I got laid off from IBM over 2 years ago and I'm still unemployed. I don't want my kids to feel like anything is wrong.
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Fatema Ali was laid off from IBM in 2024. Over two years later, she's still looking for work and says the job search feels harder than it did in 2008.
I got laid off from IBM over 2 years ago and I'm still unemployed. I don't want my kids to feel like anything is wrong.
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Jacob Zinkula
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