Venting the job market is probably going to be what makes me cut again

[Leonard_Bangley39]

I dont like my current job. The work itself isnt all that bad, but it only pays 18 an hour and I dont want to spend the rest of my life struggling paycheck to paycheck so after i move soon i plan on finding a new job. But scrolling through linkedin is reminding me how much i fucking hate the current job market and corporate america. nothing but wage slave retail jobs that pay pennies and performative corporate positions with words like "executive" or "agent" in the title that demand 10 years of experience and several degrees that you can only get if you're the owner's son.

plus all the annoying details, like how half the jobs wont put the pay anywhere in the listing, or jobs that will lie and say theyre full time but then after you waste your time and do an interview, they tell you that they're only hiring part time. or listings that will put their location as one city but then when you read the listing it says the job is actually in a different city.


and dont even get me started on all the ai bullshit. listings that were clearly written entirely by ai, that then use ai to scrape your resume and scan it for the exact buzzwords the hr manager wants, and if it doesnt have them then it deletes your application and never tells you. or the ghost jobs that were never gonna get filled no matter what, or were already filled but the hr managers decide to keep up anyways just so they can farm resumes, or the scam listings where after you fill out an application, you end up getting dozens of spam texts and emails the next day because they sold all your information.

and i hate talking about this stuff with my sister because i feel like even though we both grew up in the same house with the same shitty father, i cant relate to her at all. she went to college and now she makes six figures running her own nail salon business. meanwhile i went to trade school to try and become a welder and yet im still fucking struggling despite doing everything "right".

Everything in this world is specifically designed to work against you and it feels like i cant talk about or complain about it with anyone or else im the bad guy. i just have to suck it up and deal with it for some reason. ever since i read about toxic positivity on here, so much has made sense. i complain a lot, maybe too much to the point where it annoys people. but why must i have to force a positive attitude when everything is rigged against me? Im fucking pissed.

my sister tries to claim that the older generations didnt actually have it as easy as everyone claims they did, but i know thats all bullshit. a boomer could walk into a random store and get handed a job offer that same morning and with that one single income, buy a house, buy a car, and raise a family. meanwhile i'll never be able to find a job that pays more than $18/hr because i dont have any degrees or connections, i'll never be able to buy a house, i'll never be able to find a wife, i'll never be able to start a family. im fucking sick of everything. i just want shit to change already but it wont. it never will because this is exactly how they want it to be.

 

[itsgone2]

I agree with everything you said. The other thing older generations had was more security. A company could go out of business just like today, but otherwise you were probably set for life. The number of businesses I've seen wiped out in my area during my lifetime, because they were sold, is insane. They keep expecting you to find something else. Where? It's all disappearing. It's the main reason I want to ctb.

 

[FlankerSandwhich]

Me too. I feel like such a jobless bum, and I know I'm draining my parents money just by existing. I wanna work, but getting a job is near impossible.

I don't think I get angry often, but reading a job posting pushes me over the edge. Its all "leadership skills" and "teamwork" and "we want passion" when I'm just trying to apply for MacDonald's. I've seen younger family members find work, and that hurts because maybe I'm the problem and my failure is on me. And don't even get me started on the process of making a CV. They don't want a human, they want a perfect robot that says all the right buzz words and glazes them constantly.

Job searching sucks, and it feels like its designed to screw real people over. You're not a failure, you're a human, and the fact that you get up and try makes you incredible, even if you struggle

 

[Afterglow]

I get why you're pissed. I am too. The whole thing feels rigged.

You're told to work hard your entire life, show up on early, get training, build experience, and go above and beyond. And by the time you're done doing all of that, you try to look for a new job and all you see is shit like:

Bachelor's degree in business required, 5+ years of experience required, starting pay $14.25/hr

And it's so unbelievably demotivating

What am I supposed to do if I can't afford a college education and can't get a scholarship because of my terrible GPA thanks in part to my depression and undiagnosed other illnesses?

The other job listings feel like they're just sites that rip your personal info and sell it, only to immediately send you a "We're sorry, you didn't make the cut!" email.

It feels like the system isn't meant to work for anyone who isn't born the child of a millionaire. Like you're expected to keep trying anyway, even when it's obvious the odds are stacked against you. And then if you complain about it, all the blame is pinned on you because you "didn't sell yourself well enough"

It's hard not to be bitter about that.