Unemployment thread

[Squirrel]

Hope everyone that is getting laid off can find something soon and this doesnt last to long.  I got a reprieve til sept and feel lucky I did. Went through this in 2008 and it is t fun. Good luck to everyone. 

[Anybodyhome]

1 hour ago, Davidson Deac II said:

Doesn't really have anything to do with what I said.  Been troubleshooting network connections for the past 25 years, across both intranet and internet, and the vast majority of issues related to speed and broken/poor connections or otherwise occur at the end point.  And sometimes at the source point.  Rarely with the pipe.  

So, do you not believe net neutrality favors those with money and do you not believe ISPs throttle?

I'm missing your point, because, for example, I work for one of the larger municipalities in the state and the governor's 4PM presser was painful to watch with all the buffering and speed issues, and that was off the state website.

[jasonluckydog]

Being a pimp right now is tough might have to smack a ho

[Davidson Deac II]

4 minutes ago, jasonluckydog said:

Being a pimp right now is tough might have to smack a ho

I feel for the strippers as well.  

[Harbingers]

41 minutes ago, CatTower said:

You are the one not understanding.  Nobody made them work for a company that underpays them and then gives them regular pay if the company turns a few billions of profits for corporate.  It's a racket and if companies that profit billions of dollars seriously can't survive a 2 month shutdown, they shouldn't exist.  

No, you aren’t. I’m not going to clog up this thread with this discussion anymore. It’s a workers thread. If you want to discuss further I’ll see you in the TB.  

[Tbe]

19 minutes ago, Anybodyhome said:

So, do you not believe net neutrality favors those with money and do you not believe ISPs throttle?

I'm missing your point, because, for example, I work for one of the larger municipalities in the state and the governor's 4PM presser was painful to watch with all the buffering and speed issues, and that was off the state website.

Are you on WiFi? 99% of the time that is the issue. Get a WiFi scanner and see if you are on the same channel as your neighbor. Interference could be the issue. 

[Harbingers]

34 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

Delta currently is losing 10 million a day. they had around 650 million in cash and around 8 billion in assets to draw loans from.  Currently flights are carrying about 6 to 8 percent loads and losing money.  All the airline have cut April schedule by 70% and may by 80%.  But airlines have fix expense (payroll, gate spaces and aircraft)  that they have to be paid.  

 

If you do as you say and let the companies fail. Then there would be no airlines left to fly people once the economy recovers.  

 

 

Math! 

[Davidson Deac II]

14 hours ago, Anybodyhome said:

So, do you not believe net neutrality favors those with money and do you not believe ISPs throttle?

I'm missing your point, because, for example, I work for one of the larger municipalities in the state and the governor's 4PM presser was painful to watch with all the buffering and speed issues, and that was off the state website.

I didn't express an opinion about net neutrality.  To me that is more of a tinderbox discussion.  
I said that its likely that the connection issues have little to do with bandwidth and much to do with server capacity.  Its far more likely that the server capacity has approached maximum. 

Your statement about the governor's speech was anecdotal evidence.  Its not working, so it must be due to net neutrality/bandwidth.  

My own anecdotal evidence, I spent the day working online from home.  I was connected via remote access/vpn, and at the same time streaming youtube video's/music with my laptop.  Both worked without flaw.  If they were throttling my bandwidth, I probably would have been impacted.  They were some issues with video conferencing, but it was because the video conf servers were maxed out.     

 

 

  

 

[CanadianCat]

4 hours ago, 4Corners said:

I have thought about moving to Canada. Sounds like a great country. Trudeau is a true leader unlike what we have here. 

Canada is great. It has is flaws.

Im personally not a fan of Trudeau for many reasons but what is great is we have a multi party election so you have many options. In the last Federal elections there were 5 major parties to choose from.

[45catfan]

I have heard super markets are hiring like crazy.  It may be lower wages than some of you are used to and just temporary work, but those folks are getting worked like crazy right now.  My wife was talking to a Publix supervisor/manager last week while picking up takeout food next door our local Publix.  She said the man was visibly worn out on his lunch break and said they can't keep up with demand.  Then he went on to say they were actively hiring as other places like restaurants were closing. 

Check out home improvement stores too.  I went to Lowe's last weekend for a few things and since folks are 'stuck' at home, they are doing home improvement projects.  The place was absolutely jam packed!  Those employees seemed tired and overworked too.  I would assume they are hiring right now.

[*FreeFua*]

7 hours ago, CanadianCat said:

Wow thats a far different reality that what we have up in Canada. Im 34 and when I went to University the average yearly cost was about $5,000. I think the way it breaks down out here is that the student only pays about 20% of the cost of University and the Provincial and Federal Govt cover the rest.

I would be so overwhelmed coming out of University with 180k in debt. I though my 20k was rough!

But we pay higher taxes as well. Where I live the tax rate is 37% on your income and 13% on goods and services. 

lol yeah...

Where in Canada do you live?

[CatTower]

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[CatTower]

[45catfan]

2 minutes ago, CatTower said:

eeeee

 

Great society programs.  Notice prior to 1940's there was little national debt.   Then flat until end of the 1960's when more entitlement programs were created.

It's not the Baby Boomers per se, the timeline just happens to coincide with their generation.  The three other generations have contributed plenty too.

And no, I'm not a Boomer.