Partner laid off, considering moving
My partner was just laid off from work (as in earlier today). I work at the same organization. Neither of us were incredibly happy working there, but it pays well for me and paid well for my partner.
We’ve both got college degrees for environmental studies and I just completed my masters in outdoor education. The city we currently live in is known for the outdoors, but it’s always had an incredibly small job market for the work we both enjoy. Like maybe 15-20 jobs a year get posted for conservation/environmental/ecology work.
With my partner getting laid off and our lease ending at the end of June, would it be a bad idea to move for work? I doubt we’d have jobs nailed down by the time we’d move, so it would be a shot in the dark of hoping to score a job once we do move. What cities are the best option? We have a decent amount of savings (around 14k combined) and in all honestly, I’ve wanted to move for a while, just my partner was employed so I was willing to stick around. We could move and be unemployed for around a month. Or is it better to stick it out in this city since I’m employed and hope that my partner finds a job. We have to look at blue cities/states as we’re both gay and I’m trans.
I’m mostly just really scared about our prospects. The job market is so shitty right now. We’re getting married soon and I think we’re going to have to call off the ceremony and reception because we can’t guarantee we can pay for it right now. I’m already exhausted and I’m not even the one having to look for jobs.
ETA: I also have an EMT licensure so I have a much better chance of at least getting some sort of job wherever we move.