Unemployment Stories Archives - Lady Unemployed On Life, Work, and Everything Else in Between Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:40:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://ladyunemployed.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cropped-Lady-Unemployed-6-1-1-32x32.png Unemployment Stories Archives - Lady Unemployed 32 32 Still Processing [An Anonymous Unemployment Story] https://ladyunemployed.com/still-processing-an-anonymous-unemployment-story/ https://ladyunemployed.com/still-processing-an-anonymous-unemployment-story/#respond Mon, 10 Oct 2022 23:55:09 +0000 https://ladyunemployed.com/?p=2692 Still Processing [An Anonymous Unemployment Story]

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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]]> https://ladyunemployed.com/dealing-with-setbacks/feed/ 3 “What If I Don’t Want to Work Anymore?” An Anonymous Unemployment Story https://ladyunemployed.com/what-if-i-dont-want-to-work-anymore-an-anonymous-unemployment-story/ https://ladyunemployed.com/what-if-i-dont-want-to-work-anymore-an-anonymous-unemployment-story/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://ladyunemployed.com/?p=2064 “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. […]

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]]> https://ladyunemployed.com/what-if-i-dont-want-to-work-anymore-an-anonymous-unemployment-story/feed/ 5 Making Use by Connie Koehler [An Unemployment Story] https://ladyunemployed.com/there-is-hope-after-all-by-connie-koehler-an-unemployment-story/ https://ladyunemployed.com/there-is-hope-after-all-by-connie-koehler-an-unemployment-story/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://ladyunemployed.com/?p=1775 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 […]

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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 […]

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]]> https://ladyunemployed.com/how-this-mom-turned-into-published-author/feed/ 0 How I Stayed Motivated During Almost 3 Years of Unemployment Guest Post by KatebyFaith https://ladyunemployed.com/how-i-stayed-motivated-during-almost-3-years-of-unemployment-guest-post-by-katebyfaith/ https://ladyunemployed.com/how-i-stayed-motivated-during-almost-3-years-of-unemployment-guest-post-by-katebyfaith/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://ladyunemployed.com/?p=1466 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 […]

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]]> https://ladyunemployed.com/how-i-stayed-motivated-during-almost-3-years-of-unemployment-guest-post-by-katebyfaith/feed/ 3 I Feel For You [An Unemployment Story] https://ladyunemployed.com/feel-unemployment-story/ https://ladyunemployed.com/feel-unemployment-story/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2016 19:00:47 +0000 https://ladyunemployed.com/?p=1147 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 […]

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]]> https://ladyunemployed.com/feel-unemployment-story/feed/ 1 Getting Rejected for Being Too Nice [An Unemployment Story] https://ladyunemployed.com/getting-rejected-nice-unemployment-story/ https://ladyunemployed.com/getting-rejected-nice-unemployment-story/#respond Sun, 18 Sep 2016 13:00:40 +0000 https://ladyunemployed.com/?p=1227 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 […]

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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 […]

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