Can vouch, I've hired a lot of freelancers on upwork and a few of them I kept on as contractors for multiple years. I've hired everything from graphic designers to developers to VAs... It's great!
It's like uber for professional jobs. There's a lot of slave wage tier gigs, but some good ones as well. I hired some people on there for small jobs I was having trouble with and generally it went fine. For example, if you need a script to automate something at work but you don't know how to code, you can find people that can usually solve it for you with only a few hours of work.
I gave one of the guys a recommendation on his application to our company because he did such a good job on something I needed. As far as the talent pool goes, there's a lot of bottom of the barrel type people looking for work as well as companies wanting top dollar work for bottom dollar pricing. There's also a lot of South Americans and Eastern Europeans that can be very good and reasonably cheap, but I think there's still a place to make decent beer money.
I've been on both sides of it, and generally have had good experiences with small odd-jobs. As a worker, it's easy to get yourself sucked into a project where you're making $2/hour, so you just have to avoid those and wait for better customers. As someone looking for people to do something, you can review their past work and I've found that the better their English is, the better the results. Sometimes you'll find foreign programmers willing to work for peanuts, but they invariably misunderstand what you want and it won't turn out well.
Some examples of bad jobs I've seen:
"Please design and build a website for me for selling X product in Y country. Pay is $200."
"Please compose and write a song for me in X foreign language based around some 16th century battle."
"I need data extracted from this text file and converted to a single .csv file of data, but there's no clear delimiters and the structure varies by page. Also, each file is about 500 pages. I don't really understand the mechanism by which these files are created, but please figure it out for me so I can save a lot of time on manual data entry"
Some good examples:
"I need this 30 page slide deck translated by tomorrow evening for $500"
"I need an alteryx workflow to map sensor data to human understandable location names, compare that against my inventory, and tell me what's in the wrong location / missing. The data is structured and here are examples of each data source."
Very interesting! Thanks for the detailed reply. I do design work in oil and gas and my hours have been cut a lot lately, thought it might be something interesting to try on the side. Unfortunately, I know I wouldn't even be able to charge 10% of my current billing rate, I imagine somebodys always going to be undercutting you? Anywho, thanks again, Ill go check it out.
I mean, to an extent, yeah. But it's the typical situation you probably find anywhere. There are businesses that don't want quality, and they're never going to pay for it. And there are businesses that do want quality, and will pay for it. Or they're behind on a deadline due to someone else's screw-up and just need something fixed.
I never found it a consistent source of income, but it was good for beer money while in school.
MANY of those Democrats are government workers. Govt workers who've never missed a paycheck, who got the same stimulus checks in spite of that ... etc. etc. etc.
I was laid off during the Obama years. Got so lean I had to sell off most of my possessions which were worth anything including my antique truck. Point is, when Trump began fixing things I got a job far better than the one I lost and am now doing well. (Still miss my truck though). Don't give up hope. In the Trump economy good things are always on the horizon.
You and OP pede really hit me in the feels. I scrapped by for years under Obama. It felt like it would never end. I'm in a much better situation than I was, but I'll never forgive Obama and the Democrats for what happened and to heck with all the RINOs too!
Keep your head high, and take what you can get from unemployment to take care of the family. There is really nothing else anyone can do. God speed, pede.
Florida unemployment is minuscule and about to run out for us, not that i have a problem with that, id rather have lower taxes and lower unemployment...but right now we are pretty screwed
Yeah, had to convince friends to have the taxes held out of their unemployment even though they didn't want to. Had to explain how it worked. Since the $600 ran out, they are feeling the squeeze. They were hoping that $400 would kick in, but as it turns out, it is actually only $300. That is putting most of them on a very tight budget each month. These guys used to work in the oilfield and were making killer money...
this is what we try to tell everyone. friends earn $1k and they spend $2k. they think we are crazy because we have a cushion for ourselves in case things go to hell. and we think they are crazy because they do not.
What part of Florida? It's always been difficult finding and maintaining work in the state because of in-country immigration of labor.
