‘Feeling hopeless finding jobs in SG’ — 31 y/o ‘overworked’ techie remains jobless for 5 months after quitting her ‘job as it was too toxic’

SINGAPORE: In the concrete jungle of Singapore’s job market, even tech professionals are starting to feel like they’re trapped in a digital desert.

A 31-year-old local woman with experience in risk and compliance for tech companies shared her painful career update on the r/singaporejobs subreddit forum, and it resonated with many facing the same struggle.

“I left my last job as it was too toxic, and I was overworked, which took a serious toll on my physical health,” she wrote. “It has been 5 months since I’m unemployed… I’ve been sending out applications here and there… I have landed some interviews, but it still hasn’t led to an offer at all.”

She then asked whether other mid-level professionals were facing similar struggles, such as “Landing on interviews but no offer.” The post quickly drew responses from fellow jobseekers, offering not just empathy but their own survival stories.

One woman, 30, recounted an eight-month ordeal before finally securing an offer after switching from a bad-fit role with an “unfitting and toxic” environment. “I applied for jobs aggressively from Dec 2024, and only got a job offer in Aug 2025. I was hanging on to the previous job due to financial commitment. The job offer will come… It just takes time. Just keep going, and it will come, believe that.”

Another jobseeker, a 35-year-old local male, echoed the sentiment with career tips, and a call for community: “I too was jobless for more than half a year after getting laid off this year. It is indeed a tough job market now, thanks to global trade wars. Just keep sending applications, or take short vacations if your finances permit… We should form a community where locals out of a job can meet and do cheap activities together like hiking and hawker lunches.”

The conversation points to a broader anxiety haunting Singapore’s mid-career professionals: You can do everything “right” from upskilling, mass-applying, building connections, and still be left ghosted by recruiters or filtered out by AI.

The jobless techie was also advised to take up SkillsFuture courses, refresh her résumé, and tap into her network of friends and family, but sometimes, that’s still not enough to quiet the creeping hopelessness.

And yet, beneath the fog of rejections, the Reddit replies glow with solidarity. These aren’t just online strangers; they’re fellow warriors in the trenches of an unforgiving job market.

If there’s one thing this post proves, it’s that you’re not alone, and neither is your worth defined by this temporary stall.

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