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I’m going to become homeless before I get an interview. I have ten years experience. I’m trying to keep my head held high and do self training. Even posting my Udemy certs on LinkedIn (I know they’re worth less than toilet paper).
No one cares.
20 years experience. 58 years old laid off by a thinly veiled pac masquerading as a no. Profit
Can’t even get a damn interview. It’s been two years. I’ve quit looking for work and just started teaching guitar.
I will never make good money again.
Lucky for me I can’t play guitar either. The only passion I got is Aztec history and I’m not qualified to teach anyone.
What technologies did you work with?
I ditched the IT world for production and manufacturing. CNC machining has a surprising amount of skill crossover and even more so in inspection. If you’re physically capable and have programming experience, it’s worth looking into.
What a time for me to realize that my position in my job is no longer stable. I asked for a raise in return for getting certs they want me to have off the clock and suddenly my bosses aren’t cool anymore. Place got real shitty real fast when I was like, “Hey, I’ll do this shit you want off the clock if you pay me more during work hours”
They literally laughed in my face and now tensions are high between management and the employees that aren’t happy here. I’m going on medical leave for 4 weeks starting next Thursday and I’m terrified they’ll realize they can manage without me in that time and fire me for some bullshit when I come back
Does this count as the third once in a lifetime recession in my lifetime or is this a continuation of the last one
It hasn’t been this hard for Americans to find work since 2021
And before that, 2020, and before that, 2012, and before that, 2008, and before that. . . .
I suspect the system is designed this way, to put people in a near-permanent cutthroat burnout-hustle state of sheer desperation for anything even resembling stability.
It also keeps the working class as a whole scattered and inwardly conflicted, so they don’t mass up against their masters.
