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Originally Posted by 33girl
Amen to that, but I might just up and quit and get like 3 retail or food service jobs or something. Watch this space, kids.
AKA_Monet is on point saying a lot of it is due to Seasonal Affective Disorder. You have that plus a recession, you are not going to have shiny happy people about.
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What's sad is that retail isn't even hiring. And if they are, they want you to have experience. Another thing is that the crime rate here is starting to rise. An 86 year old woman got carjacked down the road from me at a meat market that my mom frequents, and it's across the street from the mall. I'm not sure I want to be walking out of the mall after a night shift. Too dangerous.
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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
My fear - not media-driven - is simply that this is just the beginning. I know that here in Houston our economy has been sheltered from some of the effects of the recession by the energy industry. With gas prices dipping so low - which is a real relief for most of the country - our oil and gas industries will have to make cuts. That means our housing market, which has suffered but not as badly as other places - will start to feel it. All those unemployed energy employees won't be able to spend money and the effects will trickle down to every other business here in town.
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Gas prices have risen a good 40cents in the last month. Back to $2 a gallon.
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Originally Posted by epchick
I agree with this sentiment. I can't blame the recession for me not getting a job, because there are plenty of places hiring. Why I haven't gotten a job yet, I have no idea. That is what contributes to my moody, that I can't get even a simple desk job (I agree, my degree seems pretty useless at the moment). I've been out of work since Dec. '07, so it just frustrates me.
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I'm in the same boat. There are SO MANY jobs out there hiring. I've sent out over 100 resumes to the companies that I'm actually eligible for. I haven't gotten one phone call. My friends told me that I may be over qualified for the jobs I'm applying for. I'm thinking about lying on my resume to say that I did NOT graduate college. I'm sick of seeing people who haven't stepped foot on a college campus, or those without even a high school diploma, getting these jobs over those of us who have worked our asses off to get where we should be.
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Originally Posted by Benzgirl
The UAW will hate me, but I think it's time for concessions. When sitting in my outplacement class last week, our coach, who is a labor-relations expert, outlined UAW wages plus benefits: it costs the companies over $70 per hour, per employee. 
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I used to be one of those people who stuck up for the UAW but after really thinking about it and seeing numerous things on the news where they just don't want to give anything up and are STILL fighting for more benefits, I'm just disgusted and can't help but think they are to blame. I know someone who got a LARGE buyout package and they hadn't even been there a year. When I say large, I mean pushing towards $100,000.