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Feeling numb today and while taking party alliances out of the conversation, the overall mood ties into what we're facing with employment and the job market.

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Feeling numb today and while taking party alliances out of the conversation, the overall mood ties into what we're facing with employment and the job market.

This uncertainty, everyone's replaceable and cruel treatment of others creates unrest. In my 20 year career, this morose feeling that seems to have grown since the pandemic is what's toxic, not only workplaces.

When employees feel scared to lose their jobs, that everyone is replaceable and fear of being able to keep a roof over their heads even with 401Ks and savings, there's an undercurrent problem and cracks in the foundation.

Before the pandemic, I had bad days at work but felt that if I did my best, I would have a good job that paid my bills. Since the pandemic, I've had three jobs, three restructurings / layoffs and endless searches filled with ghosting. When did it become acceptable to convey / say 'you don't matter.' My time is more valuable than yours and to treat people with such callousness?

While I recognize the job market floods inboxes with overwhelming number of applicants desperate for work. An act of kindness would be to use technology to close out roles and if need be, send automatic rejection notices to allow applicants to move forward instead of endlessly waiting in hopes that it's just taking longer than normal to receive news.

Circling back to the election and calls for unity. Let's make a united effort to treat people with respect. Let's stop the ghosting, be transparent and if you've moved on, be upfront or close out the role. A simple ATS message circling that this job has been filled while disheartening ends months of unknowing. Let's be better, treat people with kindness and be united in our approach.

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  1. Anonymous

    Amen sister, amen....we need to be kind, support each other, respect each others differences and above all else call out those who do the opposite when interacting with others. Stay positive, no matter what.

  2. Anonymous

    I think this is reflective of the general attitude that a company owes you a wage in exchange for work. Not loyalty, no long term and not for altruistic goals. It's a transaction.

    I now go into work with an independent attitude. I there for the paycheck and benefits. Nothing more. I leave when I have to deal with excess stress from the environment or certain leaders. I am always open to better offers and benefits.

  3. Anonymous

    Couldn’t agree more.

  4. Xx Sera Blvd

    Amen!. I'd like to connect with like-minded individuals. I hope your search gets better and you have a good rest of your week and upcoming weekend.

  5. Anonymous

    How do you unify with people who view you as less? Who are okay with racism, sexism and the rules not applying to everyone equally because they are more concerned about the cost of groceries than women dying and people living in abject terror? How do you get past the fact that half the country could care less about an entire group of people, many of whom are the women on this platform, being made 2nd class citizens without the same rights, privileges and freedoms as everyone else?

    How, tell me how, how do you unify with people who don't even see you as people?

  6. Paulla Fetzek, MSEd

    Beautiful message and powerful sentiment.

    My answer: You unify with those who DO see you as a person. And we keep unifying until we create a presence so powerful we can't be ignored.

  7. Anonymous

    I feel you. I (white female) am a US citizen. My husband (Hispanic male) is a US citizen. Both of us were born here, as were our three children. But that doesn't matter when individuals take it upon themselves to follow us around in small towns because we don't "look like we belong."

    Any Trump supporters who think US citizens are going to escape being impacted by the "mass deportations" are letting their ignorance show. I think January 6 proved that there are large portions of the population who feel emboldened by Trump to act as they wish. You don't think these same people will try detaining citizens themselves? SMH I've expanded my current job search to outside the US.

  8. GirlBossanova934974

    Lot of managerial inexperience out there these days Many senior leaders have retired leaving "the replacements" who think very short term. Experienced managers know and understand job markets can turn upwards or downwards fairly quickly. You don't want to be burning bridges especially in the times of GLASSDOOR where a negative review can follow your company around for years to come. My take? When the job market turns up, there is going to be a MASS MIGRATION and wave of resignations hitting many companies. "The replacements" are going to be taught a very harsh lesson.

  9. Anonymous

    Amen to You! And I agree with you comments...We must also acknowledge our "own self worth" while extending the same to others - Do our very best to move forward when others seem to treat us as if we're "Invisible"

  10. LINDA E GARDNER

    Well said, thank you!!

  11. Anonymous

    Thank you for your honest words. My work mirrors the political situation. A new leader with minions. If you are not one of the minions or refuse to give up your dignity then they try to “quiet fire” you. I’m using all my mental health tools, journaling, meditation, calls to friends and family, therapy, exercise. It doesn’t seem to be working today. I’m taking a mental health day tomorrow. I feel that our connections here at FGB can make us stronger. Let’s go out there and make “some good trouble “.

  12. Anonymous

    Bless your heart. I hope that you get *everything* that you voted for.

  13. Stephanie Beck

    I 100% know how you are feeling. I quit my corporate job in early 2022 and now deliver local farm fresh food to food pantries. I’m not making the money I once did but I am in my truth and living a life I can be proud of.

    As far as politics - gawd - I’m just trying to survive by doing something good for me and my family daily and then for someone else.

  14. Anonymous

    Thank you for underscoring my point.

  15. Anonymous

    I think you're confused and need to go back to FB or X. This is a platform for professionals discussing subjects around career.

  16. Anonymous

    Flagged for removal. This is not X or FB. Knock it off.

  17. Anonymous

    I'm less worried about ICE-CBP and more worried about US citizens feeling empowered to take matters into their own hands. And there are multiple cases of US citizens being detained by ICE for weeks. Were they eventually released? Yes. Does that assuage my fear? No. It's an unnecessary hardship for US CITIZENS that should never happen. Yet it does.

  18. Anonymous

    Speaking as a US citizen of asian descent (I was born here to US citizens), I absolutely experienced the threat of physical harm during covid. Do citizens take matters into their own hands? Yup, they do. I EXPERIENCED THAT THREAT. So, anyone commenting who doesn't know what it's like to just walk into a room and not be respected or accepted because your eyes are a little different or your skin color is a shade or several darker, you need to stop. It's real.

  19. Anonymous

    Yes, too many people have been emboldened by what they perceive as permission to be the worst version of themselves. Marginalized groups and women will pay the price for it.

    People really underestimate exactly how awful people can be.

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