Pearl - Modern Women Getting Laid Off

00:00:00.000 What up guys? Welcome to my reaction series that we are bringing back now that I am newly

00:00:05.580 monetized again. So if you have been following the news, you can see that there are layoffs

00:00:11.080 all across the United States. The private sector and the public sector are letting people go and

00:00:16.840 nobody is safe. Of course, most of the jobs being kicked out the door are jobs held by women. 1.00

00:00:23.280 Why? Because modern women keep getting these high priced, useless degrees to get jobs that aren't 1.00

00:00:30.560 going to make them any money. The type of jobs that these women get do not contribute to the 1.00

00:00:35.800 profits of the company. So let's react to some of the women that just got laid off. 1.00

00:00:42.320 Hey everyone. This is going to be my first video on TikTok of me like legit talking.

00:00:47.800 My name is Courtney. I just changed my name to you're in my court on here because I kind of want

00:00:54.640 to start posting lifestyle stuff. I started to, I changed it last night, but it just got really,

00:01:00.680 really shitty news today. My work from home job I've been at for a year and a half just laid me off.

00:01:09.420 I had a really good salary there. I had really good benefits and I said it wasn't my performance

00:01:18.480 or anything. I was crying on the call. So I've been wanting to start posting on TikTok.

00:01:25.960 This is day one of me being laid off. I look like shit right now. I am in my truck. I'm going to go 0.99

00:01:32.000 hang out with my horse. Um, she's expensive. Love her. I have to figure. Oh no. She's got a horse. 0.51

00:01:42.080 My sister had a horse. Those things are so much work and time and money. Oh, she's screwed. She's 1.00

00:01:49.660 going to have to sell the horse. It's time. Figure that shit out currently. That's a luxury pet that you,

00:01:56.580 I would not recommend getting that unless you have good money. Um, but women do that. It's like, 1.00

00:02:02.920 do you know what? Women will be in like the worst financial situation ever. And do you know what 1.00

00:02:08.100 that we'll, we'll say, we'll say, honey, honey, honey, do you know what we should do? Get a dog.

00:02:14.920 And we just, we buy the animals and we bring them home. And the men are like, I don't know about a

00:02:20.060 dog. This is a big responsibility. Cause we think like cute. Aw. And the men think like, okay,

00:02:26.000 this is going to be work, right? I have minimal amount of credit card debt. I had some ER visits

00:02:30.460 this year. So I'm just going to start posting on Tik TOK. I'm not going to let this ruin my 2025.

00:02:36.880 I really have worked to improve myself in the last year. I have had a lot of challenges and this year

00:02:45.640 I have been, uh, I've changed my mental health. I've improved it so much. I have lost about 30 pounds.

00:02:52.420 I think about 32 or 33 now. And I've just had a lot of, a lot of shit going on in the last year. 0.99

00:02:59.500 My horse has been contributing to some of those. She had some foot issues, but doing well now. And 0.99

00:03:04.180 I'm sorry, this is so long. I know it's over a minute, but I really just want to start this on

00:03:10.240 Tik TOK. Yeah. Okay. I know this is hypocritical because I did have a normal job that I quit to do

00:03:18.300 Tik TOK, YouTube, and it did pan out. I do not recommend that path. It worked out for me.

00:03:25.860 It does not mean it's going to work out for you now. I, what I can do. And by the way, guys,

00:03:33.840 if you do want to learn this, I'm giving a presentation on this with my online community

00:03:40.860 and how I did do it. Um, I can teach you what I did. However, I do not recommend it for the average

00:03:49.540 person. This woman, I can just tell she is not going to have a media career. That is not going 1.00

00:03:55.660 to happen for her. She's not hot enough, funny enough for, you know, she's not Roseanne Barr, 1.00

00:04:00.380 you know, she's funny. And maybe it'll do something. Maybe it won't, but I've been telling

00:04:05.500 myself, I just want to get out of the corporate world. I really, really liked my job. I literally

