My DP is self employed (building industry) and normally has work racked up for months. He finished a job 2 weeks ago and has another small one starting in 2 weeks but nothing after that.
My work is flat out but I am due in 7 weeks and was hoping to take a month or 6 weeks off, but it looks like that may not happen. Fortunatly I work from home.
We are moving into our brand new house this weekend and while we have kept our mortgage right down by doing most of the work ourselves, there are a heap of jobs that are needed to be done by outside people (shifting dirt, fencing, driveway ect) that we just wont be able to do on one wage.
So while it is not the end of the world, we are certainly going to have to be very careful for the next while.
Heaps of others in the building trade are in the same boat.
Yep!!
Mine was told about mid december and finished up work on the 11th of Jan.
he worked a t a nickel mine in WA.
So No joy here!
Sad to say it like this, but I am damn lucky that I about to receive a significant inheritance from my mum - when her repugnant partner takes his illgotten gains through the solicitors.
It's possible XDH might lose his job next month It will be becasue the company oges under so no pay out or anything. I don't know what we'll do if it happens...to be honest we'd be screwed. Worked out the government would give me $1000 a fortnight - how do I support myself and 3 kids on $1000/fortnight?
I'd haev to get a full time job which after childcare and everything would leave me with next to nothing. Have to move to a crappy area and send the kids to crappy school. I'm trying not to think about it too much...
2 weeks ago DH looked as though he was losing his job, but they've just secured the job for the renovations to the hospital here, so now they have heaps of work.
I've just got a job at centrelink, so I now have a secure job.
But I do feel for each and every one of you who have lost jobs. It's such a scary time. My dad is a builder and he only has 3 weeks of work left, then nothing. My parents are really worried about their financial position.
nope never had hubby made redundant/retreanched.
his line of work there is ALWAYS going to be positions as supermarkets need their stock and they also need people to run the warehouse...people can't go without food...
not a nice thing to happen...
Not DH but I have been twice. Imin a professional job (apparently - dunno who decides these things) so if he were redundant we'd be OK, but when I am its not so good. The last time though I got a reasonable payout and we were able to build out house and have bub2. If it were to happen on/after mat leave we'd be OK til January, but not after that.
He will probably alwyas be able to get a job doing what he does but it doesnt pay well and we wouldnt be able to survive on it wihtout selling our house and significantly changing our lifestyle. And it'd still be hard.
The IT company DH worked for went into administration in December, so he's been a house husband since. We built our life around living off my piddly wage, so while the extra money is wonderful (and means we pay our shoebox of a house off quicker), we can still just get by on my wage, through tightening our belt. DH has got an internet business on the side and that gives us a little more breathing space.
I'm on paid mat leave, and have another 2mths off (but will have no leave left after this!) With a bubs on the way, we are looking at this time as the 'once in a lifetime' opportunity for us both to spend time with bubs when bubs is a newborn. In every 'bad' situation there is always a light glowing!
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It will be becasue the company oges under so no pay out or anything. I don't know what we'll do if it happens...to be honest we'd be screwed. Worked out the government would give me $1000 a fortnight - how do I support myself and 3 kids on $1000/fortnight?
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