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Showing Original Post only (View all)How long could you last working at a job for which you are not being paid? [View all]

You are not getting paid, but you still have to show up for work and you have to pay rent or mortgage, car payments, fuel, health insurance, tuition, utilities, child care etc.
7 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited | |
0 days - 1 week | |
4 (57%) |
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1 week - 2 weeks | |
0 (0%) |
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2 weeks - 3 weeks | |
0 (0%) |
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3 weeks - 1 month | |
0 (0%) |
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1 month - 2 months | |
0 (0%) |
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2 months - 3 months | |
1 (14%) |
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3 months - 6 months | |
0 (0%) |
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6 months - 1 year | |
0 (0%) |
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As long as I had to | |
2 (29%) |
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OTHER | |
0 (0%) |
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1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided. | |
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How long could you last working at a job for which you are not being paid? [View all]
milestogo
Jan 2019
OP
I would never have a job that I wouldn't be paid, govt workers/contractors understand this is a risk
beachbum bob
Jan 2019
#1
What? Why would a government worker have to assume our enemy would install
Eliot Rosewater
Jan 2019
#3
Standard financial planner advice is to have 3-6 months of expenses in emergency funds...
Joe941
Jan 2019
#5
If I was guaranteed the back pay and still had health benefits, I am lucky I could last a few months
Freethinker65
Jan 2019
#7