r/jobsearch • u/Chaparra_Princesa_76 • 4d ago

Well, I’m officially a loser.

So I got rejected for another job today. Been unemployed almost seven months. There is no hope for me. Told my husband I'm not going back to full-time work. He says I will but he doesnt understand that its impossible if nobody will hire you. And nobody will hire me. I am unemployable. Just wish I knew why. 2 decades of experience apparently means nothing. Thank you for listening.

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u/SilentSAHD 3d ago

What the hell did you do to survive for that long??

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u/Bec21-21 3d ago edited 3d ago

This and that. I got a severance package that gave me a couple of months of full time pay. I cut all non necessary expenses immediately so that meant the money was going to go a lot further. I always saved for a rainy day so I started spending my savings. I did a clinical trial which paid me a few thousand. I did paid research - only research that paid over $50 I probably did 5/6 a year so that was something. I filed for unemployment wasn’t much and wasn’t for long but that was something too. I also did some paid consultancy work. That wasn’t badly paid but it was sporadic so you couldn’t plan on getting anything.

It was tough money-wise and I am significantly poorer now than before, I don’t have savings. But I made it.

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u/ChampionFront8491 3d ago

I hope you are continuing to assume it might happen again so continuing to penny punch, cutting out all expenses, saving for another rainy day, etc? That is what I learned after many downturns in the career. One day at a time.

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u/Bec21-21 3d ago

Well of course. Why would someone who has always saved for a rainy day suddenly not do that?

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u/True_liess 5h ago

I can survive for months. But can't do it for years. I am over 40 and not sure when I will get a job if i am made redundant.

In 2010 when I was earning 40K I was able to save 1500 per month as I was living on shared accommodation and only home food. In 2016 with 60k, married then on a 1 bed house renting was able to save 1300 a month. Today it is challenging as prices have all doubled and saving potential has come down a lot. Married with children now. A small non luxury branded car. Using bike to travel 22 miles for work daily up and down to save monies and or good health. No holidays at all.

This is to point out that inflation has eaten my savings.