Just got a new job after 3 months unemployment. While I’m glad to not be homeless, I’m going from 5 weeks vacation to 2, from full-time remote to dragging my ass to a cubicle 3 days a week. The worst part is putting that fake fucking smile on my face so my new bosses can’t tell how much I despise being there.

I’m in the same boat, went from a software engineer at Intel for 6 years to “oh sorry, this entry level position requires a master’s and 15+ years experience” or “are you willing to relocate to San Francisco/New York/other very high COL area?”

I closed on a house 2 weeks before being laid off, I’m terrified.