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\"layoff<\/a>One of my favorite fables attributed to Aesop is The Ant and the Grasshopper<\/em>. You know the story; the grasshopper spends all summer long partying it up like a rock star while the ant prepares for the coming winter by building a shelter and storing food.<\/p>\n

Of course, winter eventually arrives and the industrious ant finds himself well-fed and toasty-warm while the improvident grasshopper simply ends up as, well, toast.<\/p>\n

The fable offers a terrific lesson for kids and<\/em><\/strong> adults on the importance of saving and hard work.<\/p>\n

Why I’m Constantly Saving for Winter<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Now, as an engineer, I occasionally have to endure business cycles where my employer has to layoff employees. It’s the nature of the industry and one that I have always taken very seriously, especially since I am the sole breadwinner for my family. Never mind that the threat of layoffs are even greater now that we’re in the midst of a very significant economic slowdown.<\/p>\n

A layoff notice from my employer entitles me to five months of severance pay. Beyond that, I have to apply for unemployment benefits that are only a small fraction of our household expenses.<\/p>\n

Don’t Panic! This Is Only a Drill<\/strong><\/h3>\n

With that in mind, several years ago I decided to undergo a little layoff drill to try and ascertain exactly how much we’d have to cut back to make ends meet on unemployment benefits alone.<\/p>\n

Luckily, the Honeybee and I have been using a spreadsheet to meticulously track our monthly expenses<\/a> for 20 years, so we’ve also had an excellent handle on exactly where all our income is going.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I asked her to propose what cuts she would make to our household budget in the event that I was laid off<\/a>. Meanwhile, I independently made my proposed cuts.<\/p>\n

You can see the results in the spreadsheet below. Now some of our expenses have changed since we originally did this — at the time, our average monthly expenses were $8100, which is slightly less than they are today in 2020 — but that doesn’t change the message.<\/p>\n

As you can see, we disagree somewhat on the scope and magnitude of the cost cutting; she knocked down our budget by almost half, while I was a bit more draconian, slicing our spending plan by two-thirds.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Although we disagreed with our first pass on the size of the cuts, neither of us were able or willing to pare the budget to a degree that would allow us to live on unemployment benefits alone.<\/p>\n

Back to the Ant and the Grasshopper<\/strong><\/h3>\n

On the surface, it might seem like our family will be in a very tough predicament if I end up losing my job.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, I’ve never forgotten about the ant and the grasshopper. As such, even though I am very well-paid, I’ve always tried to live well below my means and save up for that dreaded day when I may finally lose my job. As such, we try to always keep a cash cushion of at least $25,000 on hand.<\/p>\n

For the sake of argument, let’s assume we agree to split the difference on our proposed budget cuts so that our monthly expenses top out at, say, $3500 per month. Add another $1250 per month to extend my health benefits through COBRA<\/a>, and that brings our total monthly expenses to $4750. So in order to pay all the bills we would need to draw down our savings by $2750 per month, assuming unemployment benefits of $2000 per month. At that burn rate, we’d have at least a six-month cushion beyond<\/em><\/strong> the five months of severance pay I’d receive. That’s comforting to know.<\/p>\n

The Moral of the Story<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Don’t be a grasshopper and fool yourself into believing unemployment benefits will be sufficient to sustain you if you lose your job; for most households they won’t.<\/p>\n

I can’t imagine the upheaval that our family would face if I was laid off and we didn’t have a healthy amount of cash saved up to get us through a financial “winter.”<\/p>\n

Having a large savings cushion gives us the ability to postpone — if not outright avoid — the extremely tough decisions we’d have to make when living on unemployment benefits alone. And going through a layoff drill like this not only helps hone a plan of attack prior to facing a severe financial challenge like a layoff — it also shows how well you’re prepared should such a disaster strike right now.<\/p>\n

Photo Credit: mickeymox<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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