Are you recession proof

[GTI]

There are certain professions which are practically recession proof e.g. firemen, police, nurses, undertakers, social worker etc.. So are you worried about losing your job or do you think you're recession proof?

[BertRoot]

I work for a large multinational IT Services company and we are losing people constantly to voluntary and compulsory redundancy. I have asked for a quote but you have to be useless or cheap to lose to get out or in an easy to fill position. Good for some people I know who have left with nigh on 250k.

[cassy34]

Surely that's both criteria ticked for you Bert
I'm in the same position, but I'm past caring about losing my job, it gets threatened so often that you can only worry about it for so long. If it happens then so be it, might be the kick up the arse I so desperately need. I'm young and pretty (and my missus was one of those that got a payoff from said company above )

[liveseytowers]

I work for a large IT company also and we've already had a spout of redundancies. No engineers's went but a service manager went and one of the engineer's has left and he probably;y won't be replaced.

There are 3 of us that support our site which is pretty much the bare minimum so i'd like to think we are pretty safe. If one is on holiday and the other is sick we need a 3rd person to be there to cover as its too much of a risk to no engineer onsite for a couple of weeks.

Fook knows what will happen when the contract is up for re-bid next year mind

[BertRoot]

Surely that's both criteria ticked for you Bert

Cheeky cunt. Thing is there is a large base of our clients up the road who are gagging for folk and willing to pay 400 sheets a day for them so that is equally tempting but I would like the package from these lot and then fuck off so I can at least clear my mortgage on the way out.

[Sanj[UK]]

I work for a IT company. We are currenty recession proof due to some huge contracts we have at the moment

[Spennyboy]

My place just got rid of half our IT team. Struggling to cope with who is left and they know it, so fills some confidence that if your good, your safe.

[GTI]

For me working in the Pharma industry, the biggest threat is not recessions or even depressions since people will always get sick and even more so when times are bad. No my kryptonite is industry consolidation, a lot of the giant Pharma companies are buying each other left-right and centre and I'm convinced that in about 20 years we will only have the one left standing. Therefore I am technically recession-proof, but I could lose my job the moment our share price drops low enough that a predatory competitor decides to snap us up.

[Roach-Rampino]

I run my own business and we are from recession proof. The main reason for my lack of activity on DF over the past few months has been that I have been completely consumed by business matters.

However we have weathered the storm quite well so far through a combination of well timed redundancies, cutting prices and knocking on doors to win every bit of new work that we possibly can. As a result we are on target for a record turnover.

The "recession" actually gave us a good kick up the arse to review how we operate and which direction to take the business in. By this I mean that we were always way too busy with day-to-day work to actually draw up a plan for the future. We have made some very constructive changes to our M.O. and hopefully are now in a position to become a much bigger and stronger company.

[GTI]

We have made some very constructive changes to our M.O. and hopefully are now in a position to become a much bigger and stronger company.

Good luck mate, a recession really does sort the wheat from the chaff.

[neilcritc]

teacher at a successful college - think im going to be ok?

[ek247]

lecturer at college as well, as long as we have students we should be ok

[GTI]

College lecturer teaching nursing and midwifery ... <sigh> its my ultimate fantasy

[muttleymacclad]

I own a shop / newsagents in a station and we are far from recession proof. We've seen a 20-25% drop in takings over the last 12-18months. If the commuters going into London lose their jobs then there are fewer customers for me. Everything has a knock on effect, those that are still commuting are "tightening their belts" and spending less too. Getting hit on all sides.

We should be ok as i've diversified our lines, changed the layout of the shop and changed some suppliers. Going to be 6-12 months AT LEAST before we get back to normal sales levels.

MML

[Little John]

No, I'm a self employed IT enginer for small companies travel agencies, car dealerships other companies that make parts for the car industry and everyone of them is just trying to get through without spending any money or spending as little money as they can. 4 or 5 sites now have reached the end of the life for their PC's and they are getting on for 4 or 5 years old which is well over. Most have been happy to upgrade their machines with nore memory which works for me as I make money on the memory and my time to install but its just a plaster to cover the real problem. I probably have about 6 weeks of work to do with all these upgrades when they come its just getting the companies to find out they have the cash to spend.

If any of you lot have any jobs to fill give me a shout I'm treading water at the moment but could bring a few decent jobs and contracts with me.

[crazyadi]

College lecturer teaching nursing and midwifery ... <sigh> its my ultimate fantasy

ha ha thats what my plans are. lecturer/practitioner

work for the nhs so unless i screw up i should be fine

[super mike]

I'm an apprentice and if one of the girls in my department hadn't found another job and handed in her notice then chances are I'd be out by Christmas. If they think they will get by with 2 people on the finance team or can get a part qualified accountant in part time cheaper than me then I am gone.

Not fun being worthless at work.

[Greyfox]

Im at uni so have no job to loose lol. When i finish thoguh i will be a qualified radiation oncologist which is a highly demanded job all over the world so i will be sorted, thats if i actually pass lol.

[GTI]

Im at uni so have no job to loose lol. When i finish thoguh i will be a qualified radiation oncologist which is a highly demanded job all over the world so i will be sorted, thats if i actually pass lol.

Are you a medical student because I thought you had to be an MBBS/MD to practice radiation oncology?

[Greyfox]

Are you a medical student because I thought you had to be an MBBS/MD to practice radiation oncology?

Nope im only 19 and to do the course only needed 4 B's at alevel. There are quite alot of mature students on the course who have been made redundent and are looking for a new career.