Note: I am always honored people still submit their unemployment experiences to my website. I wanted to share the post below. I did only did some light editing to break up some of the sentences but I didn’t change the content. The post below is by an anonymous contributor, but she did leave her email…
Category: Unemployment Stories
“I Can’t Be the Only One?” An Anonymous Unemployment Story
Hi all, I had a job and due to the lack of employees, because of COVID, we were down 20 plus people. I looked and looked for two months only to get another job worse than the one before. I decided to start my job search again, then I got let go from the new…
Dealing With Setbacks
You know those moments when you feel like you’ve had a major setback, and that you’ve been brought back to square one? I am dealing with that feeling today, and while I’m trying to convince myself that despite what happened that I’ve learned a lot, I’m still frustrated. I lost my job last week. I’ll…
“What If I Don’t Want to Work Anymore?” An Anonymous Unemployment Story
I received this submission from someone who wanted to remain anonymous. If you’d like to contribute your own story, I welcome unemployment stories. Please contribute yours here. Dear Reader: I wasn’t going to tell you this, but… I don’t want to work anymore. I’m tired. I’ve been tired for thirty-five years. Don’t get me wrong….
Making Use by Connie Koehler [An Unemployment Story]
I wanted a break. However, broken bones is not the kind of break I expected. My interpretation of a break is nature walking through beautiful Yellowstone Park or an exotic adventure where I can ride the rapids, then hike up mountain trails. From this day forward, I need to be precise, make clear intentions, do…
How This Mom Turned Into Published Author
I got married to my college sweetheart at 25 and left for Sigonella, Sicily, for an epic adventure as a new teacher, newlywed, and navy wife. I started teaching kindergarten at the Department of Defense school right away. I met wonderful women in Sicily and enjoyed the culture, language, challenges, andfriendship daily. Soon, I found…
How I Stayed Motivated During Almost 3 Years of Unemployment Guest Post by KatebyFaith
“Wow. Great news…I guess?” I said to myself. I had just received news that my employer was moving to another city. This was a huge corporation. Honestly, it was no big deal for a lot of people. However, it was a big deal for me. This actually posed a hardship, because I had just bought…
I Feel For You [An Unemployment Story]
This is an unemployment story anonymously contributed to my blog. If you would like to share your story, please write me at ladyunemployed [at] gmail [dot] com. Three years ago when I first arrived here in California, I had no work permit to show that I was eligible to work here. I was waiting…
Getting Rejected for Being Too Nice [An Unemployment Story]
This is an anonymous unemployment story contributed to my blog. If you’d like to share your story, please write me at ladyunemployed [at] gmail [dot] com. After nearly 4 months of receiving rejection emails, going on interviews and never hearing from the interviewer again, and sending out hundreds of resumes into the electronic abyss, I…
Wrong Choices [An Unemployment Story]
People meet you and want to greet you not for you but because of your designated seat in the office. I was a fool in love and a topper among my classmates. I graduate and started working as a Teacher’s Assistant just to see my boyfriend. Wrong Choice. I started working as a primary sector…