I’ve been going through a phased application process. It’s a job that I know I would enjoy, but I find myself getting extremely frustrated by the amount of my own free time that I am investing into the entire process. I’ve finally hit a wall and have withdrawn my application. I have given 9 hours of my own time over the past two weeks for testing, questionnaires, and evaluations. Yet I am only on phase 3 of 10. All unpaid, and actually had to pay out of pocket for testing, as well as travel time/gas to the satellite locations for the aforementioned. Not trying to feel sorry for myself as this was definitely my choice, but I’m just exhausted by it all and feel resentment for being given the burden. As I write this I am now questioning the the fact that I went to college for these specific skills, and how I paid money for four years just to learn about this specific bullshit. Don’t mind me – just having an existential crisis at 31.
So what’s your limit or horror story? I want to hear it all!