Venting They make bettering your life quality hard once it passes a certain low

[Sergeant45]

Greetings,


despite my illness, I want to work hard.

I have worked hard. I've done documented and undocumented work (for legal reason: this is a poorly made joke). I've worked hard in a warehouse, I've worked for the homeless and ill. I have a year gap in my resume now however because I've gotten too physically ill for a while and developed severe mental issues. I don't want this, I need the money. My quality of life is poor enough, I don't want to be poor alongside that myself. I dislike playing victim to something you don't try to change, and this is why I am this stubborn.

My education was poor. This is why I had to work hard, because let's face it, the fun and high paying jobs are what you get when you finish school with amazing degree. This is on me. I do want to note that I do not apply for unrealistic jobs for myself, I apply for jobs that do not ask you of high skill or a whole master's. It's not like that, don't worry.

Of course, when the interviewer asks me what I've done in this gap, I could be honest. However with how picky modern employers are? That honestly is not a good idea. Be a little off where I am from and you get passed on to the next one straight up. And from there on it cycles.
I do understand, they want perfect employees that stay in the place for as long as possible, because looking for new ones costs money and time. ''You could get sick again, NEXT''. But good god, it is not like I am applying to be the president's 24/7 secretary and like you don't have a ton of people applying all the time because every employee is replaceable at the end of the day.

I am polite and get along with customers and co- workers, despite my flaws. I do not complain about overtimes. I am flexible between day and night shifts. I need to get out of these barracks.


Before anyone suggests, I am not showing my bare cheeks online for money..... However - thank you for reading this little rant of mine if you did.


Regards

 

[Rust]

My education was poor. This is why I had to work hard, because let's face it, the fun and high paying jobs are what you get when you finish school with amazing degree. This is on me. I do want to note that I do not apply for unrealistic jobs for myself, I apply for jobs that do not ask you of high skill or a whole master's. It's not like that, don't worry.

In my experience, the working world is very arbitrary and it requires some luck to get a decent job. I've known people to get a decent job without a degree and I've also known people that apply to jobs despite being under-qualified, and then learning from a "mentor" or a more experienced team member (this usually occurs in smaller companies). I can't say I have specific advice, but It might be worth it to overstate your abilities. It's hypocritical of me to say this, since it isn't something I've done in the past, but I've seen it work before. In any case, I hope the future is kind!

 

[darksouls]

good luck
wish you the best

 

[bankai]

You're doing good, OP.Try your best. Your best is more than enough.

We can't do more than that anyway.

 

[Forever Sleep]

I get frustrated with this too. Employers obviously are looking for certain things- that's understandable. But then, it can be become so extreme that it seems to be considered 'normal' to lie during the application process! I've failed every aptitude test I've ever done. I imagine because I was mostly honest. I don't think I'm a terrible employee though. I've held the same job (I hated) for 9 years. I've never been sacked or put on any kind of warnings. I've held middle management positions.

I just think it's ridiculous. If everyone starts lieing on their apllications/ CV's, because there's no other way they'll even be considered, what's the point of it all?

The same complaint goes for checklists demanding unreasonable workloads in a job. People will and do just lie about stuff they didn't have time to do- if they know they'll get into trouble if they're honest.