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Rough Times Ahead
10 years ago
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Once You Go Blue...
Well this has been a pretty shitty week to say the least.
I've been working at a metal shop repairing parts for drilling companies for the last year or so, making more money than I ever did at the piss poor ones I had before even after college. Within the last few months business has been very slow, due to drilling companies being stingy and trying to save since gas prices went down. It got so bad that we had to take a day off each week, and even then most of the time we were just standing around. Well I went in to work Monday, things picked up a bit, finished for the day and the boss pulls me aside to tell me that he had to let me go. We were a small operation, only five people including myself working there, and I thought we were safe from the downsizing the bigger companies had gone through. Unfortunately, since I was the newbie who didn't know as much as the other older guys I was cut.
So here I am, desperately searching for any place that will hire me that can pay a decent amount. I don't expect the same as I made before but I need to make a living. It hurts seeing all these younger guys going off and starting their careers, so sure about what they want to do, and I'm not. I majored in psychology, which is pretty useless to me right now. My only chance is to go take some classes and try to make a better career choice. I'm 25 and I feel like I'm left in the dust.
Just wanted to give you guys an explanation as to any absence or lack of art. I still have some stuff that artists have owed me for nearly a year, but as far as any new stuff it may be awhile. For any artists I support on Patreon, I will be around for at least next months donation, after that depends on if I can get another job.
Thanks for reading.
I've been working at a metal shop repairing parts for drilling companies for the last year or so, making more money than I ever did at the piss poor ones I had before even after college. Within the last few months business has been very slow, due to drilling companies being stingy and trying to save since gas prices went down. It got so bad that we had to take a day off each week, and even then most of the time we were just standing around. Well I went in to work Monday, things picked up a bit, finished for the day and the boss pulls me aside to tell me that he had to let me go. We were a small operation, only five people including myself working there, and I thought we were safe from the downsizing the bigger companies had gone through. Unfortunately, since I was the newbie who didn't know as much as the other older guys I was cut.
So here I am, desperately searching for any place that will hire me that can pay a decent amount. I don't expect the same as I made before but I need to make a living. It hurts seeing all these younger guys going off and starting their careers, so sure about what they want to do, and I'm not. I majored in psychology, which is pretty useless to me right now. My only chance is to go take some classes and try to make a better career choice. I'm 25 and I feel like I'm left in the dust.
Just wanted to give you guys an explanation as to any absence or lack of art. I still have some stuff that artists have owed me for nearly a year, but as far as any new stuff it may be awhile. For any artists I support on Patreon, I will be around for at least next months donation, after that depends on if I can get another job.
Thanks for reading.
hope you can find a job or a psychological office to get a job
BTW if you are looking at improving your skills, you might try to look into software/IT. Coders are always in demand.
You hang in there.
Sorry to hear about you loosing your job. I'm only 19 years old myself, and I don't even have a proper education. But thankfully I may be able to still get a job with a decent pay because of my mom putting in a good word for me to her boss, and have agreed to be my boss while I'm on a paid trial to see how I fare.
I do hope everything works out for you though.
But it is very unfair because in this world, you need a degree to get a job. If you don't have a degree or experience, you will not get hired, but in order to get experience you need to get hired and such, and to pay for college, you need income from said job. It's a very backwards world.
Just don't lose hope and continue to ride life out. Keep trying and never give up. That's all I can say.
If you want any advice, may it be about the subjects that are relevant for you or something else: just ask me (I try to give useful advices). I can tell you something about almost any root-science-subjects (phys,chem,maths,bio,cs), but nothing about too special stuff like astrophysics (except biology-specializations).
And I want to take the chance to tell you how much your comic hit my hearth! x)
Not terribly shocked drilling companies are hurting for work, where I work has cut an entire shift from a plant for trenchers (thankfully they found them work elsewhere at the facility, one of whom works with me now) because they're moving so slowly due to gas prices.
Hope you can find another job soon, because suddenly losing your income just sounds like a bitch.
I do hope you get some work soon, bud!