I believe my job is becoming a victim of this "economic downfall." What should I do?

sounds to me like you aren't happy there anyway... this could be a blessing in disquise.

you might see this as entirely too radical, but in case you haven't noticed, the whole of the world is in great need of radical change. and by radical i mean a complete sea-change in the way we see things. the fact of the matter is that our monetary system is based on a Fractional Reserve blueprint where basically only 3% of the money in circulation ACTUALLY exists. the system in use basically permits the banks to create money out of thin air. which in turn corrupts the entire idea of a sustainable economy. it's doomed to fail. we're watching it happen. if i were YOU, i would just keep working there. then, when you lose your job, perhaps you can consider getting off the grid and saying that your faith in money is lost. time to start thinking about how to make our grandkids safe. watch zeitgeist. then watch zeitgeist addendum. they're available on the internet. then tell other people to do the same. eventually, we'll have a very large foundation of people that are educated enough to stand up for ourselves.

Keep your job untill the end, then collect your unemployment. You could take a low paying job or wait until this economy comes back, and it will. We just have to invest here in the US and not be so quick to squander our money overseas untill our own ship is in order. As a business owner myself I have a different take on all of it. I was a young man when the Carter administration turned the economy on it's ear. There were two major problems at the time, unusually high energy prices which rose quickly, to quick for the economy to pass the expense of it along to the consumer before it cut deeply into the bottom line. Second problem was, as the high fuel prices eventually began to be added to the cost of goods, inflation soared. Add to that high interest rates, mortgage rates of nearly 22 % on a three year baloon. I guess the banks wanted to make money during a time of economic strife. Back then however, you had to have at least 20% down in order to buy a home. The relaxing of this very requirement led to much of the problems we are experiencing. Further, when fuel prices at the pump rose quickly again it removed much of the extra spending money people used for eating out, recreational activities, buying electronics, furniture, and on and on. My business territory covers a 200 mile radius and believe me I lost my rear end due to high fuel costs which were impossible to pass along to my customers, as they were fighting the same high costs of deliveries and costs of goods rising, In turn, their customers were being stifled. Also, the number of customers that didn't pay their bill rose. It's bad. The gold standard has been out for quite a while. There has been many years of money being printed out of thin air. Despite what anyone believes devalues the dollar, inflation in my experience devalues the dollar. When fuel prices at the pump rose my dollar dropped considerably. Remember anything and everything is transported. Even my grocery bill jumped 50 % in two years. The farmers that plow the fields, the loggers that harvest the lumber, trains , planes, trucks, the hardgoods made from petroleum. Even when minimum wage is raised it's inflationary because it gets passed along to the consumer. Corporations moving plants off shore and over the border. Greed on walstreet. Very complicated.

Depending on your relationship with your manager, you could be blunt and just ask for the truth straight up. It is a common practice for management to say all is well right up to the end. (ie; the doors are locked in the morning) If you can't ask, prepare yourself with at least 6 months of savings to cover all living expenses, and par down from now until October. Losing operations are the first to go and the end of lease date will tell.