how many people have a job?

being to the pub notice 75 per cent of my m8s are outta work,just in intrest,who is and who isnt,just reply on the poll.

 

Am employed fortunatley since Jan, previous to that was out for 8mths. Have a mate who's been made redundant twice in last 8 mths...

 

im in an apprentaship and working part time. both pay fairly decent but not sure how stable the second one is. luckilty the first one is fairly stable

 

In SuperQuinn Butchers dunno for how long tough apparently there gettin rid of a load of jobs so will have to wait and see

 

im still hanging on to mine thank god, we had loads of lay-offs before christmas and it looks like theres more in the pipeline before long. i have a good few mates out of work in the last 5 months.

 

In college doin Electrical Engineering . Already a spark,qualified in 2002 and worked in Ireland till 2006, went to OZ for a year and came back . Looked for work then and nothing so I said feck that and got outta the trade. Getting degree this year hopefully but will go on further will theres no work there may as well

 

Where are ya doing Elec Eng? Did my undergrad in NUIG and postgrad in UCC (still there too).

 

CIT at the moment, Honours degree in Power systems then next year

 

Good stuff. I do a bit of work with Martin Connolly & Fergus O’Reilly out there. They're not really on the power side of things though, more CS.

 

Hanging in there at moment - bit like Liverpool

 

8 awful hours a week
rather be on dole me thinks

 

im almost done in college.this may.iv got no job for next year yet so as it stands will be idle

 

Carpenter/Tiler by trade.Out of work since January.Just blessed the missus is still working.

 

Theres always a job with me

 

three weeks left on a contract, then nothing me thinks

 

short time since a few months before christmas

 

just abut hanging in there,for how much longer i dont know i work for myself, have a truck and mini bus on the road.

The contracts for the truck which i drive is hanging by a thread but the bus which the wife drives is as safe as houses.

If the truck goes bang the wife has a job in a deli which she can take up when she wants and ill jump into the bus so hopefully ill ride out this recession by the skin of my teeth,it wont be pleasant though

 

This maybe a bit off topic, but i have worked full time during summer, and part-time for last few years, am finished college in may. At moment i only work about 8 hours a week. So come may when i finish colege for good, will i be entitled to the dole if i leave my part-time job

 

Not 100% sure mate but i think you get the jobseekers allowance its around€200 a week mark

 

Better than 70 odd aint it?