Rejection

~ MaryG

I left my full-time career in late 2023 with the thought of potentially retiring early (at age 58.5) and devoting more time to working on the 2024 election and other volunteer work. We were all done paying for our kids’ college educations, our investments were looking good, and Trump was safely out of the White House with many pending criminal indictments.

My how things can change in 18 months.

On the very bright side, I became a grandmother. Nothing is better than that.

BUT, everything else is looking very scary and one way to try to protect myself and my family would be to start earning money again. I mean who knows what the hell is coming next with this Mad King in the Oval Office—World War III, a deep recession or depression, another pandemic, civil war—any damn thing can happen with him in charge. Money won’t stop the fall of democracy in the United States, but maybe it could help protect my own family. And maybe that’s all any of us can really do.

Anyhow, I opened up my LinkedIn profile to recruiters and immediately got several interviews. One job looked perfect for me and I made it to the final round of interviews. I absolutely loved the organization. I was sure they were going to offer it to me.

Whelp, I found out yesterday that they decided to “move forward with a different finalist.”

OUCH! How dare they?? I was perfect for the job and I really wanted it!

So much for a great job just dropping into my lap. Am I really up for a protracted, arduous job search? I don’t know. I may be too old for this shit.

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13 thoughts on “Rejection”

  1. So sorry! A big disappointment. Hope something better comes along. I wish I could tell you everything is going to be all right, but of course I can’t. What I can tell you is this: From the short time we have been blogging friends, I can tell that you are smart, resourceful and energetic. Those qualities will help you, no matter what comes along. But it’s scary to think of all that has happened in the past 18 months.

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  4. Ah man! Sorry to hear that! I hope you find something you find incredibly interesting and fulfilling! I was off for a year and a half and the transition back took a little time to get used to. After spending days sunning at the pool, jumping back in to corporate America exhausted me at first. But I eventually got my sea legs back.

    My next gig down the line is part time REI… that employee discount and health insurance has got my name in it!

    And my final thought…any company that doesn’t understand your worth is their loss. There are plenty of others out there that will.

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  5. Be relaxed, go with the flow and good things will come to you. I gave up on LinkedIn a long time ago. I still have an (inactive) account.

    You’re right about the mad King, anything could happen. We’re bracing for a Soviet attack in Europe in the next few years. It’s not a question of “If” anymore, but “When”.

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    1. Thanks Chris. Yeah, I’m fortunate to not desperately need a job, so I can wait and see what happens.

      The finance bros here keep referring to the stock market crash as a “self-inflicted wound” – as if the entire rise of Donald Trump isn’t actually a mortal injury to the entire planet.

      If you could wake up tomorrow to news that one of them died in their sleep (Putin or Trump), which one would you choose?

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      1. Yes, being able to wait is always good.

        It is a self inflicted wound, absolutely agree with that one. And with major repercussions for the whole planet on top 😲

        Both, probably…

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  6. Hang in there on the job front. It’s topsy turvy – kind of like Trump and his tariffs. One week looking bleak, the next week the tariffs are pulled back and things look more optimistic. Hiring seems to be doing the same thing. I’m a couple years behind you. I knew I had to keep working for awhile, but I hoped my wife could start to ramp down. Trump has definitely thrown a wrench into things when it didn’t need to be there. Ugh. Hang in there. I saw recently that the average time to get rehired after a layoff is 8 weeks.

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