I hear you can weather things better further north, and many of my peers found their first jobs in Atlanta or the Carolinas despite being Florida natives.
Orlando area. while the national economy has come back quite well unfortunately Tourism, Hospitality and the Restaurant industries are all screwed and are not coming back soon
I'm sorry to hear that. Are you an owner or a worker? With all the folks moving down to the greater Miami area, are you seeing stuff on Indeed and such with regards to hiring?
I've spent my entire adult life trying to get to Florida, and my wife had to leave to get a job. There aren't a lot of jobs there! How's your knowledge of aerospace engieneering? :)
Not well, I'm in the DC area and all the NASA folks I know are here. I don't know the folks at Space Coast very well but from what I hear all the hiring is still run through DC.
Not sure where Bezos' outfit does their hiring but I don't think it's through Florida.
You asked about Aerospace engineering and I stated all the folks I know are in NASA and unfortunately the hiring for NASA even for the Space Coast locations were all done through their offices in DC and MD.
It's about the same for all plane design work - you'll need to join me in the DC-MD-VA area, and I say that because all the "private" aerospace I know work for Raytheon, GM, etc. designing weapons.
DeSantis is pissing me off. He can end this bull shit in our state yesterday. however he chooses not to. Go figure.
We need to open up our hotels, travel and leisure industries here. I have many friends in that industry and they are all getting pink slips. This is for no good reason other than one fucking gigantic national virtue signal over a cold bug.
3 things I want you to do: 1)write a letter to President Trump. Honestly and succinctly explain your situation; 2)Reach out to friends and network yourself. Lots of jobs here in FL, just have to be connected to them; and 3)Have faith my friend. This too shall pass. You'll be better for it on the other side. I've been there, down that and got the t-shirt.
That's the goal of this China Flu insanity. Don't be demoralized. Focus your energy on finding out how to succeed in spite of these attacks on our way of life. I've always given thanks to the Lord most during the hardest times and have been handsomely rewarded for my steadfast faith. I know it's hard when the future looks so bleak, but I truly believe that's why my rewards have been so great. God bless, and good luck.
Politicians that weaponized a form of the flu to wreck our economy and agitate people and force them to do a real life simon says should be imprisoned. Period. Lives and businesses have been ruined over a power grab. All these things in an election year aren't happenstance.
True. I still like the guy, but I’ve lost more than I ever thought possible due to the covid bullshit. I’ll buy him a beer if I see him out... I’d go fishing with him... but he’d never get my vote again.
I have found that getting laid-off or fired just opened the door for more opportunity in my life. I guess sometimes the fear gets the best of us. I hope you keep your head up, and search for better.
My wife took a covid test on Saturday, she's having surgery on her foot tomorrow. We were joking around that it would probably come back positive, but it didn't. I'll add you to my prayer tonight. And thank you for your service!
Central Florida. Tourism is dead, Hospitality is dead, Restaurants are dead, Hotels are dead. Its very bad here, and unemployment is pitiful, though our taxes are low so I am fine with low unemployment honestly. its just theres thousands of people laid off and no one is hiring
That’s where I’m at. I own my own business that fortunately was exempted from the shut downs. But sales slowed as well as payments. My hotel employees were my first customers to go.
a KOA was just shut down near us that was full of snowbirds. They were bought out to build apartments and condos. and its tough to start a business with no starting capital...I would likely end up tens of thousands more in debt
You can blame THIS guy -- he made only a 10 X error when testifying to House committee back in March, mistakenly saying CCP virus is 10 times as deadly as seasonal flu, instead of exact same mortality rate, leading to national lock-down.
I love pedes because the people I meet here are focused on hard work and creating wealth. I wish you and your family the best in these difficult times.
But I have to say, I'm supremely disappointed in the "republican" Governor of Texas who reflexively shut down the state way too early on and triggered the avalanche of states shutting down and ruining the economy.
Abbott opened up the state again, but then shut partially down and enacted a weak ass "mask mandate" and didn't say a WORD about mass protests and illegals pouring over the border.
He still refuses to stand up against the persistent "case count" bullshit.
