Unemployment Stories On Life, Work, and Everything Else in Between Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:42:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://ladyunemployed.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cropped-Lady-Unemployed-6-1-1-32x32.png Unemployment Stories 32 32 Overworked and Understaffed: An Inside Look at a Restaurant in the Pandemic https://ladyunemployed.com/overworked-and-understaffed-an-inside-look-at-a-restaurant-in-the-pandemic/ https://ladyunemployed.com/overworked-and-understaffed-an-inside-look-at-a-restaurant-in-the-pandemic/#respond Sun, 11 Jul 2021 20:07:53 +0000 https://ladyunemployed.com/?p=2431 Overworked and Understaffed: An Inside Look at a Restaurant in the Pandemic

Guest Post by Michelle Anderson At the height of the pandemic, I still worked, nearly every day. I was so terrified of not having money I could have thrown up. We were just beginning our lunch shift when the Governor came on the news; my heart sank because I already knew what was about to […]

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]]> https://ladyunemployed.com/overworked-and-understaffed-an-inside-look-at-a-restaurant-in-the-pandemic/feed/ 0 Unemployed but don’t qualify for unemployment https://ladyunemployed.com/unemployed-dont-qualify-unemployment/ https://ladyunemployed.com/unemployed-dont-qualify-unemployment/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2014 23:30:56 +0000 https://ladyunemployed.com/?p=1154 Unemployed but don’t qualify for unemployment

I made a choice to quit my career a year and a half ago to move with my partner of 4 years, who is in the military, because the military moved us. Because we are not married I don’t qualify for unemployment. In the new place we moved to I have basically hit a brick […]

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]]> https://ladyunemployed.com/unemployed-dont-qualify-unemployment/feed/ 1 The Continuing Saga of a Frustrated (Passive) Job Seeker-Ed Tsyitee, Jr. @GreenChileAdict https://ladyunemployed.com/the-continuing-saga-of-a-frustrated-passive-job-seeker-ed-tsyitee-jr-greenchileadict/ https://ladyunemployed.com/the-continuing-saga-of-a-frustrated-passive-job-seeker-ed-tsyitee-jr-greenchileadict/#respond Sat, 22 Nov 2014 17:59:06 +0000 https://ladyunemployed.com/?p=1150 The Continuing Saga of a Frustrated (Passive) Job Seeker-Ed Tsyitee, Jr. @GreenChileAdict

I am so pleased to have this writer return to continue talking about his unemployment journey. Follow him on Twitter for more! In the last entry, I mentioned how difficult it was to find a great paying job in this area that was not a service sector job. The fact is this area-from Las Cruces […]

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]]> https://ladyunemployed.com/the-continuing-saga-of-a-frustrated-passive-job-seeker-ed-tsyitee-jr-greenchileadict/feed/ 0 It’s Monday Again… An Anonymous Unemployment Story https://ladyunemployed.com/its-monday-unemployment-story/ https://ladyunemployed.com/its-monday-unemployment-story/#respond Sat, 16 Aug 2014 21:41:26 +0000 https://ladyunemployed.com/?p=1040 It’s Monday Again… An Anonymous Unemployment Story

  I think so many of you who are unemployed can relate to this unemployment story. The rest of this post will be anonymous and I thank the contributor for sharing their story. It’s Monday again, only this one is different because it is 11 months to the day that I found myself unemployed. As I […]

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]]> https://ladyunemployed.com/its-monday-unemployment-story/feed/ 0 The Reality of Being Unemployed at 58 – An Anonymous Unemployment Story https://ladyunemployed.com/the-reality-of-being-unemployed-at-58-an-unemployment-story/ https://ladyunemployed.com/the-reality-of-being-unemployed-at-58-an-unemployment-story/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2014 21:36:59 +0000 https://ladyunemployed.com/?p=941 The Reality of Being Unemployed at 58 – An Anonymous Unemployment Story

 I was so glad for the opportunity to publish this article about being unemployed at 58 years old. This is not only a post about the struggles, but an inspiring post about not letting the situation get you down for too long. In 2011 I changed jobs. I left a very stressful, low paying job […]

