fuck this job.com

Wow - you just summarized both my and my husband's attitude lately.

My husband spent 5 full months looking for work. He was just trying to find an office gig to settle down in and pay off his student loans. The worst part was, every interview went great, but he kept coming in second because people worried if he could multi-task or other bullshit questions. The worst part was - it was OFFICE work - if you can get through college, you can do it, yet he couldn't get a job offer to save his life. And me, I'm stuck in a crappy job with a helicopter boss, looking for a new job and getting nowhere. I hear you on the escape to the mountains fantasy - I'm tired of going to as hit job so that I can pay rent on an apartment I'm never in. Ugh.

Anyway, just wanted to say good luck, keep looking - here's hoping something opens for you that is tolerable and that you're not crazy to see this whole system as utter bullshit.

hang in there king graham.

first, get a job SOMEWHERE. at least it will be a little money, and will get your mind off of of things. you might meet nice people- you never know. dont do what i did almost 2 years ago and deplete my savings that i struggled to have grow (about $4,000 in savings used up for rent during my period of unemployment. i had a tiny apt. that was $1,150 a month).

then you should think about some kind of vocational training. look, you dont have to become a truck driver, but you can learn HVAC, masonry, or whatever else is not office work.

maybe grad school?

youre going to have to face the music sooner or later. i just wish you the best-- i know how it is to be confused! i have, and STILL, think about living as a hippie in a nice RV near a lake, hunting rabbits and stuff!

if you said "the next 60 years" i assume you are in your early 20s. damn, you are still young. you will figure it out. but you have to take some initiative. talk to your parents, or, your grandparents, if they are alive. they probably see in you what you dont see, or dont realize.

Welcome to my world.

I agree with Jas...except about the hippie stuff- there's a reason the 60's ended.

Anyway, take any job that doesn’t make you miserable...just to hold you over until something better comes along. One of the advantages of crappy jobs is they don’t really have you by the balls, since it isn’t your career. Some of the sh*t jobs that everyone throws your way might actually provide good experience and help you get your foot in the door.

Interview for as many jobs as possible, this will improve your chances of finding a good job and when you do interview for the job you want, you will be ready. If you’re not getting many good leads, consider different approaches to finding work. Do you know anyone that works at a place you would like to work?

I'm a charter member. I know exactly how you feel. 2 months? Try 2 years. Yes, I've been actively looking for 2 years and have blogged about it here.

Wow that running into the mountains thing is a really good idea...It took me over a year to find a job after I graduated from college and now I am working and I really do think I am going to run away into the mountains

After high school, I had a friend who hitched and stole away on cargo trains all the way to Yosemite Park. She thought Yosemite was "way cool" so she stopped.

There she found a job shoveling shit in a stable for the park service, she loves horses. Got room and board, wasn't fancy but she loved it. In case anyone hasn't heard of Yosemite park, well it's one of the most beautiful and remote places in the country.

I sometimes think that after graduated high school/college I should have roamed the country just for fun instead of just jumping into job market.

Well maybe when I retire.

Mr. Plankton

I wish I had the guts to hitch rides on trains and just do what I needed to get along.

yeah this hit a nerve. I remember finishing university and getting a 9$ an hour administrative assistant job. I thought the pay was shit but the experience would be good. Unfortunately it was a true nightmare job. My boss ended up being a total pervert, he was about 60 years old, bald and fat and when I got mad and told him I didn't want to hear about his sex life after he tried to tell me something in detail, he moved me to the warehouse and then went on vacation for 3 weeks. I stayed in the warehouse for 3 weeks and then just quit the day he got back. I didn't want to cut into my savings by being unemployed for a long time so I went to an agency and got a retard office job for 8$ an hour. I endured that Hell only because some of my co-workers were pretty awesome people. I jumped about a year ago to a better paying job that affords me a pretty decent lifestyle but lets face it, I'm either at the higher end of shit money or the lower end of real money. Luckily I live in a city with one of the lowest costs of living in NA so I've managed to pile away a decent savings. What is the point of this? First off there's the fact that I could live about a year without a paycheque coming in so I no longer let my boss run me, and when you walk in there all confident it changes the way they treat you. Secondly I have this little plan, its called property. but not a house, more like something that I could make a profit out of....if I could just get tat break and find a decent paying job, I could do it withing 5 years and I'd be setting myself up for early early retirement. fuck this stupid ass working world.

Unfortunatly everything you said about work being a waste of time is so true. It's great for the people at the top, but what about the lower guys? We are underesstimated, underpaid, and when we do something good it goes unnoticed. I totally agree with you, work is a complete joke yet the way our society is you can't live without one. Its messed up.

Folks, it's time you get this through your thick skulls. The only reason they hire you is because you MAKE THEM MONEY. As soon as that is no longer profitable then you are gone. On average you make 5X-10X the amount of revenue compared to your pay. So if you are paid $10 per hour you likely create $50-$100 worth of revenue for your employer. Sad truth, employees are just disposable tools.

Wally