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So whos going to be out of a job by the end of the week /biz/?

>> No.17719520

>>17719471
Me. "we will be working from home indefinitely"

Just let me go already

>> No.17719534

>>17719471
Not me. When I go to work it seems like nobody gives a fuck or notices anything.

>> No.17719565

I think America as a whole is going to warm up to the idea of socialism. This really exposes capitalism’s fragility and how only the rich benefit from neoliberal policies.

>> No.17719588

>>17719565
Just post your ol bernie memes already faggot

>> No.17719596

$5 says my operating room shuts down temporarily or runs at half-capacity since we do elective surgery for the most part

Should be a nice vacation though

>> No.17719598

>>17719471
>tfw independent contractor that is going to get royally fucked

guess i rolled a bandit class this time around

>> No.17719635

>>17719471
Niggerball players

>> No.17719649

>>17719565
yeah this crisis would be much better if we all lived in commieblocks and had a Soviet shithole government, truly this chink virus has proven that capitalism (not globalism) is the issue! Workers of the world unite, open the borders!

>> No.17719689

>>17719649
That’s not what socialism is. With the wealth and technology that America has, we can do far, far better.

>> No.17719725

I'm also an independent contractor that works with public events and I've had stuff cancel left and right, and most of my money is in Link that I refuse to take out. I'll have to tough it out for a bit

>> No.17719764

>>17719689
yeah and where is that coming from?
fuck off already you retarded commie shill

>> No.17719769

>>17719471
>job can not be done from home
>no sick leave or pay
>havent been grocery shopping in 2 weeks
pretty sure im fucked, anyone willing to adopt?

>> No.17719844

tfw turning in my two weeks notice on Friday. I'm not spending my last few weeks alive being a wage cuck.

>inb4 I catch corona five days before my last day

>> No.17719899

>>17719689
With the amount of 3rd world subhumans that America has, we can do far, far worse.

>> No.17719904

>>17719764
Boomer

>> No.17719909

i work in sales. im fucked. its literally over.

>> No.17720011

Learn a trade salesmen fags

>> No.17720088

>>17720011
i have a high-demand trade. not much use when everything under the sun is fucking cancelled.

>> No.17720136

>>17719471
I got layed off yesterday, fucking chink kikes

>> No.17720137

>>17720011
LMFAO did you forget 2k8? Construction is the first industry to get fucked and the last to recover. The whole thing depends on low interest rates.

>> No.17720169

>>17719471
I did not have a job when the week started so no biggie

I might get one soon tho

>> No.17720328

>>17720088
>>17720137
Imagine not being born into wealth. I could not lift a finger and I'd probably still die with more wealth than both of you combined

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>>17719471
Im a neet whose been unemployed for a while now. Should i stop looking for a job considering how much more competitive it'll be with booners who have decades of experience?

>> No.17720341

Corporate tax CPA here. Fuck.

>> No.17720383

>>17719689
Too bad Bernie's policies are welfare for illegal immigrants and tax payer funded tranny surgeries, maybe I could take him seriously if that weren't the case

>> No.17720397

>>17720328

I'm gonna rape you

>> No.17720435

>>17720397
I mean I'm sorry you have to work for a living but I'm just better than you

>> No.17720447
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17720447

I work in healthcare. I'm thinking this is gonna be flu season 2.0. Hopefully the future coronavirus vaccine/drug has a great profit margin.

>> No.17720452

my new job is investing in NBA

>> No.17720478

>>17719471
>be NEET
>My plan this year was finish re roofing my house, rebuilding the side porch, redoing the concrete steps, redoing the concrete walkway to the driveway, etc.
>Corona virus doesn't change shit.
I'm so glad I work on increasing the value of my assets and not work to make other people money.
Fucking wagies...
COMFY!!!

>> No.17720490

>>17720435
you are weak and will not be able to fend for yourself. i will enjoy pissing on your wealth and burning your body for warmth

>> No.17720494

>>17719689
Lotta commies in Biz lately. Can you guys go back to pol or reddit?

>> No.17720523

>>17719471
I work in trade in and I'll be fine. But my body has 10 years so i will be buying and holding link pnk and etc until I make it.
t. 100 link 10000pnk 400rlc

>> No.17720544

>>17719725
>most of my money is in Link
good luck anon...

>> No.17720547

>>17719909
Tourism is dead here and Airplanes firing everyone. NZ is sought of the last place to get hit but we will be affected.

>> No.17720557

>>17720435
i'm gonna rape you too. not cause i hate you. you're probably an alright guy. but i'm a gay rapist.

>> No.17720619

>>17720490
Good luck I guess but I wouldn't bet on success, if you were actually capable you'd actually have money

>> No.17720659
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>>17720328
>>17720435
I love how salty most people get at this. Your veiw of subhumans must be advanced from your elite position. Any tips you learned from the top that could help a determined poor fag to win big or was your families wealth more luck based.

