In addition to career moves gone awry, the crisis has also upended plans for relocations. “We’re not going to be the brewery that never opens,” she said. Brown says she still plans to welcome customers to Handmap Brewing in the weeks or months ahead. Though it is unclear how much demand there will be when restaurants can open again, Ms. Now, he said, “there’s just nothing out there.” “I had three or four different things in various stages of discussions, and then in mid-March it all just evaporated,” he said. He was let go and took a few months to spend time with his family, then began applying for jobs at major corporations and public relations firms. After the virus hit, one company told him it was suspending the search the other simply stopped communicating with him.Īlex Dudley was senior vice president of communications at Charter, the cable company, until last year, earning a salary in the high six figures. He started interviewing for two jobs in early March. “Silver and bronze medals are good in the Olympics, but not in the job market,” said Mr. He immediately began searching for a new job, and said he was a finalist for several senior marketing roles. We’re on our way somewhere new, but we don’t know what it looks like.”Ĭraig Stacey was vice president of marketing at McKesson, the health care company, until he was let go last September amid a reorganization. “There is deep uncertainty,” said Alisa Cohn, an executive coach who works with companies including Google and Pfizer. As a result, even well-connected high earners are suddenly in unfamiliar territory. Hiring has dried up, advancement has ceased, job searches have been put on hold and new ventures are in jeopardy. Since March, when the crisis began to shut businesses en masse, a generation of professionals has seen careers enter a state of suspended animation.
#Sitting in limbo professional#
The staggering unemployment figures - devastating as they are - do not fully capture the degree to which the coronavirus has disrupted professional life across the country. “I’m mostly having Zoom calls with strangers,” she said. She is mining her network for introductions, but still without a full-time job. Two months later, the job market has imploded, promising leads have dried up, and Ms. After five years at the wellness industry start-up she co-founded in San Francisco, Hasti Nazem decided it was time for her next adventure in Silicon Valley.
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