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Nov 12, 2002 For all of you who have recently been unemployed due to do the economic slow down I can sympathize with you. Yes, on October 8th the company I worked at for nearly fifteen years ceased operations. At first I was shocked when I heard the news. After all I gave my sweat and blood for the company. The only good news was that the company promised we would receive all money that was owed to us including eight weeks of pay, holiday and bonus money, as well as severance money. I was actually surprised with all the money I received. Now I could retire and move to Florida. Well its a was a nice thought while it lasted. Instead I have actually been looking for work the last four weeks. It has been fifteen years since I have last looked for work but that was way back in 1987 which seems like a lifetime ago. First I dreamed about opening up my own home business but after all the red tape, business fees, government bylaws, rules, regulations, etc. I decided against it. After all there are enough self made millionaires around as it is. I wouldn't want to see Bill Gates on the unemployment line because of me. So I decided I was going to find a job. I drive down to the unemployment office and I am in for the shock of my life. There are dozens of pasty, face women behind computer terminals, slipping coffee and eating jelly filled donuts all staring at me like I just came out of hibernation after living fifty years as an old hermit, in a cave. What dumb founded me was there were no job postings anywhere. I thought to myself, the economy is far worse than I thought. I better phone Washington D.C. and let them know. Then I picked up one of those fancy government brochures that said all jobs are posted online and you need a computer to search for a job. Well pilgrims, things sure have changed. Now instead of pounding the pavement for work, you pound your keyboard with one hand and have a coffee in the other hand (don't spill any on the keyboard or you will need to call a plumber), while you look for work sitting in your recliner. If I knew looking for work was going to be this easy I would have quit my job years ago...LOL! If the wife asks you what your doing tell her your looking for a job as a CEO. She will just think your job lost has weakened your mind. The only complaint I have now is that I have to wait another twenty-three weeks till my unemployment checks kick in. This is what they call progress I guess. Welcome to the information age and if you can't find a job you can always send the wife and kids out to work, after all its time for them to start working for a change. You've got more important things to do like working on your golf swing. ------------ Stephen Winter resides in Halton Hills, Ontario in Canada. He specializes in nonfiction writing. Email Stephen: wordking@email.com ------------ |
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