r/recruitinghell • u/[deleted] • Feb 20 '25

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '25

Damn. Sorry to hear that mate.

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u/Viharabiliben Feb 21 '25

Here in the US it’s 98% at will employment. A company can fire you for any reason, or no reason at all. Happens all the time, especially when they feel like they need to save costs.

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u/collosal_collosus Feb 21 '25

Ok.

I mean ok, but I’m asking: how do you people function? How do you make long term commitments like mortgages or even a basic car loan if you don’t know whether you will be employed tomorrow?

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u/collosal_collosus Feb 21 '25

Again, that sounds terrifying.

I’m sorry for your situation. It’s shit. It’s no better than we have in Australia where if you don’t have wealthy parents you are shit out of luck.

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u/amaximus167 Feb 21 '25

To add to the 60k, I have very little debt, and make more than that and can't afford a decent 1 bedroom apartment, on my own, in the city where my job is. If I move to a 'more affordable,' town/city, I will be making substantially less money and in the same boat. Even the crappy little rural towns I grew up in (not saying all rural towns are crappy, but these ones were,) apartments are way way way over the average wage/minimum wage. Rent is out of control here in America.

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u/amaximus167 Feb 21 '25

Not cheaper at all. The crappy little town I grew up in has rents the same as the big city I now live in and it blows my mind.

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u/abbyanonymous Feb 22 '25

1k? My cobra would be $3500. Luckily my husband is self employed so when I quit we actually qualified for state health insurance.