posted ago by AmericaFirstBro
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I’m waiting on the PPP loan to hit, just curious to know how the rest of the community is doing. I had savings to fall back on for the mean time of course. It’s disappointing to blow it away but it’s been nice taking all this time off of the hustle. Is everyone poised to kick back into action and hit it harder than ever?
Meh. I've been lucky to hold on to my job but fear the shut down repercussions are going to hit in a month or two. Had planned on getting a big fat raise, but don't expect that to happen at all now. Was going to being spending thousands of dollars this summer but will most likely hang on to it until I know what the hell is happening. Being stuck in a blue state it's just going to be a long, drawn out fight ahead, and I need to prepare for that.
So far I’m still employed. I’m very concerned for the next 6 months
been working the whole time.
Doing great. Poised and ready to rock the economy or roll the tyrannical advance of any local "leaders"
Company is surviving on PPP. We were about to lay off everyone. It hit, so that buys us into July. I think boss man is taking a pay cut bigly to pay us the same and hoping it works out. I told him to keep me at reduced salary (60% since Feb) but he refused. I'm worried we won't make it. We had SO MUCH lined up for spring/summer. Like, enough business to get us through five years, doing well. Now, I don't know if we'll make five months. Every project is on indefinite hold.
Wife is laid off of a 20-year long job.
I'm furious. I remember '08-'12 like it was yesterday and my biggest fear is that's exactly where we'll be again - very, very soon. Unemployment rate is already above those years and for no good reason.
This is a travesty unlike anything ever before, and it makes me fucking ill that people are cheering for more.
I have fought depression for about half my life since my early teens, and it's coming back in ways that only now made me realize it had subsided. Some nights, I think about ending it because I just don't know if being on this god forsaken rock is worth it anymore. Listening to people cheer their own demise--the demise of America--is the most demoralizing thing I've ever witnessed.
Keep your head up man, please. It’s easy to get swallowed into the negativity when the entire internet is becoming an echo chamber. I feel dumb telling you this because I know you’re my elder but I can’t sit by and let you talk about ending it like that.
I'll be ok - it is just so incredibly frustrating to know that it's only been like 4 years since shit really started turning around and we're going right back in the shit. This is our economic cycle, a few good years, tanking, digging back out...that's all I've ever known this far. Pretty shitty reality.
I feel ya. My first foray into adulthood was during the last recession. Finally have something amazing going for my business and we’ve had huge setbacks. I’m confident we’ll bounce back but maybe I’m shortsighted. Either way, I’ll be alright. Good luck.
Im waiting on it also. I am still waiting on my stimulus also and waiting for Ohio to put up their unemployment portal for the self employed. Savings running low.