00:04:10.140 was saying to my horse, horse's trainer yesterday, how thankful I was for this job. I've been texting

00:04:15.460 my friends. I've just been feeling really good lately. And again, it wasn't my performance,

00:04:20.080 but I'm just upset, but it was probably her performance. I mean, I hate to say it guys,

00:04:27.360 but if you're, if you're invaluable to the company, they're not going to lay you off. Do you know what I

00:04:32.220 mean? Like if you make yourself so useful that they can't exist without you? Now, I'm not saying

00:04:38.060 that you should do that. You know, I mean, some companies work like work you till you're dead.

00:04:45.040 Right. But I have a hard time believing if she was like a level competent, that this would have

00:04:51.740 happened. I just try to cheer myself up with my horse. I'm going to just probably take a week to

00:04:58.540 chill. Maybe just till Monday. I'm not really sure yet, but maybe this will be my, this maybe this

00:05:04.260 will be my push to get out of the corporate world. I've been in the corporate world for about seven

00:05:10.340 years now in the supply chain industry. I do have experience of like all over the industry, pretty

00:05:17.220 much. I am just turning 30 this year. I graduated in 2017 from college with a marketing degree, but I've

00:05:25.100 been in supply chain for my entire career. I think I might start freelancing my logistics services.

00:05:31.420 I have small parcel experience most recently. I've also done truckload, LTL, and I have done some

00:05:38.600 quoting for parts as well and suppliers. So I'm familiar with multiple parts of the industry. So if

00:05:44.860 you're looking as a small business for maybe hiring a new logistics person, maybe we can have a call or

00:05:50.620 something, but thank you guys so much for listening. Um, yeah, I guess this will just be my journey on

00:05:56.040 TikTok. Next, we got this lovely woman right here talking about how she lost her job today. You know, 0.94

00:06:03.440 I mean, who hasn't cried on TikTok these days? That's just what we do us ladies. It's like,

00:06:10.880 it's too easy. The button's right there. Let go for my job as part of organizational shifts and return

00:06:17.680 to office. As you guys know, I have been a remote employee for the past five years, really since the

00:06:23.300 beginning of the pandemic. And I'm crying because not because I'm sad that I got let go. Obviously the

00:06:29.360 instability of losing an income always sucks. What sucks most about being let go is somebody taking

00:06:38.120 control out of your hands. I always preach internally and here at home that we have got to be

00:06:45.860 the people in the driving seat of our futures, of our careers. And when a company takes that control

00:06:54.000 out of your hands, it sucks because all of a sudden the plan that you had, the roadmap that you were on

00:07:00.100 board for is gone. Now you've got to start over. And this is why you've always got to have a plan B, 0.98

00:07:05.580 a plan C, and most importantly, an emergency fund. I am incredibly upset and frustrated.

00:07:11.760 There have been several shifts in the company in this last couple of months.

00:07:15.720 Yeah. You never know what's going to happen in a company. I started my company three years ago.

00:07:21.820 I got to make this about me. I'm a woman, right? So, you know, I, how was I supposed to predict I

00:07:27.540 was going to get demonetized and now remonetized, right? You, there's stuff as a business owner,

00:07:33.080 you just cannot predict. Do you know what? Actually, to be fair, a lot of people did warn me that might

00:07:39.560 happen to, you know what, to be fair, to be fair. But in general, there's a recession. Like, you know,

00:07:48.320 my parents, they bought a neighborhood. They invested their life savings into a neighborhood

00:07:53.460 when the real estate market was booming. And do you know when that was 2006 to 2007? Do you know

00:08:00.440 what happened in 2008? I don't know how they figured it out, right? But there's just stuff that you

00:08:10.220 cannot predict. You know, some companies, they lose a big customer, right? Everyone's making a ton

00:08:15.520 of money. They have one big customer. And then some sneaky salesperson gets in there that's a competitor 1.00

00:08:21.660 and they leave you. That's that. I just knew the writing was on the wall and I knew my time was

00:08:27.920 coming. But the fact that we have an emergency fund, because ultimately that is what matters at

00:08:34.840 the end of the day is that we have money to pay our mortgage, to pay for our daycare.

