Comments on: What recession is teaching us?

By: fruity

fruity — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:36:22 +0000

@Amit – You are right!! This post is my perspective, I am just touched by the kind gesture shown by my parents, hubby and friends in these times. My friends are doing something or the other from the points mentioned in the above list. In fact my own backup plan is to get back to uni full-time if god forbid I am in this situation.
And yes you are cent percent correct the reaction is dependent on the financial position.
I have however not come across any body in a place in the situation different than mine and I am glad as at this stage I can’t bear more trauma.

By: fruity

fruity — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:30:25 +0000

@ avada – Nepotism and favouritism has been always sad…..I can’t stand it…people kissing others’ arses and moving their way up the ladder have alays been in my hit list!!!

By: fruity

fruity — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:28:16 +0000

@ abhinav – the conditions here are also not so favourable dear! I am just glad to have my parents ad friends’ support. I am hoping and praying that these tough times pass fast and may god give us enough strength. Amen

By: fruity

fruity — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:23:54 +0000

@ Reema – thanks for the support. I do need it…loads of it!

By: Amit

Amit — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:59:50 +0000

I think the grass is always greener on the other side.
Also, I must add that when a person loses his job, a larger part of how he will react to it will depend on how financially strong he already is.

By: Avada Kedavra

Avada Kedavra — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:29:55 +0000

hmm true.. but the sad part is that in these times some smart not-so-good ppl with good contacts still manage to get jobs.. but hard working ppl struggle so much and still end up without jobs This is what I noticed

By: Abhinav Bhardwaj

Abhinav Bhardwaj — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:58:23 +0000

yeah i can understand it better. I want to go with my interest and leaving all the high paying jobs only for my interst. And the best part is ‘in recession there is no session of job interviews in my area of interest’

By: Reema

Reema — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:50:37 +0000

cheer up dear.. Nothing lasts forever..not even the cold November rain.

By: fruity

fruity — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:06:42 +0000

@ suda – hmm thanks for the comments..it has made me even more sad!

The points that I listed above were to cheer myself and my friends..we are facing the same fears..and now reading your comment has made my mood hell!

Your view is different than mine coz my mom dad keep telling me ‘beta even if you lose job, its not the end of the world, we will always be there for you’. Another friend of mine has started going to temple daily for others’ sake – so thi proves we know who are our friends.

Let me tell you Anupam has been through this phase and I know what happened to him, me and us!

its not I wrote this post wearing rose coloured glasses!! I have seen the harsh reality from too close that you can’t even imagine!

Sorry if I have got too emotional!

By: fruity

fruity — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:03:08 +0000

@ sakhi – ths is one of the reasons for my sad mood!

By: Suda

Suda — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:50:12 +0000

I disagree a little or say I have seen people do exactly opposite of what you mentioned (Here, by people I mean recession-hit, laid-off or with no job bcoz of recession):
1. Faith in god: Many friends who were faced lay-offs don’t have jobs even after 1 years trying and searching, they say they have lost faith in everything

2. Family is important than job: Very few of the recession hit people go hometown as frequently as they did earlier, calls to mom-dad-bro-sis have decreased and everyone wants nothing but a job damn it

3. Job is not the only social identity – you are someone’s son/daughter,husband/wife, brother/sister, mother/father: Same as point 2, no job means you are useless (not my thoughts, its everywhere now) so family is family but job is life’s bread and butter.

4. Who are our real friends who are foes: Well, a little spring here Now, everyone a friend. In these bad times, anyone can help you and people have started going out of the way to help others

5. Self belief: This is the worst point. Many of my friends who lost their jobs have lost all the confidence over the year of struggle. And I know more that 20-25 guys-gals like this. Don’t even think about the people who didn’t get the job at first place after completing the graduation

6. Testing of times and your own strength: Well, no comments here as no one is speaking up about this. I hope everyone is really doing self-assessment somehow….

7. To take out time for those activities we bothered to ignore: Well, does it include not calling anyone, spending time closed in rooms and looking at everything in life in a resentful way? Then thats it, thats what nearly everyone is doing.

Sorry Fruity for so much negative thoughts but this is what I saw in my friends and few familiar persons. I think they should be thinking the way you put it but not everyone is positive and we can’t understand until we are in their shoes (not that I want to understand it).

By: sakhi

sakhi — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:10:59 +0000

Wah fruity… you are in a philosophycal mood, hun??

But its true about the things you mentioned up there!