Being fired has to be one of the worst feelings in the world. Sure, if you’re doing it right, a job is never everything to you, but it is a whole lot. It means stability, routine, and an income upon which to build your life. But aside from the logical concerns, getting fired can also …
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‘They are not hiring and I don’t know why’: Gen-Z woman with 2 degrees hands out resumes in NYC, gets rejected everywhere
When I first moved to NYC, I did what many people starting out do, and I walked around with printed copies of my resume. I was looking for anything, really. Just something to help get me on my feet while I settled in. It sounds very old-fashioned, but it worked. Especially with service industry work, …
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Worker claims a $150K per year low-effort job isn’t desirable: ‘It’s like premium unemployment’
Would you quit your job if you won the lottery? That is one of those classic questions we all ponder, hoping that one day we will be able to escape from the monotony of our humdrum routines and retreat into a stress-free life of luxury. Unfortunately, even if you win the lottery, chances are you …
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30+ Unemployment Memes to Doom Scroll While You’re Also Scrolling Through Job Boards
Being unemployed is all fun and games until…it’s not. If you or someone you know has ever been laid off then this listicle will be very relatable. If you’re that unemployed roommate going grocery shopping at 2pm on a Tuesday, then this will be even more relatable. Once those unemployment checks run out, it’s time …
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Job Seekers Lament the Most Outlandish Job Suggestions Indeed Recommended to Them
I was freshly 16 when I got my first paid job. Devoid of professional contacts and with the bare minimum of qualifications, I had no choice but to brave one of the scariest places on the internet: the part time listings on Indeed. This infamous place bills itself as ‘The #1 job site worldwide’, and …
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Boss Threatens to Fire Employee for Posting Hourly Wage, Employee Immediately Quits
Trying to obtain the bare minimum required to live is a near-impossible task when you’re below the line of poverty. Unfortunately, there are way, way too many jobs that are happy and more than willing to pay you next to nothing. As is the case with many of these sorts of positions, these jobs are …
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‘Noped out after two hours’: 20 stories where folks quit their jobs as soon as possible
Talk about getting out while you still can! We all are well aware of that old adage «when you know, you know,» yes? Well, these folks all knew that it was time for them to leave their workplace environment, and in many of these cases, they had just started. This list of stories was compiled …
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‘Why should we hire you?’: Relatable Interview Memes for Resume Peddlers Wondering If Unemployment is Really All That Bad
When you’re reaching the second and third interview in the hiring process, you start to question all of the unpaid labor you’ve already dumped into this prospective employment. Not only have you slaved over your resume, you applied directly on some website portal that asked you all the same questions that you already provided information …
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Unemployed Husband Uses Deranged Logic to Justify Keeping Lights & Faucets on All Day
Depending on the people, all sorts of subtle power dynamics can start to emerge in a new marriage and manifest in strange ways. These dynamics can become especially ugly and problematic if one person in the relationship is a sociopathic control freak. An older r/AmItheAsshole thread recently went viral on Twitter because of its sheer …
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Dude Fired For ‘Time Theft’ After Taking Two Smoke Breaks Per 12-Hour Shift
I could not handle having a job where you sit around and do nothing all day. I know many workers dream of having one of these «fake jobs» that only requires you to do a couple of hours of actual work per day, but they aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. Unfortunately, one of …
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