ok so i know this "recession" is on everyone's minds and is affecting everyone, and i've resisted talking about it because who wants to be a debbie downer? but well i can't take it anymore.
sometime over the summer my current job cut my hours down to 32. at first it was cool. yay! every friday off. them my bank account started to dwindle. and i had to cut some things. then patrick started to get news of slumping sales at ws and they started laying people off.
i've been on the hunt for a new job, but haven't found anything. everything i find requires me to have more multimedia/web experience. which is fine, i'll go back to school, but in order to do that i need extra cash. but in order to get more money, i need a better job. i've even considered doing something else, but either way i need training and have no resources yet to go down any new path. i feel trapped. i feel stuck.
so all summer i've been spinning my wheels. i was offered a position somewhere else but the amount they were going to pay was a ridiculous insult. so i turned them down. but now the job market seems even more bleak. and at yesterday's staff meeting, the boss talked about cutting more costs, maybe meaning even less hours or less benefit. GAH!
i sucked it up and decided i may as well bartend or wait tables, which has always been a lucrative fallback. i interviewed for a bartending gig and they told me within 24 hours of posting the ad, they had 160 people respond. 160 people!! i can't imagine what the responses are like for REAL jobs. they whittled the pack down to 20, and will whittle those who interviewed down to 4 before they make the final selection. i have never had to hustle so hard for a restaurant job. they've always been given to me on the spot.
patrick and i are trying to make the move to co-habitate, but this economy is not helping. ws is threatening a third round of layoffs. i know in many ways we are lucky. we don't have a mortgage, and we're only supporting ourselves. but man is it ever hard to try to start a new life in this economic climate.
and what the hell does it mean when they say california is going bankrupt!? how the hell does a state go bankrupt!? where the hell am i supposed to go? what the hell am i supposed to do? how in the world are we going to employ the hundreds and thousands of people out of work?
i don't get it. i just don't get it. how in the world did we get to this place? wasn't i reassured at some point growing up that if i went to college i would get a good job and be ok?
grrrrrrr...
3 comments:
Good post. So true. Heck, I went back to get my masters two years after graduating so I could get a job. I am just very thankful that i do have a job.
I feel your pain.
Layoffs at my job Monday, rumors of another, and 3 MAJOR companies in the area are closing or laying off massive amounts of people.
Co-habiting might be a great idea (first for the experience--my hubby and I of almost 9 years--and I'm 30-sheesh! lived together for 3 years before we got married) and I highly reccommend it just for the "Let's make sure we work through the "drive us crazy" part of living together" first.
Second, you will then be sharing expenses!
Just remember that money is one of the most fought over things, so just keep this in mind if tensions get high. The economy sucks, but it's only money. Love and friendship though, are priceless.
Good luck! Things will turn around!
"Yes we can!" :)
Economies are like living, breathing things and follow the laws of physics. Therefore, what goes up sharply, most certainly goes down, almost as sharply. There are so many people to blame for what's happening right now. And, yes, it totally sucks to live in California where everything from the price of gas to the unemployment rate are well above what the national average.
As for the state going bankrupt, it is at the end of February. You can kindly thank our Governator and the shitty Legislature for failing to do their jobs as promised. Trust me, we will someday look back on this time and marvel that we did as well as we did. Meantime, stay positive and focus on all the good things going on in your life. And they are still considerable, aren't they?!
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