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Sechru@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Obviously too late now, but the move to Austin would have taken a long time, had you thought of accepting the move and in the meantime starting an intense job search in Maryland? That way if you found nothing you at least still had a backup plan in Austin and you weren’t fully out of the job.
Agreed. OP, I’m sorry this has happened to you. I wish you the best.
For others in the future, a crappy 1 room “extended stay” hotel might cost more for housing temporarily, but would likely be more money than unemployment. Getting a job is much easier if you have a job already.
Do you guys and the people who upvoted you not have friends and family? I’m baffled by the nonchalant suggestion that someone pick up their life and move across the country thousands of miles from anyone they know, on what is more or less the whims of strangers.
Or just don’t move and use the time to job hunt
That’s a very good idea. Hopefully I’ll never need to do it, but great advice.
Yeah but like… then you have to be in Texas. These days, that’s getting to be a non-starter with more and more people.
tdawg@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah. More people need to be comfortable gaming the system like this. They do it to us so there’s no reason not to do it right back (but double check your contracts!)