This feels like one of the healthiest conversations I've heard about unemployment. Honestly, that may not be saying much since it's something that is seldom if ever talked about...So, basically! Thank you for chatting about this! This whole video is actually really comforting. :)
Having worked in the field for over a decade, any IT professional who claims that the gig doesn't involve Google and TH-cam tutorials is lying through their teeth.
The amount of times when I was doing telephone customer service and we would have IT departments from major companies calling up about the most basic things was astounding. Also the amount of times somebody would be all “I’m having trouble installing your product on a SIP server” “I’m sorry to hear that but I’m sure we can work through it together...” *googles SIP server*
"If you're at a job that isn't in your field...just try to understand that you're building up money, and that you're surviving, and that's an accomplishment on its own." NEEDED THAT, thank you 😭
I quit my job two weeks ago mid contract because it was slowly killing my soul. This video helped a lot with the dread I have about job applications and "getting back in the saddle". Thank you!
Last month I unexpectedly got laid off from my full-time marketing job. It was super shocking and scary and felt like a break-up. But in the last month I have picked up part-time jobs that I love, I have traveled, and I've had more time to reflect on what I really want to do and what brings me happiness. Sometimes that dreaded unemployment is a blessing in disguise.
Hi Allison hi Gabby. I used to watch your channels ages ago. I thought you were so great but now you’re so great still but what’s amazing is how happy you are!! Watching this now I realise Allison how unhappy you were before. Thank you
i got let go from a job on my very first day because i didn't show enough "drive". this was my first of three promised trial shifts at a cafe/deli. i arrived early, chatted to the manager, customers started coming and then she just fucked off somewhere. i had to then assume what i had to do so i had the girl at the front help me learn the coffee machine and waiting tables and such--i was on my feet, working constantly all day, exhausted. i was confused at times and had to stop and consider because i literally had no guidance or tasks given to me by the manager, and i'd never had a job before so i didn't know what to do. i did my best the whole day and didn't have lunch until 5pm cus no one was clear to me when i could have my lunch break--i have autism and so the lack of structure was very confusing for me, and the hectic environment was so overwhelming that i had to cry in a toilet at one point that day. and then the manager sat me down at the end of the day, put on this "ugh this is so inconvenient" face and told me that she apparently saw me 'standing doing nothing' at times (because she gave me no instructions and it was my first day) and that i didn't show enough initiative (aside from the fact that i asked for roles and tasks all day from the other staff) or drive (i repeat, my literal first day of working in my entire life). i was promised at LEAST three trial shifts and was already put onto the rota for the next few months. but apparently being autistic and a bit shy and unsure with no help given meant i wasn't worth employment, and so she paid me for the day and said i shouldn't come back. it severely knocked my confidence for years, and although i earn here and there from art, i've never had a commercial go-to-work kind of job. i forreal will never forgive her for that.
I hate when people rely on you to take the initiative at a job when you just started and have no idea what you're meant to be doing. I empathise completely! I am always scared of doing the wrong thing so when I have no structure I freeze too.
This video couldn't have come in a more convenient day. I found out last Thursday that I wasn't going on vacation, instead my contract wouldn't be extended. Tomorrow is literally my last day at work. I'm kinda scary and I'm intimated by the whole unemployment paperwork. But I'm also excited. Thanks to people like you guys who follow your dreams and work on towards your goals fearless, I realized this isn't a failure, it's an opportunity. You have no idea how much you inspire others and brightens people's lives! Thank you for making this channel, you two are honestly my role models! Wish me luck! ^^
Rachel should have gotten to speak a bit more. Also I loved this, please talk about similar topics. Could you talk about college and financial independence? I'm really lost.
I worked at a start up that built something, then died within a year, and have a similar feeling about it. It was a good experience - and by the end I wasn’t super surprised it disappeared. But at this point it was more important that I did it I learned something from it
This video meant the world to me. I was fired a month ago and I was in a very dark place for a few weeks. I've been so much better for some time now, and Gaby said a bunch of things that had already crossed my mind but that I'd been too hurt to actually say to myself. I'm hoping things will be ok
It sounds like you got "laid off" rather than fired? I think they also meant to say "laid off" in the video. Getting "fired" implies it was the employee's fault. It didn't sound like it was Rachel's fault she lost her job, just that the company closed down.
I don't come from a capitalist society so I never understand why somebody should be embarrassed about getting money that they have a right to... You guys need to think critically about the societal constructs that make you internalize classism. You don't need to "live for the weekend" or be ok with not having access to health services or paying for education ffs! You can grow up into great people even without those things. Also, "hard-working" is an aspirational trait that only people from capitalist countries have... Nobody else thinks like that? Westerners are so obsessed with being or not being lazy like honestly you won't get lazy if you stop thinking about it the rest of the world is fine without constantly pushing this "hard-work/laziness" narrative. Think about happiness, kindness, thoughtfulness, acceptance, passion make those things your central value and stop thinking about work as something you have to force yourself to achieve. Trust me, humas are working as long as they are alive it's like being obsessed with breathing, makes no sense.
Thank you so much for this comment Life in America ( I mean the continent not the wrong way people call the U.S.) is always about what kind of job you have, how much money you make and how many degrees you can get. Is to tiring!
