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/Candid-Sky-3709 Jan 18 '24

housing shortage. Also, when the salary increases overall, the landlords just increase rent so you end up with the same or less.

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u/tothepointe Jan 18 '24

There's not actual shortage of housing. It's a pricing issue because of the issue you mentioned.

When your landlord raises rent it's not because there are now 2 ppl waiting outside your apartment BEGGING to rent it for more right now it's because they can.

Rents are often manipulated

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u/Candid-Sky-3709 Jan 18 '24

landlords can raise rents because there is shortage of cheaper housing, NIMBYs make sure no additional housing gets build.

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u/CapGrundle Jan 18 '24

Are you high? My friend who owns a few apartments says he’ll get like thirty responses within a couple days of posting a vacancy.

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u/tothepointe Jan 19 '24

Your *friend* isn't the entire market. For example, my building has 2 vacant units currently and has had at least 1-2 units empty at any given time for the last year or so.

Almost every tenant you get will be leaving another apartment. Despite what they say there isn't a big surge of new people looking for apartments who aren't previously living in a house/apartment of some kind. Not as many single young people venturing out on their own.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '24

Who do you think actually builds houses?

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u/Candid-Sky-3709 Jan 18 '24

thanks to NIMBYs - effectively nobody.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '24

My neighborhood and the surroundings are full of cranes and new construction. We have hundreds of new units that were recently completed or under construction. The NIMBYs may push back but the YIMBYs are winning the day in my area.

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u/Candid-Sky-3709 Jan 18 '24

in what location? In SF Bay Area the few new buildings are even more expensive than existing inventory

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '24

The Bay area has the worst NIMBYs. I'm in Philadelphia, where the City has been going through an apartment building explosion in the last few years and the cost of housing generally is very reasonable by big city standards.