00:08:39.380 We have that as a fallback and I can take time, maybe a week to just collect my thoughts and put

00:08:47.060 together a strategy for job hunting. Always be prepared for the unexpected, because ultimately

00:08:52.380 companies will always put themselves first. And as much as you want to believe that you're part of

00:08:56.960 the family, you like the people you work with. It's a business transaction. It's a business contract

00:09:01.900 and you've got to handle it as such. But please know that you are more than your job. You are more

00:09:07.940 than what you do. Have a plan. Have an emergency fund. Do not spend more than you need to live below

00:09:14.040 your means. We are in strange times. That isn't beside me losing the job. Just general messaging,

00:09:19.820 protect yourselves, treat yourself as a business and always be looking for better opportunities

00:09:25.300 because companies would do the same. And they are. You know, the way that she's talking,

00:09:30.340 she sounds like women with men always look for better opportunities. That's what it sounds like, 0.95

00:09:36.400 but OK. Women has been laid off from her job for a month. I've actually had quite a few people ask me

00:09:43.020 how my job search has been going. If you are unaware, I was laid off from my full-time job.

00:09:47.800 Exactly. Does she have her nails done? That's the telltale. Whenever women say they're struggling 1.00

00:09:53.540 with money, I expect your fingernails to be bare or have at-home polish. A month ago,

00:10:01.860 and I posted a video about it. It went viral and whatever. But I knew it. I knew the nails were

00:10:10.740 going to have acrylics. It's like $200 right there. Right there. Those nails.

00:10:15.940 How many people ask me how my job search is going? I knew it. If you couldn't tell by how

00:10:21.480 puffy my eyes are, it's not going well. I feel like today is the first time in the last month that I

00:10:29.520 actually had a full-fledged breakdown just about the job market and things like that.

00:10:36.120 It's really hard when you go through an interview process somewhere and you are really hopeful about

00:10:42.240 a job and then you don't get the job. The job market is so tough because jobs want three to four

00:10:50.480 years of experience. Most people don't have that. I've just kind of come to the realization I have

00:10:59.360 so much shit coming up this year between weddings, trips, my wedding, my honeymoon, our lease is up 0.97

00:11:06.760 in June. I hate crying on the internet, but it's just all very, very overwhelming. It's really hard 0.98

00:11:14.700 to even like have your application be seen by most companies. Like I just feel like when you apply

00:11:21.940 on LinkedIn, your application is literally viewed by like AI, not a real person. So you're not getting

00:11:28.720 through to someone. Translation. I can't use the fact that I'm young and hot to get this job. I have

00:11:35.180 to use my experience, which I don't have. So just seen so many videos like on my for you page this week

00:11:43.060 and like just went over. She could download Tinder or hinge and just find a guy. She could. She won't

00:11:50.080 though. She will not. The past month actually of just people being laid off and some of the comments

00:11:55.580 are just like so mean on those videos and even my video. Like I got so much like hate on my videos.

00:12:02.760 I haven't talked about being laid off since those videos just because I was tired of like receiving

00:12:08.160 negative comments. Yeah. Translation. I want the benefit of internet attention without the

00:12:12.820 con of criticism. Comments about it. But at the end of the day, like when you're laid off,

00:12:19.520 like your income is literally taken from you without notice for something that like you know,

00:12:24.540 usually you get about two weeks. That's why I didn't do. Like, it's not like you got fired for

00:12:28.420 something. I am so mentally. She's cooked. Dunzo. Another 22 year old got laid off. AI is just going to

00:12:37.460 take females jobs. I guess we just got laid off for the first time ever. I'm only 22. I've been