I was literally just let go from my job of four years today. I’m taking it pretty hard and when I just opened up the TH-cam app and this was at the top of my page, I couldn’t believe it. Thanks for the laughs! I need it.
THIS WHOLE EP was so gr8 but i just wanted to say that allison looks sO Gr8 in this 👀💕 also that rlly cute moment when Sugar put her head on rachels lap awww
I love the new direction of your channel-- it's really exciting to see your growth and changing perspectives. I hope you two are happy because from the outside this seems like a very healthy era of JBU!
I was going to get fired from my first “real” job, my dream job. Ostensibly because the department’s leadership changed, but also because I had been at the job for five years and it wasn’t going to grow enough to allow me to grow like I needed to. I was told after a couple months of my new boss subtly throwing me at job connections and interviews that I wouldn’t be kept for much longer, so I had to find something on my own or be let go. It was a really rough year after I left for the first job that would have me, but it turned out to be for the best because less than a year later I found my new dream job. And maybe in another few years I’ll find another new dream job. To be cliched: one door closes and another one opens. Just don’t expect them to move simultaneously.
THANK YOU Gaby for saying that being unemployed doesn't mean you're a failure!! Some people are unable to work due to chronic health issues!!! JUST SAYING! THANKS
I quit a dead end job last month to take this summer off to relax and grow as a person. It's weird being unemployed, but it feels good. I'm focusing on school and myself. I'm a bit younger than y'all and still live with my parents and have largely been dependent on them even before I was employed. But I'm glad I left
I just found out yesterday that the company I work for is closing at the end of the month. This video comes at a really good time for me! I feel better but at the same time, I’m scrambling now...
This was unexpected but very topical. I recently just found out that I will be losing my job in a few months and I have so many mixed feelings about that. I'm glad to listen to their perspectives and insight on the topic. I wish you the best of luck Rachel!
Two things. 1) now everytime I'm watching a JBU video I keep picturing where the boom is and how I would edit the audio so it wouldn't be so uneven and low overall. 2) there should be a webseries about Gaby that can never keep a job and Allison that can never keep a man, but in a way Gaby inspires Allison how to be more trusting and invested and Allison inspires Gaby how to be more responsible and capable.
Elinoria yep made me feel really uncomfortable how they kept stressing that Rachel was in a nightmare kind of situation even though she's clearly fine with how things are going. To me she seems a bit ambushed by all of this so I've got to give it to her for going along with it
My present employer is the Kim Jung Il of school administrators, her attitude is "whatever i can do what i want when i want" forget about federal and state laws. for the past 3 years my rights have been violated and now because of this the district wont renew my contract...she thinks Im a horrible teacher when in reality its her failure to back the teachers up against her former classmates ie- parents of our students on top of interfering with police investigations, pressuring students to lie to get her way...so now Im trying to figure out- do i want to stay in education, go sell hot dogs on the side of the road or deliver pizza...because corporate America seems to think people with the skillset teachers have are useless.
I was let go before my 3 month probation at a job I loved and was told "it's not you it's us". That was January and still unemployed. Still shatters me
Don't worry, not every job experience is one particular job experience. I liked my first job and felt quite good, but I was basically told I sucked (in "polite" passive agressive ways) and most of all I was told that I was always too lunatic, didn't notice things enough. It's taken me quite some time before I took the initiative for other jobs, and literally the one thing that has come out of every single one of my employers since the second job is that I see everything. So the "it's not you it's us" is quite probably true. It passes, and you see it as no more than as the thing that led you to something better ! Give it time, January's not far behind, it's normal to be shaken up. But you'll find other jobs that'll match super well and that you'll love too, and your confidence will make you even better at it !
Great conversation :) I got let go at my job along with 4 other people in the same day bc of poor management/the company wasnt making any money. It was totally out of the blue after 4 years of working there! Was terrifying but the best thing thats ever happened and the actually process of getting let go wasnt as scary as i always thought it would have been! thanks for this!
That was a great episode. I think all the time about quitting my job, but ... there is just the other reality of not having one that is scary. Thanks to your friend for coming on and talking about it.
I definitely have the same problem that Gaby does with not letting people in authority shit on me. It's a part of my personality that I actually like about myself because some I strongly believe we should be able to fight back and having power doesn't give you the right to be an asshole, but on the other hand that obviously tends to backfire and definitely made my schooling rough and makes me nervous about entering the workforce.
I don't know how a missed this video and now I'm a little late to the hype but I really needed this right now. A week ago I left my country (Venezuela) due to a deep economic crisis and now I'm living in Perú with less than 250$ and unemployed. I have no idea what to do and every day without a job feels like a failure which, ironically, makes me feel less willing to go out to find a job.
I needed this. A month ago the restaurant I've been working at went out of business and I have been on unemployment and I've felt pretty crappy about myself because of it.
