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Laid off for five months

I was laid off at the beginning of April so my job can be outsourced to contractors overseas. Man oh man. Things were just getting better for me. I was saving money, things were looking up and then bam Laid off. Everyone told me “you’ll be okay”. “You’ll find another one soon”. Not gonna lie at the moment that’s not what I needed to hear. I’ve applied to about 500 jobs at this point and getting rejected over and over. Tbh it’s probably more. I’ve had five real interviews and still no job. My savings is gone, I’m stretching the shit out of my unemployment insurance and that ends next month. I don’t know what I’m going to do you guys. I’m a single mom and I’m scared as hell. I can sell my car but I don’t live in a walkable city. And to qualify for any assistance I’ll…


I was laid off at the beginning of April so my job can be outsourced to contractors overseas. Man oh man. Things were just getting better for me. I was saving money, things were looking up and then bam Laid off. Everyone told me “you’ll be okay”. “You’ll find another one soon”. Not gonna lie at the moment that’s not what I needed to hear. I’ve applied to about 500 jobs at this point and getting rejected over and over. Tbh it’s probably more. I’ve had five real interviews and still no job. My savings is gone, I’m stretching the shit out of my unemployment insurance and that ends next month. I don’t know what I’m going to do you guys. I’m a single mom and I’m scared as hell. I can sell my car but I don’t live in a walkable city. And to qualify for any assistance I’ll need to get rid of it as it’s value is just above the asset margin. I know I’ll figure it out but like I’m terrified again. I just got out of the Survival mindset before I was laid off and now it’s back again. I don’t have family or friends to help out. I feel so fucken alone. I know I’m lucky to have been able to hold on this long but I feel so trapped. I can’t go anywhere or do anything because I wanted to stretch every dime I had. I don’t have any fall back. Sigh. Thanks for letting me vent

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