00:12:45.340 working for seven years and I've never been laid off before. And I just got laid off today. And to

00:12:51.100 add on top of that, my thousand dollar MacBook doesn't work. So brought that to Best Buy. They

00:12:57.480 go, we actually can't fix it. I said, okay, so I had to buy a new computer. So honestly,

00:13:05.440 kind of thought coming. I started this job in November. Never really felt in, I guess you could

00:13:12.080 say. And I definitely liked the work that I did. But I mean, obviously, two sides to every story,

00:13:18.940 whatever. Balled my eyes out this morning. I'm stressed as fuck because on top of all this,

00:13:24.180 I just moved. You see, she's got a dog too. Us women. I mean, it's like, we can't afford our 0.99

00:13:30.360 lifestyles and we'll just get a dog. And I can say this because I got a dog when I couldn't afford a

00:13:35.280 dog. I did this. I did, you know, guys, I'll throw myself under the bus in these. When I turned 21,

00:13:43.660 I was Googling the things I could do when I was 21. I got to be honest. I'd already drank before.

00:13:49.440 That wasn't new to me. And I Googled it and I found out I could buy a dog.

00:13:53.020 So what do you think? What do you think 21 year old me decided to do? I still have that dog to this

00:13:59.200 day. And I will say that was an expensive decision. She's pretty like chill now, but 0.96

00:14:07.900 I moved countries. Do you know how hard it was to move a dog from the United States to England

00:14:14.820 and then pay a dog sitter every time I went back home?

00:14:17.800 Moved into this apartment on myself for the first time a week ago. And I just got laid off now with

00:14:24.100 no income. So yeah, to say we're stressed, we are stressed. So I walked into work this morning and

00:14:35.720 basically just got asked to come back into the office. And she said today was your final day.

00:14:42.900 I'll pay you through today and you can grab your stuff and leave. I said, okay, that's all I said.

00:14:49.520 And it really sucks because I am quite down on myself.

00:14:53.980 So she bought the new computer. Can I get a quote? Do you know what kind of computer that is?

00:15:00.420 I just want to see if she went cheap or if she bought the most expensive thing. 0.99

00:15:04.940 I have been employed since I was 15 years old. I have always put more work than I should have into

00:15:12.240 every single job that I have had. And this past job was the first job that I can't. I don't think we

00:15:19.020 can see, right? It's an HP. Are they expensive or cheap? Something like that. You're looking at

00:15:24.280 around five to $800. Oh, that's not that's not that bad for a computer, right? Okay, guys. So

00:15:30.580 the frugality, at least I don't see nails on this one. And I don't think she's gotten

00:15:37.600 because I guess she'd need a laptop to get the new jobs. You know what? She could go to the library 1.00

00:15:44.140 or something. I guess she probably didn't need to buy the new laptop right when she got laid off. 1.00

00:15:49.960 I don't know, guys. Let me know what you think in the in the comments. I just felt very

00:15:54.520 underappreciated. Who's heard that? Who's heard that one before fellas? That the ladies in your life 1.00

00:16:04.180 feel underappreciated. I did a lot of work and I was told I only I didn't do a lot of work, but

00:16:10.240 to each their own. But it's going to be tough to get employed when you have this on TikTok.

00:16:17.460 Since I've never been laid off, this is the first time where I'm kind of like, I'm not going to have

00:16:21.720 an income and now I'm on my own. So to say I'm quite scared is underestimating my stress level right

00:16:31.000 now. We just cannot see it yet. And unfortunately, right now, I don't know about all you guys, but my

00:16:38.360 for you page for the past week has been full of people getting laid off. So I guess I should have

00:16:43.140 saw it coming sooner than I thought, which really sucks because the job market right now is trash. 0.96

00:16:50.260 And so I'm like, okay, like I'll get on my computer, freshen up that resume, see what we can find out 0.96

00:17:00.280 there. MacBook don't work. So I had to go drop some money on a new computer, bought the cheapest one I

00:17:06.400 could find. It'll get the job done, right? Hopefully. I'm trying to keep my spirit.