It all traces back to his failed weak leadership though. He could have held firm, but he was too weak.
I agree. I am very disappointed in him. I hope he gets a Republican challenger next election. Where I live, most places aren't abiding by the 50% restaurant rule. There are hardly any bars, but they are starting to sell food so they can open. Business is pretty good otherwise, it seems. New Craftsman factory, thousands of houses being built.
I doubt VERY seriously Abbott will run for a third term. Most Texas Governors bow out after two terms. Perry was the exception.
But if he DID try to run, he'd get primaried no question. Texas GOP is in a bit of a state of upheaval right now, thanks to the Trump revolution vs the "old GOP". Dinosaurs like Abbott are displeased.
I don't doubt that Abbott is fundamentally on the right side of most issues, I just think he is happier playing along than bucking the media and big city power brokers. He could have held firm on not closing Texas, but no he was too afraid of being called mean things. He could have held firm on re-opening, but nope again too afraid.
His moronic mask mandate was a weak capitulation to the judges of the big counties - rather than forcing a legal showdown (which they would have LOST) in the TX Supreme Court ruling the county mask mandates invalid, no, he launched his own stupid mask mandate state wide.
Bro Abbott is legit a saint compared to the tyranny of Gruesome Newsom. I want that pedos head on a stake for the havok he’s wrecked on small business in California.
I am as angry as you are. I can only suggest trying something like DoorDash (even though they are a fucked up "woke" company). I've made 1k+ a week sometimes. I wouldn't bother with Lyft and Uber/Passenger driving, you make 3x more delivering food then people, at least in my area, and don't have to worry about the stranger barfing/fucking up your car factor. I wish you the best. Democrats have caused untold suffering over this COVID hoax.
This also just happened to me. My (former) employer furloughed me in March and officially laid me off in late August. They also raised their minimum wage to 15 bucks across the board for those “lucky” enough to stay employed and wear masks all day.
I don’t know what my future holds, but I do know that it does not involve ever working for a China-balls sucking, American-hating mega corporation with a billionaire cunt CEO ever again.
What’s your skill set? My company is hiring remote workers for low level reporting on financial stuff for insurance carriers. Work from home and flexible schedules.
Construction, home improvement companies seem to be doing fine.
My wife's company (home improvement) was forced to shutdown and layoff people like everyone else, but once they opened back up, business has been through the roof (pardon the pun).
They called everyone back to work, but many declined saying they were making more on unemployment. They're really struggling to hire people. Even still, sales are way up and the work queue is long.
I'd say almost anything in home improvement/repair/construction would do well. If you have ANY skills in sales, design, customer service, installation or trades like construction, plumbing, electrical, etc. look up companies doing doors, windows, kitchens, roofing, remodeling, etc. They all seem to be hiring, and many will train.
That sucks, but I'm seriously considering doing the same. Trust God, and He'll give you what you need. Unfortunately what we need in this country may involve burning to the ground.
Sorry to hear that pede. I saw this coming, the furloughs leading to full blown layoffs. It was always a cowardly way to fire everyone. The executives knew they would have to fire loads of people, took bail outs anyway, and will still get their paycheck unchanged.
I'm really sad to hear this, all because one side of politics is forcing this squeeze so they can win. Absolutely ridiculous, we've seen the stats. They advocate being on the lesser-peoples side and yet they're the ones creating them.
What industry are you in? Can you use any of your skills in any other industry? Hang in there man, it sounds like you're focused on solving it. Something good will result from your hard work
You'll be OK. The fact that you care is proof. It could be a sign to complete the move to an uncucked area. Don't know if you have kids, but many are stuck with this remote crap anyway. Nothing to lose.
I'm sorry for your loss on this. I've been to Florida and various tourist locations and it's a beautiful state with lifetimes worth of stuff to do and see. :(
Someone once said, “The more people tell you it's not possible, that it can't be done, the more you should be absolutely determined to prove them wrong. Treat the word 'impossible' as nothing more than motivation.”
Is applying to be a substitute teacher out of the question? If Orlando has opened schools you can probably do that for some supplemental income til you figure it out.
