Just curious. Have you ever been fired from a job, and if so, how'd you handle it, what happened in your life (i.e. how'd you make ends meet etc).

yeah ... by an asshole (And he still is today) 26 yrs ago! I started my own business and never looked back. I will say that i worked 2 jobs the first 1.5 yrs to make the mortgage. And these last 2 yrs I've worked part time for a company so that I could larch onto their healthcare..... something incredibly expensive ($9000) for self employed husband/wife business! We just hunker-down and do what needs to be done to get by..............

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I got fired from a job just over six years ago. It was one of the best things that could have happened to me. I hated that job. I woke up every morning wondering if I had any sick days left. Long story short they fired me because my production, and quality dropped after we lost our son. So you can tell what a wonderful environment it was to work in.

They gave me two weeks severance, and promised not to fight my unemployment. So I just drew unemployment and worked a job for cash under the table until I was able to find a job.

nope and it would be something I'd find very hard to deal with.

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Never been fired. Life is too short to do a job you hate, so I generally move on to something better before I allow my dislike to creep into my work.

Just to be clear, being fired is DIFFERENT from being laid off.

Fired or layed off. Isn't the uncertainy of "what next" or "now what" the same? And that's really what I'm wondering about. I've pretty much decided the concept of being fired - or said differently - being without a job - absolutely terrifies me. It's easily my biggest fear. I'm the breadwinner, have kids etc. Don't have a real glorius lifestyle and am a conservative spender, yet I fear this. It's kind of unhealthy.