How Has the Economy Affected Your Income?

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Mine is about the same after considering expenses.

What the economy meant for evil, God turned into good.

Last Sept I was notified that my job was being surplused. I had to train my replacement. I was given 60 days to find something else within the company. If I didn’t find something in that 60 day period, I would be terminated. My last day was set for the day after Thanksgiving.

All my efforts in finding a job both internally and externally were for naught.

Then I got an email asking me to apply for a position with the company. It was about 3 weeks before my termination date. I applied on a Thursday, was hired on Friday. It was a promotion with a pay raise!

Some points of interest that show the hand of God.
1. Hiring in my company is notoriously slow. The process is generally apply, wait, interview, wait, receive some notification, wait, receive offer, THEN after 3 weeks or so you get a new start date. This time, I applied was interviewed notified, and received the offer in 24 hours.
2. NO ONE gets a promotion when they have been surplused. I know many people who have taken demotions to stay employed. Not only am I the only person I know who has gotten a promotion during a surplus status, but I don’t know anyone who knows anyone. I was at lunch with a friend on Friday, he is not a believer. He once again was just shaking his head at the very idea that this happened to me.
3. The company was cutting jobs to save money. They don’t give raises to people when they are trying to save money. I got a 5% pay raise.

I said my income was about the same because our expenses have risen and with the new SS tax, and the rise in cost of Medical Insurance, our income advances are pretty much offset. We are treading water. But God is good.