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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.

Tags: jobs, of, out, poor, recession, unemployment, work, working

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Permalink Reply by Laid Back Lion on April 1, 2009 at 9:35am
I've been laid off once before, and i'm thankful to be keeping this job i have now. (notes the irony of my going on this during working hours....i'll keep it quick).

I was laid off about 5 years ago for a company, they took us into an office one by one and told us the bad or good news and that we were to leave straight away. it was a bad time and i feel for anyone who has to go through it all.
Permalink Reply by Katja Michelle on April 9, 2009 at 1:28am
Laid off mid October started applying for at least 3 jobs a week per unemployments guidlines. Three months and 11 days later I finally got approved for unemployment benefits. In February I finally got hired part time AFTER the training they explained that by part time they really meant between 0 and 4 hours a week. So far I'm lucky to get one hour a week. Needless to say I'm still looking. Once a month I go to the malls and walk around filling out applications at all the stores with "now hiring" signs in the windows. The first time I did that I only made it half way before breaking down in tears. Seriously I have a Bachelors degree and am halfway through my Masters program and am begging for a job at the mall. it was just too much to take. I have an interview for a retail job on friday. I hope it get it regardless of what it pays.
Permalink Reply by Jess on April 9, 2009 at 11:18am
Oh man, do I hear that. I applied to mall stores too. And you're looking into the eyes of 18-year-olds, begging them to hire you, and you've got all this seemingly useless knowledge and graduate knowledge and you just wonder....what the hell happened to my LIFE?
Permalink Reply by Oats on April 9, 2009 at 11:53am
I interviewed for a job about a year ago - before the economy got really bad - and they declined me because they couldn't understand why someone with an MS would apply for a position that only requires and associates or a BS and ONLY paid at a starting rate of $15/hour. This was a major pharmaceutical company and would have been great experience even if it was a little below what I 'should' be making.

Now I'm taking a job that pays less than that at a local university that now instead of being overqualified and rejected, I'm overqualified and accepted for the position based on the fact that I have more experience than was expected, so my degree is irrelevant, it's just what I know. And I think when I started grad school back in 2003 the expected starting salaries for PhDs in BME was around 60-80k and for a Masters starting salaries would be 50-60k. Right.

We'll see about that with my soon to be making half that.

Time wasted in grad school= 5 years. I could have gotten a job right out of undergrad and I'd be like my brother, financially stable, owns his own place, has a reliable car....

Where did I go wrong?
Permalink Reply by Charlee on April 28, 2009 at 8:30am
Yo please let me know when you (or anyone for that matter) figure this out! I'm wondering the same thing...
Permalink Reply by Cee on April 12, 2009 at 1:04am
I just got laid off a week ago, and it sucks.

I'm such a career-driven individual, it is just so weird to not have a job right now. I'm hoping I find something soon because I am losing my ever-lovin' mind!
Permalink Reply by Tudor City Girl on April 28, 2009 at 8:11am
Ha! Love this!! Yes- can soo relate to all you wrote. Only shit jobs are out there right now really and the employers are all low-balling people since this is an employer's market. Things will turn around. Keep the faith. I'm starting to feel it is better I am still out of work than in a truly awful job!
Great tips from people below...
Permalink Reply by Jess on April 28, 2009 at 9:13pm
Right now I'm making what I made in high school. I have an MFA now. I didn't even have a GED then.
Jesus.
Permalink Reply by Britt on June 10, 2009 at 7:33pm
I'm technically still on payroll, but I haven't been scheduled since February. I haven't been able to look for other jobs because I'll be in and out of town so much. So I have to wait until the end of next month, blah!

Oh and it was such a mess when I realized they weren't giving me hours. I called up my manager and in a VERY graceful manner (NOT!) flat out asked, "Um, did I get FIRED?!" ...yeah... I didn't though. I still get my discount and everything. Oh well. End of July, I'll be job hunting like crazy!
Permalink Reply by Suz on June 10, 2009 at 11:42pm
I was a part of a mass "workforce reduction" at the end of April. They laid off about 70 people and I was one of the lucky ones haha! They apparently called everyone that wasn't being laid off in to a conference room at the same time the individual bosses were laying people off. They had these packets all made up for us with info about severance and benefits. Then they hand you a box...it was like out of a movie and felt very surreal. Then they had this conference call later that afternoon to go over all the stuff in the packet. The funniest part was when the call was over and everyone was hanging up each beep-beep to signal some signed off sounded like "f*** you"...so it was like a million little f-yous going off one after the other!

I've applied to over 50 jobs and only have 2 prospects right now. I still have yet to get an unemployment check! That whole part is very confusing, but maybe I'll get lucky and one of my prospects will work out before I need the unemployment check!
Permalink Reply by Ana from far away! on June 11, 2009 at 12:04am
I've been looking for a job since January, and until lask week someone called me back. I sent like 20 resumes per week and no one was interested. The only phone call I received was a really good opportunity, and they gave me the job. But it took me 5 months of unemployement and zero money to get to this point. College graduate still supported by her mom... it's hard, but eventually everything will fall back to place.

Speaking of crappy jobs I've taken: survey agent, YES I used to be one of those annoying persons that call to bother people... "sir, don't hung up please I can assure you this is not a sales call, we are just interested in your oppinion..." ugh!!!
Permalink Reply by Leslie on June 11, 2009 at 9:56am
*Raises hand* Me, Me, Me, Me, Me!!!!!

I was laid off after the marketing company I worked for went under. UGH. It sucks :(. And it has been horribly difficult to find another job...bleh.

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