Just a poll
Who here is jobless/unemployed and have been for how long?
Was it a voluntary decision or due to involuntary circumstances?
It seems that whatever my mental problem is hindering me from sustaining a job. For the record, the longest job I held was nine months, until I was fired.
I can take orders and can rationale with reprimands. What I do NOT condone is ridicule and oppression. Office politics brings out the ugliness in people, what one would do to another human being just to advance in the corporate ladder.
Whatever it is, I have now been labelled a job-hopper by agencies and probably unemployable.
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officisally 2 years, but i have been active on my own finding gold.
i lost my contract when the economy went bad, govt. cuts.
how can one be labeled a “job hopper”?
at 47, im already too old for a lot of places.
i cant even go into business as I once was due to the excessive laws in the seafood industry, not to mention how little there is now left to catch even if they did allow it.
how old are you????
This is part of what i was getting at in the other thread:
They have, and will, keep making more laws, based on whatever “authority,” which are intended to control us and limit our options to those options they want us to choose.
They will eliminate every option that isn’t what they want us to do, and then allow us a clear choice between “their way,” and something horrible or obviously unappealing, just to make “their way” look acceptable by comparison.
And anyone who doesn’t fit their criteria for social and systemic integration, will be weeded out, and either murdered, incarcerated, or left to die as an outcast in the wild, or in the streets. This is how the gov’t is able to “thin the herd,” without making obvious their methodical genocide.
I’ve been unemployed my whole life, lol. So everyone can see what a loser I am now that I am admitting to it. It’s not by choice, although I’m not sure what I’d do or how I’d handle it. Working seems like miserable slavery anyway, dealing with petty politics…
Even the government couldn’t help me because of my mental state, and yet I know I’d make a better worker than a lot of the idiots out there.
Ill give you an amen for that one. 🙂
I’ve been unemployed for an epic amount of time. Started as a voluntary decision, and now has become an involuntary set of circumstances. Damnit, stupid economy can go suck an egg.
I’ve been unemployed since october 19th 2012….and it fucking sucks…I am so sick of hearing the same shit from my mom literally every other day about fucking money like it drives me nuts inside ….I fucking get it I’m 22 … With 30,000$ in fucking debt and no assets … I know I am a burden but the best I can do is complete a few surveys online and earn about 60 a month to pay for the internet service…. I need time to find a way to earn income from home…not some get rich quick but just something to get her off my fucking back …I hate not having a job but I can’t even get a fucking job if I wanted to
My longest stint of employment was 18 months, next longest 16 months, everything else 2-3 months, aside from my very first job at age 13, which lasted i think 3 days.
I’ve never been “gainfully employed.” I’ve never had a “good job.” I have had one well-paid position, but it was heavily physically demanding and unreliable. I have had one low-paying job that i actually liked, due to the people and the environment… but even that one only lasted 2-3 months.
I am unemployable. It’s not that i can’t do the work, and when i do have work, my work ethic is impeccable. The problem is that i have too many unresolvable issues, which cause me enough difficulty with things like self-maintenance and punctuality, that i can’t retain any employment, especially since any “employment” is only going to pay a small amount, which isn’t enough to “truly live.” And if i can’t “truly live,” then i don’t want to exist just to suffer, so i can’t motivate myself sufficiently to overcome all the bullshit and just keep working, because i know that “just keep working” isn’t going to get me anywhere, and definitely isn’t going to win the game.
It’s like a football game where the score becomes insurmountable in the first quarter of play, but the losing team has to keep going because… well, in the case of football, everyone on the team’s staff would be fired if they just forfeit. In my case, i could quit… but i’m still running plays, even though there’s no chance of victory, and all further scores, if any, will be entirely irrelevant. All i ever seem to do is lose yards and punt. Sometimes i get a first down or two, but i can’t establish a successful drive.
I’ll be a quarter-century old by next year.
I’m not from the US of A though very much aware of the situation from the news. Some say the situation is not as bad as the media depicts, but I don’t know.
a good rule of thumb, regarding the US media:
it’s ALWAYS worse than they report… except when they’re over-sensationalizing, which is also common.
And quite a lot of very important stuff doesn’t even get reported.
