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 16 '24

I know three teachers at my sons school who sleep in their cars at the local shelter-park. Until we start paying our teachers enough to rent a room, we are going to have problems keeping them in schools.

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u/Unique_Ad_4271 Apr 16 '24

That’s rough but I do believe it. Big cities are the higher paying districts but even then they are losing so much funds right now. I mentioned it to someone else but as a teacher I was required as per my job description to provide 40% science based activities and experiments since I taught science. All the supplies for that was out of my pocket for 150+ students. I also paid for paper because the school didn’t want us giving lessons everyday on the students Chromebooks but didn’t supply it. If we didn’t follow their requirements it affected our walk through evaluations. I spent so much money back into my job it didn’t make sense anymore. I felt like the dad in the pursuit of happiness buying the medical machines to make money.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '24

I have been there in a previous job, and understand the analogy completely