I say this as someone who is basically stuck living at his mother's house because I have mediocre prospects. I'm sick of people telling me, a 28 year old, that I should just stick it out at my current underpaying job at a bank for a 1 year (currently at the 9 month mark) that only pays $40k/year in southern Ontario when said people make a lot more money but pretend to be working class on poverty finance subreddits. Life shouldn't be this way and because I don't have a business degree (I have a BA) I'm limited in my promotion prospects unless I want to work in sales.
Rent is constantly going up and I can't afford to keep being ineligible for rent protection. I make less than a bloody first year private in the army now and I'm just told to suck it up. I don't want to join the bloody army I just don't want to be here.
I've already lost the first 3rd of my life to depression, unemployment and a miserable upbringing. It doesn't look like it's getting better. My employer shouldn't be able to force me to work at my near poverty wages job for a year because they have an internal non-compete policy effectively.
Have some bloody fight in yourself!