Pulling money out of my retirement as a last resort

Vent/Rant (No Advice/Criticism!)

I have been laid off since Nov 2025. I have been trying to find full time/part time position literally anything that will give me income. I have had few interviews where I have been rejected from the position and now I have no money, no savings literally nothing and my unemployment is a fraction of what I use to make. I have a shit ton of debt and I'm just quite overwhelmed. I need money for rent, food and what not but everything has gotten so expensive I wanna just give up. I keep seeing people say oh don't pull money out just get a job. DUDE I'VE BEEN TRYING HALF OF THESE CORPORATE PLACES HAVE AN AI CHAT BOT FOR YOU TO APPLY WITH??? I've looked at working in amazon warehouse and their part time hourly pay is literally lower than my weekly unemployment so I don't want to lose my unemployment benefits.

I'm tired of people telling this is a bad choice when my only other option to survive until I get a job.

Posted Feb 16, 2026, 8:28 PM UTC

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