In light of the doing well in life thread, I thought I would solicit your thoughts on the question of security.
I have a substantial-sized family, live in a wonderful house in a wonderful neighbourhood, am essentially debt-free except for the mortgage, and have a relatively secure job that has generally allowed me to do many (though not all) of the things I want to do outside of work.
Having said all that, involuntary redundancies have been announced recently, and because I have not been overwhelmingly happy there, I have entertained the notion of what would happen were I to be given a pink slip.
Now I know that many of you have experienced redundancies over the last few years, and I am wondering how you have managed to keep your houses, etc. I am afraid (only mildly), because I don't want to have to uproot my kids, yet I don't think I could take much of a salary reduction and still pay my bills.
Essentially, while I don't feel in any way attached to my job, I do feel attached to the salary, and I can not see how I would cope if the worst were to happen (or better yet, if I were to just walk away on a voluntary basis).

