• AA5B@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    2 months is not all that long to find a new job but yeah.

    I’ve had both shorter and longer in the past. However this time I

    • own a house
    • have a car payment
    • my first kid in college
    • second soon
    • excessive car insurance to cover two teen drivers
    • child support to my ex

    I would have a real hard time handling that with any disruption of my income. Not quite paycheck to paycheck, but there’s a lot of expenses I haven’t had for most of my life and the cap on unemployment benefits means I wouldn’t come close. Most of these will be gone in less than six years so I just need to not be laid off for that time