Just got laid off with 25 other people at a job doing what I loved. Web development. After 2 years, this happened like you. Sucks, I’m on unemployment too. I feel like a loser every time I interact with unemployment and have to put in for the next two weeks. It’s not enough money either, AT ALL. Life is about money vs. time. I relate to Rachel where she was like “oh I don’t have to go to work tomorrow.” I felt that too. It’s a weird mixed feeling thing, cause now you have nothing keeping you down time wise and now you know a next chapter is going to happen some way or another. It’s been a month and a half for me. Thing is it’s hard to try to sell yourself and gain clients and opportunities. It’s easier to work even if it was a 9-5 like me. On the downside of 9-5 work, it’s super stable so you kind of stop trying to make things happen elsewhere a lot of the time. You can lose tons of time this way if you’re in a job you only like “so so.” Like most of adult life kinda time. So I’m grateful I was pushed cause I might of done that. Mine was in my field, but I do think my potential wasn’t being used fully. We had a lot of downtime there, hence the lay off. There’s pros and cons. The rejection isn’t something I missed about seeking opportunity. Most of it is rejection. The interesting part is you don’t know if this amazing opportunity is like happening tomorrow. It’s a cool feeling. So basically being unemployed, I get a lot of inspiring feelings and feel like I could really build something, but then through the week you are knocked down by some rejection, as well as unemployment treating you like a criminal. I did have a job interview last Friday. I passed 2 previous phone interviews then went in face to face. The building was awesome, such a cool place, the work fits what I’m looking for. The rush from that and doing well is validation and it does make it worth it. Also, as a millennial I think our generation does it differently. One because a lot of us need to be satisfied in what we do. We see it all around us, people doing what they love to do online so it’s hard to keep us staying in something we hate. Where people in the past may have thought nothing more than average was possible because they didn’t have the internet. Two is no companies offer retirement anymore if you stay. So, no more is Sally spending 30 years at the front desk. Sally is moving to company to company finding what she loves to do. It’s not disloyal to do that either as the company will lay you off when you get old now with maybe 1 year salary, then you’re on your own. Those companies aren’t loyal either. So I feel good that I fit into the world this way, and I don’t see it as a failure but instead a forced step that I needed to make anyway. I’m sorry this is long and cringey that it takes so much space but I haven’t talked about this really, and this video helped me. Thank you jbu and Rachel.
yeah i have that problem too with jobs. i have a hard time keeping them cause i ain't gonna deal with other people pushing me around so i snap back lol
I know that those are different situations but being from a 3° world country with no parent support, it is really hard to be unemployed... even if you do have all the credentials and diplomas... and you have pets to take care for. I really struggled a few months ago. I was in a good job and later I end up in a bad situation because of a bad boss. So not knowing when to eat or if your pets are not going to eat and if you dont have support from your family, it is stressfull. I am sure some of you can ask your parents but not everyone has that luxury. Be grateful. :)
I go laid off little over a month ago and I tried to get on unemployment figure it out in Alaska. It was the hardest shit ever, they were actually canceling programs a week into me trying to set it up. I clicked one button wrong and I was told I wasn’t going to get an unemployment for a month. so I just gave up and ended up getting some measly job that I’m working now until I can get a good job.
hopefully im not unemployed by the end of this week. im waiting for a call back from where ive applied. im so eager to finally get started! wish me luck yall!!!
I would love to see more Topics about money. I’ve already heard Gaby talk about it on her podcast, so it would be kind of cool to hear her talk about it with Allison and their guests.
Almost all of my problems stem from working a job that I hate in its entirety and being raised that you “don’t quit one without another lined up.” If I had the balls (and less responsibility.. and fewer animals.. and no rent... and cheaper car insurance and maybe a flip phone and like a $2k head start...) maaaaaan, Id quit my job SO👏🏻 FAST👏🏻!!!😭😭😭
I was an extremely hard working employee but my job let me go because I complained about their infringements on employment standards. I had never had a job that made me feel so not good enough and ruined my self esteem as much as that one did. I wish I left that job when the problems started arising instead of trying to stick it out and then having THEM drop ME? wtaf
I lost work because the company went bust, it's really stressful when you feel like you have no control over the situation. With that said the camaraderie between colleagues became better because it was as if we were on a sinkin ship, so might as well make the most of it until the bitter end. It's tough being unemployed though, my thoughts go out to all those looking for work, it ain't easy x
Got fired for the worst reason a few summers ago from a doggie daycare place. I had been a super reliable worker and always tried my absolute hardest there and they loved that about me. Then one week our clock in/out machine was broken so we had to write down our arrival and departure times on a sticky note until it got fixed. The last shift I worked that week was on the third day of me not getting any sleep in a row (due to insomnia) so my brain wasn't functioning well and I accidentally wrote down that I got in at 7am instead of 8am. Got a call from my manager two days later saying they had to let me go because they couldn't have people there who would lie about when they got in to work (and that was even after I had explained what had happened that had caused me to write that and they had known for months that my insomnia had been especially bad and thus I had been functioning on barely any sleep for a while, so this wasn't new information for them or anything). I just find it crazy that I had a reasonable explanation for it, it was an honest mistake and I apologized profusely for not having been awake enough when writing that down to have realized my mistake and they still fired me without a second thought despite my manager and the owner saying to me THE WEEK BEFORE THIS that I was one of the best, most reliable workers they'd ever had there. Although I was sad to not be able to work with the dogs there anymore, honestly I am glad I got fired because I was able to realize that I didn't want to work for a company that would let go of a reliable, respected worker for one honest mistake that really didn't do any harm to the business. And I realized that I could do much better than that job!
i was fired once over the phone because my coworker threw a full bucket of liquid bleach at me and i reported her to the manager. i've quit a number of jobs for reasons including 1) my manager literally shit on the floor, and 2) my manager pulled a gun on me when i refused to do something illegal. all different jobs i had before i was 21.