>> No.17720675

>>17720619
>spoiledfag preaching about success

you will die quickly, dont worry.

>> No.17720695

I work in the aerospace industry, how fucked am i?

>> No.17720700

>>17719649
capitalism is what led to globalism though. corporations cheapening the value of labor by outsourcing everything to 3rd world countries where people work for pennies a day.

>> No.17720706

Mailman in the middle of nowhere, feeling pretty fucking comfy right now.

>> No.17720740

Oh fuck I work in Construction management...

>> No.17720774

>>17719596
Lucky fuck
I'm working at a level 1 ER and we're about to fucking swamped with coronaretards
And we ran out of N95 masks
And we're trying to buy hand sanitizer from the Dollar Tree because we ran out of that too
I'm about to quit and take classes online

>> No.17720781

>>17720695

can you work from home?

i work for a god damn mega accountant, he wants to see us in work every day no matter what. i'm fucked

>> No.17720788

>>17719471
They've been putting our annual reviews off and my boss has been uncharacteristically brusque. I think I'm getting axed brehs.

>> No.17720811

>>17720695
DOD contractor?
If yes then you're gone

>> No.17720827

>>17719649
>open the borders
Cuba and North Korea 0 cases of COVID19 yes porky whatever you say.

>> No.17720828

>>17719588
Based doubles

>> No.17720864

>>17720659
I mean I'm mostly here to fuck with people, most of the things you'd pick up from being born wealthy have more to do with interesting social insights than anything else, for example the politics of elite private schools are fucking insane

>> No.17720871
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>>17720659
>why are there more people supporting fascism and socialism?

>> No.17720874

>>17719565
No you don't deserve communism, you deserve been vanish from the world. WIPE DE BURGERLAND SHITHOLE

>> No.17720922

>>17720871
In spain for example, real fascists and communists are working together against feminism and the actual socdem goverment.

>> No.17720990

>>17720864
>for example the politics of elite private schools are fucking insane
Yeah from the outside it looks pretty unrelaxing.
Are the rumours of elite groups being sick ritualistic types kind of true? that you may know of.

>> No.17721009

I work in the military so I get paid no matter what.

>> No.17721028

>>17720871
What political philosophy best suits Decentralisation of currency and power??

>> No.17721049

>>17719689
how in the actual fuck do you think that technology and wealth was generated? the fucking govt? you disgust me, you shallow thinking piece of trash.
name one god damn thing the govt has run correctly.

>> No.17721122

>>17719565
Socialism doesn’t work unless it’s done in a white ethnostate.

>> No.17721166

>>17720990
Depends on where you go and who you interact with, people can and do trade favors and if someone knows your an alumni of a certain private school, even a lower end one, people will give you all kinds of things for free

>> No.17721212
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17721212

>>17721122
>Having bait this weak

>> No.17721308

>>17719471
My university is shutting down so I might be out of a place to live in two weeks. epic

>> No.17721399

>>17719689
i think most people here agree, hence the interest in blockchain. i think the system is broken and needs fixing.

curious: how do you define socialism? also, how would something like a computer get produced in a socialist economy?

>> No.17721442

I work for the federal government at a prestigious department so if anything if we do shut down we're all getting paid leave. How private cucks think coronavirus is an issue to them speaks volumes about how masochist they are when they refuse to take the gov t. Redpill

>> No.17721504

>>17720700
No, it was zionism that led to that.

>> No.17721560

>>17721442
I'll find something else to do, working for the government makes you soft.

>> No.17721596

>>17721308
you can stay with me and teach me how to hustle

>> No.17721609

>>17719689
unironically kill yourself and get off this board

>> No.17721634

>>17721560
Nooooooooo you have to work under tight deadlines with shit pay or else you'll be judged as soft by internet strangers!!!! 1

>> No.17721704

>>17719471
Me because I quit my job.

>> No.17721735

>>17720774
can you guys use p100 respirators if you had them?

>> No.17721761

>>17719596
If Italy is any indication you'll just be converted into a corona ward.

>> No.17721790

>>17720547
You will have a lot of planes flying in the world's rich and powerful.

>> No.17721819

>>17721596
sounds like a plan anon

>> No.17721831

im starting a new job at a supermarket next week, i hope they dont lay me off

>> No.17721852

>>17721819
You an help me with homework and I can give you a shoulder rub
>no homo

>> No.17722103

>>17721761

I really hope not. A decent amount of us operating room nurses have zero floor experience (or haven't worked a floor in decades) and wouldn't be useful at all for real nurse jobs

>> No.17722177

>>17722103
In Italy Emergency Room operations were extended into the hallways of their hospitals. No cushy job for you Ms. Nursey Nurse.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8056233/Single-nurse-30-asks-China-assign-boyfriend-helping-Wuhan-fight-coronavirus.html

>> No.17722186

>>17719565

Better dead than red bro

>> No.17722213

>>17721308
friends at Uni Id Houston are out, Auburn is out, Vanderbilt out, Rice out, friend in Chicago is out, my school hasn’t given an official answer but they’ve sent like 5 emails about us traveling during spring break and the last one said for kids to take shit out of their dormitory because they may not be able to get back in
bro I’m really about to spend my final semester in college doing butt fuck easy online class mode lmao
WINNING
Sadly the only job I have lined up is with schlumberger.....

