The last couple of months have been tough. I haven’t been unemployed since I started working over 27 years ago at age 14, but I was furloughed from my job on March 16th due to covid. I’ve got some savings, and just started getting unemployment, so I could last a few months but I hate not working and being that I’m in live events my industry might not return for a year or more. I can’t last that long.
So I took a job with a manufacturer. I worked for a different manufacturer before my last job so it’s familiar territory. It’s a pretty significant pay cut but there’s room to grow and the job should be fun. I can always reevaluate in a year or so after the industry rebounds.
More than anything it’s security. I get a paycheck and keep my kids and myself covered with insurance. Security is more than most people in my line of work have right now so I feel pretty blessed.
And I bought myself a new P365XL to celebrate so that’s nice.
“Everybody wants a Sig in the sheets but a Glock on the streets.” -bionic218 04-02-2014
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Congratulations! Please don't take this the wrong way, but I like how you evaluated things realistically and swallowed your pride.
My own experience has shown me that sometimes events like this have more of a silver lining than first appears. Good luck, and good for you!
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My son is in the exact, same spot: stage manager for premium bands (Aerosmith, Chakira, etc). His last gig was the Super Bowl. It's tough to be in that business with the coronavirus!
I hope I don't get one. Gawd that'd be awful, having to go to work and actually do something. But I guess you're young and should be working. So I'm glad for you, if that's what you want. Not me, man.
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