Didn't know where to put this but I'm getting a bit mad/nervous about my whole job situation. I've been on furlough since May 12th and I immediately started applying to other positions. My job, while I'm on furlough, will still pay my and my families medical benefits....I don't lose any seniority or PTO or anything like that.....and my position is still there for me when they bring us back. I'm just not getting paid. I'm free to go work anywhere else and they'll keep paying my benefits and my job is there.....I just have to report back to my position within (5) days of being told I can come back to work.
So, with that being said.....I started applying to positions pretty quickly because I just want to work. I'm getting unemployment....which after taxes (I chose to get the taxes taken out now) is $828 a week. It's less than what I make 'normally' but it's enough to where I can budget and still get the bills paid. So, that's been nice. thing is, that's WITH the extra $600 a week from the Feds from that CARES act. That $600 a week ends July 31st....then I'd only be getting $288 a week
So, I knew when the Fed $$$ would end and that's why I started trying to get 'a' job ASAP. I've applied to (37) different positions of varying levels.....Project Manger positions like I'm doing now.....simple Computer Aided Drafting and design work I did right out of school and everything in between. I've had a total of (2) Interviews
One for a job that I was told I was the top candidate but that company is on a hiring freeze and the Rep. I spoke with had no idea when they'd let him fill the spot. The other was a PM position at a Construction Company and that was the first job I applied for......and I could tell on the Zoom interview that when we talked salary his face gave it away that we were miles apart.
I'm getting nervous now that I have basically a month to find some sort of job. I have a 'fall back' option of being a brick mason laborer with my buddies father in law's mason company.....he said he'd pay me cash and I could work as much as I wanted. But, a 44 year old brick mason laborer doesn't sound like too much fun
If I HAVE to I will.....but, that's a last straw type deal.
I'm willing to take just about anything right now. The consensus from my boss is that she doesn't think any of us will be called back until mid to late August at the earliest. Could be longer. If I can land a job just making $25 an hour....I could make that work for a couple months or until I could maybe find a job that was more comparable to what I'm doing/making now.
Anyway.....was just sitting here applying for a couple more jobs and starting to feel myself worrying a bit....so I thought typing it all out may help.