I’ve worked to support myself for over thirty years. I’ve always taken care of myself without complaint and without asking for handouts. Now, because I’m older, no one will hire me.
I have so much experience and I am very good at what I do. No one cares. All they see is an old, overweight woman. I speak with agencies and potential employers on the phone and they are so excited to meet me but when I go in for an interview they say there is nothing for me at the moment. The moment has lasted two years now.
I will lose my apartment in a month or two if something doesn’t happen soon. I’ve lived here for almost thirty years and it is my home. I will kill myself before I become homeless.
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I understand. I have the same problem. Twice today in one day. One was through an ex friend. He never responded to my emails. Six weeks later he did respond, but to ***** me out. I was also a long time customer of the business. He did however, offer to sell me a car.
People have no idea that they can be on the other side of that interview desk in the same dire straights. A little kindness goes a very long way. For many like you and I who have suffered LT unemployment, we are rendered obsolete. The hope grows dim each day. Friends and family wonder what is wrong with us.
They leave.
Employers feel it is simply fine to hold the cards and be abusive to those who truly want to work and desperately need help.
So of course you feel as you do. I get it. I am sorry you feel this badly. I offer empathy as I am about ready to turn the damned car in the garage – the car this potential employer sold my family….when I had one. And get out of everyone’s way.
I really understand your pain. I do.
Sorry for what you’re going through. So many people are struggling in the same way right now. Everything is a mess. I really hope something will work out for you in the next few weeks so you’ll be able to keep your place and everything.
I see myself going down the same path. I’m a professional…a lawyer…and my practice is down. My wife started working, and I have two college age children. Fortunately, I am not insolvent, and my life insurance policies are such that my wife won’t have to work after I’m dead.
I just need to muster the courage to kill myself. I feel for your pain. After 25 years of working and providing for my family, I keep asking myself if things will get better. I don’t see that they will.
Hi MomoTelle. We are in very much the same situation. 50+ here, the thought of foreclosure, bankruptcy and homelessness is NOT a viable option. Have you had any luck or come up with any possible solutions? Thx.