You can’t trust what the TV shows you, even if they wear the “news” label.
Same as poisontongue – I have been unemployed for my entire life, and I’m 22 now. I spent time after high school filling in applications. Granted, not as seriously as I should have been about it. But I have been rejected by every employer. I’ve filled out online and in person. Once I met a manager and I was probably visibly nervous, and I’ve no doubt she picked up on that, though I tried to be as “professional” as possible. She said she’d call me back for an interview, and I never heard from her again. I gave up on looking for jobs last year. Now I say, “what jobs?”. Honestly, I never see anything much advertized. And I’m not “qualified” for much more than flipping burgers, I suppose. Right now my dad is paying me an allowance basically, while I do secretary-like work for him. So, for me, it was a voluntary choice but mainly involuntary circumstances. I’m also too poor to afford college, yet I’m completely aware that taking out loans would be the death of me. I don’t want to become a debt slave. Also, I agree with what clevername said about them limiting our options and how this system that has been put in place is merely thinly veiled genocide. So now I’m just sitting here, biding my time for… whatever.
@GoodGirl That sucks. You should move to Canada – education is cheaper here. I don’t know if it’s any easier to get employment, though, as I tried applying for two years but no response. Now I’m doing part-time web work for a family member (the only position offered to me). I’ve wanted to do internship work, but I suppose I need a degree first…
@Persephone I would like to move to Canada, actually. Not that things are much better there, eh? There’s the problem of not even having enough money to move, or anyone I know there that would let me stay with them, and I’m sure it’s quite a hassle to get a work visa. I’m sorry you haven’t gotten responses from employers either. How’s the web work?
@clevername
Is it because you get bored easily? Or the fact that people bore you?
I ask since you mentioned the word “drive†and it is true for me. My passions so far have been fleeting, one day I want to be fluent in Deutsch and I am into arts & design the next. But they do reignite and then fade out again. I am aware of the fact though.
And most people are boring to me. They only care about orchestrating their greatness while trampling on the lives of others. Oh, and looking for the best sex of their lives. There are exceptions though.
@GoodGirl If I was planning on staying in Canada I’d ask you if you wanted a roommate. Hehe. But yeah, I don’t have my own place right now, unfortunately… I do live nearby the most populous city of the country, so one would think one would find the most opportunities here… I didn’t try looking for jobs there, however. The web work is fine, at least I can pay my bills.
@filthy soul: Oh, you speak German?
ein bisschen. not good enough to hold a conversation.
@Persephone Haha, perhaps this should be called The Suicidal Roommate Project. 😉 Oh, so you live near a city. I live in a very rural area, and there are no opportunities out here whatsoever. I’m not sure if I’d move to a city even if I could or even if there might be more opportunities. I’m quite averse to cities. Noise, crowds, pollution, etc. Yuck.
If you ever feel like talking some deutsch, let me know^^
I wonder if there are any published suicide statistics for the past several years since the economy has took a dump.
Anyone know of any?
I just saw a monthly suicide graph and it had a spike between christmas and new year. Kind of makes sense
yes it does make sense.
was it last years?
I suppose it would show the same spike each year at this time.
@GoodGirl Well, it’s a couple hours away. I live in an area that is more known to be where the retirees will settle. It’s not very busy. One can find some nice countryside here (I’m nearby many wineries), or if you travel a bit aways there is this lovely small town, very picturesque. If necessary, one could commute to a city for work as well. But if you like a quieter slice of life, you can certainly find it in this province. The climate isn’t always that bad either. If you like snow you can go north, or if you’re not too fond of a heavy winter, where I am in the south it’s milder (though we still have storms and cold, too, but it’s more moderate overall). We’re right across from the U.S. border which I also appreciate.
Im not sure which year it was from, I just looked for suicide statistics on google. Its funny how you can notice your own depression changing when the suicide rates change. I mean not directly, but around times like holiday or final exams etc
Get ajob lose is joke
Holidys are bad for suicidal people….. it enhances the feelings of depression because it stresses what so many don’t have.
Hard to imagine someone would off themselves because of a school exam. but who am I to say….
Its quite simple though……. for some its too much to go through stress on a constant basis.
