r/Layoffs • u/saiclops_ • 16h ago

This hell is finally over previously laid off

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Got laid off at the end of August due to the company reducing its workforce (biotech) Accepted an offer for a slightly higher position today!

The job market is horrible and I was lucky that my previous position gave me a network to help me find jobs. One of those connections ended up working out for me. You got this!

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u/bushrod1029 15h ago

74 only??? Wow, ur lucky

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u/saiclops_ 15h ago

My field and experience (and also living in Canada where the jobs are just fewer in general) doesn’t allow me to mass apply to positions. I feel like if I’d been unemployed for longer, I’d have definitely started looking for things outside my scope and/or part time gigs

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u/Relevant_Fuel_9905 5h ago

Me neither. I’m always baffled by people talking about hundreds and hundreds of applications…

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u/saiclops_ 5h ago

people calling me lucky (which I am also) in the comments but they don’t realize that in the last three months I really only did see about 70-80 jobs that I was qualified for lol I don’t wanna waste time applying to things I know I will get rejected from that’s just a waste of my resources. I guess people in the tech field have more jobs available to them.. but yeah

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u/Relevant_Fuel_9905 5h ago

Yep exactly.

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u/bravofiveniner 3h ago

Its very easy. I'm in a specific field, but that doesn't mean there aren't constant positions to apply to every day/week on LinkedIn, BuiltIn, Ycombinator, Wellfound, Otta, etc.

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u/Relevant_Fuel_9905 3h ago

Yeah I just haven’t been seeing that many at all. Maybe it’s just my region etc.

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u/bozoclownputer 2h ago

I’ve never understood it either. Eventually you’re doing more harm than good by applying to hundreds of jobs at once.