Stay strong and good luck to you pede.
thanks fren
I don't know what your skill set it, but I have had alot of recent success on upwork. Close to making an additional 500 a week, maybe worth a look.
Can you fill me in on what you do on Upwork?
CAD drafting work mostly.
Man I wish I could afford a seat of SolidWorks for home. I'd be able to CRUSH some 3D work in the evenings.
lol I won't tell 'em
Can vouch, I've hired a lot of freelancers on upwork and a few of them I kept on as contractors for multiple years. I've hired everything from graphic designers to developers to VAs... It's great!
10 years drafting and design here, could you fill me in? Pm me if you can!
It's like uber for professional jobs. There's a lot of slave wage tier gigs, but some good ones as well. I hired some people on there for small jobs I was having trouble with and generally it went fine. For example, if you need a script to automate something at work but you don't know how to code, you can find people that can usually solve it for you with only a few hours of work.
I gave one of the guys a recommendation on his application to our company because he did such a good job on something I needed. As far as the talent pool goes, there's a lot of bottom of the barrel type people looking for work as well as companies wanting top dollar work for bottom dollar pricing. There's also a lot of South Americans and Eastern Europeans that can be very good and reasonably cheap, but I think there's still a place to make decent beer money.
I've been on both sides of it, and generally have had good experiences with small odd-jobs. As a worker, it's easy to get yourself sucked into a project where you're making $2/hour, so you just have to avoid those and wait for better customers. As someone looking for people to do something, you can review their past work and I've found that the better their English is, the better the results. Sometimes you'll find foreign programmers willing to work for peanuts, but they invariably misunderstand what you want and it won't turn out well.
Some examples of bad jobs I've seen: "Please design and build a website for me for selling X product in Y country. Pay is $200." "Please compose and write a song for me in X foreign language based around some 16th century battle." "I need data extracted from this text file and converted to a single .csv file of data, but there's no clear delimiters and the structure varies by page. Also, each file is about 500 pages. I don't really understand the mechanism by which these files are created, but please figure it out for me so I can save a lot of time on manual data entry"
Some good examples: "I need this 30 page slide deck translated by tomorrow evening for $500" "I need an alteryx workflow to map sensor data to human understandable location names, compare that against my inventory, and tell me what's in the wrong location / missing. The data is structured and here are examples of each data source."
Very interesting! Thanks for the detailed reply. I do design work in oil and gas and my hours have been cut a lot lately, thought it might be something interesting to try on the side. Unfortunately, I know I wouldn't even be able to charge 10% of my current billing rate, I imagine somebodys always going to be undercutting you? Anywho, thanks again, Ill go check it out.
I mean, to an extent, yeah. But it's the typical situation you probably find anywhere. There are businesses that don't want quality, and they're never going to pay for it. And there are businesses that do want quality, and will pay for it. Or they're behind on a deadline due to someone else's screw-up and just need something fixed.
I never found it a consistent source of income, but it was good for beer money while in school.
How do you start out? do you just take anything that pays at all until you can get better jobs?
You don't want to be yourself? That seems like a very odd thing.
I do every day thank you, cant ever have enough prayer
It's always darker before the dawn. Keep your head up and never ever give up. Learned it from Geotus
Many of us here are on the same boat. It infuriates me the way Dems and Deep State have used us as hostages in their Covid scam.
All they can say is "were are all in this tougher" and "we will come out of this stringer" while they keep getting a steady paycheck.
While they get bonuses
Of course.
MANY of those Democrats are government workers. Govt workers who've never missed a paycheck, who got the same stimulus checks in spite of that ... etc. etc. etc.
I was laid off during the Obama years. Got so lean I had to sell off most of my possessions which were worth anything including my antique truck. Point is, when Trump began fixing things I got a job far better than the one I lost and am now doing well. (Still miss my truck though). Don't give up hope. In the Trump economy good things are always on the horizon.
Yup- I sold a 1960 GMC that I had just finished restoring and took on one nice drive. You do what you have to do to survive.
Mine was a1976 Silverado with he 454. Not as cool as a 1960 GMC though.
