Voters: 156. You may not vote on this poll

09-26-2013, 04:29 PM	#1
CherylNYC Member How Do You Identify?: Stonefemme lesbian Preferred Pronoun?: I'm a woman. Behave accordingly. Relationship Status: Single, not looking. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: NYC Posts: 1,467 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,474 Thanked 7,111 Times in 1,205 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Self employed sculptor/scenic artist, but I get my work through my union. I do a lot of overtime when there is work, so I can comfortably pay my bills on as little as 36ish weeks of work a year if I have to. I'm well respected in my industry and good at my job. I usually like the work, but there are times like last night when I supervised a sandblasting project until 12:30 at night, when I think about doing something clean, quiet, and stress free, like operating a jackhammer on a construction site. __________________ Cheryl

10-15-2013, 12:41 PM	#2
Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Join Date: May 2010 Location: @ home with my granddaughter, chosen friends & family. ツ Posts: 16,126 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,606 Thanked 33,551 Times in 10,667 Posts Rep Power: 21474868	SoOoOoo, since earning an MA in May of 2011, I have been laid off 5 times, on jobs not related at all to my former career experience or in a field of interest where I can utilize skills sets I have earned since May of 2011. For me, my worksearch each day is not an ordinary exercise I commit my time and energy too. It's difficult finding paid work and in particular, because I'm on a last round of emergency-tiered unemployment benefits (which are painfully small - it's less than my basic monthly cost of living), I've taken to developing field notes - ethnographic accounts - of the particular barriers I face while competing to be hired for a job. Here's a "snapshot" of a identifiers and driving influences associated with use of a particular item identified. A sample of items I record: age related practices, class practices, sex & gender based practices, company culture (-/+), power structure: Culture of Obedience (top down) or if the company employs bottom-up practices, etc., to items pertaining to whether a company fosters collaborative efforts in a community-based ways to items related to the what the company feels constitutes Green or Sustainability industry standards (if there's any trend to note on social responsibility, toward that end). I also look at how long it takes to complete a company's work application and mechanistic features that drive the application process. I do this for myself because it's a feasible way for me to develop a record of barriers I face and there have been a few times I have taken my notebook with me to mandantory appts at the employment office, because agents are frustrated with how it is that I can't find a job, and I show them my matrix. The look on each person's face is priceless. __________________ “Move in silence: Only speak when it’s time to say checkmate,” ~ Lorenzo Senni.

10-15-2013, 02:11 PM	#3
Scots_On_The_Rocks Member How Do You Identify?: Genderqueer Butch Preferred Pronoun?: They, them, theirs Relationship Status: Owned by a few cats, Loved by one woman, and Looked up to by one child. Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: 47° 15' 31.4208'' N, 122° 27' 57.5028'' W Posts: 759 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 364 Thanked 1,092 Times in 386 Posts Rep Power: 19759002	I have been in the same line of work for 15 years despite that time having been spent with two different districts. I love working in education, however I hate that the government still ranks education on the lowest of priorities and as a result I can barely make ends meet half the year. __________________ Know that The Universe made you in perfection. And know that there are people out there who recognize this. -Me "Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark." ~ Henri Frederic Amiel

10-15-2013, 02:57 PM	#5
Nat Senior Member How Do You Identify?: bigender (DID System) Preferred Pronoun?: he/him or alter-specific Relationship Status: Unavailable Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Central TX Posts: 3,537 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,047 Thanked 13,967 Times in 2,589 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	I work full-time - sometimes more. I love my job. __________________ I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl. - Bjork What is to give light must endure burning. -Viktor Frankl

10-15-2013, 02:37 PM	#4
MsTinkerbelly Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: ... Preferred Pronoun?: ... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: ... Posts: 6,573 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 30,737 Thanked 22,907 Times in 5,017 Posts Rep Power: 0	Sitting at home on my ass feeling sorry for myself...wondering if i will be allowed to go back to work, or will i start the fight for disability.