I've (23) been unemployed since 8/28/2020, part of it was COVID. Before, my dad asked me if I wanted a job at his work due to the fact that the people I was replacing quit abruptly. I was working as a dishwasher for $13.25, which was 4 dollars above minimum wage, so I jumped at the opportunity. I even got retroactive pay when I got a raise and my superiors treated me well.
Fast forward to just shy of a year later, I got out of my bad home situation and moved across the country thanks to my now roommate, and thanks to their situation, I've been able to live much better. They treat me like family, and their family all but legally adopted me.
Here's the problem though. My roommate works a job that only pays $1.50 above minimum wage (here it's 15 an hour, living wage is $19). If I don't find work, we'll be living paycheck to paycheck because despite being disabled (autism), I'm not qualified for SSI. I'm less likely to be hired, and wherever I applied to a job instead of having it handed to me, I never got called back. And now after COVID and seeing so many people treat workers like shit and even KILL them, as well as employers trying to pull illegal shit all the time, I'm terrified of looking for work. I've constantly been taken advantage of and I don't feel like risking my life over a sauce packet or an out of stock item.
Is there anything wrong with that?