>> No.17722214

Just work in a grocery store anon. They'll be open for the foreseeable future even in a quarantine.

>> No.17722330

>>17722213
The University of Minnesota is going to make most things (if not all) online. The only thing that sucks is that they may just allow the forestry department I'm in to still send me and all the other forestry seniors up into the bunkhouse for 2 weeks straight for field courses in May. I really hope I'm not forced to do that to graduate, especially since the guy I agreed to room with is Chinese.

>> No.17722409

I work in the optical industry. I don't foresee the demand for vision correction decreasing. also I rarely have to interact with customers in person so I'm good there.

>> No.17722523

>>17719471
Me unironically

>> No.17722576

>>17719471
me

>> No.17722652

>>17719471
Not me, that's for damn sure
t. Utility employee

>> No.17722664

>>17722103
Haha enjoy the hell that is med/surg.

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>>17721212
>DAZED, REELING, TEETERING ON THE BRINK

>> No.17722733

>>17722652
I'm getting a job offer to work as a "utility forester"
Is this a good idea, or will I hate my life?

>> No.17722752

>>17720781
Welcome to the accounting profession. Ran by boomers who haven’t changed their views since the 80s and are exploiting the younger generations of CPAs. Between this, corona, and the tax deadline coming up this is hell

>> No.17722769

I picked a job that thrives in recessions. Fuck I hope it happens bros

>> No.17722832

>>17722769
What job is that?

>> No.17722840

>>17719471
kek just got a call for overtime

>> No.17722852

>>17722769
>what’s the oldest profession in the world?

>> No.17722869

>>17719596
I hear Milan is nice this time of year

>> No.17722893

>>17722733
It's not too bad, mainly you'll be working with Right of Way agents to make sure the retards at Asplundh or other contractors cut the right stuff, and in the right area. You'll also be out of your office for a good portion as well, if you like being outdoors or driving a lot.

>> No.17722933

I work in a hospital lab so business is great. Bad new is all these stupid phone calls asking about corona. That and my job is boring and monotonous yet can very stressful at the same time

>> No.17722951

>>17722832
>>17722852
A specific type of lawyer, don't wanna give more details than that

>> No.17722970

>>17719471
I'm working for a temp agency so they'll have no problem letting me go. I don't care though I'll probably just fuck off to Alaska again.

>> No.17722980

>>17719471
Just when I was hoping to get back to the workforce after being laid off, this shit happens.

>> No.17723047

>>17722951
lolz if you think lawyers are recession proof.

>> No.17723087

learn programming you fucks. Im comfy, working from home with a stash of groceries and my dog.

>> No.17723163

>>17719471
Work at Texas Medical Center (Houston). Shit is about to get crazy.

>> No.17723183

>>17722893
The only thing is, I kind of want to stay close to my family and friends, and this job is 4 states away. I hope I can find something decent before I finish school....

>> No.17723198

>>17723047
Certain types of lawyers are recession proof - bankruptcy lawyers, for example. Certain types (like my corporate finance friends) are definitely fucked.

During 2008 my colleagues walked away with boatloads of cash, more than an ordinary fiscal year. I'm hoping to do the same.

>> No.17723271

>>17719471
One of my coworkers just disappeared a couple days ago so I have overtime out the ass.

>> No.17723277

>100% travel job
fucked, i'm sure

>> No.17723401

>>17722752
The tax deadline might be postponed for smaller taxpayers. Probably not bigger corps though, so you're still fucked if you work at a big firm.

>> No.17723513

>>17719471
>oil and gas worker
Yeah I'm figuring this is my last year working. Not many of us are going to survive the next few quarters.

>> No.17723559

>>17720478
if you weren't so smug i would say congratulations.

your asset will lose value from this recession. enjoy roofing in the summer sun.

>> No.17723759

>>17723183
Why are zoomies so fucking gay and soft? I've been treated like a nigger my whole life by fucking boomers and now even you faggot kids complain and cry like them.

>> No.17723808

>>17723759
Look, I've worked in away from home before, I've done a season of firefighting. I'm not going to slave away just to come home to nobody, fall asleep, and repeat the same cycle. If anyone's complaining right now it's you.
Also
>1 post by this ID
Sure thing buddy

>> No.17723838

>>17723808
that's hard work. i hope you find something closer so you don't have to be alone. this shit is a good reminder to stay close to the people we care about.

