I went self employed and my income doubled at least, sorry about your luck.

exit the country and re-enter through southern border with no papers. free everything.

I haven’t seen anyone not able to find work. It may not be the same field but there’s tons of jobs out there.

Even my brother who took early retirement instead of the jab is being aggressively head hunted by firms with no mandates.

He’s told them he’s taking 6 months off after all the crazy mandate hysteria that drug out for 3 months and he wants to spend time with his young grandkids.

He’s told me he may or may not go back, it all depends, everything’s paid off, he has a pension, 401k he can’t touch yet and a ton in savings.

He said if something fun comes along he may do it but he’s done leading teams of 100+.

My missus was given the ultimatum (actually works for a government department), she called their bluff. Deadline was November, she hasn't been fired yet. As long as she doesn't mention it, or push it, then the only risk is if someone goes snooping around checking statuses. Ironically, it may be easier to slip under the radar within the government, as they give zero shits about being caught out and fined, since they only pay the fine to themselves anyway and they use your money to do it. A small business is at much greater risk there. In case you're wondering, governments waste an absolute shit ton more money than you think, it's fucking astronomical. Luckily, they are mostly incompetent and only manage to waste money.

For my work, I'm able to work from home. Technically, I'm not allowed to leave home for the purposes of work (or my boss could be fined tens of thousands of dollars). Not everyone's job or employer will allow such an arrangement though.

We are in a good financial position as I moved out of the city several years ago and we brought a property that was well within our means to afford. It is now paid for, so unlike many suburbanites who are working their fingers to the bone to afford to pay the interest on the massive loans they took out to buy oversized houses, and then used the equity in their houses to fund the purchase of boats, SUVs and holidays, we have lived modestly and developed our garden and small farm. A zombie apocalypse was always on the horizon, not sure anyone predicted this one though. Our biggest risks now are basically the government deciding to ship us off to a camp, not a contingency that was very high on my mind 3 years ago. My biggest failure so far has probably been developing local relationships. I'm not particularly a people person, so that's a bit difficult for me. Harder now with the vaxx mandates... I can't participate in organized sports, or community groups (like my permaculture group that I used to go to) or even take my dog to puppy school (yep, they actually announced that we would all need to show our vaxx status, so I just told them that I would not, ever). I do have reasonably good relations with my neighbors though, which is always helpful. My closest neighbor is quite pro-vaxx, but we have discussed the issue and they understand where I come from and do not support the mandates. They're just worried about their VERY elderly parents. Not sure why, they're going to die one day and both of them are into their 90s. Seems to be the way at the moment, everyone has totally forgotten that humans are mortal.

Overall, I really don't know what to tell people who are stuck in such a bind. I've been comparatively lucky. What would I have done if my boss demanded the vaxx? Not sure, it would be bloody hard to get another job being unvaxxed though. If there's any way to move forward without forsaking your values, take it. I feel that the cost of going against your beliefs may be far higher than any hardship that would come to you.

Fuck Dan Andrews!

im retired

You suck it up and know that you will persevere and you will be made whole.

Ive been out of work for more than 6 months. Nurses go on about 'being heroes because blah blah' nigga i did multiple classes a day with different students from day 1, then got fired because my asshole boss signed an open societies contract then tried to force me to get jabbed. I was never fired.

I lost my home and am now living with friends and may be moving interstate with them in the next couple of months if shit doesnt change.

I was told yesterday a recruitment mob 'would not interview me' on medical basis. The fucking idiots rang me back today in response to the same application, and told me again, they would not interview me. This time they got an earful and tried to claim 'no no i think you have the wrong person, thats not our policy we are 'your body your right' and were told no, you fuckwit, YOUR staff member (name, phone number) specifically told me you wont interview me, you are hiring and firing for the company that makes YOU liable no matter what the client says, either you interview someone who is a match for the job as per the law, or you dont, if its your client giving you the illegal instruction, then you need to inform them of workplace laws or you drop them. Either way, ill have your refusal to interview in writing, your exemption from the equality act, and youll hear from me. Not sending that would appear to be EVASIVE. Either you have the legal backing, in which case, put it in writing, or you dont.