Month: August 2023

Got news a relative passed away on a Friday and emailed my manager over the weekend of the exact service times I would be OOO (span of 2 days). Unsure of travel arrangements, I didn’t include travel times in the initial email and said I could log on early to wrap up some reports both mornings as it was expected to be a very busy time. Her response: Take the full days and any time you need we will figure things out. Her actions: Expects me to be on and working those 2 mornings, actively messaging me about progress. Sends overnight email with work expected the next morning but I was driving back home 5hrs after the funeral. A week later tells me I failed to communicate and need to inform her and her boss about such things in future. I told her I ended up logging on at 2pm…

I recently graduated college with a BS in psychology and at this point I'm basically open to ANY entry level remote job that pays enough for me to live in my home state (NJ). I had applied to about 50 jobs (all varied jobs in different cities, etc) before I graduated, heard back from maybe 2 of them (rejections, obviously). Since then I've just been so over it, so this summer I have just been looking for remote work so I don't have to consider uprooting my life for a job that I'll probably hate (since I'm literally grasping at straws as it is). WHY on earth is it so impossible to find a job?? Now, 3 months after I graduated, every classic job-listing website shows me the opposite of what I'm asking for, as if there's no remote entry level jobs available in the entire US. Not to mention…

I hate my job and it’s my fault I’m 25. Graduated college with a 4.0 but a painfully generic degree. Spent a year trying to find a job and finally landed what seemed like a good one. Over a month in now and I hate it. The drive is far, the environment is slow and insanely quiet. No one is even remotely near my age. I was hired as a media specialist but they basically just have me making generic social media posts and Canva graphics. I feel guilty complaining when so many others have it so much worse but I just hate it so much. I have tried so hard to find a way I can work a job that also allows me to be creative and have that balance and here I am. I see no jobs I both am interested in or qualified for anywhere on any…

This is more of a vent. The company isn't doing well, so our hours got cut. I'm already doing the footwork to get out of this company, learning new skills, and getting certificates for random jobs on my own, etc… While I have gotten a few interviews here and there, no one has reached back post interview. I'm trying to keep my hopes up and keep applying, but it's been so frustrating to put in all this effort and get nothing. I debated posting this, too. I do like working with my co-workers and my supervisor, so this isn't on them. They've been supportive and amazing through everything over the years. But UM has made this so difficult to even want to drive here. I didn't hate working at my job until Upper Management (UM) decided to have my department do sales calls. The “training” we got was “All you…