>> No.17723840

>>17719769
Just keep some Cans and rice in the pantry.

>> No.17723856
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Pizza delivery driver here, I'll make decent money from the people staying home but I have like one week at best before I catch it myself

>> No.17723859

>>17719471
I might change my career from software engineer to subsistence farming soon.

>> No.17723862

Are accountants safe? I swear to God if they fire me I'll break something and trigger a sevre audit

>> No.17723904

>>17723838
Thanks, it's just the nature of any kind of natural resource job, they are out there, just spread really thin.

>> No.17723909

>>17723862
fuck no accounts arent safe. this whole economy is going down in flames.

>> No.17723994

>>17723862
Yes. Audit and tax are required by regulatory bodies.

Some bat flu isn't going to make the SEC and IRS kikes change the law.

>> No.17724001

>>17723856
>oil price drops
>everyone stays home

you gonna make it

>> No.17724060

>>17723087
Ive been trying this and cant get shit. What did you do that worked?

>> No.17724074
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my dad imports stuff from italy and my whole household depends on him
we're not going to be able to pay rent

>> No.17724110

>>17724060
went to a coding bootcamp. while in school they encouraged us big time to go to coding meetups. I blew that off until like the last month of school, went to a coding meetup.....met my (now) boss that night. been with him and the company 4 years.
got to network.
build at least one really good project. something you can show and explain in depth and something that you can be proud of. employers want to see what you can do.
also apply the shit out of jobs. I talked with a senior dev the other day with 23 years experience and he said he recently had to get a new job and applied at over a 100 companies.

just build shit, build build build.

>> No.17724422

>>17719471
Not me, I'm in dumb cultist proof industry

>> No.17724454

>>17721028
Ancom

>> No.17724629
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I get tasked out on movie sets, my job for the next week is cancelled as of an hour ago. they said its due to rain but that might just be an excuse. a couple sets have been shut down besides ours over the coronavirus already. I'm expecting most productions to shut down for a while. guess I'll play animal crossing while the world burns.

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>>17724629
Have you considered suicide instead?

>> No.17724714

>>17719471
I work in healthcare, a field which has historically grown during recessions due to demand being constant irrespective of consumption desires. Looking pretty good to be honest. My country is corona-free at the moment, and the worse that could happen is that it gets here and I catch it, since I live with boomer parents who would be at risk.

>> No.17724730

>>17719565
why do americans think social policies and communism are the same ? as a yuropoor it shocks me how often (almost always) the confusion happens

>> No.17724821

no . during the end times people will still want coffee . Ill probably start getting overtime soon

>> No.17724834

>>17724730
Mutts view economics on a binary between anarcho-capitalism and full blown communism, as seen with the responses to his post. Just dont try engaging them... its futile.

>> No.17724919

>>17724074
Pay rent? You mean pay the mortgage right? What kind of pathetic cuck has a family while they're fucking renting?

>> No.17725024

>>17721049
Usps

>> No.17725068

Lost my job already (Texas). Oil and gas lawyer here. Gonna probs look for work in bankruptcy or medical.

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>>17721049
The smallpox vaccine for one. Maybe if the US government remembered that the USA wouldn't be such a dumpster fire right now.

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I've been out for about a month now. Tradeshow industry, all shows cancelled as far as I know. I decided to get into this crypto thing hoping for a miracle. Bucc and it's fork seem like they have some good applications if the projects do what they intend to do. If they take off, I could see congressman using it to pay their escorts, or the CIA using it to fund their coups. If that doesn't work out I'll just buy eth once it's done crashing with my unemployment money.

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>>17725071
it will just dissapear into the fema camps

>> No.17725149

>>17725086
just stfu and get 10,000 link tokens before singularity.

you take a chance buying now or trying to catch the bottom.

link still has a long way to go in terms of building it. so you got time

>> No.17725151

>>17719596
>doctor
>thinks hes about to go on vacation

>> No.17725193

>>17725149
We're not even close to bottom yet

>> No.17725196

the company i work for will not be in business by january 1. it was already circling the drain, but it had maybe 2 years. this is just making its death faster.

>> No.17725209

>>17719471
My hours are probably going to get cut or my store will close for a few weeks.

>> No.17725222

>>17721049
Internet was made by the government you idiot

>> No.17725267

>>17722951
Distressed debt / restructuring lawyer?

>> No.17725312

>>17724730
Because democratic socialist has the word "socialist" in it and you're in a forum with mostly young men obsessed with words and their very singular meaning as it pertains to their experiences.

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>>17721122
WHITE JUCHE IS THE ONLY DEFENSE AGAINST THE WUFLU

>> No.17726122

i can't wait to lose my job
i'll finally have an excuse to take the money i've saved up and live like a hobo roaming the country and escape this fucking nightmare rat race