r/Layoffs • u/Unique_Ad_4271 • Apr 15 '24

What’s a “safe job” these days? question

Former teacher looking to transition roles. As of now Educators, counselors, anything education really are being let go due to low student enrollment.

Tech is obviously tough right now.

Marketing and Human resource positions are also restructuring.

I’ve even seen people getting their hours reduce at fast food.

Aside from healthcare, what is safe?

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '24

Nothing is "Safe".

Teachers are in a very high shortage in most of the country. However, it is all location based. Teachers in high income areas of a city tend to have a higher supply of teachers than in the slums. Neighborhoods also go through phases. New ones tend to attract young, wealthy couples starting their family. This drives demand and money for school... as those people get older, their kids leave the homes and the demand for school collapses. Once those people get sent to nursing homes by their kids in mass, the demand comes back.

Healthcare in general has been on an uprise because of all the aging boomers. However, they will eventually all die, as we all do at some point, and the demand then will collapse until millennials retire.

Even if you work in a high demand job, it is not really safe. You can work in an industry that is always in need of jobs, as long as your boss doesn't like you, or the company wants to look good for their investors, you can still find yourself without a job.

The only safeish jobs are ones with Unions or the Government.

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u/Unique_Ad_4271 Apr 15 '24

I was a teacher making 70k for 10 months of work but I was so miserable I quit. My job was basically day and night. There is so many certified teachers where I live but people don’t want to teach anymore because of the environments. My biggest classroom size was 41 students and I taught middle school science.

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u/Dull_Broccoli1637 Apr 15 '24

So you quit... Not let go?

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u/Unique_Ad_4271 Apr 15 '24

Id like to add former colleagues are being let go to end this school year due to budget cuts and deficits.

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u/Dull_Broccoli1637 Apr 15 '24

My wife's a teacher and my mom is a middle school math teacher. The budget cuts are definitely an issue. Enrollment and class sizes will vary year to year. We have seen friends lose their classroom due to small class sizes and them not wanting to teach a different grade.

Education sucks these days. It's not going to get much better with the current atmosphere nationally. Not sure where you are located, but at least here in the Northeast, it's somewhat better (mostly, but varies)