DH just got laid off
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Anonymous
| six months severence. ugh |
Anonymous
| I'm sorry. But, six months is great! |
Anonymous
| Happy Holidays |
Anonymous
| EY? |
Anonymous
| Six months really is great. Sounds like the vacation I need. |
Anonymous
| I’m sorry. |
Anonymous
| any cobra or health insurance advice? we get it thru him as i am self-employed. |
Anonymous
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6 month severance is not bad. But, yes, it is stressful. My unsolicited advice to you since I have gone through this twice is -
-Tighten your home budget and spending and go bare bones to the extent you can go to. Plug the leaks in your spending. - Health is most important at this point. Do not drink alcohol, smoke, over-eat, watch porn, gamble etc to deal with this. Eat nutritious meals, exercise, sleep, meditate, and be particular about your dental hygiene, nail health and skin health. You need to be fit and healthy to deal with the stressful period ahead, make a good impression with prospective employers and not spend money on health issues (especially if you do not have insurance). - Job search has to be tackled like a full-time job. - Polish your resume and keep getting new certifications (there are many online places to learn new skills). - Tell everyone that you are looking for a job. - Also, think of creative ways to generate other income streams. I tutored kids during the time that I was without job and also put in YouTube tutorials on programming and cooking. - Clean up your social media accounts and update your LinkedIn. |
Anonymous
This is all good advice. Good luck, OP. I, too, have been through this and it is stressful. It always feels like this is the end, no other job will come, but thankfully it does. Just have to treat job hunt like a full-time job, as PP stated. |
Anonymous
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Another tip -
If you are still employed but have been told that you will be laid off in 2 weeks etc., kindly get all the medical checkups that you can in the meantime. Especially things like Pap smear, mammogram, dental cleaning, eye exams or lasik, comprehensive blood test, heart checkup, endo-colonoscopy. You do not want nasty surprise regarding health when you are unemployed. |
Anonymous
Sure, but my BIL took 8 months land his next job... |
Anonymous
| it is psychologically jarring but. we have all been there (or most of us). something better will come. in meantime take advice pp said. hit he ground running in 2024. treat it as a ft job. six months pay is actually great. |
Anonymous
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It's tough. I got laid off for my 50th birthday and took almost a year to find a full time job. All the good advice you've heard does apply.
If I could turn back the clock, I would have not waste any time with headhunters, job websites or company websites. All of the progress that I made (including the job I got) came from connections with people I already knew. |
Anonymous
+1 Especially if your DH is in late 40s or 50s. The job websites throw out so many applications that human never even see, even if you haven't put your birthday in. That said, there is something hopeful about finding something an applying for it. Steady doses of hope, but really, it's networking. |
Anonymous
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This may be unpopular and it depends on how much savings you have built up, but when we faced a layoff potential for 3mos we stopped 529 contributions and cut back on a lot of discretionary spending to build up a bit of a cushion in liquid emergency funding.
Good luck. |