Just lost my job AMA

CLQVibes man, you will get through this. You need to be searching for jobs rn, reach out to all of your connections explaining your situation, even if you don't know them that well. People are nice and will want to help you out as long as you haven't been a total asshole in the past. You should probably hold off on the new house and baby until you find a stable job. Does your wife make more than $25 an hour? If not, I see no way to justify spending that much money on daycare.

theLiquorI’m lookin but like I said, cost of living here is sky high I can’t just take any ol’ job paying $2k/month in daycare much less 2 kids at $2k/pop. Wife is a physician so if I don’t find something well paying with a suitable schedule to accomodate her call shifts (and not M-F so I can ski) it’s the stay at home life for me.

That’s the bitch of being an oil geologist. The money is good while you have it but you know the days in your career are numbered then you gotta start completely fresh.

theabortionatorDef sucks losing the job, hopefully you can find something new fast. Unsure why you're even contemplating a new house and another kid.

And I don't have kids but 2000 seems pretty high. I get that it might depend on the area. Seems like time to avoid having another kid at all costs, try to find a cheaper day care option for and tell the wife to be happy with the house you've got. Idk, no idea the situation.


Also a possible solution to job and day care situation.

ThatSkiierKidd64woah woah, what do you mean about the oil geology career? I'm on track to become a geophysicist and work with oil companies.

chiknmcplanksDid you lose your job because you were on NS all day?

theLiquorYou could be fine just always be ready to adapt your career path. I guess my job is technically “non-essential” although keeping the wellbore in payzone seems pretty essential to me to maximize output per well. But when oil dropped from $100+ to pretty flatlined around $60 for years, companies gotta cut costs to keep shareholders happy somehow.

We live in Denver, so definitely have our reasons to stay. We’re pretty anchored with house, wife’s career, and all the potential careers for me. She’s from Oregon I’m from Minnesota so it’s a happy medium and she has a decent amount of family here like cousins and her brother lives in Vail.

I’m sure there’s a job out there that could do me fine maybe but just sucks when you had the perfect job then gotta settle with less

theLiquorTHE ECONOMY IS IN SHAMBLES!!

wife wants a second kid meaning a bigger house so we can still have a guest room for her parents. On top of it costs almost $4k/month to send 2 kids to daycare here so finding a job that pays even $60k salary is unacceptable.

maybe video games ahead in my future

and I’ll probably officially lose my benefits just in time for ski season

BedBugDougSell your first kid

ThatSkiierKidd64woah woah, what do you mean about the oil geology career? I'm on track to become a geophysicist and work with oil companies.

CabbyArrantWhy would you do anything with the oil industry given the need for sustainable. It's easy to see that that industry is going to shrink over time.

JemsJust got a raise from 13 an hour to 14 flipping burgers

theLiquorYou could be fine just always be ready to adapt your career path. I guess my job is technically “non-essential” although keeping the wellbore in payzone seems pretty essential to me to maximize output per well. But when oil dropped from $100+ to pretty flatlined around $60 for years, companies gotta cut costs to keep shareholders happy somehow.

We live in Denver, so definitely have our reasons to stay. We’re pretty anchored with house, wife’s career, and all the potential careers for me. She’s from Oregon I’m from Minnesota so it’s a happy medium and she has a decent amount of family here like cousins and her brother lives in Vail.

I’m sure there’s a job out there that could do me fine maybe but just sucks when you had the perfect job then gotta settle with less

SuspiciousFishActual serious suggestion- You could move to Colorado. They are drilling new Fracking wells every day out here.

PeppermillRenoSounds like it paid well and you will get hetty unemployment.

Its the only thing we get for our taxes once we leave high school the cuck ass military doesn’t do shit for any of us and look how much gets wasted on that. Don’t let anyone ever make you feel like you didn’t earn it paying into the system etc.

Just have some me time and apply to every job in your industry in the spring. I’m sure you can make more if your willing to travel in that line of work etc etc. I wouldn’t even think of switching careers or going back to school. Unless you want to do something like bartend at night or whatnot to keep days open.

50KalMan White Castle is moving up in the world.

theLiquorBro where do you think I’ve been working the last 5+ years?


Yea exactly, have definitely already applied to a number of jobs/companies. But it gets to the point applying to a bunch of jobs just wastes my and recruiter/hiring manager’s time. No sense in applying to a job where you’re not actually serious about, or qualified. You want to stay somewhat relevant to a specific area. Quitting a job in a year or less isn’t gonna be an asset to my job history.
Who knows. It’s not like I’m fired but the days of me going to work hundreds of miles away from home for days-weeks-months on end are over. This client was one of the really only two that I know of in the area that still used our services.

ChadThundercockThere's always a place for you at the United States postal service bruv

theLiquor

Git me one them gubment jobs

**This post was edited on Sep 21st 2019 at 6:45:16am

oldmanskiHow are things OP? Did you find another job?

theLiquorJobless AF.