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Frankie23
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This might become a guide, or at least offer a few tips, to someone that lands in the unfortunate position of losing their job.
In this day and age, retrenchment and job loss is a reality. One can never (and should never!) take one's job for granted as it can be taken away in an instant.
Consider this:
The news hit you like a freight train. You've just heard that you will be retrenched in two months' time.
You have a family that depend on your income, you have a bond/rent to pay, water & lights, car/s that need to be paid, medical aid, insurance, groceries that need to be bought, a cellphone contract to be paid, a contract or two that cannot be cancelled mid-term, a short-term loan that needs to be paid, the list goes on and on.
Not everyone is in the fortunate position to have 6 months' worth of salary stashed away in case of emergency, and you cannot afford not to be generating an income.
The bit of money you might draw from you company provident fund won't last long and you most likely have no other source of income. Finding a new job doesn't happen overnight and the pressure of your bank account nose-diving with no new money coming in, can be enough to make grown men break down.
What is the next step? Where does one start? Who do you turn to? How do you get back on track?
In this day and age, retrenchment and job loss is a reality. One can never (and should never!) take one's job for granted as it can be taken away in an instant.
Consider this:
The news hit you like a freight train. You've just heard that you will be retrenched in two months' time.
You have a family that depend on your income, you have a bond/rent to pay, water & lights, car/s that need to be paid, medical aid, insurance, groceries that need to be bought, a cellphone contract to be paid, a contract or two that cannot be cancelled mid-term, a short-term loan that needs to be paid, the list goes on and on.
Not everyone is in the fortunate position to have 6 months' worth of salary stashed away in case of emergency, and you cannot afford not to be generating an income.
The bit of money you might draw from you company provident fund won't last long and you most likely have no other source of income. Finding a new job doesn't happen overnight and the pressure of your bank account nose-diving with no new money coming in, can be enough to make grown men break down.
What is the next step? Where does one start? Who do you turn to? How do you get back on track?
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