I think there are "reasons" why they've done this 3.0 thing. We can only speculate on the whys, and it's not our business. I'm just happy we're still getting this. Whatever this is. I hope they're both happy with their other solo projects and glad they can still work together as well. It's all good. Please don't ruin it by demanding more than they are willing to give. It's not like we're paying for this anyway.
They've said before they've other projects that are requiring more time, so they dont have time for the skits/couch episodes anymore ! Just gotta appreciate they're still producing quality content we can enjoy :)
Oh... I only remembered the reason that someone commented hating on those two mediums but I just wanted them to know that more of us loved those. Of course I'm psyched for their personal projects and a well wisher for their mental health so if these mediums encroach on that I want them to prioritise themselves
I've had two jobs and the one I worked at longer I got fired from. My manager didn't value me as a worker. (I got three hours a week.) But for the sake of fairness, I'm confident I was wrong for that company.
Somebody has probably already said this but unemployment compensation money is Not from the governments money at all. Your employer paid a tax to the state that manages the funds based on your incomes and a tax to the feds that pays for their oversight of each states program, which is also determined by a formula from your wages. it's your money already, whether you ever use it or not. It's like insurance or even a savings account that is a benefit for you from your employer So of course theres no need to feel bad about receiving it as it's your money already and not a handout from the government, in fact the government makes money from it, as it goes in their pot from all employers interest free! They owe you!
Alison, can you please make a tutorial on how you cut your bangs? Especially how you cut them diagonally at the sides. Do you have a special technique? Please teach me!
My boyfriend has a super cool and well-playing job but it’s kind of on contract, so sometimes he does not have work and has to go on unemployment and I think people don’t think about situations like that. Like the stigma around unemployment is that people are just lazy, but it seems like that’s hardly the case
“Let’s talk about failure”
“No”
What a mood
word for word conversation i've had with my parents
i just loved Rachel being WAY too excited at sugar getting closer to her to cuddle and looking at Allison to check if she's okay with that
It was a very cute moment
TOPIC REQUEST: Friendship breakups. You have both (together lol) experienced them and so have I. Please elaborate.
Maddy Len I don’t know that they could elaborate on your friendship breakup.
*drum kit joke sound*
yesssssssss
Going through that right now :(
This feels like one of the healthiest conversations I've heard about unemployment. Honestly, that may not be saying much since it's something that is seldom if ever talked about...So, basically! Thank you for chatting about this! This whole video is actually really comforting. :)
Having worked in the field for over a decade, any IT professional who claims that the gig doesn't involve Google and TH-cam tutorials is lying through their teeth.
thebeggs4 preach especially when you are on the operational side
The amount of times when I was doing telephone customer service and we would have IT departments from major companies calling up about the most basic things was astounding. Also the amount of times somebody would be all
“I’m having trouble installing your product on a SIP server”
“I’m sorry to hear that but I’m sure we can work through it together...”
*googles SIP server*
Exactly!! That's so much of programming work is seeing what else has been done for same issue.
You obviously haven't worked with inhouse software much... I can't google anything I work with because I know more about it than google.
Not TH-cam, but stackoverflow
"If you're at a job that isn't in your field...just try to understand that you're building up money, and that you're surviving, and that's an accomplishment on its own." NEEDED THAT, thank you 😭
When Sugar shows you love, it's so big you can't pay attention to anything else. 2:50 proves that
The thing Gaby is talking about with not letting bosses mistreat you, but then getting fired if you don't is sooooooo real
ROUGH
I quit my job two weeks ago mid contract because it was slowly killing my soul.
This video helped a lot with the dread I have about job applications and "getting back in the saddle". Thank you!
Everytime I watch an episode I want to subscribe, but I already am subscribed.
This is a big mood.
ShaynainShambles this is the first time someone has referred to something I've said as a mood :0 is this a moment?
Yas. Thanks for putting this in words.
AWWWWW -g
Heck yeah! Absolutely! :)
At 2:54 when sugar readjusts... that's television gold.
Will Allisons socks affect her wikifeet rating?
Alyssa Thomson yep
This is so creepy...
It's like putting a trash bag in 90 degrees wrong. Allison must be working on something
don't think it'll lower the rating just not add to it. those socks only hide the beauty that's underneath.
oh and Ashley o get the heck outta here.
Last month I unexpectedly got laid off from my full-time marketing job. It was super shocking and scary and felt like a break-up. But in the last month I have picked up part-time jobs that I love, I have traveled, and I've had more time to reflect on what I really want to do and what brings me happiness. Sometimes that dreaded unemployment is a blessing in disguise.
