[Aaron]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Hogan', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', 'Y')our dog wants a tank...

[scienceteacher]

High School Science teacher too!

But will CALSTRS have any money to pay our retirements in 5-10 years?!

[Sys1]

Elementary school teacher in France, pretty safe but in case of government's collapse. Well, so not so pretty safe!

[seazar]

I am retired from a large telcom and also have numerous businesses on the beach. I have a cleaning business and a home improvement business. I think our business will really be slowing down.

[fullerine]

My family has had money for thousands of years, plenty to last until the world ends, don't need a job. But I have decided not to follow the new money system that is coming, so I am going to be homeless soon. It should be interesting, looking forward to it, downsizing now and I think they may follow my lead, we must have picked up some variant rogue "good hearted" genes from somewhere. No worries, it has been promised that anyone who does right will be kept. The beast system will not last more than a few weeks and then everyone will be homeless anyway, at least we did what was right.

[PrairieMule]

I work for a contractor for BMW of North America. The big wigs in Germany announced they are cutting deliveries 25% in the US and moving those vehicles to China instead. Sales are down, but not as dramatic as GM or Ford. Yet we cannot keep up with the call volume.

I stand bewildered as to why so many people are buying automobiles ranging from $40 to 100K. Especially with gas, the economy, and the credit crunch. If it dries up I'm off to the ranch. Till then I'll keep cashing their checks.

[JJ]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ronin', 'I') work for a major supermarket chain so I think I'm pretty safe. Nows the time to have the uniform in check and consistency in work quality so as to make Darwinism work for you.

[RacerJace]

I'm a manger of advanced development in the automotive industry. I'm also a part time lecturer at a local university.

Staying employed is between 50 and 79% for me. If it wasn't for the lecturing I'd probably be in the <50% categories.

I'm working on electric vehicles and composite materials technology so depending on whether there's a slow persistent decline or a fast crash I'm going to be in either great shape leading a new wave of personal transport or going back to being a farm labourer (I grew up on a dairy farm). My expectation is that, in the future, if I'm not sweating it out chasing cows and tending the fields (and probably fending off hungry mobs), I'll have died fending off hungry mobs.

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[MadMarcus]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('scienceteacher', 'H')igh School Science teacher too!

But will CALSTRS have any money to pay our retirements in 5-10 years?!

[evilgenius]

I am an 'independent contractor'. Each time that a check has come my way for about the last two months I have put it into my account wondering if it is going to bounce. My 'employer' banks with BofA and they won't tell my bank whether there is any money in the account or not when I present a check. I do something that is vital, but I think even vital things can be consolidated. I chose 50-79%

[threadbear]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('kevinr', 'I') am a software developer. I get a call from a headhunter once a week. Although I don't feel my metro area is the software capital of the world there are plenty of jobs around. I would rate my job as above average secure.

[Ludi]

Self-employed working in the entertainment industry. I expect to be still working next year. 80-100%

[ozkrenske]

Thread wrote:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'k')evinr wrote:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') am a software developer. I get a call from a headhunter once a week. Although I don't feel my metro area is the software capital of the world there are plenty of jobs around. I would rate my job as above average secure.

[Minvaren]

I'm the IT department for a collection agency.

I have a job there as long as I show up. Might take a pay cut if a couple of our clients go where the news says they're going, but the job should still be there.

[PeakingAroundtheCorner]

I operate a top online solar and wind products retailer. If the solar panel and components manufacturing sector goes down, so will I. But for now, there was a plus for us in the bailout bill that finally passed. Seems it included an extension in the federal solar tax credit from $2000 to 30% of entire system cost installed. We're already seeing interest being generated from this incentive. Hope manufacturing both here and in China can hold up under the pressure.

[careinke]

I'm a retired military officer, with no debt and a 30 acre beachfront homestead. I can live very comfortably on my retirement, garden, woods and beach food (Clams, oysters etc).

If my retirement went away, it would definitely mean TSHTF. That said, I would still give myself a 75% chance of making out OK.

Cliff (Start a rEVOLution, grow a garden)

[DrBang]

I work for mining research in a university. In the short term money is going to be a problem. Eventually mining companies will see they will have to innovate or die. Plenty of work then.

Then the whole mining industry will hit a brink wall at 500km/hr. (ouch) At which point I am going to put forward (again) my ideas on how mining should stop digging up low grade rock and start recycling high grade rubbish (local, small scale, less energy required for the same result). Its all the rage in Europe but for some reason the industry culture in Australia won't hear of it. When the penny drops, there will be a lot o demand and a lot of work to do. My goal is to maintain my team as long as possible till we get to this point.

This is where my future will be. Whether I will get paid for it, we will see.

Dr Bang

[killJOY]

I have three part-time jobs.

1. Sep-May I'm an adjunct prof in English, a job I've held for 15 years. I'm an academic wage slave and expect I'll be until I die. I anticipate having a class cut, but not much else.

2. May-Oct I do maintenance on a small organic farm. My work is pretty indispensible there, though, like the academic job, it doesn't pay well. I love working there. I especially like being around FOOD.

3. Throughout the year I volunteer for shifts on the local rescue crew. With heating oil prices the way they are, if we have a cold winter in Maine I expect work will actually pick up.

It's good to have irons in several fires. I might just pull one out and burn someone's eye out.

[lowem]

Military/defence contractor.

Recently moved from the largest one in the US to the largest one in Singapore (much smaller scale, but much more locally-oriented).

Nothing is certain nowadays, but I'll take my chances.

[patience]

I voted no job, since I'm self employed. Our farm repair business is doing fine, although slower than last year. The consumer hobby projects are pretty well gone, but the work for businesses and farms goes on. The latter customers tell me things are tight for them, which indicates to me that I will see a drop there as well when things get worse. But core customers are keeping me as busy as ever, overall, just the mix has changed.

Lots of interest locally in alternative energy, which we intend to capitalize on, by making solar window box heaters. We get ongoing repairs to wood splitters and woodstoves, too. I expect that to continue, and probably grow some.

My wife's job at the Census Bureau should last another couple years, whence she gets (?) her pension there (enough to pay health ins.) and Soc. Sec., for as long as that lasts. Like the guy who jumped off the 100 story building said, as he passed the 15th floor, "so far, so good!"
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