Hi,
I lost my job several months ago, haven’t had success at all with linkedin…I’m praying to god to find a stable job for me and my family.
I’m scared about what the world has come to, getting a job is super hard now if it’s not a blue collar job….also AI is advancing so fast that it’s making people obsolete if you aren’t keeping up with using AI for your job…now robots are coming, wait for robots with Claude AI… this is happening so fast.
My family lives two flights away, a full day of travel. My wife is fed up with me being scared about not getting a job, I don’t blame her but also what’s the point of telling her things are ok if they are not? At least I feel they are not? My savings are depleting so fast, I used to be blessed and have good food in my fridge, now the fridge is depleted and so empty compared to how it was normally. I knew I was blessed, not a rich person but lived a frugal and good life.
Now that my savings are depleting I’m worried about retirement cause I won’t make it if I don’t get steady work for the next 15 years and given the economy it does seem getting a job will be something where you will be pursuing jobs constantly for the rest of the working years and because of age it becomes harder and harder… I don’t really have a network in my industry; most people I know from school live so far away from here, company I worked before didn’t have that many employees so my networking was limited…seems like networking is the only way to get a job these days…I tried to keep up my network but I’m realizing I didn’t do a good enough job….
My friends are tired of hearing my worries about my situation, my father also told me it’s not his problem, I don’t blame him either,
I’ve tried applying to entry jobs but I don’t get them, perhaps cause i has an office job or because I’m 50? Regardless I’m so scared for the future…my wife says I shouldn’t worry about it, that everything will work out fine because of god, I believe strongly in god so why am I scared? I feel bad that I’m scared that I won’t have a job or money in my senior years and also I’m scared I can’t pay or support my kids in college when that was the plan, they’ve worked so hard and now I’m telling them sorry I can’t send you to a good college…plus it’s super hard for new graduates to get jobs, some of my friends are supporting their adult kids because of that….
I’m loosing my mind, pressure is unbearable and haven’t figured out how to get out of this situation….i feel I’m just waiting for the money to dry up and live a homeless life in my senior years…
I know I’m not the only one struggling to find a job, but that doesn’t make it better.
I never thought I could fall into this situation as I’ve always worked hard and gotten praised…
I feel so alone, my wife doesn’t even want to talk to me anymore, my kids avoid me cause they are stressed and probably upset at me that i lost my job and haven’t found one…
Please please share some advice on what you would do in my situation or any suggestions to provide for my family please!