Unemployed and Trying Stories; 401k is Gone
November 3, 2009 · Posted in Uncategorized
We would like to thank you all for your unemployed and trying stories. We encourage you to send us emails with your stories! Please vote on the Unemployment Benefits Extension poll as well!
- I have worked all my life, was with my last company for nearly 18 years, laid off due to down sizing in February 2008. I have no savings anymore, 401K is gone, lost my house, getting ready to lose my car. 2 kids and only have food in the refrigerator and roof over our heads thanks to my in-laws. My unemployment benefits ran out 2 months ago; car insurance cancelled because I can’t pay it. Born and raised in Miami FL but can’t get a job here because I don’t speak spanish fluently….how come all the spanish people that can’t speak english fluently can find work!! I was in a store yesterday where NONE of the 3 women working in there could speak a word of ENGLISH!! Ah….another issue altogether. I have always been the breadwinner of my family, I was the one that took care of everything…now I have lost it all…my self-esteem included. I WANT TO WORK!! But I can’t even get hired part-time at the local gas station!! I apply to AT LEAST 5 jobs a week, most of the time more than that, and have only been called to maybe 6 interviews in 21 months. Have had to swallow my pride and apply for food stamps last week and have been informed that it will take at least 45 days for a decision on that. I don’t WANT unemployment benefits, I desparately NEED them at this point. Would much rather have a job, just something to get up for! The only way I have gas for my car is a neighbor giving me gas money to drive her kid to school! Get rid of all the stupid amendments and PASS THIS EXTENSION NOW!!! God knows how long it will take the states to actually start paying the benefits once the extension passes!
- Wow, I knew that things are bad out there, but I can see that we (my wife and I) are in a lot better shape then most. But if we don’t get this extra money, we two will be in bad straights. Don’t these guys in the Congress understand that we are not dead beat people. I have worked my whole life in construction and when everyone lost their jobs almost two years ago. I went back to school and got retrained as a IT support technician. Because all the indicators said that IT positions were on the rise and that for the next 15 to 20 years you can a least find a job. So I went to school and gained a certificate. But I have applied for hundreds of jobs that I feel that I am qualified to do, but I have had only one job interview in over a year. So what do we do? Move, but where do you go? Sell everything and move in with Mom, no thanks. These Senators and Representatives have a good paying job and all the benefits that go with it. They need to know that there are a lot of good people who are about to fall through the cracks. Are we ready for thousands of homeless people hitting the streets for the first time? All I ask for is a chance to prove myself to a company, any company.
- I think I can speak for millions of american who have lost there job within the last year, the people who are holding up passing the bill really don’t know what it feels like to be without a steady paycheck and to wonder if from month to month you will be able to pay your bills..People in Washington let’s get with the program and pass this bill quickly. What if the President decide to “Fire” all of you then the urgency would be totally different because you would want some type of security in order to make your monthly obligations, that’s all the millions of american is asking…So please let’s move forward. Blessings,
“No good thing will “God” withhold from them
who walk uprightly in his name..Psalm 84:11
UPDATE: We have had an amazing response to this issue! If you would like to write an article to those in Washington as to why YOU think unemployment benefits should be extended please email them to jwojdylo@subprimeblogger.com. If your article is free of profanity and any direct insults we will be more than happy to post it here on Unemployed and Trying so you can send the link to anyone you choose.
Author: Jesse Wojdylo
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