This is just a rant and I will find a new job but I need to vent:
I managed a small family owned restaurant for three years and was underpaid and overworked and definitely under appreciated. I started seeing Job offers within my level of experience for a dramatically larger salary. So I applied to some. Got an offer within a week for a job paying $10K more per year than I was making as a base salary before bonuses. I was so excited for this new opportunity. I put in my notice and worked my two weeks. My old boss didn't make me a counter offer.
Now, the day before my orientation is scheduled, I reach out to the hiring GM to confirm things for tomorrow and he replies with:
“I'm so sorry to say this but I sent you an email on February 3rd notifying you that we were not able to hire you and found a different candidate.”
I received no such email. I scoured my email inboxes and spam folders. Nothing. He sends me a screenshot of a clearly unsent draft email claiming he sent it. Regardless I now find myself unemployed. I go job searching and start applying right away and I see the listing for my old job, offering a salary range of $6k-$10k more than I was being paid. But I would rather body surf over broken glass than go back to what I left in that shit show.
What is even the point of wasting my life on this? I feel like throwing caution to the wind and just pursuing my passion of creating art for a living. If I'm going to struggle to survive at least I could be struggling to build something I love doing.
End Rant