Another new word to come out of the recession!
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
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Unemployed or ‘Funemployed’? Being made redundant is a stressful time for people and as more people have found themselves in this situation over the last 12 months, some are trying to make the best out of it. Some are using the money to plan once in a life time trips that they could not do without the money or the time that redundancy has given them. Others are reassessing their work life balance as they look to re-enter the workforce.
This article explains further.
So have we a new word to enter into our Economics dictionaries?
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