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themaguffin

(3,826 posts)
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 02:36 PM Mar 2020

I lost my job at the end of February.

While I have had some interviews and one good prospect to be decided this week... if I don't get it, I feel like, my chances of getting a job anytime soon fall dramatically and that countless others will be joining me.

What a disaster.

But hey, payroll tax cuts! Fed rate cuts!

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I lost my job at the end of February. (Original Post) themaguffin Mar 2020 OP
good luck! samnsara Mar 2020 #1
crossing my fingers for you Demovictory9 Mar 2020 #2
Well that sucks! leftieNanner Mar 2020 #3
I'm sorry DarthDem Mar 2020 #4
Feel for you. My son was on a promotion track Friday. Unemployment today. empedocles Mar 2020 #5
Same here. Was let go on February 29th. hamsterjill Mar 2020 #6
yep, even places that were hiring - who knows now? and with employees working from home themaguffin Mar 2020 #9
Sorry. Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #7
Sending good vibes your way. Hoping for the badhair77 Mar 2020 #8
Thank you everyone. I am trying to be positive in all of this themaguffin Mar 2020 #10
Sorry, I just saw others are facing the difficult job market. badhair77 Mar 2020 #11

leftieNanner

(15,082 posts)
3. Well that sucks!
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 02:42 PM
Mar 2020

Good thing you have your multi million dollar trust fund to fall back on. At least, that's what the Repugs would say.

Reminds me of Romney suggesting that young people borrow "twenty thousand bucks" from their parents to start a business. Clueless monsters!

Good luck to you!

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
5. Feel for you. My son was on a promotion track Friday. Unemployment today.
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 02:45 PM
Mar 2020

Nothing a 'felt experience' to alter perspective.

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
6. Same here. Was let go on February 29th.
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 02:57 PM
Mar 2020

Scared shitless and no one is responding to resumes I’ve sent out. Hiring will be on hold I fear.

themaguffin

(3,826 posts)
9. yep, even places that were hiring - who knows now? and with employees working from home
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 09:16 AM
Mar 2020

the process has likely slowed down

Ms. Toad

(34,062 posts)
7. Sorry.
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 03:00 PM
Mar 2020

EarthFare, by any chance? (Same timing for my daughter's job - they went bankrupt and closed everything by Feb 29. Fortunately, she got a job immediately at Starbucks.)

badhair77

(4,216 posts)
11. Sorry, I just saw others are facing the difficult job market.
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 04:07 PM
Mar 2020

I wish you all well. We’ve been there in the past.

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