Look at Allison asking all the tough questions
Hi Allison hi Gabby. I used to watch your channels ages ago. I thought you were so great but now you’re so great still but what’s amazing is how happy you are!! Watching this now I realise Allison how unhappy you were before. Thank you
i got let go from a job on my very first day because i didn't show enough "drive". this was my first of three promised trial shifts at a cafe/deli. i arrived early, chatted to the manager, customers started coming and then she just fucked off somewhere. i had to then assume what i had to do so i had the girl at the front help me learn the coffee machine and waiting tables and such--i was on my feet, working constantly all day, exhausted. i was confused at times and had to stop and consider because i literally had no guidance or tasks given to me by the manager, and i'd never had a job before so i didn't know what to do. i did my best the whole day and didn't have lunch until 5pm cus no one was clear to me when i could have my lunch break--i have autism and so the lack of structure was very confusing for me, and the hectic environment was so overwhelming that i had to cry in a toilet at one point that day. and then the manager sat me down at the end of the day, put on this "ugh this is so inconvenient" face and told me that she apparently saw me 'standing doing nothing' at times (because she gave me no instructions and it was my first day) and that i didn't show enough initiative (aside from the fact that i asked for roles and tasks all day from the other staff) or drive (i repeat, my literal first day of working in my entire life). i was promised at LEAST three trial shifts and was already put onto the rota for the next few months. but apparently being autistic and a bit shy and unsure with no help given meant i wasn't worth employment, and so she paid me for the day and said i shouldn't come back. it severely knocked my confidence for years, and although i earn here and there from art, i've never had a commercial go-to-work kind of job. i forreal will never forgive her for that.
thank you
I hate when people rely on you to take the initiative at a job when you just started and have no idea what you're meant to be doing. I empathise completely! I am always scared of doing the wrong thing so when I have no structure I freeze too.
allison looks like she absolutely HATES being there
This video couldn't have come in a more convenient day. I found out last Thursday that I wasn't going on vacation, instead my contract wouldn't be extended. Tomorrow is literally my last day at work. I'm kinda scary and I'm intimated by the whole unemployment paperwork. But I'm also excited. Thanks to people like you guys who follow your dreams and work on towards your goals fearless, I realized this isn't a failure, it's an opportunity. You have no idea how much you inspire others and brightens people's lives! Thank you for making this channel, you two are honestly my role models!
Wish me luck! ^^
Rachel like what the hell did I sign up for
Rachel should have gotten to speak a bit more. Also I loved this, please talk about similar topics. Could you talk about college and financial independence? I'm really lost.
Dreamworks listen to gabys podcast bad with money. it's on youtube and really helpful!
lafayette Pinguin I have already listened to it! It's also on Spotify, cast box etc
lafayette Pinguin What's her podcast called?
Pearl Tran it's called Bad With Money
I worked at a start up that built something, then died within a year, and have a similar feeling about it. It was a good experience - and by the end I wasn’t super surprised it disappeared. But at this point it was more important that I did it I learned something from it
This video meant the world to me. I was fired a month ago and I was in a very dark place for a few weeks. I've been so much better for some time now, and Gaby said a bunch of things that had already crossed my mind but that I'd been too hurt to actually say to myself. I'm hoping things will be ok
It sounds like you got "laid off" rather than fired? I think they also meant to say "laid off" in the video. Getting "fired" implies it was the employee's fault. It didn't sound like it was Rachel's fault she lost her job, just that the company closed down.
da009999 hm sorry, English isn't my first laguage so I didn't know the difference...
New term for my vocabulary, I guess.
That's ok. The reason I brought it up is because "laid off" sounds better than "fired' :)
I think we all learned an important lesson here today 4:08 never pet Sugar while she's on Allison's lap.
4:06 made me super uncomfortable.
I don't come from a capitalist society so I never understand why somebody should be embarrassed about getting money that they have a right to... You guys need to think critically about the societal constructs that make you internalize classism. You don't need to "live for the weekend" or be ok with not having access to health services or paying for education ffs! You can grow up into great people even without those things. Also, "hard-working" is an aspirational trait that only people from capitalist countries have... Nobody else thinks like that? Westerners are so obsessed with being or not being lazy like honestly you won't get lazy if you stop thinking about it the rest of the world is fine without constantly pushing this "hard-work/laziness" narrative. Think about happiness, kindness, thoughtfulness, acceptance, passion make those things your central value and stop thinking about work as something you have to force yourself to achieve. Trust me, humas are working as long as they are alive it's like being obsessed with breathing, makes no sense.
Thank you so much for this comment
Life in America ( I mean the continent not the wrong way people call the U.S.) is always about what kind of job you have, how much money you make and how many degrees you can get.
Is to tiring!
+Katara So tiring*
SvemirZeka I’m envious of you, lucky to live in a country without capitalism.
Out of curiosity what country are you from?
Out of interest where are you from?
I loved this. It’s so important that your identity is not solely your job. If it is, then someone else has control over who you are.
This made me feel so much less alone in losing my full-time job this past year. Thank you.
Everyone needs a Ranch shirt
Honestly want one
I was literally just let go from my job of four years today. I’m taking it pretty hard and when I just opened up the TH-cam app and this was at the top of my page, I couldn’t believe it. Thanks for the laughs! I need it.
