Just out of curiosity, may I ask your age? I’m 52, and agism is a thing even though they can’t ask your age directly in an interview.
As for it being easier to find a new job while working from home, most of my experience is in over 20 years of automotive advertising. I hate it, and want to do something else, but it’s also what I know really, really well. I can’t think of any field other than advertising that I could walk into that pays as well as what I make at this moment, without relevant experience. And I’m not even that well paid for my position. And I hate advertising.
Add to that the swiftly rising unemployment numbers, and suddenly I’m competing with a whole bunch more people for far fewer job openings.
I’m not saying that it’s hopeless; I’m intelligent, I work hard, I don’t drink or take drugs, etc. I can do other work, if given the opportunity.
What I’m saying is that – in this moment – I’m feeling really old and really burned out, and that feeling is not being helped by our global pandemic.
ETA I just finished proofing a coupon for one of our clients websites that is for 20% off service repairs or service maintenance over $299.95, and the client instructed this be added:
We hope this offer can be of benefit during these uncertain times. Thank you for the trust you place in our team and company. Please contact us with any questions.
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Fucking insanity. The offer is no better than anything they offered pre-pandemic, but now that there’s a pandemic during which car use has dropped off a cliff, and likewise car maintenance and repairs, they “hope this offer can be of benefit during these uncertain times.”
