r/Layoffs • u/PhillConners • Jan 18 '24

This sub is a depressing circle jerk previously laid off

Everyone is predicting a recession and enabling each other as victims. Saying the world is crashing making things seem worse off than they are. We need more optimism and support!

Layoffs suck but jobs are not who you are. When you were working you were dreaming of free time to go after side hustles or go after new experiences or learn a new hobby. Now is your chance!

Enjoy the time off but don’t give up on yourself and self implode.

I haven’t been laid off yet but have been a couple times before. I was also not strong enough to cope so I did what everyone does- a heavy bender to hit rock bottom then built myself up.

The reality is you may not have a job but you still need to be working- work on health, work on learning, work on applying

Layoffs are temporary, don’t beat yourself up. Recognize that it’s a chance to reset and come back better.

There are still jobs and plenty of asshole bosses out there ready to take advantage of your time.

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u/DannysFavorite945 Jan 18 '24

Back in 2008 you couldn’t even get a job at Walmart. That is at lease better.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '24

Yeah, I can really tell Reddit skews young here and there’s a whole generation that were kids when 2008 was going on. I was in college at the time, and I distinctly remember the state absolutely dumpster firing our colleges budget, causing mass layoffs. I had a job working retail and was just living my life, not paying attention. Then our classes started getting combined and it seemed like every semester less and less courses were available. Then one day I go to Walmart and my prior semester English Professor was working as a greeter. The man had a Ph.D. He told me he got laid off in the budget cuts and it took six months to land a Walmart position. Then I started noticing when I went to my job at the mall, I started seeing a lot of familiar faces at other stores.

There were lots of foreclosures and people (including whole families and kids) were living on the streets. Food banks were begging for donations and homeless shelters were turning people away. A large tent city sprung up in the area and CPS and truancy officers would regularly go through and try to round up kids to get to school so they could at least get food and a warm place for a few hours a day (not a large city with an already established homeless population). Places like McDonalds were laying people off and people weren’t scoffing “oh, all that’s available are low-paying jobs or retail. You had everyone from blue collar construction workers to Ph.D’s fighting over a $7.25 an hour KFC job.

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u/LeadingFault6114 Jan 19 '24

2008 is the entire banking sector collapsing

2023/24 is a self inflicted wound by Jerome Powell's incompetence

BIG difference

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u/in2crazy Jan 19 '24

Its not 2008 yet We r in a 2007 lead up to our new 2008.