It goes without saying that Americans nationwide have felt the affects of the economic crisis. Mark Douglas, a hardworking journalist and teacher is among the worried and overwhelmed people struggling to keep their jobs.
Once content with his job as an investigative reporter for News Channel 8, he now watches, friends and acquaintances within the station lose their jobs due to the necessary cutback of employees. "I don't want to be the next to go. I worry constantly about it and feel for the ones who've been the victims of a lay off," says Douglas.
Although he is one of the fortunate ones to still hold onto his great job at the station, he and many of his colleagues have been forced into taking two weeks of work without pay. "It's definitely hurt my bank account," Douglas agrees. "I've worked my entire life to save money in order to settle into a comfortable retirement. The fact is, however, that the recession is and will take many people away from their yearned for retirement, but my worry is less on that fact and more oriented on the hopes of just keeping my jobs in general!"
Does Douglas have faith in continuing to outweigh the chances of a layoff at the station? "I have to have faith in order to sleep a little more and worry a little less." Douglas knows that being on top of his game as a reporter is a necessity. "If I want to outweigh those grim chances of losing my job that I love and enjoy dearly, then I must be willing to put in more hours and more heart than my colleagues, who become a source of competition more so than ever."
Despite the harsh reality Douglas has faced, he realizes that happiness is in the eye of the beholder, and not even the recession can take away the human spirit.
Ps. I tried to get a picture of him but it was hard enough to get in touch with him!
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