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40 years old with stage 4 colon cancer and my husband is loosing his job I have a problem similar to another person listed.

my husband found out that he is about to be fired from his job because the company wants to downsize and they do not want to give him a severance package. He is a very hard worker and has been working day and night to to prove that he is capable of doing his job and he cares. He has been with this company for 20 years with out a complaint about his work and has had many promotions. He cannot find another job that even pays half of what he makes. I have stage 4 colon cancer at the age of 40. I have 3 kids and am too sick to work. my poor husband is so stressed I am very worried for him. I am going to loose my health insurance. With medical bills we will loose everything.I don’t even know how my family will dispose of my body if I die when it will be very difficult to pay regular bills. any advice?

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Da offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 2 months ago (5 minutes after post)

How old are your Kids? If they are working age, I would have them all get jobs. Hopefully there combined income will make up some of the money your husband will lose when he gets a new job that is half is current salary.

Also as a bones since it will be more then one income you will get a brake on taxes as each will be taxed independent and its likely your kids will not make enough to be taxed on. So even if gross your children can’t make up for the short fall after tax money might be closer.

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mishelle-ishi offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 2 months ago (25 minutes after post)

my kids are not old enough to work. Thank you for your advice.

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An Unknown Location | 2 months ago (49 minutes after post)

Why doesnt he get a severance package, is there a way to get wellfare for a while maybe ?

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An Unknown Location | 2 months ago (51 minutes after post)

wow. i apologize but all i can say is i feel so sorry for you and your husband. try to keep up with life right until the end.honestly im so sorry for you

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Xmas offline Verified User (2 months, 1 week) Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months ago (1 hour, 4 minutes after post)

Well what do you want advice about - your health, your husband’s job - can you specify a bit more?

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An Unknown Location | 2 months ago (1 hour, 11 minutes after post)

mishelle-ishi wrote:
my kids are not old enough to work. Thank you for your advice.

How old are they?

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Xmas offline Verified User (2 months, 1 week) Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months ago (1 hour, 15 minutes after post)

I dont think the company have a choice about severance pay after 20 years - do they?

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2 months ago (1 hour, 16 minutes after post)

By the way are you related to the Ishi who writes books or the younger Ishi on myspace

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mishelle-ishi offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 2 months ago (2 hours, 3 minutes after post)

I could use any advice to make my children’s life more positive

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mishelle-ishi offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 2 months ago (2 hours, 3 minutes after post)

Xmas wrote:
I dont think the company have a choice about severance pay after 20 years - do they?

if he is fired they do.

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mishelle-ishi offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 2 months ago (2 hours, 4 minutes after post)

Anonymous wrote:
By the way are you related to the Ishi who writes books or the younger Ishi on myspace

no

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max_needs offline Verified User (3 months, 2 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 53 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months ago (14 hours, 43 minutes after post)

May God bless you. You need a lawyer. Is he able to tranfer to another country?

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