I was laid off yesterday

[tabbycat31]

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. ...

[Wounded Bear]

2. Sorry to hear that...

It's been slow where I work, too. Kind of scary because I'm one of the 'new' guys with least tenure. All the temps are gone, one or two regular employees have been let go (but not me, yet) and they're talking cutbacks in hours.



Best wishes going forward.

[hrmjustin]

3. I am so sorry to hear this!

[In_The_Wind]

4. I am so sorry!

[TexasTowelie]

5. Horrible news.

I hope that you are able to collect unemployment and can find another job quickly.

[tabbycat31]

6. Thanks everyone

MY contract is technically up at the end of this month, but they eliminated a bunch of positions (including mine). Now back to the drawing board.

Does any one know of political campaigns that could be staffing up?

[Chan790]

8. I assume you're on the "Jobs that are Left" mailing list.

I get it daily and there's usually around 15-20 campaign jobs a day. It was started as a jobs-bulletinboard for unemployed campaign staffers around 10 years ago. It's currently a google-group. I'm on it because occasionally there are also fundraising jobs for NPOs and activist organizations.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/jobsthatareleft

(If you're not, I can PM you this morning's and you'd start getting them tomorrow, I believe, if you joined today.)

[tabbycat31]

10. I am on there

I applied to jobs in SC, Western US, Mid Atlantic, and I'm working on Texas right now.

[blogslut]

11. Texas might be a good lead.

There's some serious Democratic effort going on in my state.

[tabbycat31]

14. I'm applying to a few in Texas

And that thought scares me (and my mom, who lived in Texas as a kid and hated it) because I'm your stereotypical liberal white girl driving a Subaru but I'll take the challenge.

I'm applying to Annie's List and Battleground Texas. I know about the latter but can you tell me a bit about the former (if you know).

[blogslut]

16. Don't know a thing about Annie's List

Nor Battleground Texas. I just know that there's a big push in this state for Democratic GOTV and fundraising.

[Flaxbee]

13. Ed Gillespie's going to make a run at Mark Warner's seat in Virginia ...

not sure if Warner is going to hire, but it wouldn't hurt to check it out - this is a battleground state.

[tabbycat31]

15. I was in VA in 2012

And I really enjoyed it there (a very red part of VA as well). I would not mind going back.

[MH1]

17. There's at least a half dozen Dem primary candidates for PA Gov

Allyson Schwartz, John Hanger, Tom Wolfe, Rob McCord, and some others I'm not thinking of at the moment.

Maybe one of them has campaign openings.

Joe Sestak will probably run for Toomey's seat in 2016 and he will be taking a long view, i.e. maybe hiring staff soon.

[rurallib]

7. best of luck in finding that better job!

[LiberalEsto]

9. Oh damn. I'm so sorry.

Things will work out for you.
Please let DU know if there's anything that someone can help you with.

[ailsagirl]

12. ....

Damn-- I'm so sorry

[tabbycat31]

18. kicking this with good news

I was able to get my first interview

[magical thyme]

19. Congratulations!

Just saw this. So sorry you were laid off...

But seems like you're off to a great start ....on to better things