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Illumina Drathiran'ar · 03-17-2009, 05:30 AM

I currently work for Starbucks.

It was fantastic when I started... It was a take a breather job for me, you know? I was going to work there for a while, work with my hands, be around coffee all the time, get better at connecting with people... Find a nice job at a university that'd foot the bill for my grad school.

Now, stores are closing. Everywhere. Labor cuts have made it so that when we would normally have four people, we have three or two. We're overworked and morale is low.

Now, my store does quite well, and I apparently have one hell of a knack for what I do now. I'm PRETTY sure I'm safe, and I'm PRETTY sure that if my store closed, I'd be whisked away to some other store. But not being certain is what kills me, and I don't have enough hours to do things like, I don't know... Save? Invest? Buy new boots?

As for jobs at universities? Searches at higheredjobs.com and the like that once produced hundreds of results now produce tens of results. People with Masters degrees are snapping up the entry-level stuff that was so plentiful a few years ago.

And I don't even want to get into the housing situation.

I've been in a near-constant state of fear for several months now... I really hope things turn around soon.

03-17-2009, 05:30 AM	#11
Illumina Drathiran'ar Apophis Join Date: July 10, 2002 Location: I can see the Manhattan skyline from my window. Age: 38 Posts: 4,673	Re: How has the economy affected you, if at all? I currently work for Starbucks. It was fantastic when I started... It was a take a breather job for me, you know? I was going to work there for a while, work with my hands, be around coffee all the time, get better at connecting with people... Find a nice job at a university that'd foot the bill for my grad school. Now, stores are closing. Everywhere. Labor cuts have made it so that when we would normally have four people, we have three or two. We're overworked and morale is low. Now, my store does quite well, and I apparently have one hell of a knack for what I do now. I'm PRETTY sure I'm safe, and I'm PRETTY sure that if my store closed, I'd be whisked away to some other store. But not being certain is what kills me, and I don't have enough hours to do things like, I don't know... Save? Invest? Buy new boots? As for jobs at universities? Searches at higheredjobs.com and the like that once produced hundreds of results now produce tens of results. People with Masters degrees are snapping up the entry-level stuff that was so plentiful a few years ago. And I don't even want to get into the housing situation. I've been in a near-constant state of fear for several months now... I really hope things turn around soon. __________________ http://cavestory.org PLAY THIS GAME. Seriously. http://xkcd.com/386/ http://www.xkcd.com/406/ My heart is like my coffee. Black, bitter, icy, and with a straw.