Anyone jobless for a long time before?

Win toto or rob bank. High risk high return

Originally Posted by Unregistered

never been jobless before so cant relate but i can relate to being a shitty sinkie in this depressing country

most of us serve ns like dogs and still have reservist

housings all impossible to afford, what a joke, if u can be happy in sg, u have my respect, u must have some strong mentality or maybe im just weak

You are just weak. I saw so many people started without a degree and work their way to become millionaires through hardwork and smart investing. But nowadays gen z strawberries want easy job, high pay, short hours and not willing to put in the work. Got money "invest" in some super high risk meme stock or crypto then laugh at others. Instead of saving money to buy BTO most want a "lifestyle" travelling 4 to 6x a year to exotic destination and buying expensive luxury product. Then complain cost of living so high, property expensive, etc. This complain has been on and off since 1990s.

I would rather work a lower paying job temporarily than be jobless for long time.

I jobless 2 years.
was burnt out
previously from a big company

now i apply job still can get many calls
but of course will lose out during interview process due to red flags of being jobless

LOL!
but i like it
at least next time i look back can laugh and told myself that i enjoyed my jobless years

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I jobless 2 years.
was burnt out
previously from a big company

now i apply job still can get many calls
but of course will lose out during interview process due to red flags of being jobless

LOL!
but i like it
at least next time i look back can laugh and told myself that i enjoyed my jobless years

2 years is pretty long..I mean some people have terrible luck in getting a job despite making the effort trying to get one. A few weeks being jobless makes me feel like having no purpose in life. Hence i rather go out and work even if im getting a hefty paycut like close to 1k less compared to previous job ... Although its pretty nice to wake up late and just play games at home with no worries.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I jobless 2 years.
was burnt out
previously from a big company

now i apply job still can get many calls
but of course will lose out during interview process due to red flags of being jobless

LOL!
but i like it
at least next time i look back can laugh and told myself that i enjoyed my jobless years

Yeah. I was jobless for 9 months once in my career. Dunno why and don't understand why I panicked. Just enjoy it lah. Now working for the past 6 years and counting wish I had the time to wake up late in the morning and just enjoy the carefree, no stress life.

Btw how did you survive for 2 years with no job? Deep pockets of savings?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Yeah. I was jobless for 9 months once in my career. Dunno why and don't understand why I panicked. Just enjoy it lah. Now working for the past 6 years and counting wish I had the time to wake up late in the morning and just enjoy the carefree, no stress life.

Btw how did you survive for 2 years with no job? Deep pockets of savings?

give me a full time job
my line of response will also be different too.

I was once jobless for about 4 months.

I was surprised reading some of the recent posts. Unlike some others, I absolutely hated the state of being jobless.

It was not about the money. I come from a middle-class background and had enough savings to last me more than a decade. It was not about the loss-of-status/face. My family was very supportive and never hurried me to find a new job.

My main gripe was waking up with nothing to look forward to for the rest of the day.

The first month was super fun. Freedom to wake up at any time you want. Play computer games that you missed out on. Go to fancy cafes. Take short-term classes like cooking or language. Go on holidays.

But that utopia quickly changes into a bad dream.

Your friends are all working and cannot hang out with you. You get bored of solo travelling from place-to-place. Your initial enthusiasm for cooking/language classes wears off. You finish most of your computer games and have nothing left to play. When you open your eyes, the first thing you do is to scroll through the job portal and apply for jobs. Once that is done, to pass time, you turn on Netflix and watch whatever is available until its time for lunch and dinner.

I know several friends who have lived like this for a year or more and they are totally fine with it. But for me, this lifestyle was an absolute nightmare.

The way I view it, it was like an RPG game where your main questline suddenly comes to a halt (i.e. losing your job) and you suddenly have free time on your hands. Ok not too bad at first; you use the time to complete all the sidequests that you missed out earlier. But once even those sidequests are completed, you are just walking around aimlessly in the game with nothing to do.

Some people have told me to get a hobby. I do have a few hobbies. But the issue is how can such hobbies be done on a full-time basis with no end in sight? Let's say I like rock-climbing; how can anyone rock-climb day-after-day for weeks on end? Or if I like to do gardening, how can I just be tending to my plants non-stop forever?

I was fortunate to have found a suitable job within months. But if I failed to do so, at that point, I would have just taken any job available (even with steep paycuts in a totally unrelated field) just so that I can not be jobless. I don't know if its a product of the Singapore system where one must always be "doing something", but I really did feel very desperate during those times, and not for financial reasons at all.

Anyway, we all eventually find our paths in life. All the best to those still finding jobs!

[Blueberry]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I was once jobless for about 4 months.

I was surprised reading some of the recent posts. Unlike some others, I absolutely hated the state of being jobless.

It was not about the money. I come from a middle-class background and had enough savings to last me more than a decade. It was not about the loss-of-status/face. My family was very supportive and never hurried me to find a new job.

My main gripe was waking up with nothing to look forward to for the rest of the day.

The first month was super fun. Freedom to wake up at any time you want. Play computer games that you missed out on. Go to fancy cafes. Take short-term classes like cooking or language. Go on holidays.

But that utopia quickly changes into a bad dream.

Your friends are all working and cannot hang out with you. You get bored of solo travelling from place-to-place. Your initial enthusiasm for cooking/language classes wears off. You finish most of your computer games and have nothing left to play. When you open your eyes, the first thing you do is to scroll through the job portal and apply for jobs. Once that is done, to pass time, you turn on Netflix and watch whatever is available until its time for lunch and dinner.

I know several friends who have lived like this for a year or more and they are totally fine with it. But for me, this lifestyle was an absolute nightmare.

The way I view it, it was like an RPG game where your main questline suddenly comes to a halt (i.e. losing your job) and you suddenly have free time on your hands. Ok not too bad at first; you use the time to complete all the sidequests that you missed out earlier. But once even those sidequests are completed, you are just walking around aimlessly in the game with nothing to do.

Some people have told me to get a hobby. I do have a few hobbies. But the issue is how can such hobbies be done on a full-time basis with no end in sight? Let's say I like rock-climbing; how can anyone rock-climb day-after-day for weeks on end? Or if I like to do gardening, how can I just be tending to my plants non-stop forever?

I was fortunate to have found a suitable job within months. But if I failed to do so, at that point, I would have just taken any job available (even with steep paycuts in a totally unrelated field) just so that I can not be jobless. I don't know if its a product of the Singapore system where one must always be "doing something", but I really did feel very desperate during those times, and not for financial reasons at all.

Anyway, we all eventually find our paths in life. All the best to those still finding jobs!

I jobless for 3 weeks now already start panicking. I resigned from my previous job of 4 years without a backup job as the environment is intolerable for me.

Originally Posted by Blueberry

I jobless for 3 weeks now already start panicking. I resigned from my previous job of 4 years without a backup job as the environment is intolerable for me.

4 years of exp shouldnt be that difficult to get a job. Just that times are bad now...