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    (Vent Incoming) My wife and I are both about to lose our jobs. More anger than despair

    @questjan Thank you, and yes, things have improved dramatically. I'm glad you commented because I had forgotten about that post. After a bumpy ride, I found an employer i like, and my wife snagged a job (career) at the local Hospital. I truly do appreciate you leaving this response, and I wish...
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    (Vent Incoming) My wife and I are both about to lose our jobs. More anger than despair

    @wholehalfmom Thank you. I trust that it will, but we're just stressed out over being thrown 2 huge curveballs at once, after things going so relatively well. It's easy to get falsely comfortable with the notion that if you work hard and make the best decisions you can, that everything else will...
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    (Vent Incoming) My wife and I are both about to lose our jobs. More anger than despair

    @grace4us Someone from her school just made that same suggestion, which she wasn't aware of. She's already put in some applications. I worry a little about her working and doing school at the same time, but we may have no choice, at least for a while.
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    (Vent Incoming) My wife and I are both about to lose our jobs. More anger than despair

    She was going graduate in less than a month but decided to go for her bachelor's, so now she has basically another year to go, but she's already putting in applications. She says she can handle work and school if it comes down to it, but there's no telling how long it will take for her to...
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    (Vent Incoming) My wife and I are both about to lose our jobs. More anger than despair

    @tiktok Thnk you. We will. I'm so grateful that my wife decided to go to school when she did, and that i have a skill that can be put to use outside of a 9-5 job. I feel like I'm in denial right now, because I'm more angry than worried about how we are going to make it.
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    (Vent Incoming) My wife and I are both about to lose our jobs. More anger than despair

    I was just told that after March, no one at my job is guaranteed employment, but given the option to go to our competitor (which i worked at for 6 years before getting so fed up, i quit) for a $2+ p/h pay cut, with no other business within a 2 hour drive, doing the same work. My wife was the...
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