My brother was laid off from his job right before Christmas and was given no expected return date.
As you’d expect he and I immediately started hunting down a replacement. Around the holidays is a tough time to find a job, that isn’t surprising.
What is surprising is the sheer amount of places he has applied to and the fucking crickets in response.
He’s more than qualified for the positions he’s applying for and has even applied to places that are beneath his potential. FUCKING NOTHING.
It’s been tough to watch. He’s rightfully frustrated and depressed. And now the burden of our rent, his car payments/insurance now fall onto me which has been stressing me the hell out. If I sleep in one morning, I could get fired and it’s all over.
This whole thing about “nobody wants to work anymore” is a complete lie. It’s harder to find a job than it ever was before. These places put “urgently hiring” in their ad and don’t even respond. It’s fucking crazy. I think businesses are jumping behind this slogan as a way to justify understaffing and making less people do more work.
Just had to yell into the void about this for a minute.
End rant.