So I graduated in 2020 with not much experience, did a UX boot camp online throughout 2020 to 2021 to cap off my education/experience, and landed a remote e-commerce marketing job at the end of 2021 that I have been working to this day, my first job out of college. The job has been great, with even about 3 in-office weeks a year that they fly me out for which I find to be a nice change of pace occasionally during the year.
But sometimes, I just get super fcking nervous about the prospect of suddenly losing my job. I don’t think there’s any signs that it’s going to happen or anything, but there’s always just this constant what-if in my head. My team has expanded and seems to be valued by the company, but it is all foreign workers and I am one of the last American workers on the team that is kind of grandfathered in, but I am recognized as a valuable part of the team.
As someone who graduated into the pandemic and has only ever known remote work… I’m just not sure what I would do besides start applying for remote roles again if I ever suddenly lost this job, and I know remote roles have gotten even more competitive now.
I have picked up some interesting UX consulting / tech product management kind of volunteer opportunities along the way to bolster my experience and gear it more towards the kind of work I am actually interested in. I am also looking to start a YouTube channel, I think about the possibility of money from it but really it is more of a hobby motivated thing. But I really worry about being in a position where I suddenly lose this job and then I am absolutely scrambling to find remote work in a world where the remote job market is way different now than it was about 5 years ago.
I refuse to work in office, I will just never do that. When I have to go do my in-person weeks, it’s like a weird fun vacation for the week, but I would kms if I had to do that every day of my life.
I am actually looking at getting the Thailand DTV visa and moving to Southeast Asia as a way to lock in literally being remote, and my job is cool with it. But I worry about being in a position of suddenly losing this job, I’m not sure how much harder it would be for me to get a US remote job being someone who is based in Southeast Asia.
I’ve been reading this subreddit recently and these are just some anxious late night thoughts, but I really would appreciate this community’s advice and take on my situation…
TL;DR: I’m anxious about suddenly losing my job as a remote worker working in e-commerce marketing (first job out of college) who graduated into the pandemic. Have picked up great volunteer opportunities in the fields I am more interested in in the meantime (UX consulting / tech product management). I am looking to start a YouTube channel for fun but understand there is financial potential, and I am also going to move to Southeast Asia under the DTV visa. I’m worried about how hard it will be for me to find another remote job if I ever suddenly lose this one and am looking for advice about it based on my situation.
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