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Looking back a few years, I remembered a magazine cover shown at almost every weekly meeting at Primerica. The main cover story was "Finished At 40," about a 40-year-old worker who was struggling to find work after being laid off from his long-time employer.
I was laid off from Metro Networks a few months shy of my 38th birthday. I quit Primerica a short time later because I was having trouble focusing on my Primerica work and my job search at the same time. I searched thousands of job ads and applied to as many as I thought I qualified for. Sadly, most of the companies either rejected me immediately or never returned my calls. Others rejected me after the interview because my weekend part-time job would have interfered with their schedules (and the low salaries they were offering weren't worth quitting KRCC.) One company (telemarketers Graven, Austen and Drake) fired me after two days for not making enough sales; another company (telephone surveyors Luce Research) barely had any available shifts once the Fall 2010 elections were over; and the third company (Service Source) treated me like garbage, lied constantly and laid me off after a month due to staff cutbacks.
I tried my hardest to not be "Finished At 40," but it looks like that's the case. I wasn't able to accomplish some of my 40th birthday goals last year (to be employed weekdays and to celebrate my birthday at Further Confusion.) I did accomplish the goal of taking 3 trips last year (Furry Fiesta, RMFC and Oklacon,) even though they were on a tight budget and I probably should have stayed home and saved the money. My actual goal was to be able to afford these trips.
I have about six months until my 42nd birthday. I hope I can find weekday work before then. I was "Finished At 40," but I'd like to be re-started by 42.
I was laid off from Metro Networks a few months shy of my 38th birthday. I quit Primerica a short time later because I was having trouble focusing on my Primerica work and my job search at the same time. I searched thousands of job ads and applied to as many as I thought I qualified for. Sadly, most of the companies either rejected me immediately or never returned my calls. Others rejected me after the interview because my weekend part-time job would have interfered with their schedules (and the low salaries they were offering weren't worth quitting KRCC.) One company (telemarketers Graven, Austen and Drake) fired me after two days for not making enough sales; another company (telephone surveyors Luce Research) barely had any available shifts once the Fall 2010 elections were over; and the third company (Service Source) treated me like garbage, lied constantly and laid me off after a month due to staff cutbacks.
I tried my hardest to not be "Finished At 40," but it looks like that's the case. I wasn't able to accomplish some of my 40th birthday goals last year (to be employed weekdays and to celebrate my birthday at Further Confusion.) I did accomplish the goal of taking 3 trips last year (Furry Fiesta, RMFC and Oklacon,) even though they were on a tight budget and I probably should have stayed home and saved the money. My actual goal was to be able to afford these trips.
I have about six months until my 42nd birthday. I hope I can find weekday work before then. I was "Finished At 40," but I'd like to be re-started by 42.
