Got laid off friday, so on the upside no longer having to go outside for work, on the downside…I’m not at all confident that my unemployment is going to outlast this. So that’s scary. being in the employment line with 10+ million people even when we do recover…getting queasy thinking about it.
I got laid off almost 3 weeks ago - my 5th career layoff. I’m an unempIoyment ace! I hope I get a snazzy five-timers jacket. Took 2 days to file unemployment, due to everyone hitting the site at the same time, but it’s gone pretty smoothly since then. Haven’t received a check yet, but I have enough saved to ride this out for a while, thanks to lessons learned from previous layoffs.
The wife works in physical therapy, so she’s still working. That’s good, as my job returning depends on whenever the casinos reopen, and contrary to my boss’s wishes, I have a hard time believing the resorts are just gonna fling those doors wide open on May 1. I’m guessing it’ll be a gradual ramp up to normal activity. Who even knows what tourism will be like after all this.
When you have the types of voters the GOP has, blindly following WHO or CDC recommendations is probably political suicide. Trump on the other hand wants to get reelected.
While true, that is not relevant to his comment as he is not American.
Bolansario is of a similar mold though.
Didn’t realize that, oops.
They may open but I doubt they will get the volume of business they had previously. You have people that will still be worried and other people ready to gamble who may not have the money to lose right now.
My own feelings are I will not go to any place where a crowd gathers for several months at least. No movie theaters, no concerts, no live sporting events, etc. I may wait until there’s a vaccine before doing anything like that.
I work in food manufacturing, so I feel very secure. Things are going well so far, working remotely. Can’t do any on site audits or visits now, which is annoying, but manageable. We have on site staff to rely on that.
Simultaneously busier and quieter at work. New product development is slowed somewhat, but logistics has become much more critical.
Wife was laid off from her law firm receptionist job for a week, but then brought back in to train as a legal aide, so some cross training and a bit of a promotion. She is enjoying the new work, but it is truly a skeleton crew there now.
So, financially our 401k and taxable investment accounts are taking a hit, but we are in our early 30’s. Continuing contributions to savings as normal.
If anything we are better off financially, as we are spending a lot less on going out, and our early March vacation was canceled (by me, in early February, was a great bit of foresight on my part) hadn’t bought plane tickets yet. So no money lost.
Just starting to get bored is all, appreciate getting to spend more time with the dog, the best coworker ever.
Oh yeah, if all had gone according to plan my wife and kids and I would be headed to Louisiana for a short trip to see my family next week. Ha, life is hilarious.
Its so nice to hear from you guys -even those of you who are struggling, or have family members who are struggling. I think, especially in these times, its important to see that we are not alone in how we feel, and how this crazy time is affecting a lot of us - or not, as it is.
Anyways - just wanted to say I appreciate hearing from you all and learning that you are safe and mostly well. While I am just a dane, and far away from most of you people, I have been on this forum, and a few others before frequented by a lot of you guys for many years now (I think I joined in…09?) and I do feel like I know a lot of you just as well as the people I associate with daily in my live life, so to speak - and like them, I like to hear how you are doing, the good and the bad.
/rambling off!
In other news - Denmark is about to slowly reopen, meaning, I might get back to work from tuesday next week - should be interesting. I do hope I can get to work from home, since I have little interest in public transportion (I dont drive) these days.
Stay safe, all!
It would be good if you could avoid that for a bit longer. Are masks in ready supply in Denmark? If everyone wore masks for a few weeks it would make things safer.
It’s definitely wearing on me, trying to work and get through an audit/monthly close with two little girls in the house. I don’t know where all these people online are getting all this free time all of a sudden. I have more to do now, since the girls aren’t in school all day. Been having trouble getting to sleep every night so that’s not helping.
Yeah that’s about where I am. My daughter is 3 and is not so big on solo activities, and my wife and I actually have fairly busy periods at work. I’m finding it hard square that circle.
Just lost power. So that’s cool.
I had a great Vermintide 2 run in too, some random dude was taking us along to get all the hidden achievements.
Right there with you. My wife and I are both swamped at work, and a 3 year old laying waste to everything in his path is taking its toll.
I feel for everyone with little kids.
I’m starting to feel guilty for my shear good luck to be living outside of the US when this is going down. Yes it’s an irrational feeling but the fact that the county my brother lives in has over half the number of deaths as the entire country of S. Korea really hits home how much I’m getting to do Pandemic easy mode.
We had run out of masks last I checked, but maybe it was a good idea to look into again -thanks!
The question of “What does ‘after’ look like?” that came up in the other thread is one I’ve been struggling with. In theory my job still exists and I’ll go back when the company opens up but… who’s to say how long that will take? And being a luxury retailer it’s likely we’ll take a big hit even once things start to get up and running again.
I’m keeping an eye on job listings that still land in my inbox and it’s tough: on the one hand it would make sense to try and transfer into a more stable industry. On the other, I was just promoted earlier this year (and in a cruel twist my old department was spared from furloughs - I think about that a lot) and upper executives and C-suite know of me and my work. There’s good potential if I stick around and plenty of reputation that would need to be built up elsewhere.
Of course, having plenty of time to sit around and worry about this sort of thing doesn’t help!
There will be other waves and we won’t know what those will be made of. So instead of creating new opportunity to be anxious, I’d stay positive and think about the only thing that matters for the foreseeable future: that people I care about are still breathing.
My dad died last night and i just watched his funeral on whatsapp. (burial is within a day in Islam)
I know im not the first or the last to be forced to miss seeing loved ones in hospital and burying them but bleh, this is a sign of the times isnt it. Even in the best of times i would miss the funeral (he’s in SE Asia so if it came out of the blue i wouldnt be able to get there anyway) but he was in hospital for over a week and i could have made it out there if not for lockdown and travel restrictions.
So sorry to hear that, pwk. :|