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]]> https://ladyunemployed.com/the-reality-of-being-unemployed-at-58-an-unemployment-story/feed/ 9 Job Hunting is Expensive by Ed Tsyitee Jr. (Twitter @GreenChileAdict) https://ladyunemployed.com/job-hunting-is-expensive-by-ed-tsyitee-jr-twitter-greenchileadict/ https://ladyunemployed.com/job-hunting-is-expensive-by-ed-tsyitee-jr-twitter-greenchileadict/#comments Wed, 21 May 2014 15:00:31 +0000 https://ladyunemployed.com/?p=934 Job Hunting is Expensive by Ed Tsyitee Jr. (Twitter @GreenChileAdict)

I couldn’t wait to post this, because this expresses a tragic truth of the job search. It’s expensive and you are dug into a hole very difficult to get out of. Thank you to guest writer and fellow Twitter peep, Ed Tsyitee Jr. @GreenChileAdict. Here is the cold hard truth that career advisers and coaches […]

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]]> https://ladyunemployed.com/job-hunting-is-expensive-by-ed-tsyitee-jr-twitter-greenchileadict/feed/ 4 Frustrations of a Job Seeker by Ed Tsyitee Jr (Twitter @GreenChileAdict) https://ladyunemployed.com/frustrations-of-a-job-seeker-by-ed-tsyitee-jr/ https://ladyunemployed.com/frustrations-of-a-job-seeker-by-ed-tsyitee-jr/#comments Sat, 17 May 2014 16:00:10 +0000 https://ladyunemployed.com/?p=929 Frustrations of a Job Seeker by Ed Tsyitee Jr (Twitter @GreenChileAdict)

Thank you to Ed Tsyitee Jr. who shared his story today about frustrations of a job seeker. Make sure you follow him on Twitter @GreenChileAdict   After living in Virginia for 12 years, I moved back to Las Cruces, New Mexico in 2006. I ended up working for Wal-Mart that year. With a Bachelor’s Degree. […]

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]]> https://ladyunemployed.com/frustrations-of-a-job-seeker-by-ed-tsyitee-jr/feed/ 1 Why can’t companies treat candidates with respect? [An Anonymous Interview Story] https://ladyunemployed.com/why-cant-companies-treat-candidates-with-respect-an-anonymous-interview-story/ https://ladyunemployed.com/why-cant-companies-treat-candidates-with-respect-an-anonymous-interview-story/#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2014 13:00:17 +0000 https://ladyunemployed.com/?p=904 Why can’t companies treat candidates with respect? [An Anonymous Interview Story]

I love hearing about the experiences people have with unemployment and job searching. I couldn’t wait to share this with you and I especially love what happens in the end. How often can I say that? The rest of this post was written by an anonymous submitter. I’ve been job hunting for a few months. […]

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]]> https://ladyunemployed.com/why-cant-companies-treat-candidates-with-respect-an-anonymous-interview-story/feed/ 1 Sick and Tired of Job Searching [An Unemployment Story] https://ladyunemployed.com/sick-and-tired-of-job-searching-an-unemployment-story/ https://ladyunemployed.com/sick-and-tired-of-job-searching-an-unemployment-story/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2014 13:00:00 +0000 https://ladyunemployed.com/?p=902 Sick and Tired of Job Searching [An Unemployment Story]

This story was submitted to me by a lady named Gina. I know many will be able to relate to her frustration. Please feel free to send me your unemployment story. I quit my crappy job two weeks ago and have never been happier. The place was ran by two greedy slumlords who constantly bragged […]

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]]> https://ladyunemployed.com/sick-and-tired-of-job-searching-an-unemployment-story/feed/ 4 “I no longer want to simply work in a job because the pay is good or because it impresses people” [An Unemployment Story] https://ladyunemployed.com/i-no-longer-want-to-simply-work-in-a-job-because-the-pay-is-good-or-because-it-impresses-people-an-unemployment-story/ https://ladyunemployed.com/i-no-longer-want-to-simply-work-in-a-job-because-the-pay-is-good-or-because-it-impresses-people-an-unemployment-story/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:00:25 +0000 https://ladyunemployed.com/?p=857 “I no longer want to simply work in a job because the pay is good or because it impresses people” [An Unemployment Story]

I am so happy to share this story written by an anonymous submitter with the initials JW. This story sounds do familiar to me as I am on my own journey to seek a career that suits me best. I wish I could remember what I wanted to be growing up when I was five. […]

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