When I first got laid off I thought it would be chill to be on unemployment for a month or two, but now that I've applied for hundreds of jobs with just two interviews I'm starting to think I'll run out of money before I find a new gig
The job market is such dog shit right now. I don't even hear back from jobs I'm overqualified for, and almost every job I've applied to pays less than what I what I was making years ago. Love too see the savings I've carefully socked away for years go down the drain in a few months
Someone close to me experienced the same shit. Took 5 months to land a job well below their qualifications. And those 5 months were no picnic - looking for a job is a full time job. Meanwhile the bills pile up and you just flush what little you've saved on essentials to survive. To make matters worse, other friends will say lib shit like "enjoy your time off."
Yeah I apply for jobs Mon - Fri and I've also been studying new shit for my so-called career. That's on top of working part time at a warehouse (I'm allowed a certain number of hours while collecting unemployment benefits, and a friend of mine hooked me up with the temp work he knew about there)
An acquaintance of mine asked what kind of traveling I had done to enjoy my time off and I was just like "???"
I know someone that's been in a similar place. They even were quite setup for frugal living, but it still trickles away your funds over months.
looking for a job is a full time job.
worse than any actual job i've ever had
Been there. Finding someone that's got the hookup is the way to go. If you don't know someone, hang out somewhere you can meet people in your industry, online or irl.
Took me 3 months to find one, I'm lucky to be living with a friend. Barely getting interviews, little in the way of follow-ups, for work I have years of experience in and I think I interview pretty well, when I can get one.
I don't get it. No one wants to hire anymore. Good luck
ty. Reminds me a lot of the time after the Great Recession when every business was running on absolute skeleton teams and refused to hire more workers
You have my empathy, I've been in and out of regular work sometimes too and unemployment really hollows you out.
I was having a great time the first month and then the dread set in lmao
Took me 6 months OP but eventually it happened (at a pay cut unfortunately). It’s rough but you can’t give up, or give in to how unfair it is. You got this.
(One day we’ll get a better system. One day…)
similar situation, though ill start running low after unemployment runs out and i have another 4 months of that, so will probably start panicking then. im already pretty stressed
