Erm...
The reason I'm panicking, is because aside from the fact that my boyfriend was made redundant twice in the last year (CAD technician - back in work for the moment thankfully, but things are looking seriously rocky); over the past three months, two of my three brother-in-laws have been made redundant (a software engineer and a mortgage advisor), as have five of my friends (a plasterer, a HR manager, a mechanical engineer, a financial analyst, a graphic designer). I am about to be unemployed for the first time in my life, not for the lack of trying (over-qualified people going for the same jobs as me).

So yeah, I'm young (28) and probably naive, but I have never seen so many people I know lose their jobs so quickly. Especially from such a range of industries. I have always been able to find work if I need it (being prepared to do what it takes). I haven't had a day out of work since I was 16, even through 6 years of uni, whether that has meant agency work or filling in job applications every night. So yes, this is a huge shock to me. I'm looking at the potential of my flat being in negative equity, and claiming job-seekers allowance.

Couldn't give a rats ass about the banks themselves. Hence, I think, the general ambivalence about financial institutions going under (Hahaha - greedy bastards had it coming + shit, will it affect me at all = bleurgh, whatever).
(cherrynicola, Wed 28 Jan 2009, 13:37, Reply)