I was just reading some info on cancer and how the rtes increase after severe and prolonged stress (such as a divorce). Evidently a gene gets turned on that promotes cancer formation. I see it as the bodys’ way of saying “enough”.
Amazing we were programmed to die off if we werent meant to be here.
I have never worked a single job for a full year I quit or got fired and they weren’t the best of jobs either… My first job was at an amusement park called kings island and it was in the summer right before senior.year that I worked here….I got fired because I was stealing the money and I would have gotten away with it but I only got caught because as luck would have it they did a random search and like a fool I kept the money on me…
My second job was at Kroger and it was okay all I had to do was stock the freezers…it was during the summer preceding senior year as well I got hired here after being fired from kings island…but I quit because they were giving me like 5 hours a week and thats nothing…..it wasn’t worth the time….
My third job was at…well….my first job as an adult was at a temp service that got me employed at a mail shipping place….it was called pitney bowes and I liked that job and did it well but I ended up quitting because they were late with my check for a while and I was mad so I ended up quitting…
My 4th job was at a shipping facility called DHL and thats where I fucked up big time at….long story short I ended up getting fired for being involved with a theft ring I didn’t steal anything this time but I helped sell it on craigslist and that fucked shit up because now I’m in a pretrial diversion program for 5 years…which shows up on a bg check until 11/2015 ….
My 5th job was at whack ass walmart pushing carts like some fucking mule….now I will give them this….I got away with a lot of shit I should have been fired for and so while I liked the job the reason I ended up quitting was not from the job but from outside problems…my car broke down and my mom wasn’t willing to let me use hers to get to work….bus? Yeah but some nights I got off at 12 ….1 am and that was too fucking tiring walking a 3 hours walk home….the bus doesn’t run that late ….
My 6th job was at another temp place that got us work through a febreeze packaging plant …I HATED this place…man we had 15 minute breaks doing very strenuous work….and I couldn’t stand it….so I quit this place too…
The next job…my 7th… Was at another temp place that placed me in a pie packaging plant…..again I hated this pie ridden slave camp….man pies were coming down the line like missiles and you had to press them into the foil plate HARD or it would jam up the machine….and it was so annoying to try and drive home with arm cramps after 8 hours but they let me go before I could quit so hey….
My 8th job was at a computer recycling plant well…..really they took in all old electronics and broke them down and sold the copper for millions….nice profit but I have to say I loved that job….the work was done with sledge hammers and safety glasses and powersaws …nuff said…it was so fun to spend the day beating the shit out of everything from big screen t.vs to old pc stuff….and it was really cool because sometimes some people would bring old stuff but it worked it was just old so they would recycle it for that reason…well the company would let you scavenge the stuff and if you found something that worked be it a pc or a huge flatscreen tv you could buy it dirt cheap from them so I ended up with a nice flatscreen for about 50$…but this job ended up firing me because I was “late” a lot and by late I mean by like 1 or 2 minutes but otherwise I was a good worker but they still let me go….
My 9th job was at a popcorn plant where they served pop corn and this job was cool but again I ended up being let go but it wasn’t because I did anything wrong it was because they thought their business was going to pick up and it didn’t happen… So they had to cut the temps and I was a temp at this job too….
My 10th job was at a place that checked car parts for quality assurance like we got all the breaks and sometimes we would get like gears and other weird car parts and we had to inspect them before ford would accept them and install them into cars….I liked this job but I was just too depressed to be a good worker and I got let go after calling off too many times….
I probably forgot a job or 2 somewhere in there but the last job I worked was in 2012….and its so hard to explain that to employers…
I’ve always quit every job I started, usually because I was offended that they wanted to promote me or some dumb nonsense like that. Heh.. at least that happened twice that I can actually recall. I don’t remember why I quit any of the other jobs I had, but when I worked for Victoria’s Secret, my manager was all like, “Congratulations, Lorax! You get to train people starting tomorrow!!!” and i was like, “How DARE YOU! You didn’t even ASK if I wanted to train anyone! Gah! I quit!” …and stormed out of that place. o.O I think I got fired once when I took a temporary job at an IT office in some random corporation I cannot remember the name of, but they sucked anyhow. Stupid annoying office people. I despise office jobs with a passion.