You and OP pede really hit me in the feels. I scrapped by for years under Obama. It felt like it would never end. I'm in a much better situation than I was, but I'll never forgive Obama and the Democrats for what happened and to heck with all the RINOs too!
Yes. It took Trump for us to realize that the American people have been getting screwed since the 1950's. Here's to a brighter future!
So sorry to hear this. Hang in there and try to stay focused. Don't give up hope. This too shall pass.
Keep your head high, and take what you can get from unemployment to take care of the family. There is really nothing else anyone can do. God speed, pede.
Florida unemployment is minuscule and about to run out for us, not that i have a problem with that, id rather have lower taxes and lower unemployment...but right now we are pretty screwed
Yeah, had to convince friends to have the taxes held out of their unemployment even though they didn't want to. Had to explain how it worked. Since the $600 ran out, they are feeling the squeeze. They were hoping that $400 would kick in, but as it turns out, it is actually only $300. That is putting most of them on a very tight budget each month. These guys used to work in the oilfield and were making killer money...
Let this be a lesson to the young pedes to not spend too frivolously and to build a nest egg little by little, one step at a time.
this is what we try to tell everyone. friends earn $1k and they spend $2k. they think we are crazy because we have a cushion for ourselves in case things go to hell. and we think they are crazy because they do not.
How will people be able to travel to riot or buy molotov cocktail supplies if they save all of their Soros money?
Well, those people treat it like an expense account. they need to spend it all to make sure the funds keep flowing.
absolutely
What part of Florida? It's always been difficult finding and maintaining work in the state because of in-country immigration of labor.
I hear you can weather things better further north, and many of my peers found their first jobs in Atlanta or the Carolinas despite being Florida natives.
Orlando area. while the national economy has come back quite well unfortunately Tourism, Hospitality and the Restaurant industries are all screwed and are not coming back soon
I'm sorry to hear that. Are you an owner or a worker? With all the folks moving down to the greater Miami area, are you seeing stuff on Indeed and such with regards to hiring?
I've spent my entire adult life trying to get to Florida, and my wife had to leave to get a job. There aren't a lot of jobs there! How's your knowledge of aerospace engieneering? :)
Not well, I'm in the DC area and all the NASA folks I know are here. I don't know the folks at Space Coast very well but from what I hear all the hiring is still run through DC.
Not sure where Bezos' outfit does their hiring but I don't think it's through Florida.
Thai massage?
Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean.
You asked about Aerospace engineering and I stated all the folks I know are in NASA and unfortunately the hiring for NASA even for the Space Coast locations were all done through their offices in DC and MD.
It's about the same for all plane design work - you'll need to join me in the DC-MD-VA area, and I say that because all the "private" aerospace I know work for Raytheon, GM, etc. designing weapons.
I was just suggesting fields that are big in Florida. :) Who cares where they hire from if they have an office in FL?
DeSantis is pissing me off. He can end this bull shit in our state yesterday. however he chooses not to. Go figure.
We need to open up our hotels, travel and leisure industries here. I have many friends in that industry and they are all getting pink slips. This is for no good reason other than one fucking gigantic national virtue signal over a cold bug.
3 things I want you to do: 1)write a letter to President Trump. Honestly and succinctly explain your situation; 2)Reach out to friends and network yourself. Lots of jobs here in FL, just have to be connected to them; and 3)Have faith my friend. This too shall pass. You'll be better for it on the other side. I've been there, down that and got the t-shirt.
That's the goal of this China Flu insanity. Don't be demoralized. Focus your energy on finding out how to succeed in spite of these attacks on our way of life. I've always given thanks to the Lord most during the hardest times and have been handsomely rewarded for my steadfast faith. I know it's hard when the future looks so bleak, but I truly believe that's why my rewards have been so great. God bless, and good luck.
Politicians that weaponized a form of the flu to wreck our economy and agitate people and force them to do a real life simon says should be imprisoned. Period. Lives and businesses have been ruined over a power grab. All these things in an election year aren't happenstance.
Greg Abbott of TX should not be spared.
