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The Unemployed Stigma

In my country (Ecuador, a socialist country), we have normalized exploration and poor job conditions. I recently resigned from my last job because I found that my boss and the company I worked for were deducting a portion of my monthly salary without my knowledge. This maybe might not happen in other developed countries. I decided not to say this to my mother and family and keep this a secret because I knew that this could impact her and make her feel sad. I only told her that it was a personal decision. I was considering suing my boss, but I found out he is a parent of 3 kids. I worked there for almost an entire year under poor conditions, a lousy salary, no chances of medical care, or unpaid additional work hours. The worse is that here we often see it as something usual, other colleagues told me…


In my country (Ecuador, a socialist country), we have normalized exploration and poor job conditions. I recently resigned from my last job because I found that my boss and the company I worked for were deducting a portion of my monthly salary without my knowledge. This maybe might not happen in other developed countries.

I decided not to say this to my mother and family and keep this a secret because I knew that this could impact her and make her feel sad. I only told her that it was a personal decision. I was considering suing my boss, but I found out he is a parent of 3 kids.

I worked there for almost an entire year under poor conditions, a lousy salary, no chances of medical care, or unpaid additional work hours. The worse is that here we often see it as something usual, other colleagues told me that I was lazy and soft for not continuing work under those conditions, and even my boss attempted to scare me, saying that I would not find another job.

I'm 28 years old, and I am considering migrating to another country and starting again from scratch.

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