Well, I just got furloughed from my day job starting Monday. I didn’t expect it to happen this soon but it did and without warning. So, I’ll be applying for unemployment and hoping the stimulus package checks come soon. Otherwise, it could start to be a pretty sticky situation for ...
Get rid of pessimism.One of the most effective ways to cope when things are difficult is to adopt a positive thinking strategy.“What can I learn from this? Times are tough, I’ve been furloughed at work, but I can spend more time with the kids, adopt a new hobby, or learn a new...
It was April 2020, and Johnson had been furloughed from her full-time job as a daycare salesperson, where she made $70,000 per year. Her Etsy shop launched the next month — and in the fall, it brought in $30,000 in revenue in just two months, she says. Even better, s...
And though the world seems to be opening up steadily, we at K decided to take no chances – remaining practically fully working-from-home. But that doesn’t mean we’re working any less effectively: just as well, since the cybercriminals sure haven’t been furloughed. Still, there’ve ...
Angela's husband, Mark, was furloughed from his hotel marketing job of 15 years, and then his position was eliminated. "It was a punch in the gut," said Angela. He's now putting his energy into marketing for the bakery business. ...
difficult is to adopt a positive thinking strategy. “What can I learn from this? Times are tough, I’ve been furloughed at work, but I can spend more time with the kids, adopt a new hobby, or learn a new set of skills.”
who were left to piece together childcare in order to continue working outside the home. Some had been furloughed, or had spouses furloughed; many feared their jobs were gone for good. So I knew to be grateful. I knew that despite any difficulties I was having, I was one of the ...
3/ Next, we find out that low paid workers are 20x more likely to be furloughed on reduced pay, employment was at a low 75%, and that Universal Credit is not working. 520 MPs, peers and councillors write to the Chancellor to do something about it. Starmer was not one of them. 4/...
When I was the head of retirement research at Hewitt Associates in the early 2000s, the concept of consumer-driven health care was just beginning to gain traction. My initial take was: We’ve come to realize in the retirement space that it’s asking too much of people to make sophisticate...
People who devoted their youths to earning degrees in this field are being furloughed or fired because there is no work to do. This question occurs to me: Are the major players in the tech world interested in the thriving of human society at all, or merely in profits and, perhaps, ...