So About the Economy...

We hear that the economy's doing pretty well. At least, that's what looking at the stocks would lead one to believe. But based on the job situation for many of my fellow recent graduates, I'm persuaded to conclude otherwise. It's not only recent graduates, I'm finding. Stress is high at my workplace because, well, it's a company. And companies exist to make money. And if a company isn't making enough money, it'll take steps to ensure that it can make it through the year and the next, and so on. At least, in the ideal situation that's what happens. In order to stay afloat, though, it often means cutting costs. When all other costs have been cut, it's employees who must go. And so, people are scrambling. There's less work to do when people have less money to spend, so the competition is up. And we're searching. Searching for that next project. Something more to boost our metrics. Because at the end of the day, we all want to stay employed so we can continue to pay those bills, those student loans, cover those costs, whatever they might be. We definitely feel for those who don't have jobs. And we hope that the people who haven't been able to find one are able to do so soon...