Marion County has the second highest unemployment in the state, at a staggering 19%.
There are no strangers in the Marion County One Stop Center, the county's unemployment office.
Everyone in the room knows each other.
They all worked together for many years at Blumenthal Mills, until they were laid off last October.
Betty Taylor has been looking for work ever since the day she lost her job.
"There's just nothing out there. There's just nothing to be found for the young people, old people, anybody that's out of work," said Taylor.
All of Betty's former co-workers echo that sentiment.
They've all been pounding the pavement for work, but nothing's panned out.
"People losing their homes, people losing their cars, children can't get into college, grandchildren can't get into college," said Taylor.
And they can hardly pay their bills. "You can't pay your light bill, water bills, your basic needs. You can't even pay out of your unemployment check you just can't do it, so how we gone live?"
Debora Smith is the deputy director of the One Stop Center and said right now it's a desperate situation for many in Marion County.
"They're actually begging me for anything, saying I'll do anything... I'll cut grass, pick up leaves, if you just tell me some way that I can get a job," said Smith.
Jobs that are few and far between in Marion County.
Betty Taylor and her former co-workers say something has got to change and soon or people will start moving out of Marion County.
