I didn't really have the energy to job hunt while working 40 hours.
I thought things would get better. I thought I was getting better at dealing with things.
I just kind of fell into doing IT support and didn't have the education, training, connections, or experience to do much else.
I wanted to have more money in savings so I could move out of my parents house.
When I quit the job prior to that, I was unemployed for 6 months and it was one of the lowest points of my life, so I refused to quit again.
I ended up getting fired, spent the better part of 6 years unemployed after that (see point 3), now I work part time in food service so I only occasionally hate my job, I still live with my parents, I try not to hold illusions about #2 anymore, and #1 is still true but with less hours worked.
That's tough man. At least as a food service worker you're contributing a lot to the economy. When I worked in restaurants, I worked a lot harder than I ever have in a corporate job, for far less money
The roar of heavy machinery whirring away for 9+ hours a day, pulsing at thousands of RPM, the calm of solving puzzles in the chaos... it's peaceful.
The news folks always ask me how I keep my sanity in all the noise and chaos, and it always makes me laugh. It takes a special kind of crazy to do my job for as long as I have and it shows.
Every day loading and unloading trucks with 60 other forklifts all blasting around on a dock with only 130 doors while going 8mph. It rains, you get wet. It snows, you plow through it. It's 100F outside, it's 110F on the dock and 120F in the trailers. The sun rises, you get to watch it rise over the snowy mountains. The sun sets, you get to watch it over the water.
It's not for everyone, but damn can it be right for the right kinda of people.
because other places aren't hiring at a similar salary and benefits just putting out ghost listings to scare their employees into accepting the crap they're dealt
or even worse than that, I've seen so many listings that are just training AI to eventually do your job. like they have a human there to ask why and try to understand how to perform the job function, but they're teaching both the human and the AI at the same time.
job market is in a really shitty place in the U.S. right now.
17 Comments
Engywuck@lemmy.zip · 26 pts · 283d
Because people need to eat and, maybe, somewhere to stay when they're not working. Just maybe.
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org · 5 pts · 283d
But is it worth it?
Engywuck@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 282d
If you're alone, maybe not. If you have a family which depends on you, you likely don't have much choice.
iii@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 282d
Hmm. Should be the other way around?
Can just send your family to work. If you're alone that option isn't available.
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 282d
Being homeless, especially now, is worse than a bad job.
edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 283d
Because:
I ended up getting fired, spent the better part of 6 years unemployed after that (see point 3), now I work part time in food service so I only occasionally hate my job, I still live with my parents, I try not to hold illusions about #2 anymore, and #1 is still true but with less hours worked.
Taldan@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 283d
That's tough man. At least as a food service worker you're contributing a lot to the economy. When I worked in restaurants, I worked a lot harder than I ever have in a corporate job, for far less money
dumbass@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 283d
Because I'm a masochist and I refuse to be forced out by incompetence.
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 283d
After awhile it's cozy y'know?
The roar of heavy machinery whirring away for 9+ hours a day, pulsing at thousands of RPM, the calm of solving puzzles in the chaos... it's peaceful.
The news folks always ask me how I keep my sanity in all the noise and chaos, and it always makes me laugh. It takes a special kind of crazy to do my job for as long as I have and it shows.
Every day loading and unloading trucks with 60 other forklifts all blasting around on a dock with only 130 doors while going 8mph. It rains, you get wet. It snows, you plow through it. It's 100F outside, it's 110F on the dock and 120F in the trailers. The sun rises, you get to watch it rise over the snowy mountains. The sun sets, you get to watch it over the water.
It's not for everyone, but damn can it be right for the right kinda of people.
ladicius@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 283d
What you describe is flow, a desirable state of the balance of energies and requirements.
Unfortunately a lot of people are not able to get into flow because they're overworked.
RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 283d
Well I keep quitting and it hasn't been great for me lately.
iii@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 282d
Time to quit quitting!
atrielienz@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 283d
Weirdly yes. I'm considering going back to my previous place of work because somehow, even though it was just differently bad, I miss it.
It was the same when I left the military.
djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 282d
because other places aren't hiring at a similar salary and benefits
Sunsofold@lemmings.world · 2 pts · 282d
djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 282d
or even worse than that, I've seen so many listings that are just training AI to eventually do your job. like they have a human there to ask why and try to understand how to perform the job function, but they're teaching both the human and the AI at the same time.
job market is in a really shitty place in the U.S. right now.
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 282d
Pot8o@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 282d
This is printed out and tapped to the wall in my workplace lol