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Too Cool To Be Out of Work?
Okay, who else out there is too smart and awesome to be out of work? This Recession can bite me.
Have you been laid off in a sucky way? Are you applying to shit jobs that make you bang your head against the steering wheel after you drive away?
Share. Let it out.
Let's commiserate.
Have you been laid off in a sucky way? Are you applying to shit jobs that make you bang your head against the steering wheel after you drive away?
Share. Let it out.
Let's commiserate.
Tags: jobs, of, out, poor, recession, unemployment, work, working
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Laura Blewitt on -
Hey, I consider myself a very smart *and* awesome person -- but I am out of work. I was most definitely laid off in a sucky way -- and I'm so fed up with it all that a $12/hr job at Dairy Queen sounds pretty good right now. Too bad I spent all that time and money earning a bachelor's in journalism for the past couple years of my life, right?
I haven't found any jobs that are really grabbing me yet, and I'm trying to look for jobs by just networking online with media people because, let's face it, I've tried sending out hundreds of blind résumés and I know how well that turns out. It's so difficult to get real feedback from employers that way -- I think it's rare that those cover letters even get read.
I'm still just really bitter that a TV station would hire me in early December, giving me hope that I'd beaten the recession and landed a job that will be secure for at least a year or two. I had completely grown comfortable with signing my life away for the next couple of years, and look where it landed me: unemployed just three months later because that same position was eliminated by the station's national executives. Can I get a FML?
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Permalink Reply by Katja Michelle on -
where are you at that dairy queen pays 12/hr because wherever it is I'm moving there.
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Permalink Reply by Elle on -
Ugh, I was laid off from the job I LOVED a month ago (fine, it was a tech support call centre job. But that's not the point. It was fab, goddamnit!) About 20 people lost their jobs. The funny thing was, they said, 'Oh, but we need to give you 24 hours notice, so you can do your shift tomorrow first if you like.' Um, no?
Me: *thinking* DO you really think I'll go 8 hours without telling a customer to shove their router up their ass? ''Nah, I won't be back in tomorrow. Heh.'
Luckily I found a temporary admin job for a couple of weeks and I've just got another call centre job that I start next week. But February just sucked.
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Permalink Reply by Karen on -
$12/hr at Dairy Queen? Those kind of jobs for MAYBE $8/hr here. The thing I'm hearing right now is people are making more on unemployment than if they were to take that shit-paying job.
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Permalink Reply by Jess on -
$12 to serve soft-serve ice cream (that really isn't ice cream, IS IT, DQ?!) sounds really fucking awesome right now.
I'd serve cones for $10.
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Permalink Reply by Laura Blewitt on
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So, then, y'all think I should do it??
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Permalink Reply by David Stehle on -
If you REALLY need a job, swallow your pride and be a cone girl. Making $12 an hour is better than making $0 an hour, right?
And look at it this way, it doesn't have to be permanent.
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Permalink Reply by floreta on -
i totally would! i only got paid $7/hr when i worked at DQ (of course, that was almost 4 years ago)!! what gives?
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Permalink Reply by Angela on -
I know what you mean! I hate my job, I've been there almost 4 years and I'm trying to get out! No one is hiring. You need to be amazingly smart and live in a big city to get a good job, oh and also be lucky! I'm just glad I'm going back to school in the fall for nursing, nurses always have jobs, as long as hospitals don't go out of bussness too haha
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Permalink Reply by Lauren on -
Yeah seriously I want a $12 job at Dairy Queen! I was laid off several months ago and moved back to live with my parents to save some money working two retail jobs and figure out what to do with my life. I just got into a great design program at Portfolio Center in Atlanta but now thinking that maybe going back to school for 2 years and lots of money isn't what I want or need. The recession is really upsetting for everyone but for certain jobs like graphic designers it's really hard to find a job that isn't just freelance contracts. I am smart and know I could do more things with advertising and marketing but it's harder than ever to get your foot in the door. I think all we can do is hang there and hope things turn around within a year or so... hope. That's that key word right there.
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Permalink Reply by Ben on -
Laid off in January, so I've had a couple of months without work now.
Gets boring pretty quickly, and I have problems maintaing a regular sleeping pattern due to lack of routine.
Definitely too incredibly awesome to be out of a job, though my pretty much voluntary tech journalism job keeps me going at least a little. Looking for something I actually want to do has naturally got harder, and though I wouldn't ideally put myself into something dull and uninspiring pretty much anything would be good about now.
I suppose this is the kind of time where bold moves could potentially have big pay offs in the long run. Just have to work out what that bold move is.
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