Correct. I’ve let his staff know I will primary his ass next chance we get.
No chance he runs for a 3rd term. Pretty unusual for TX Governor to run for more than 2.
True. I still like the guy, but I’ve lost more than I ever thought possible due to the covid bullshit. I’ll buy him a beer if I see him out... I’d go fishing with him... but he’d never get my vote again.
Amen to that. We should have Eric or Trump Jr run for that seat. Abbott has gotten weak, doesn't want to wrestle with the mayors of the big 4 metro's.
I have found that getting laid-off or fired just opened the door for more opportunity in my life. I guess sometimes the fear gets the best of us. I hope you keep your head up, and search for better.
We care.
My wife took a covid test on Saturday, she's having surgery on her foot tomorrow. We were joking around that it would probably come back positive, but it didn't. I'll add you to my prayer tonight. And thank you for your service!
We care!
That sucks to hear. What state are you in?
Central Florida. Tourism is dead, Hospitality is dead, Restaurants are dead, Hotels are dead. Its very bad here, and unemployment is pitiful, though our taxes are low so I am fine with low unemployment honestly. its just theres thousands of people laid off and no one is hiring
That’s where I’m at. I own my own business that fortunately was exempted from the shut downs. But sales slowed as well as payments. My hotel employees were my first customers to go.
It's only getting worse because good people do nothing.
Maybe the Toyota dealership is hiring.
In all seriousness, that’s a good idea.
Car business pays me very very well.
a KOA was just shut down near us that was full of snowbirds. They were bought out to build apartments and condos. and its tough to start a business with no starting capital...I would likely end up tens of thousands more in debt
I'm sorry for your bad news and anxiety. You are your family are in my prayers for what it's worth.
I am sorry to hear that... Stay strong,God will show you the way.
You can blame THIS guy -- he made only a 10 X error when testifying to House committee back in March, mistakenly saying CCP virus is 10 times as deadly as seasonal flu, instead of exact same mortality rate, leading to national lock-down.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1303024247510503424.html
I love pedes because the people I meet here are focused on hard work and creating wealth. I wish you and your family the best in these difficult times.
God Speed
No question I'll be voting for Trump.
But I have to say, I'm supremely disappointed in the "republican" Governor of Texas who reflexively shut down the state way too early on and triggered the avalanche of states shutting down and ruining the economy.
Abbott opened up the state again, but then shut partially down and enacted a weak ass "mask mandate" and didn't say a WORD about mass protests and illegals pouring over the border.
He still refuses to stand up against the persistent "case count" bullshit.
It all traces back to his failed weak leadership though. He could have held firm, but he was too weak.
I agree. I am very disappointed in him. I hope he gets a Republican challenger next election. Where I live, most places aren't abiding by the 50% restaurant rule. There are hardly any bars, but they are starting to sell food so they can open. Business is pretty good otherwise, it seems. New Craftsman factory, thousands of houses being built.
I doubt VERY seriously Abbott will run for a third term. Most Texas Governors bow out after two terms. Perry was the exception.
But if he DID try to run, he'd get primaried no question. Texas GOP is in a bit of a state of upheaval right now, thanks to the Trump revolution vs the "old GOP". Dinosaurs like Abbott are displeased.
I don't doubt that Abbott is fundamentally on the right side of most issues, I just think he is happier playing along than bucking the media and big city power brokers. He could have held firm on not closing Texas, but no he was too afraid of being called mean things. He could have held firm on re-opening, but nope again too afraid.
His moronic mask mandate was a weak capitulation to the judges of the big counties - rather than forcing a legal showdown (which they would have LOST) in the TX Supreme Court ruling the county mask mandates invalid, no, he launched his own stupid mask mandate state wide.
Don't get me fucking started on Abbott!
Bro Abbott is legit a saint compared to the tyranny of Gruesome Newsom. I want that pedos head on a stake for the havok he’s wrecked on small business in California.
Agreed. But where Newsome is what he says he is, Abbott is supposed to be a strong conservative.
300 plus million in Texas tax dollars going to a contract tracing company based in Rochester, NY.
