Any advice would be appreciated here — especially on how to stay positive, which I'm not feeling like I can do anymore. I'm just exhausted and ready to give up and resign myself to a life of bad jobs.
In February, I was contacted by a recruiter for a job that seemed like it would be a good step forward in my career. It was a long interview process that entailed more work that I've ever put into an application process, including an extremely difficult edit test that had to be turned in within 48 hours during the work week. I was desperate to get out of my shitty job and this did seem like a great chance to turn my life and career around so I took I jump through all their hoops and accepted a seemingly great offer.
Five months later, it appears likely I am getting laid off because the company is going through a reorganization and my job isn't needed anymore. This has completely ruined my career and my future plans. I was going to get married in a few months, but I obviously can't get a new job and immediately ask for time off, so no idea what to do there. I also now have a very fishy spot in my resume where I only worked a job five months, which pretty much immediately classifies me as unemployable to most recruiters and HM. This means I have to take probably whatever minimum wage job I can get and start building up my resume from scratch all over again in my 30s.
I guess I've learned two things:
- Never do more than the bare minimum at work because your boss doesn't care about you, your life, your health, or your well-being and will throw you under the bus the moment you're no longer financially viable.
- If you're in a bad situation, just stay because leaving might make it worse. If I had stayed at my shitty, abusive job, at least I'd still have healthcare and a steady paycheck.