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At a loss, don’t know what to do anymore.

I've been stuck in a cycle of awful jobs since I started working. From awful managers, back breaking, soul destroying work and generally being used and then discarded. My last job was advertised as a dispatch operator, with an 'easy' hourly target. What it really was was being forced to lift 40kg boxes for 11 hours a day with no help and with an extremely unrealistic hourly target. After 2 weeks I pulled a muscle in my back. I reported it to a manager and was told I'd have to leave and go to the doctor's, then call and let them know what they said. So I did that. Said the doctor confirmed I'd pulled a muscle and I should rest it but I'd try to be back in on Monday. (Only giving myself 2 days rest). They said okay, shortly after which I was contacted by the agency to…


I've been stuck in a cycle of awful jobs since I started working. From awful managers, back breaking, soul destroying work and generally being used and then discarded. My last job was advertised as a dispatch operator, with an 'easy' hourly target. What it really was was being forced to lift 40kg boxes for 11 hours a day with no help and with an extremely unrealistic hourly target. After 2 weeks I pulled a muscle in my back. I reported it to a manager and was told I'd have to leave and go to the doctor's, then call and let them know what they said. So I did that. Said the doctor confirmed I'd pulled a muscle and I should rest it but I'd try to be back in on Monday. (Only giving myself 2 days rest). They said okay, shortly after which I was contacted by the agency to inform me they were terminating me for 'underperformance'.

I'm currently out of work, out of money, bills to pay, extremely stressed and depressed, and with very few options. I live in a small town with not much to apply for, and the only things that aren't more of the same awful manual labour I've been stuck in I can't get because of lack of experience.

I just don't know where to go from here, it's an all time low in terms of my situation and how I feel.

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