I feel like I'm losing my mind a bit more every single day with everything that's been going on. My anxiety has never been worse. I'm just not sure how much more of the constant worrying and stressing I can take - especially knowing that there's no end in sight to this cr-p.
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Quick answer. I'm not.
I'm in a bit deep with tuition reimbursement. The longer I last, the more of my masters degree they pay for. If I get caught in a RIF, my wife makes enough we can float for a while with the severance and I won't have to return a penny of the tuition.
What are you seeing in sales, lots of layoffs?
I finally found a position! I’ll be putting in my notice very soon. Our last town hall was awful, doom & gloom. The basic message was get ready for a lot of changes, more AI, & 2025 is going to be a bad year for insurance companies. I’m getting out of insurance all together. There are jobs out there, be persistent. I looked for months. I decided working from home wasn’t all that important to me anymore. I am ready for positive changes.
Then don’t stay.
It’s been hard for sure applying to different places, before sh*t hits the fan. With all this offshoring! I rather not clean up after the Philippines and India people that replaced our co workers! Yikes
@iu1 I bet there's a whole lot of people that trying to get out of here. Congratulations, you did it!!!!!
I just gave my two weeks notice!!!!! It is a lateral move but I don't care. My new boss seems like a normal person and I am excited to be out of this machine. I couldn't imagine being this happy over a new job that pays approximately the same, but I am. To all my other coworkers out there: please hang in there. It took me 10 MONTHS to find this escape hatch but I did it! Good luck to all of you. I know hard it is.
Health of humanity my a-s
If this place is causing that much stress in your life. You need to get away from it. Find another job and leave.
The struggle is real
Here is the problem, tough times do last at this company. Rifs have been a constant ever since I joined the company over 15 years ago.... And being 55+, finding another comparable job if riffed is going to be very difficult and I am too far from retirement age to hang it up for good at this point.
The stress is absolutely overwhelming, but I have for the most part learned to look at what is in front of me. I come to work each day and do my job and give it all I have like rifs are not looming. I focus on what I have...my life, my human and fur baby family and we all have our health. I try not to focus on what I can't control but at the same time, try to prepare for what may come. This is definitely not easy, but I also tell myself...Tough times don't last...but tough people do!
Had the exact same thoughts this morning as I was logging into the work laptop. Hoping the job market opens back up in early Spring 2025 after the election is settled so I can get out. And this place already has me taking a script for anxiety....