How many people do you know that have lost their jobs since COVID?

[Tuchel127]

For me it is about 5-6 people. And many others who have seen a huge loss of income so they are on the bring of losing their business.

To think we could see a lot of restaurants , pubs, hairdressers and other businesses not reopen due to lack of funding.

Has COVID impacted your job?

Hundreds...I work in the music industry
My direct colleagues and all our contacts haven't worked since March, no return date in sight.

@Figgygal

Personally 1 Professionally hundreds

This and I am the 1.

Plenty still furloughed

Personally know, one person, although dp came close, ultimately it was 130 ish people in is company that were made redundant, with those who wanted being redeployed, so not unemployed.
The effect of Covid on my business is that I have taken on two members of staff, so it isn't all doom and gloom. There is a shift in the job market and I do know of lots of small businesses recruiting.

None. But obviously the answer is very industry relevant. Most of my friends and family work in Health and Pharma, the jobs market there is very buoyant, lots of vacancies and head hunting going on. Others are medics or NHS support staff, Teachers, so again no issues. Friends who own businesses have gone on-line or take-aways, so keeping going in some form.

None fortunately.

I work in aviation. In my company 12 out of 100 people have kept their jobs and those 12 are all currently furloughed but at our base that runs into hundreds that have lost their jobs. Thats people I know or have worked with. There will be thousands in the industry and even more in associated businesses.

I managed to get another job also in aviation but lost that too. .prepared to move anywhere for a job in the industry. I've got 2 currently on hold. I've passed selection but not had a job offer but had security checks and measured for uniform. I guess they are waiting like everyone else to knownif there will be any flights anywhere this year, albeit later on.

I applied to all the supermarkets, KFC, McDonald's, Warehouses etc but not had a sausage in response.

Several colleagues. My employer has made over 2000 redundancies, and they're not finished yet.

No one.

Personally, 1. Who now makes do with part time work.

And 1 person right at the very beginning, who instantly lost 60% of his work overnight.

@MiaMarshmallows

I don't think the saying ' They will never work again ' is true. They can't have a large section of the population all on UC

We are heading for a Depression. The government cannot magic up jobs. Automation and outsourcing means millions of jobs will no longer exist in the next decade or so.

@MiaMarshmallows

I don't think the saying ' They will never work again ' is true. They can't have a large section of the population all on UC

But how else will they live if they are unable to find work. If the jobs aren’t there, they aren’t there. They will have no choice but to try and live on UC. Younger people will probably be ok long term, but anyone over 55 and especially over 60 may struggle to find employment. Unless the government ‘creates’ jobs for the older unemployed workforce?

And sure, some new jobs might be created requiring a high level of skill. But nine million adults in the UK are functionally illiterate. It's estimated that over 20% of adults in the UK are innumerate. Only 22% have skills equivalent to a GCSE grade C. So it’s not as though everyone is going to have an amazing career as a robot data engineer.

not me, no, but 2 of my in-laws did lose their jobs. Thankfully both found new work since.

None

Fortunately none. However most of my friends are public sector workers.

Several that work in events industry. They're trained in what they do (lighting/rigging/audio) so not looking yo retrain as a ballerina, just want work back. 0 work and on UC.

Also some contracters (husband included) who have lost 95% of work. It's crap.

Anyone over 55 and especially over 60 may struggle to find employment

Also anyone with skills which aren't easily transferable, those with too many previous job gaps, lone parents and anyone else with childcare barriers, the disabled and many more

Yes there are workplace laws and guidelines which cover a lot of this, but good luck expecting adherence - never mind flexibility or work life balance - when companies are trying to build back from the ashes and there are countless applicants for every job

For all the (sometimes justified) moaning, the workplace prior to 2020 could well seem like a dream compared to what may come

@MiaMarshmallows

I don't think the saying ' They will never work again ' is true. They can't have a large section of the population all on UC

OH is a 48 year old epileptic...up against younger applicants with "normal" brains he's get next to no chance of any employer giving him a job.

This thread demonstrates how the pandemic has impacted us all differently. Whilst I understand the economic costs, I have no personal experience of it so it remains abstract to me. I have a lot of sympathy for anyone who has lost their job but no experience of it happening to anyone close to me.

However I have lost a work colleague (a teaching assistant) to Covid and have a medic friend who may never be able to return to work.

There will be people who have the exact opposite experience.

My brother, he is a musician. Otherwise I don't think I know anyone. I also don't know anyone who has died from covid, or even been hospitalised.

I wonder if this is just luck, living in a relatively rural area or the fact I don't have many friends!

DBro, DSIL, DBIL.

I work in healthcare, so none of my friends. But a very high proportion of everyone else I know. Different industries too (advertising, adult education, photography).

1. But worrying for them

None that I know of, but then everyone I know works in the professions, medicine/healthcare or the higher education sector.

I only know one person who has lost their job but I can see lots of shops and cafes seem to have closed locally, seaside town so they might reopen but hard to tell till Easter when traditionally the seasonal shops open.

One (theatre manager).
A couple of family members are actors and have had no acting jobs since the first lockdown. Both have found other work though.