THIS WHOLE EP was so gr8 but i just wanted to say that allison looks sO Gr8 in this 👀💕 also that rlly cute moment when Sugar put her head on rachels lap awww
Please do more of these advice videos for people in there 20s. It’s hard out here and I love hearing I’m not alone.
I love the new direction of your channel-- it's really exciting to see your growth and changing perspectives. I hope you two are happy because from the outside this seems like a very healthy era of JBU!
I was going to get fired from my first “real” job, my dream job. Ostensibly because the department’s leadership changed, but also because I had been at the job for five years and it wasn’t going to grow enough to allow me to grow like I needed to. I was told after a couple months of my new boss subtly throwing me at job connections and interviews that I wouldn’t be kept for much longer, so I had to find something on my own or be let go. It was a really rough year after I left for the first job that would have me, but it turned out to be for the best because less than a year later I found my new dream job. And maybe in another few years I’ll find another new dream job. To be cliched: one door closes and another one opens. Just don’t expect them to move simultaneously.
Lol at Gaby wearing Ellen’s top
CAUGHT
Its a great topic to be spoken and its great you guys bring social issues to the table and keep it funny yet sensitive
Can we talk about how chill this dog is
The mall of America mascot story made this entire video A++++++++
THANK YOU Gaby for saying that being unemployed doesn't mean you're a failure!! Some people are unable to work due to chronic health issues!!! JUST SAYING! THANKS
I quit a dead end job last month to take this summer off to relax and grow as a person. It's weird being unemployed, but it feels good. I'm focusing on school and myself. I'm a bit younger than y'all and still live with my parents and have largely been dependent on them even before I was employed. But I'm glad I left
I just found out yesterday that the company I work for is closing at the end of the month. This video comes at a really good time for me! I feel better but at the same time, I’m scrambling now...
This was unexpected but very topical. I recently just found out that I will be losing my job in a few months and I have so many mixed feelings about that. I'm glad to listen to their perspectives and insight on the topic. I wish you the best of luck Rachel!
As a musician I completely relate to this issue. I wish more people talked about working in the entertainment industry.
Gaby is color coordinated with the Just Between Us sign and I love it.
Two things. 1) now everytime I'm watching a JBU video I keep picturing where the boom is and how I would edit the audio so it wouldn't be so uneven and low overall. 2) there should be a webseries about Gaby that can never keep a job and Allison that can never keep a man, but in a way Gaby inspires Allison how to be more trusting and invested and Allison inspires Gaby how to be more responsible and capable.
I love that you guys post so often, I love how honest and real you are, you're funny as fuck, so thank you!
This video had kind of a weird vibe
Elinoria yep made me feel really uncomfortable how they kept stressing that Rachel was in a nightmare kind of situation even though she's clearly fine with how things are going. To me she seems a bit ambushed by all of this so I've got to give it to her for going along with it
I agree. Even the lady on the left said she should have asked for permission for first.
Allison came across as really condescending
Hey guys, I love you, big fan, but you are THE WORST at comforting someone who just lost their job.
Orthodox Provocateur it's not like it just happened it's been months
Thank you 😊I just got fired and was feeling awful but thanks to gaby wisdom I feel better😁
My present employer is the Kim Jung Il of school administrators, her attitude is "whatever i can do what i want when i want" forget about federal and state laws. for the past 3 years my rights have been violated and now because of this the district wont renew my contract...she thinks Im a horrible teacher when in reality its her failure to back the teachers up against her former classmates ie- parents of our students on top of interfering with police investigations, pressuring students to lie to get her way...so now Im trying to figure out- do i want to stay in education, go sell hot dogs on the side of the road or deliver pizza...because corporate America seems to think people with the skillset teachers have are useless.
“I’ll just deal with this at home” hahaha yes
Such an important topic to talk about. Thanks guys, I needed this pep talk!
I was let go before my 3 month probation at a job I loved and was told "it's not you it's us". That was January and still unemployed. Still shatters me
Don't worry, not every job experience is one particular job experience. I liked my first job and felt quite good, but I was basically told I sucked (in "polite" passive agressive ways) and most of all I was told that I was always too lunatic, didn't notice things enough. It's taken me quite some time before I took the initiative for other jobs, and literally the one thing that has come out of every single one of my employers since the second job is that I see everything.
So the "it's not you it's us" is quite probably true. It passes, and you see it as no more than as the thing that led you to something better !
Give it time, January's not far behind, it's normal to be shaken up. But you'll find other jobs that'll match super well and that you'll love too, and your confidence will make you even better at it !
It's so right about what A said you are the job and noone can take that away from you!
I really like Rachel. Hope she’s in more videos in the future! 💕
Great conversation :) I got let go at my job along with 4 other people in the same day bc of poor management/the company wasnt making any money. It was totally out of the blue after 4 years of working there! Was terrifying but the best thing thats ever happened and the actually process of getting let go wasnt as scary as i always thought it would have been! thanks for this!
That was a great episode. I think all the time about quitting my job, but ... there is just the other reality of not having one that is scary. Thanks to your friend for coming on and talking about it.
