tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600547462620775535.post7553555281971176374..comments2009-03-04T19:00:13.094-06:00f.f.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15189780903818004615noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600547462620775535.post-88323609134964974582009-02-23T07:44:00.000-06:002009-02-23T07:44:00.000-06:00Not all of us have 6 months in savings. My partner has ongoing medical issues and is on life support - we were struggling before the layoff and now? We are about to go under.Melanienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600547462620775535.post-54095583009362548842009-02-16T22:11:00.000-06:002009-02-16T22:11:00.000-06:00Can you drop me a line when you get a sec? Thanks!<BR/><BR/>-Skye<BR/>skye at blogher dot comSkyehttp://www.blogherads.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600547462620775535.post-46884850133396746542009-02-16T17:57:00.000-06:002009-02-16T17:57:00.000-06:00You are completely correct about management waiting until the last minute to lay folks off. I have to pretend that everything is fine and lie when someone says "Do you want me to come in early tomorrow", I have to say "sure" instead of "Oh don't you worry, I'm about to lay you off 10 minutes before you leave tonight".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600547462620775535.post-44553650877929255972009-02-13T10:25:00.000-06:002009-02-13T10:25:00.000-06:00i'm feeling this panic enough myself that i did some rearranging to make sure that my dedicated monthly expenses are as low as possible, then divided my usual debt repayment amount for each month (i'm sort of into the snowballish method - just putting whatever i can toward debt while still saving) so that i could put half of that into liquid savings for the time being. cash on hand seems like the best idea, even if it means a slightly slower repayment on student loans that are at 3.1% while my savings is at 2.2%. math-wise, a little unwise, but not a lot - and it does plenty for my ulcer-tendencies!ldubnoreply@blogger.com