Posted about it back in June, maybe 10 upvotes and not a peep even in alternative new sources.
He's been compromised or made a decision "politically" or good "optics".
I have other information, but nothing but speculation - so won't say anything more.
I am as angry as you are. I can only suggest trying something like DoorDash (even though they are a fucked up "woke" company). I've made 1k+ a week sometimes. I wouldn't bother with Lyft and Uber/Passenger driving, you make 3x more delivering food then people, at least in my area, and don't have to worry about the stranger barfing/fucking up your car factor. I wish you the best. Democrats have caused untold suffering over this COVID hoax.
Don't write them off because of one bad driver. In my experience, the amount of hard working, courteous drivers greatly outnumbers the lazy ones.
This also just happened to me. My (former) employer furloughed me in March and officially laid me off in late August. They also raised their minimum wage to 15 bucks across the board for those “lucky” enough to stay employed and wear masks all day.
I don’t know what my future holds, but I do know that it does not involve ever working for a China-balls sucking, American-hating mega corporation with a billionaire cunt CEO ever again.
well said
What’s your skill set? My company is hiring remote workers for low level reporting on financial stuff for insurance carriers. Work from home and flexible schedules.
Construction, home improvement companies seem to be doing fine.
My wife's company (home improvement) was forced to shutdown and layoff people like everyone else, but once they opened back up, business has been through the roof (pardon the pun).
They called everyone back to work, but many declined saying they were making more on unemployment. They're really struggling to hire people. Even still, sales are way up and the work queue is long.
I'd say almost anything in home improvement/repair/construction would do well. If you have ANY skills in sales, design, customer service, installation or trades like construction, plumbing, electrical, etc. look up companies doing doors, windows, kitchens, roofing, remodeling, etc. They all seem to be hiring, and many will train.
I am praying for you now - I am so sorry. Is there any way we can help?
We need a JOBS.win and MARKET.win - for all of us who have goodies to sell but are afraid to run afoul of the rules here on TD
That sucks, but I'm seriously considering doing the same. Trust God, and He'll give you what you need. Unfortunately what we need in this country may involve burning to the ground.
Sorry to hear that pede. I saw this coming, the furloughs leading to full blown layoffs. It was always a cowardly way to fire everyone. The executives knew they would have to fire loads of people, took bail outs anyway, and will still get their paycheck unchanged.
I'm really sad to hear this, all because one side of politics is forcing this squeeze so they can win. Absolutely ridiculous, we've seen the stats. They advocate being on the lesser-peoples side and yet they're the ones creating them.
Sending good vibes fren
wife got laid off as well. This to shall pass. Hang in there.
I feel you. I got laid off in June. It was a shock after seeing multiple rounds of layoffs and furloughs. Stay strong and keep your head up!
WHat a wonderful post from a horrible situation. Bless you Pede and I'll pray for you and your family.
What industry are you in? Can you use any of your skills in any other industry? Hang in there man, it sounds like you're focused on solving it. Something good will result from your hard work
i am rooting for you. :) things happen for a reason i am sure it will get better for you.
Seriously, a lot of local work available, and it does pay well, but long hours.
You'll be OK. The fact that you care is proof. It could be a sign to complete the move to an uncucked area. Don't know if you have kids, but many are stuck with this remote crap anyway. Nothing to lose.
Hard times Pede
Hang in there, something will break for you
God speed
I'm sorry for your loss on this. I've been to Florida and various tourist locations and it's a beautiful state with lifetimes worth of stuff to do and see. :(
Godsspeed pede
Someone once said, “The more people tell you it's not possible, that it can't be done, the more you should be absolutely determined to prove them wrong. Treat the word 'impossible' as nothing more than motivation.”
Good luck and God Speed!
What’s your skillset pede?
Is applying to be a substitute teacher out of the question? If Orlando has opened schools you can probably do that for some supplemental income til you figure it out.
metoo fucking sucks
So sorry, Pede. I assume a blue state?
Florida
He's there today talking. Umm, push hard Donald because this is bullshit of the near-tallest order.