This video gave me so much comfort thank you
i LOVE Rachel Scanlon!
I definitely have the same problem that Gaby does with not letting people in authority shit on me. It's a part of my personality that I actually like about myself because some I strongly believe we should be able to fight back and having power doesn't give you the right to be an asshole, but on the other hand that obviously tends to backfire and definitely made my schooling rough and makes me nervous about entering the workforce.
Allison's nails are always on point haha jealous
I don't know how a missed this video and now I'm a little late to the hype but I really needed this right now.
A week ago I left my country (Venezuela) due to a deep economic crisis and now I'm living in Perú with less than 250$ and unemployed. I have no idea what to do and every day without a job feels like a failure which, ironically, makes me feel less willing to go out to find a job.
"were you blogging too hard?" hahaha
I have the same issue with bad bosses. I’ve never been fired but I quit jobs more often than some people think I should.
I needed this. A month ago the restaurant I've been working at went out of business and I have been on unemployment and I've felt pretty crappy about myself because of it.
Sugar's cuteness is upstaging the seriousness of this episode.
Just got laid off with 25 other people at a job doing what I loved. Web development. After 2 years, this happened like you. Sucks, I’m on unemployment too. I feel like a loser every time I interact with unemployment and have to put in for the next two weeks.
It’s not enough money either, AT ALL.
Life is about money vs. time.
I relate to Rachel where she was like “oh I don’t have to go to work tomorrow.”
I felt that too. It’s a weird mixed feeling thing, cause now you have nothing keeping you down time wise and now you know a next chapter is going to happen some way or another. It’s been a month and a half for me.
Thing is it’s hard to try to sell yourself and gain clients and opportunities. It’s easier to work even if it was a 9-5 like me.
On the downside of 9-5 work, it’s super stable so you kind of stop trying to make things happen elsewhere a lot of the time. You can lose tons of time this way if you’re in a job you only like “so so.” Like most of adult life kinda time. So I’m grateful I was pushed cause I might of done that. Mine was in my field, but I do think my potential wasn’t being used fully. We had a lot of downtime there, hence the lay off. There’s pros and cons.
The rejection isn’t something I missed about seeking opportunity. Most of it is rejection. The interesting part is you don’t know if this amazing opportunity is like happening tomorrow. It’s a cool feeling.
So basically being unemployed, I get a lot of inspiring feelings and feel like I could really build something, but then through the week you are knocked down by some rejection, as well as unemployment treating you like a criminal. I did have a job interview last Friday. I passed 2 previous phone interviews then went in face to face. The building was awesome, such a cool place, the work fits what I’m looking for. The rush from that and doing well is validation and it does make it worth it.
Also, as a millennial I think our generation does it differently. One because a lot of us need to be satisfied in what we do. We see it all around us, people doing what they love to do online so it’s hard to keep us staying in something we hate. Where people in the past may have thought nothing more than average was possible because they didn’t have the internet.
Two is no companies offer retirement anymore if you stay. So, no more is Sally spending 30 years at the front desk.
Sally is moving to company to company finding what she loves to do. It’s not disloyal to do that either as the company will lay you off when you get old now with maybe 1 year salary, then you’re on your own. Those companies aren’t loyal either.
So I feel good that I fit into the world this way, and I don’t see it as a failure but instead a forced step that I needed to make anyway.
I’m sorry this is long and cringey that it takes so much space but I haven’t talked about this really, and this video helped me. Thank you jbu and Rachel.
yeah i have that problem too with jobs. i have a hard time keeping them cause i ain't gonna deal with other people pushing me around so i snap back lol
everyone's hair looks so good in this episode
I know that those are different situations but being from a 3° world country with no parent support, it is really hard to be unemployed... even if you do have all the credentials and diplomas... and you have pets to take care for. I really struggled a few months ago. I was in a good job and later I end up in a bad situation because of a bad boss. So not knowing when to eat or if your pets are not going to eat and if you dont have support from your family, it is stressfull. I am sure some of you can ask your parents but not everyone has that luxury. Be grateful. :)
I go laid off little over a month ago and I tried to get on unemployment figure it out in Alaska. It was the hardest shit ever, they were actually canceling programs a week into me trying to set it up. I clicked one button wrong and I was told I wasn’t going to get an unemployment for a month. so I just gave up and ended up getting some measly job that I’m working now until I can get a good job.
hopefully im not unemployed by the end of this week. im waiting for a call back from where ive applied. im so eager to finally get started! wish me luck yall!!!
I would love to see more Topics about money. I’ve already heard Gaby talk about it on her podcast, so it would be kind of cool to hear her talk about it with Allison and their guests.
Almost all of my problems stem from working a job that I hate in its entirety and being raised that you “don’t quit one without another lined up.” If I had the balls (and less responsibility.. and fewer animals.. and no rent... and cheaper car insurance and maybe a flip phone and like a $2k head start...) maaaaaan, Id quit my job SO👏🏻 FAST👏🏻!!!😭😭😭
Love listening to you both, Y’all should make a podcast
This helped me A LOT today. You have no idea. Thank you for this.
