layoffmoveon's top 10: things which enrage

so you're cruising through life at a comfortable speed. wham, bam. you're pink slip is served. suddenly there are things in life which you never thought would piss you off.

#1 PEOPLE WHO ASK HOW I’M DOING
in case you’re wondering, “not well” is the real answer to “how’s your job search?”
#2 TOILETRY ITEMS
how do I use these so quickly? not giving up deodorant. I’d hate to be smelly AND broke.
#3 THE PERMA-SEARCH
endless 10 hour cycles of chasing online needles within a jobless haystack. rinse. repeat.
#4 MACARONI & CHEESE
used to feel nostalgic eating this childhood staple, now a definite case of blue box blues.
#5 MY COMPUTER
it’s now much closer to me than any of my friends, it even has lunch & dinner with me.
#6 BEER
it makes me angry because i love it so much. even my love, PBR, gives me guilt pangs.
#7 THE MAIL
must resist fantasies about drowning my bills in a puddle. comcast can eat my a*s.
#8 PRETENDING I WANT TO BE A NANNY OR ASSISTANT
no really, i am great with kids, typing, errands, and any other job you might PAY me for.
#9 BIG GIRL DREAMS
grow up, get a job, and move out. why do i get the feeling i may have to start over again?
#10 OBJECTIVE ON RESUME
call me an aimless brown-noser, this changes 75 times a day to fit YOU mr. job description

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4 comments:

  1. how about acting incredibly interested, motivated and perky while competing with other applicants for a job that has a salary which I earned over 15 years ago!

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  2. my other favorite is the daily news shows which now feature the ever so helpful job search advice...like save up a 6-12 month cushion of funds! oh and another one is how to network...don't even get me started on how lame some of this advice sounds after 7 months of unemployment, no savings left, tiny unemployment benefits and a very limited job market, with perspective employers inundated with hundreds of applications for low paying jobs. Then to have to watch the perky well paid "Experts" on TV is frankly, more than I can take right now.

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  3. vland I feel your pain. What's it like to get unemployment? I was self-employed and therefore ineligible. They say "The only way to be paid what you're worth is work for yourself." Am I really worth absolutely nothing? Now I'm 6 mos. without income, broke, and should get an Oscar for every interview I do while not revealing the true desperation of my situation. Hey, maybe acting could be my next job.

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  4. I know the feeling. Former co-workers act like I have leprosy. Friends and family tell me how smart I am, and that I "will have no trouble finding a new job." Sure. The world is beating a path to this 63-year-old's doorstep. I'm told to "sell your experience." Employers don't want experience - they want economy. Low pay, long hours and no benefits. At my age that's tough to accept. Well, then I get "you should just go ahead and retire." Sure, again. What little of my retirement fund is left might bring in $40-$50 bucks a month if invested wisely. That and the reduced benefit that early retirement brings in and I can (maybe) afford to live in one of the "tent cities" springing up around the country. Then I hear the pundits - "the recession is coming to an end - happy days are here again!" I wonder how many of them would feel that way if they lost their jobs. Zero. Sorry, just on a pity trip tonight. Three rejections in the mail - today - crap! Still looking for that "silver lining."

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