Category: Antiwork

Hi everyone, I’ve lurked in this subreddit and this is my first post. I’m 23m and I was a bit of a reckless teenager since 14 years old. I’ve been unable to get a good paying job for as long as I can remember. It’s always the background check (I have one felony) that stops me from getting the job. It feels really bad and I don’t know where else to post and I really just needed somewhere to vent. It sucks feeling like companies are deeming you worthless because of your past and can only get jobs at fast food or pig/chicken plants. I’m not even trying to be extra, Starbucks probably wouldn’t even hire me.

Only learned of this earlier today when I received an awfully pathetic email from my boss and then one from corporate later.

We were born into the age of automation. We just need the benefits of that automation to apply to all of us instead of only the greedy billionaires at the top.

I was fired from my job two months ago. I started looking for work a couple months before i got fired. Nothing planned out. I put all my effort into finding another job while managing what bills i had with my last check and my PTO payout. My job hunt has turned up nothing. I've got over 40 pending apps on Indeed, no one has responded with anything but rejection letters. The one interview that i did get that went well is waiting on a background check. That was 3 weeks ago. They're still waiting for my background check as of this week. Temp agencies have turned up nothing for me. The contracts I've been offered are either too far away or they don't want me. I've got a friend who can put me to work but he doesn't have any jobs for at least two more weeks. I filed…

Probably the best manager I had and he sent an email saying he was fired. Of course now I wonder if I will get fired as well.

Here in the US. State of Wisconsin. Just a quick question. Thank you Reddit.