r/jobs • u/Whole_Relief8299 • 3d ago

Layoffs Just got laid off via text

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I’ve been crying so much over this. I genuinely can’t believe how heartless some people can be…

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u/Shadow_Integration 3d ago

Time for a follow-up text to request your record of employment and to file for unemployment insurance due to layoff. If they contest it, you'll have this screenshot as evidence.

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u/TIC321 3d ago

When its a legitimate layoff, I don't panic anymore. I learned from covid. Unemployment isn't bad. I see it as a vacation from work. During that time, I enjoyed not working after many years of working very hard.

I work 2 jobs now and I miss it sometimes. I have a full-time job thats very stable and a part of a union. I cant stand working for private sectors anymore because they can fire you for any reason very easily

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u/fcghp666 3d ago

It’s cool for like, 2 weeks. After that it starts to drag on you mentally

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u/Influence_X 3d ago

It didn't drag on me for at least 4 months

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u/thekidlegacy6 3d ago

Ong idk what they talking bout it didn’t drag for loooooooong time actually caught me by surprise

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u/Influence_X 3d ago

I had months skip by that felt like a week lol

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u/thekidlegacy6 3d ago

Fr was like woah its August

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u/DayThen5445 3d ago

My friend, feel you. It’s been a year that feels like both 10 years and 10 days. I can admit time has never been a friend, I’m time blind as fuck, but the more I dwell the harder it feels that’s for fuckin sure.

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u/thekidlegacy6 3d ago

Yoooooo so true such a weird time after like 3-4 months shii felt like a desert east coast streets being empty will always be a core memory for me and then the day i went outside and everyone was drunk😭😭

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u/lbcatlady 3d ago

How can you live off of it?

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u/Influence_X 3d ago

I didn't, my life slowly collapsed until I had to move back in with my mother, I was unemployed for 9 months.

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u/lbcatlady 3d ago

I'm sorry to hear that. I had to sell a lot of mybelongings on eBay and find temp work. It can take 2 months of hard-core applications to get something here in So Cal.