HAHAHA Gaby faking knowing stuff about IT is hilarious to me!
I was in a job that was adversely affected my mental and physical health. I left rather than suffer it.
Rachel looked so scared at the start! She looks form one person to another to see if she has been pranked again! xD
Excellent message today. Thanks for that as was needed as I struggle through an unemployed of my life (without unemployment benefits as well :-( )
Allison is sooo pretty in thsi video! Also, great topic!!
Allison has the best run on sentences. Lol
I was an extremely hard working employee but my job let me go because I complained about their infringements on employment standards. I had never had a job that made me feel so not good enough and ruined my self esteem as much as that one did. I wish I left that job when the problems started arising instead of trying to stick it out and then having THEM drop ME? wtaf
I lost work because the company went bust, it's really stressful when you feel like you have no control over the situation. With that said the camaraderie between colleagues became better because it was as if we were on a sinkin ship, so might as well make the most of it until the bitter end. It's tough being unemployed though, my thoughts go out to all those looking for work, it ain't easy x
“I’ll just deal with this at home” -me with anything ever
Allison looks awesome in this video
I LOVE YOU RACHEL!
I also love Gaby and Allison, but I feel like that's already established.
This is so relatable 😂👌🏾
I feel less alone 😭
Got fired for the worst reason a few summers ago from a doggie daycare place. I had been a super reliable worker and always tried my absolute hardest there and they loved that about me. Then one week our clock in/out machine was broken so we had to write down our arrival and departure times on a sticky note until it got fixed. The last shift I worked that week was on the third day of me not getting any sleep in a row (due to insomnia) so my brain wasn't functioning well and I accidentally wrote down that I got in at 7am instead of 8am. Got a call from my manager two days later saying they had to let me go because they couldn't have people there who would lie about when they got in to work (and that was even after I had explained what had happened that had caused me to write that and they had known for months that my insomnia had been especially bad and thus I had been functioning on barely any sleep for a while, so this wasn't new information for them or anything). I just find it crazy that I had a reasonable explanation for it, it was an honest mistake and I apologized profusely for not having been awake enough when writing that down to have realized my mistake and they still fired me without a second thought despite my manager and the owner saying to me THE WEEK BEFORE THIS that I was one of the best, most reliable workers they'd ever had there. Although I was sad to not be able to work with the dogs there anymore, honestly I am glad I got fired because I was able to realize that I didn't want to work for a company that would let go of a reliable, respected worker for one honest mistake that really didn't do any harm to the business. And I realized that I could do much better than that job!
i was fired once over the phone because my coworker threw a full bucket of liquid bleach at me and i reported her to the manager. i've quit a number of jobs for reasons including 1) my manager literally shit on the floor, and 2) my manager pulled a gun on me when i refused to do something illegal. all different jobs i had before i was 21.
Bring back the Q&A and the skits!!!
(while retaining Topics™)
Also: Rachel, you go girl!!! All the best!
I think there are "reasons" why they've done this 3.0 thing. We can only speculate on the whys, and it's not our business. I'm just happy we're still getting this. Whatever this is. I hope they're both happy with their other solo projects and glad they can still work together as well. It's all good. Please don't ruin it by demanding more than they are willing to give. It's not like we're paying for this anyway.
They've said before they've other projects that are requiring more time, so they dont have time for the skits/couch episodes anymore ! Just gotta appreciate they're still producing quality content we can enjoy :)
Oh... I only remembered the reason that someone commented hating on those two mediums but I just wanted them to know that more of us loved those.
Of course I'm psyched for their personal projects and a well wisher for their mental health so if these mediums encroach on that I want them to prioritise themselves
Genuine question about LA that I've had for years; How many restaurants does the city have in order to employ everyone? Does anyone cook at home ever?
I've had two jobs and the one I worked at longer I got fired from. My manager didn't value me as a worker. (I got three hours a week.) But for the sake of fairness, I'm confident I was wrong for that company.
Gaby's take(s) on Unemployment Insurance are spot-on. UBI should replace it.
If I was talked to like that I would not have handled it so graciously.
Somebody has probably already said this but unemployment compensation money is Not from the governments money at all. Your employer paid a tax to the state that manages the funds based on your incomes and a tax to the feds that pays for their oversight of each states program, which is also determined by a formula from your wages. it's your money already, whether you ever use it or not. It's like insurance or even a savings account that is a benefit for you from your employer So of course theres no need to feel bad about receiving it as it's your money already and not a handout from the government, in fact the government makes money from it, as it goes in their pot from all employers interest free! They owe you!
Alison, can you please make a tutorial on how you cut your bangs? Especially how you cut them diagonally at the sides. Do you have a special technique? Please teach me!
My boyfriend has a super cool and well-playing job but it’s kind of on contract, so sometimes he does not have work and has to go on unemployment and I think people don’t think about situations like that. Like the stigma around unemployment is that people are just lazy, but it seems like that’s hardly the case
This discussion was wonderful and insightful and great but all I can think about is HOW BAD I NEED THAT RANCH SHIRT.
Oh, I'm wearing the same shade of blue as Allison on my nails! Hell yeah, blue nail polish!
I NEEDED THIS TODAY