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What has this downturn taught you (if anything)?
ray123
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Personally, it has taught me to appreciate my job far more than in the past. However, the majority of people are still living with their heads in the clouds, somehow thinking that they are immune to the recession! In my workplace, most of my work colleagues are as lazy as ever and the worst thing is that if there are reduncies, the lazy will keep their jobs and people like myself will be given the boot. This country is finished...
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...To expect the unexpected and always have a Plan B. My hubby has had an income protection policy for nearly 5 years and I can't believe that we thought about canceling it thinking it was a waste of time! He is still in work but if the unexpected should happen then this will be our Plan B.Excited for Florida - May 2012 :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:0
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What has this downturn taught you (if anything)?
That you can waste many hours of your life talking to strangers about the issues/problems/symptons on a forum and not make the tinniest effect in the real world.......But i hope i am learning about the housing/BTL/asset bubble and just maybe next time i will spot it in time.0 -
I am doing that already, but I realise that life is not fair.
There is an old saying: It is not what you no but WHO YOU KNOW..
I am not friendly with the right people... My tongue is not (gordon) brown enough?0 -
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It has taught me to try and enjoy life more,to spend,get some debt and dont save too much.
Debt is good.
Someone will always bale you out.0 -
John_Brown wrote: »Perhaps he/she was the last in, and "expects" to be the first out?
Isn't that illegal now, as it's likely to discriminate against younger workers?0 -
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It's taught me the value of a good brand of toilet paper, and roughage.0
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