@ClairDeLune
Sure, I’d love to! Perhaps we can connect through email?
filthysoul6@gmail.com
@Kurt Copain
Sounds a lot like me Lol. But I guess it’s not that bad as long as you have family members/ friends/ church/ community willing to accept and accommodate you.
I am still renting out on my own (family drives me crazy) but my dad gives me a small sum barely enough to sustain. Can’t go on like this forever.
@filthy soul: Ill write you an email.
@Filthy soul: I wish…my mother is on my back often about me freeloading and how I’m a burden….I can’t say I haven’t been thinking of ways to earn money without leaving the house…lets just say becoming a vendor on silk road is looking good….if that can work out for at least a year I could be back on my feet with savings quickly…all I need to do is save so that I can have some start up $$$
@Persephone That sounds lovely. I do like picturesque small towns. Nice countryside? And not very heavy winters in the south? I’m sold! haha. I gather you must be in Ontario?
@Kurt Copain That’s a lot of jobs you listed up there. It’s unfortunate about your mom getting on you about “freeloading” and being a “burden”, though. That certainly doesn’t help one’s confidence. If there’s one thing I’m grateful for, it’s that my parents don’t tell me I’m a burden on them. I think that would make me more suicidal.
@TGG: Yeah I’ve been looking to get some weed before I lose my mind lol ….I just need that sweet mind numbing affect it has just once…just to make me feel good for once….I mean I know it won’t solve any of my problems but it isn’t about that…its about the feelings it gives you…
@KC haha, though I haven’t smoked weed, I know what you mean. When you’re stuck in a rut, it does feel good to escape into things. You’re right that it doesn’t solve any problems, but it makes you feel better temporarily. My methods of escape are a little more tame… like reading or watching movies. haha.
@GoodGirl That is correct. If you like beaches you can always go to cottage country by the lakes as well. The lakes are no comparison to the actual ocean, but they’re very pleasant. Yes, this province does have a lot to offer. I’m a person who always likes to be on the move, but if I had wanted to settle down and didn’t mind winter so much, this would be quite suitable.
I’m a student, but it feels a lot like being unemployed, since the government is sponsoring me, I am way too old to be a student and I don’t feel like working in the area I’m studying.
Filthy Soul, you say your interests are fleeting. Is there nothing that absorbs you, like an addiction? I mean, most people are interested in a lot of things, but I think you need stronger feelings than interest to make something your career.
Anyway, I think you can make it. You have to pick your poison and work with that. Find some people you want to work with and pester them. Get some experience. Be honest about your condition. That’s my own plan anyhow.
@Persephone I do like beaches, yes. Hm. I think I might actually prefer the lakes to the ocean. It would be a new experience, anyway. Well, if I don’t ever get to move, I would certainly love to visit. I’m quite the homebody, but if I had the funds I would like to travel all around the world.
@GoodGirl I hope you’ll enjoy your visit if you do take the trip (or if you move). 🙂 You would probably like the Maritimes as well. It’s nice to go traveling through those provinces in summertime. Fresh seafood and all.
Yes, I would love to travel as well… I don’t know when that will happen but there are plenty of countries that I want to check out, hehe. Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Asia, maybe India, then the Caribbean, Brazil, and so on. A worldwide tour would be excellent.
@Persephone Thank you. 🙂 Yeah, I would like to travel through the other provinces as well. I hope you get to travel to all of those countries some day, or at least a few of them. I think a worldwide tour would be excellent, too. 🙂
@ Kurt Copain Um.. silk road was shut down quite a while ago. There’s better ways to do that anyways. Tor or not, they’re going to go through every single bit of info on those servers and chase down everyone who dealt there, so be thankful that you weren’t one of those people.
Oh and to the OP, I’ve been unemployed for almost 3 years now. Not by choice. I was assaulted, someone broke my hand in half and I lost my job because of it. It was the best job that I ever had too. Working from home, posting ads on FB and making tons of money. Worked LOTS of hours tho, but I loved it. I’ve had one corrective surgery, but it’s only made my hand worse, so now unless they can fix it with another surgery, I don’t know where I’ll find work as a one handed person who doesn’t speak French in Quebec. Not looking good. 🙁