If you’ve been laid off during COVID or in the past, do you tell everyone you know or just people who can help you? I have been laid off due to COVID and tried to tell most people in the industry so I can find work, but I’m finding it emotionally draining to tell each person in my life, including every friend, relative and neighbor, that I am unemployed. Sometimes I just say everything’s fine when they ask me in order to save face and avoid their pity. Is this normal?

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I’ve only told my closest friends. Telling too many people only adds anxiety and stress, since everyone keeps asking every week if you found something already.

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I disagree. I think this is a rare times that so many people are in the same boat and getting laid off wouldn’t be “questioned.” And you never know who knows somebody, so letting people know you’re looking can only be helpful.

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I really don’t understand the stigma around being laid off. It happens or has happened to almost every single person I know.

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I did a whole post on LinkedIn. You never know who will be able to help you.

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More people know about it, more chances of new contacts and possibilities... think about it this way

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Remove the word Creative Director from your title for now, there’s tons of work in pharma copywriting and (to a slightly lesser extent) art, get at least $100-130/hr for a solid 40 hour week. If you don’t need the money then ignore the above. There are ways to stop telling people you’re unemployed.

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