Five years ago, I quit my job to take care of my children and became a full-time wife at home. Both parents have something to do at home, and they can't get over. My husband has been working for one of the top three foreign companies in the industry. From engineer to team leader, and then to department manager. At the beginning of this year, he led a team of experts to provide decision support for the company's next strategy. It never occurred to him that he would also be made redundant. However, just this summer, when the weather was at its hottest, the German headquarters issued a notice that the entire department was laid off.
The layoff process was a dream. When I saw the layoff email at work in the morning, the HR department called them to the office one by one at 10 o'clock to arrange the layoff. At 5 p.m., he sent a cardboard box and left the company with his personal belongings. Everything is so fast and precise that there is no reaction time. The speed of layoffs by foreign companies is terrifying.
Now both husband and wife are unemployed at home. After my husband was laid off, I was very depressed for almost a week, and I couldn't speak three sentences a day. Later, I started to submit resumes again and asked friends to introduce jobs. Due to his high salary expectations, he didn't even have an interview invitation for a long time.
We lose the economy, on the other hand, every month car loans, mortgages, living expenses, not a penny less. Looking at this situation, I plan to regroup and return to the workplace. After some preparation, I made a resume. I thought that with my experience, even if I couldn't find a high-paying job, it would not be difficult to find a job with a monthly income of 20,000 yuan.
Because before I quit my job to become a full-time wife, my monthly salary had reached 30,005. Thinking that no matter how bad this year's ** is, it won't be bad, after all, it's in Shanghai.
However, a few weeks passed, and a lot of resumes were submitted, and it seemed like a stone was lost in the sea. At this time, I slowly came to my senses, and the window period of resigning and taking care of the baby in the past few years was a hard injury. Many companies think that after a few years of not working, their work skills have deteriorated. And there are many people in the market who have no window period and have about the same experience as me who are looking for jobs. They don't have to worry about finding anyone. I used to be so confident, but now I have to bow to reality.
Thankfully, we still have a little savings. In addition, her husband was laid off and received a large amount of compensation. Enough to support the normal expenses of the family, and there is a mortgage for more than one year. Now our daily job is to submit resumes and find jobs.
We didn't dare to mention this to our families. Both parents are farmers, and they know that they may be more anxious than we are. I remember when we first got married, our parents always persuaded us to spend money and save some money, and to slowly learn to save money for emergencies. In the past, I always felt that my parents were too worried, and I lived in the countryside and didn't understand the situation in Shanghai. This time we both lost jobs, which made us deeply understand the good intentions of our parents.
Unemployment during this time. I feel that my husband's words are obviously less. Every day is to eat, sleep, and submit resumes. You can lose a lot of hair every time you wash your hair. During this period of looking for a job, we deeply realized how cruel the competition in the workplace is. I once thought that after working hard for more than ten years, I would not be unemployed again if I became an executive. We were wrong.
The consequences of unemployment are not only a precipitous income cliff**, but also a lot of uncertainty for families. Maybe life will change from then on.
Now my husband and I encourage each other, and we will communicate with each other after each interview and sum up our experiences. They even joke with each other to see who gets a job first. In tough days, this huddle for warmth is our only consolation.
I believe that the hard days will not be long, and unemployment is only a turning point, not the end. There is still a long way to go in life, as long as you don't give up on yourself, there will be a turnaround soon, especially in a place like Shanghai, which is full of opportunities.
I wish all friends in the cause to find their dream jobs as soon as possible, and everyone will work together.