"Getting out of the business" resource thread

Very jealous.

I will burning though my 401K after unemployment runs out, if I don't secure a job first.

I'm assuming a layoff will come any month now. Really would be surprised to still be employed at this shop in 2025.

 

My review was so-so. I’d improved somewhat in the last year but not enough.

There was an incident a few weeks ago when I almost walked off the job. There was a situation where there was an emergency of sorts (I can’t go into too much more detail than that). Someone on Twitter asked a question about a service change we made. There are very specific words we can and cannot use in these situations. I asked my supervisor for guidance about how to respond. I responded exactly as he suggested. He saw the Tweet, said we never use that word. That he was deleting it and redoing it himself. I said he replied exactly as he told me to but he said he didn’t say what he told me.
A few hours later, I asked one of my coworkers who witnessed the whole thing if he said what I thought he did and my coworker said yes.
Next time this happens I’m walking off the job.

 

Update to this: the Daily Shopper circular this person worked for has been put up for sale and printed its last issue in December, which I learned last week.

 

Welp got my layoff notice from local State U today. 90 days before I'm done. Thought I escaped this when I left journalism. At least I am experienced at being ready to be unemployed at a moment's notice, unlike the career professors.

 

Sorry to hear it, my friend. DM me if you want to talk it through.

You're gonna be fine.

 

For the first time in my 10 years on the job, I am seriously considering getting out of the business. At least the daily grind anyways, I do have something lined up with a weekly paper to help scratch my itch if I do decide to step away from the job.