Who here wants to kill themselves because of unemployment?

[ARW3N]

it's definitely not the main reason for wanting to die but for sure a contributing factor. Every time I try to work I get fired for some ridiculous reason or another...peoplejust tend not to like me. Been unemployed now for months filling out long tedious application forms which take hours and hours to complete and nobody ever even looks at them

One of the most unpleasant aspects of being alive is the fact that we are forced to work for a living. It's so bad that you've got suicide statistics bemoaning the economic loss of suicides.

 

[lofistos345]

Are you good with Python and R? Those two are a fundamental for statistical analysis and getting a good job.

 

[56709]

Unemployment is one of my biggest reasons for wanting to die...
Ironic... I spent most of my youth bemoaning the idea of working for a living...

 

[lofistos345]

One of the most unpleasant aspects of being alive is the fact that we are forced to work for a living. It's so bad that you've got suicide statistics bemoaning the economic loss of suicides.

Doing a job that you like is good for you. The problem is trying to live while working on a job that you hate.

 

[Misanthrope]

I miss my former job. It was a vocation. Sadly so few get to have that it seems. Instead rendered down to having less worth than a disposable plastic spoon. Work is meant to be a means to get the experiences you want. However for many it seems like hand to mouth with no respite and you still can barely keep the lights on.

 

[S1mpleme]

Got my master's three months ago, been searching for jobs for 9 months still no bites...

It takes a huge hit on your self-esteem. I feel like a totally worthless person.

Anyone else in this predicament?

Where are you from and what kind of job do you want, if I may ask?

 

[Mizzmini45]

Having a job sucks. Like, seriously. Apart from the whole ability to pay rent and get food, it fucking sucks. It drains you of every hour of your life. You sell your labour in exchange to be alive, afford food and housing. You never get those years back. That time. The youth. It's a fucking joke.

I graduated in 2018 and spent months trying to find anything at all. I'm in a job now that doesn't even require ANY experience. I have wasted years of my life, gotten myself into crazy debt, just to be taken into a job that doesn't even ask for you to have experience in any way. And I hate the job.

I'm about to try to get a Masters, but I don't feel hopeful for my employment prospects post that. God, I want to fucking kill myself just thinking about it.

Seriously, as best you can, try to appreciate the time you have unemployed and free. It is limited and once you're in the rat race, there is no escape.

It's true. Once y'all start working your gonna wanna ctb when you realize you will be doing this for the rest of your life. That's what really spun me out of control.

 

[justanotherday]

At least you got your master's, that is a huge accomplishment so congratulations, even if a little late :)

The only real, fully paid job I've ever had was in a call centre. I lasted for less than a month. Been starting and quitting studies left and right. My anxiety over interviews and being ridiculed over my inexperience makes even thinking about job hunting terrifying and overwhelming.

Yes, it's a major part why I want to ctb, I feel like a total failure and a burden on society.

Oh and last time I was in an interview I got called out for blushing, and the interviewer "helpfully" told me to appear less nervous because it makes me look incompetent. Gee thanks.

Well that was a crappy thing for the interviewer to say. In my younger years, I would not have have said anything, but now I would tell that person to fuck off.

 

[Death.]

Capitalism is pure evil I tell you. It leaves many people with more money than they can count and even more hoping they'll be able to keep the lights on.

 

[itsamadworld]

I'm out of work due to a knee injury. My knee all the way down to my ankle is swollen. I have never had an injury this bad...so I might be unemployed soon, and I've always worked very hard, in physical jobs,-which seems to sorta quelch my anxiety....so sitting around is not helping my depression. I wanna get out so I can catch the corona virus, even though it probably wouldn't kill me, unfortunately! ....anyways..sorry to hear of your troubles.

 

[Rosiel]

Another similar one here! I finished my PhD in a STEM subject (Oxbridge, you can guess which one), gained 5 years professional work experience in a very competitive, white-male dominated industry and struggling to find a permanent job for over 2 years now (I am female and an ethnic minority). I am currently unemployed, in debt and desperately looking for a job. I'm overqualified and too old for most jobs (I've gotten rejections based on that), and probably not have the right ethnic profile for the jobs I am qualified for. I even tried to do my own startup and failed, and looked at avenues of other ways to pay myself a living wage. I feel like such a failure, but I do still want to try to the best of my capacity before I CTB. Having said that, it's not just the unemployment that is making me feel CTB but it's definitely a big part of it because it causes financial instability, insecurity and worse, DEBT!