00:17:12.960 I do think there's public computers she could have used. But I guess I don't know her financial

00:17:19.520 situation. Maybe she's got savings. I don't know. I think of hopefully this is another door that's

00:17:28.080 going to open for me. But at the same time, fuck. The job market sucks. Like I seriously might have to 1.00

00:17:40.780 if I have to go back to bartending and serving, then I guess that's what I'm going to have to do, 0.62

00:17:46.960 which really sucks. But hopefully it'll all play out. So we will start applying to jobs. See how long

00:17:58.600 this takes for me to be employed. I don't want to file for unemployment. That's just, I don't like

00:18:05.260 living off the government. I don't want to live off the government. I don't want unemployment. I don't

00:18:09.120 want to deal with that mess. But if I have to, I might as well. On a good news, though, it's nice

00:18:16.300 out. I have a dog. I have two dogs, but she's my fostering. Fostering. So I see some future walks

00:18:24.800 in nice weather coming. Wow. I wonder if she got, this was in March 11th. Has she been employed yet?

00:18:33.360 What? What is she doing now? She's playing with her dog, I guess.

00:18:45.020 She's playing. I guess she's got a cat. Oh.

00:18:50.580 She's dancing. Oh, wow. Okay. I already know you guys are going to slide into the DMs. You're

00:18:59.020 going to be like, wait, what's her ad? I know you guys. I do. Okay. So next we got another girl

00:19:05.400 who got laid off and apparently she, oh, it's private now. I guess we got a teacher who got

00:19:11.120 laid off. Let's see. All right. It's official. Oh my gosh. She says no layoff. Oh, she's part of

00:19:19.740 the teacher's union. The teacher's union. I'll tell you what, I'm from Chicago. And I remember in high

00:19:26.880 school, they just protested and literally would not teach for two weeks. And it would just confuse

00:19:33.440 me because teachers are always complaining about their work conditions, but you guys get like three

00:19:38.400 months off in the summer and a month off in the winter. What other job gets to do that? Do you

00:19:44.940 know what I mean? What other, like, that's pretty good. And you get off at three every day. Okay.

00:19:50.580 I am being laid off. Just received my preliminary reduction in force notice that I am, what's

00:19:58.540 the word? Notice of recommendation not to reemploy for 2025, 2026. You are receiving this notice

00:20:08.640 either because you serve any particular kind of service that is being reduced or eliminated.

00:20:13.400 So can someone please just explain to me how the teacher of the year gets laid off?

00:20:22.220 See, that's again, women, we have this thing where we think awards matter. Men know that the work they 1.00

00:20:28.780 do matter. So for example, you could get an awesome business award, or you could be Mark Zuckerberg.

00:20:36.900 Women would think the guy that got the award was the real killer, where the men will think that the

00:20:45.080 one that's doing the work is the real killer. We just have this difference in thought.

00:20:49.560 And yes, I am upset. But I think I'm so angry right now that it's going to take me some time to

00:20:58.280 sift through these emotions. Um, I love my students. Yeah. All right. Let's see if she has anything

00:21:12.340 crazy on her tech talk that maybe got her fired. Um, let's see what you understand this, you will

00:21:20.540 understand. And all of this chaos is, but in additional government is she's posting AOC last 0.98

00:21:31.420 week I made a video stating. So I don't think that's the same woman. Or is this someone that

00:21:37.820 just posts different accounts? I don't know if this is her actual account. Okay. It is what it is.

00:21:44.860 Women are getting laid off. And because when there's a recession, you got to get rid of the 1.00

00:21:50.220 people that are doing less work, unfortunately. And that just sometimes happens to be women, 1.00

00:21:54.540 but not always. Anyways, guys, like the video on your way out and subscribe to the channel. Make

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Pearl - April 03, 2025

Modern Women Getting Laid Off

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