Re: Is anyone out there unemployed.......
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 6:19 pm
Lucy,
Thank you for thinking about me.
I have been unemployed since April 2009.
I had a breakdown in April 2007 and I was on a
short term leave of absence. I returned
to work 5 months later. After my return
I was not given back any of my same job duties.
I was given other job duties to perform,
job duties that required less thinking and less doing.
After the breakdown I could not function at
work any longer in the capacity that I once had.
Everything had changed. My brain had changed.
The breakdown really DID break my brain in some way.
I never got back to the level of performance
that I once had before the breakdown.
April 6, 2007 was the day of the breakdown and
April 8, 2009 was the day of my layoff from my job.
When I returned back to work after the breakdown
I had a feeling in my gut that I would eventually
be layed off from my job. For me I always knew
that at some point I would be let go.
So, that is why it is so hard to find a job again.
I cannot make up a resume' of what I used to do
at my old job, because I cannot perform THOSE
job duties any longer. I do not have the memory
or the concentration. I would have to have a more
entry level position. Employers want a person
who can multi-task and a person who knows all
about computers. I cannot do either.I have some
physical disabilities too ! What is
there left for me to do ? I have no idea.
Lynda
Thank you for thinking about me.
I have been unemployed since April 2009.
I had a breakdown in April 2007 and I was on a
short term leave of absence. I returned
to work 5 months later. After my return
I was not given back any of my same job duties.
I was given other job duties to perform,
job duties that required less thinking and less doing.
After the breakdown I could not function at
work any longer in the capacity that I once had.
Everything had changed. My brain had changed.
The breakdown really DID break my brain in some way.
I never got back to the level of performance
that I once had before the breakdown.
April 6, 2007 was the day of the breakdown and
April 8, 2009 was the day of my layoff from my job.
When I returned back to work after the breakdown
I had a feeling in my gut that I would eventually
be layed off from my job. For me I always knew
that at some point I would be let go.
So, that is why it is so hard to find a job again.
I cannot make up a resume' of what I used to do
at my old job, because I cannot perform THOSE
job duties any longer. I do not have the memory
or the concentration. I would have to have a more
entry level position. Employers want a person
who can multi-task and a person who knows all
about computers. I cannot do either.I have some
physical disabilities too ! What is
there left for me to do ? I have no idea.
Lynda