S/O interviews

sapphirebouquet · February 2012

This might be too personal of a question, but it seems to be mentioned quite a bit...

Who all has been laid off from your job in the last 3 or so months? Ever? How many times? For what reason?

Has your spouse been laid off recently?

Were you able to find a new job quickly?

Let's all empathize with eachother.

vxs0038 · February 2012

I quit my job last November. It just was not the right fit for me. Prior tho that neither one of us have been unemployed before

SLouWE · February 2012

We haven't had a problem recently, but about 3 years ago D was laid off from the company that I still work for. It took him a year to find a new job. It was an extremely difficult time for us, but at the end of it, he proposed, I said yes, and he found his current job. :-)

iLikeSloths · February 2012

I wasn't laid off. I quit my previous job and moved across the state for DH's job when we got married.

I haven't been able to find another full-time job in this area, so I've been unemployed for over a year.

JCBell26 · February 2012

My H has a good job that he hates most time but views himself as lucky just to have a 40 hour a week with benefits. I graduated from school for dental hygiene and haven't been able to find a job - its been almost 2 years. I work part time at a motel. Needless to say I'm discouraged. Its a hard time out there and your not alone. I feel your pain.

BlondeMoment123 · February 2012

Somewhat related:

My H was unemployed when he got out of the military. We drained our savings account and went into debt trying to make ends meet. Even though he is working now and makes decent money, we are still paying off debt and have a very strict budget.

iLikeSloths · February 2012

JCBell26:

My H has a good job that he hates most time but views himself as lucky just to have a 40 hour a week with benefits. I graduated from school for dental hygiene and haven't been able to find a job - its been almost 2 years. I work part time at a motel. Needless to say I'm discouraged. Its a hard time out there and your not alone. I feel your pain.

I'm sorry you're having a hard time, but I'm so glad to hear from someone else who understands. I've been living here since June '10 so over a year and a half. I've applied to hundreds of jobs, and people almost don't believe me. I don't even discuss it with friends and family any more because they act like I'm not trying hard enough and attempt to give me suggestions that I've already exhausted. They just don't get it because they haven't been in the same situation.

Luckily my H has a stable job and we're financially fine. At this point I've taken a break from searching, started to accept it for the time being, and focus on other things which is actually kind of nice. I still want a job though! I'm used to working 50+ hours a week; not being unemployed. lol

Wine Enthusiast · February 2012

I've been back to work since Sept 09 but had lost my job in Jan 09. I wanted to take a few months off since I've always worked and H was making decent money so I waited until March to start looking. I didnt realize it would be so hard to find another job. It took me until Sept (so 6 mos) to find something. I took the first thing I found even though it was way less money. I still make much less than I used to but am grateful to have a job. But it does kinda suck

I'm not making much more than I was right outta high school with hardly any work experience.

skippingstones · February 2012

sapphirebouquet:
This might be too personal of a question, but it seems to be mentioned quite a bit...

Who all has been laid off from your job in the last 3 or so months? Ever? How many times? For what reason? I was laid off last August. Only one time though. I quit before I could be laid off from a horrible car company

Has your spouse been laid off recently? Nope. He's never been laid off, knock on steel

Were you able to find a new job quickly? Once I started looking, I landed a retail job. Its eh..but its ok

Let's all empathize with eachother.

sapphirebouquet · February 2012

FI and I were working for the same company when the owners sold our portion of the company and laid off half of the employees in early January. He had been there for 10+ years and I had been there for 4+ years. (Practically both of our entire adult lives were devoted to the company.)

We were fortunate enough to have some foresight and had already been putting feelers out. We applied for jobs a week before we got the news. Literally an hour after they laid us off, I got a call for an interview! 7 days and 2 interviews later, I had a job! This job pays better, I like the company I work for, I like the people I work with, I can take off any time I need to, I have a lot more free time. I got lucky.

FI on the other hand, had his hopes set on the first job he applied for and his would-be supervisor had her hopes set on him, but it was up to a hiring committee. He didn't get that job. He interviewed for a different position last week and we're waiting to hear back... It's for less money than he was making before, but with my increase it should even out.

It's comforting to hear all of your stories. I know something bigger and better will come along in due time!

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