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Not feeling comfortable in any job

Has anyone else never felt comfortable or valued in a job? I don’t understand how people can settle for a company when you don’t matter and your voice isn’t heard. Getting so frustrated with this whole process of jumping through hoops to get nowhere fast.

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Salt meet wound?

Has anyone else ever been laid off by a company just to see that companies name plastered all over one of your favorite places/events/teams etc? I forgot I was bitter until I saw this. Guess I got some more growing to do as I job hunt.

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Frustrated finding a job.

Literally no one is accepting me and I don't know what to do, I don't have references, I have lots of work experience in what I want to do. I call and call asking to speak to a hiring manager, I'm frustrated and very upset. I'm applying for another job and they're demanding I have two references which I don't have, like why the hell do I need that?

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Horrors of Working at Macy’s

Hello and good day to you all! Hope you all been doing well. So, I have worked for Macy's as a sales associate for over 3 years and I have seen so many changes during my time over there. Unfortunately, there are so many problems during my time I would like to cover. So for a little background, there are two separate Macy's stores in a mall I worked at that sells women's clothes on one side and the other store that deals with men's clothing, with kids clothing being sold in the women's side. So we have a whole team of managers split between the two stores. We all have our own radio communication devices called Theatros to communicate with each other regardless of which side of the store. With that out of the way, here are the glaring issues I'm going to list here. Its a long read,…

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HELP! My union is trying to screw me! Please support this tired healthcare worker!

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Lost of Ambition – How to gain it back?

I'm 25, and seem to be in a cycle of moving from one contract job to another. As someone who considers myself an artist, having a low-committing position means having the freedom to pivot my life in any number of ways. Now I've done this for about 6 years and have saved up well over what an artist would consider a reasonable emergency fund. By some calculations, it would last me 5-6 years (all bills including leisure provided I'm diligent). For some reason I can't take it upon myself to stop this cycle. Too much fear in the world and hearing about how our earnings are being devalued by forces outside our control. It has been my mission to stack as fat a stack as possible to weather the upcoming rough ages. My ego is hurt because I can physically do what I set out to do, but psychologically I…

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Just casual racism and unprofessional attitude faced in interview

For context I currently work in an American MNC in India. I am an Indian. I interviewed for a Malaysian organisation also operating in India but on a much smaller scale. Had a virtual interview with a Malaysian scientist today where the first thing he said was how different I looked than the photo in the Resume. He literally picked up my resume and was showing my photo to me through webcam. It's a recent photo, just that I am wearing a blazer in the photo while I was wearing a shirt in the interview. I got really upset. Then proceed to poke me about a technical question which I thought contained confidential information of my existing organisation so I gave him broad answer without going into technicality. Also mentioned that I'm not sure if I am allowed to disclose it as it maybe confidential information. He proceeded to label…

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You want to be rude, I’ll unsub you.

This occured during the pandemic. We had a new manager hired (not my manager, but a manager who's job sorted crossed over to my work). In one on one emails, she was always rude and short, being sort of vague in describing what she needs. If you dare send a response asking for clarification, she was beyond rude. No one really knew who she was except by name and the department she worked, but it was clear no one liked this person because of how rude she was and she seemed to push her weight around to get what she wants. One of the other things that really annoyed me about her was her constant forwarding of emails from email lists that she subscribed to, many of which had nothing to do with our work. At least 1 a day at certain times. Well one day, after constantly receiving these…

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This is my contribution to the world.

I wrote this 10 years ago. It started out as a childern's book and then I realised this was not a children's book. This was a message to my children. A dark and disturbing children's book. Look Inside https://preview.redd.it/qdmxgwt3pwid1.jpg?width=324&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=47ff22a0bcb1495a5d3691ad55e1d1c1ff46d303 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0942FDTLB?psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp

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Eric Schmidt Walks Back Claim Google Is Behind on AI Because of Remote Work (WSJ)