My husband quit his job in Feb due to toxic work environment - he has had several other colleagues also leave as they’re either worked or pushed out. He received a payout in Feb for PILON.
He is a senior IT manager & realistically it could take him many months to find another position. We have some savings which will last us about 15 months and he seems confident that something will come up in that time. Job search is going slow.
However, money matters really stress me out - I’ve always been really cautious & this has all thrown me for a loop. I do suffer with anxiety & am currently going to the absolute worst places in my head - he doesn’t find work, all savings gone, house lost, etc. We’re in our 50s so starting over would be a huge stretch. We don’t have any family that we can move in with for a period of time.
Added to that our son is finishing uni soon & will be moving back home too. I was hoping to give him time to job search in his field but that seems dire too (Computer Science).
We moved to the UK about 8 years ago, effectively starting over & everything felt like it was going smoothly & now I feel like we’re so close to losing everything we’ve worked so hard for.
Not sure of the point of this post but maybe just putting it out there makes me feel a bit better. Have been trying to stay strong but every time I turn around there some unexpected setback.