So how is everybody doing here? I expect Freepers to be a little smarter than the average bear.
Still employed. Working from home.
I’ll be fine because I can work from home, Praise God. But many, many people can not.
I’m a saver to a fault, should loosen up and take on some debt, but sleep well at night.
Fu money never been this worried in my life rosy scenario 10 year depression non rosy venesuela do not see any other pissibility
I’m okay but very concerned of the ripple effect. The massive job losses in the economy will cause pretty much all companies to downsize.
Can you imagine what the Unemployment line is going to look like? Then I hear Senator McConnell saying if this goes on another 2 to 3 weeks. States will be filing bankruptcy.
Say bye bye to the pensions in States like California, Illinois and New York
Still working, got maybe nine and a half grand, saving five or six hundred per month.
Not like when I was young and healthy, but then the kids are grown.
If both of us became unemployed we would coast for probably six months instead of continuing to save.
Income actually has gone up for me.
Work hard, keep learning, and thus be an asset to your company.
Live within ones means.
Keep out of debt.
Save, save, save.
I am a software engineer and still working, from home of course. Feel blessed to be working ...
I read the tea leaves in late January and spent February-March paychecks stocking up on food before any outbreak in US was announced (should be good for much of the summer). Our freezer was already full when company laid everyone off mid-March (because of poor choices by management last fall, I already anticipated running out of work by now anyway and had been looking for another gig).
While everyone was going nuts on toilet paper, we were gathering ingredients for homemade bread, biscuits, and making our own tortillas and nacho chips. I think I am gaining pounds from just the aroma of sourdough bread in the oven.
The state is dragging their feet on PUA, but hear that will be resolved by next week. Utilities are paid up and fuel tanks are filled. Money might be an issue if wife runs out of cheese and chocolate, but again good for a bit.
Last weekend we found a local farmer’s market giving away free seeds so we stocked up to start a veggie garden and collecting mason jars for canning later. We are close enough to the farms there is usually fresh produce, eggs, and honey when the Walmart shelves are bare. We plan when economy recovers to move closer to the food/water sources and further away from the panic who rely so much on dead-beat government.
Partially subsidizing two relatives to keep them afloat.
“How long can you tread water?”
My heart breaks for the food servers out there that depend on tips. They become broke 5 weeks ago. I bet nearly every one of them.
We’re managing.
Financial advisors recommend having 6 months worth of savings to live off of in the event of a job loss or some such thing.
My sister was commenting about how many people she knows who are complaining about being out of money and not being able to pay their bills.
Too many people have normalacy bias and live hand to mouth, expecting everything to keep going the way it has been.
Retired. Get the old social security check and retired check. As long as the government does not file for bankruptcy, I figure I will still get paid.
Retired Military - From my new life, just got a bonus before Covid - still employed as essential. Wife, laid off. Daughter, working her ass off at a grocery store. Financially ok. Equity in the 200k range from my property.
No short term worries. Long term is different, however. I need answers. I need my company to survive this shit show. My middle daughter is slated for college this fall, and I’m trying to keep that aside.
The hit to our economy is misunderstood, at this point. There is damage, and it’s not like riding a bike. We’re back to training wheels.
Will we win? F::k yeah, we will. But, it’ll even out and we’ll be back to where we were, at least at some point.
China needs to be dealt with. Ignore her, or engage her, but enough is enough.
I have a years worth on hand plus my new emergency 1200.
Some of us are fortunate to have been retired with no change to our income...and we have had fewer “opportunities” to spend money during the “festivities”...spent $300 on a couple MyPillows and sheet sets and credit card is still about $400 below normal levels...my heart goes out to those who haven’t been working and also had what looks like losses to their retirement funds to add to the stress.