My wife just got notice today that the factory she has worked at for the last 17 years will be permanently closing July 16th.
Crap.......i don't know what we are going to do. Her job paid well, and i am on her health insurance. I won't even be able to get my perscriptions i need anymore. I have Medicare, but that's only hospitilization.
My wife won't have any insurance.
She's devastated. At age 52, with no other skills, how can she find a job with decent pay and benefits?
There are none out there anymore.
This came out of the blue. Had NO idea it was coming.
We are royally (censored).
Oh well......so what else is new, hey?

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Ugh, I'm sorry to hear that man. All you can do is keep fighting. You have two months here to start looking. I hope she's able to find an even better position, and this turns out to be a blessing in disguise. Keep your heads up.

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Thanks Mass.
I hope it turns out that way. It just seems to "pile on". One bad thing on top of another. Can't wait to see what's next.

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Well we'll all be hunched over dung fires eating roasted cockroach kabobs once the world ends in 2012, so hang in there!

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LOL!
According to some religion (i don't remember what they call themselves, but they have billboards up here) the world is going to come to an end May 21st.
I'm hoping they are right!
It's like i've been saying for awhile now. There is NO "job security" anymore. My wife's company bought out the place several years ago (it was their competition) and now they are gonna close it. People don't care about people anymore. It's all about the money. Even though the Milwaukee factory was doing great profit wise.
Just a stab in the back to the employees.
My wife works 3rd shift, and was called by one of her friends that works on 1st shift. That's how she found out. Then, about an hour later, FEDEX delivers a letter stating that the plant is closing.

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Good to have the site back.
My poor wife......today she went to the dentist, ended up having 2 teeth pulled. Adding insult to injury.

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Ow. On multiple fronts (job, teeth, etc). Was almost in the same boat last year, but took a paycut and switched jobs to get out of one I wasn't liking into one I'd like better, and two weeks later they were announcing that the place I'd left from was going to be shut down. And I only had 1 tooth pulled...

Hang in there, Cheesey

Cheesey, I'm sorry for all your current misfortune. These kind of things seem to be happening to a lot of people around the country. Last July when we found out that Mia had her tumor, it was devastating. We were an emotional wreck as a family and still there a lot of days when we just want to feel sorrow for ourselves. But through it all we realized that you get up each day and you face that day and all that it brings - and you keep believing that everything is going to be all right. Because what we face in this life is what stregthens and defines our character. You and your wife will get through these times, and if it makes you feel better, bring it to us, your nameless, faceless group of people who care about you more than you probably realize. Cheesey, remember that bad things will happen to good people, but people with true friends are the wealthiest people of all. You my friend are a rich man.

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My wife had the same thing happen. She worked in the printing industry for 18 years and made over $20.00 an hr when her job left town.

There are training programs available. She returned to school at the age of 42, earned an Associate Degree in Medical Administration and got A job as soon as she graduated in a really tough economy. She was able to collect unemployment the whole time she was in school and got her degree paid for.

Just look at it as an opportunity and make the best of it.

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Hang in there, Cheesey. It's not hard to find a job that pays $15/hr. It won't be a great job but no one said it's going to be easy.

Right now I'm paying $256/month for health insurance. You can get it cheaper than that depending on the options you select.

I was out of work for 2.5 months. Currently I am working as a consultant for no benefits. I'm making an ungodly amount of money but the situation is pure hell. So I'm looking for another job.

We should have been school teachers or public employees... we'd be retiring now and being carried on the backs of people who actually work for a living. 😛

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