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yankee87

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3. Unemployed Here

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Fri Jul 24, 2020, 01:48 PM

Jul 2020

The extra $600 is a life line for me and my family. I have been interviewing, putting out my resume for 3 months, working with headhunters, many companies are putting positions on hold. The only jobs available are gig or jobs that pay crap with zero benefits. Thankfully my children are older, but I am scared for myself and my wife.

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