Month: September 2023

i’m not sure if this fits within this sub but i’m just frustrated about the way job search has been going. while i was applying to multiple job postings online today, i decided to take a look at the total number of jobs i’ve applied to in the last 9 (yes, 9) months. to be fair, i’ve been job searching for over a year at this point now but been aggressively searching for the last 9 months. from indeed a total of 73, from linkedin a total of 37. and this doesn’t include the countless positions applied within my county and city and other counties/cities and state jobs. a grand total of over 100 (probably roughly like 150) applications and i’ve only had 3 interviews. at what point do you just say fuck it and give up?

And I said usually sleep and recover from working. And I was dead serious and I think that threw him off because he was just tripping on words afterwards lol I work a demanding job with several chronic illnesses. There is no time(& half the time money)for me to do much other than rest these days. I try to sprinkle in going to the gym here and there but lately that’s been at a standstill. I know I sound boring but in this hellscape $ociety we live in, I’m lucky to have both energy and money to go out with friends or indulge in hobbies. It’s not normal to see your boss & coworker more than your friends and family but unfortunately we have normalized it.

We're treated like machines by the economy, and surveiled like objects by the state. From Communist China to Liberal USA, the story is the same: the imperatives of power and capital are standardization, predictability, efficiency. This destroys individuality, creativity, autonomy. Seeing the enormity of this truth can be overwhelming, but you give me hope. Never stop fighting for true freedom. Do something spontaneous today.

I work in IT in a pretty highly skilled position (network engineering). I've been doing it for many years and have kept up with the technologies, certifications, the constant hamster wheel of continual learning necessary for this job. For the most part I enjoy this type of work. But recently, the company I worked for went bankrupt and I, along with 400 other IT people (and 29,600 other employees) all had to hit the pavement and look for new employment. I realize I'm in a much better spot than many people i worked with and I don't think I'll be unemployed for a long time, but goddam….this process is soul sucking, depressing, and makes me truly understand why a lot of people just give up. Let go at the end of July, I immediately updated my resume and began applying for suitable positions. I found a lot out there and…

To start off, I work for a relatively small company and we had a staff wide meeting that brought up second jobs and the policy included. I'm pretty sure I am the reason as to why it was brought up, but I'm not letting it get to me. I do side work at least a couple of times a month but, I'm not signing up for a second job (no benefits, or regular hours) just basically get a call and if I have the time, I get paid to do some work. Most of it is in the evenings and weekends, outside of my “normal” work hours at my current company. Sometimes, the side work can bring in quite a substantial amount of money, especially if it's over a long weekend. I just don't understand why I have to ask for permission from my supervisor to do side work when…

You are totally replaceable at work. You're not replaceable at home. Home is your real life. Keep that perspective. Always. @ChalktalkKelly

for calling out of work? It's for a good reason and also I'm burnt out after a stressful work weekend. I need a day to concentrate on my schoolwork, and I gave them plenty of notice, but I still feel bad for calling out! I hate that I've been conditioned to prioritize my job over everything else in my life that should be more important. Does anyone else feel like this or have any advice?

About ten years ago I was working a shit warehouse job that paid $12. When a position opened up that paid $15 I applied for it. However, my manager at the time said that they could only do a $2 raise and not $3 because a $3 raise would equate to a 25% pay increase. And that 25% is too high that nobody who is serious about a raise asks for that much. I understand that 25% is asking for a lot, but that really only applies to an already livable wage. Those $15/hour would still be poverty wages where I lived. Percentages don’t work with small numbers. Had I been making $35 an hour and asked for an extra $8.75 I could see how that would be a significant increase. However, we were dealing with numbers so damn low that it would have actually taken a 50% increase to…

About ten years ago I was working a shit warehouse job that paid $12. When a position opened up that paid $15 I applied for it. However, my manager at the time said that they could only do a $2 raise and not $3 because a $3 raise would equate to a 25% pay increase. And that 25% is too high that nobody who is serious about a raise asks for that much. I understand that 25% is asking for a lot, but that really only applies to an already livable wage. Those $15/hour would still be poverty wages where I lived. Percentages don’t work with small numbers. Had I been making $35 an hour and asked for an extra $8.75 I could see how that would be a significant increase. However, we were dealing with numbers so damn low that it would have actually taken a 50% increase to…