Quit my job
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Welcome to life? Working is about doing something you probably won't like for hours on end to appease the bullshit economical system. Very, VERY few people do what they enjoy. Hell, I paid $11,000 for six months of the best automotive schooling there was in my country to make what you're currently making working on cars, and now I'm making the same amount driving pizza around.asmidir said:
You'll get used to hating what you do, its my best guess that even if you love doing something, making a job out of it tends to make you hate it, if not for the monotony of the work, for the people you have to work for. It's just life. You toil at work to get money to enjoy the rest of it.
Who cares if its crushing your soul, you need money. Everyone needs money. Money needs money. Thats how they reproduce and make change (lol).
is that even a question? 13 an hour for 5 hours on weekends dear god ill trade you how bout 7.25 an hour telling drug addicts they cant get thier vicadin cuz medicaid wont pay for it until tommorow at a pharmacy for 20 hours a week. That interferes with studies. keep it and be thankful youve got it.
This times 1000. I worked at a call center and I'm telling you that, while I would never ever do it myself, it made me understand why somebody might snap and pull an office shooting. There were days when I welcomed the thought in fact.FanofDeath said:
I have a friend who worked at a factory where they freeze dried meat and/or meat by-products. He said the smell was unbearable, and the thing that got the workers really excited was the one week a year when they got to freeze dry strawberries instead of meat. Think about that: the highlight of your year is that you get to repetitively freeze dry strawberries instead of meat.
My point is most jobs are crap. Does your job still sound awful by comparison? And consider you're getting paid a heck of a lot more.
For the amount you're getting paid you should probably stick with it, because like many have said, you wont find much better when you're still in high school, and there is far far worse out there.
Also, so the people at the restaurant are looking down on you? Well fuck em'.
What job did they have in school that was so much better: VP of a law firm? No, they were doing the same menial shit that everybody does when they're in school.
13 an hour for just that!! For the love of monkeys and cheese, keep the damn job. There are people who actually do real soul crushing jobs for less.
Also who cares what other people think. It is not like this is going to be your life goal job or anything. Suck it up, save your money, finish school, and then quit.
Also who cares what other people think. It is not like this is going to be your life goal job or anything. Suck it up, save your money, finish school, and then quit.
Dude I was getting $9 an hour to clean effing toilets, don't even dare to complain...I only got AT MAX 21 hours a week, I would've killed for your job with that pay...Don't you dare quit unless you live near me and can have me take your placeasmidir said:
Let me ask you a question. Would you rather do your job or work from 10pm - 8am stacking shelves? that is my job! That is a soul crushing job!asmidir said:
Can't you search for a new job while still keeping your old one? Just apply to a few places, and if one of them offers to hire you, you can quit the soul crushing one? :/
(I know its way easier than it sounds..)
But 13 an hour? daaaaamn. xD
(I know its way easier than it sounds..)
But 13 an hour? daaaaamn. xD
Do what i do, work at a liesure centre. and win at life.
But seriously, I used to work at a clothes shop and hated it, but i stuck it out til i found something that i enjoy, i needed money for driving lessons.
Find a job you like, then quit.
But seriously, I used to work at a clothes shop and hated it, but i stuck it out til i found something that i enjoy, i needed money for driving lessons.
Find a job you like, then quit.
Asmidir,
I got a job today doing exactly what you described and training for all the other duties involved in a cafe. I have 3 years experience working in a variety of Administration roles (repetition++) so I understand your feelings exactly.
It's important to find balance with your work and study, realise that the work is there to support your studies. It seems counter-intuitive at first but when you don't have work you'll study less because you'll have less money to spend on meaningful breaks and you'll feel less motivated because you are not moving about.
I would suggest mentioning to your boss you'd like to learn a new skill, make sure it's something small, like learning to pour drinks and serve wine.
As for feeling a bit small, money and skills make the rules, the study will help you there and you will need that casual job to support you through uni until it becomes a career that is fulfilling.
To make things easier right now use a hobby avenue like gaming, get proficient in one game, play it with mates, see your friends, get some exercise, learn to play an instrument, listen to music, read even. When you feel a bit recharged do a little of your year 11 study too.
I got a job today doing exactly what you described and training for all the other duties involved in a cafe. I have 3 years experience working in a variety of Administration roles (repetition++) so I understand your feelings exactly.
It's important to find balance with your work and study, realise that the work is there to support your studies. It seems counter-intuitive at first but when you don't have work you'll study less because you'll have less money to spend on meaningful breaks and you'll feel less motivated because you are not moving about.
I would suggest mentioning to your boss you'd like to learn a new skill, make sure it's something small, like learning to pour drinks and serve wine.
As for feeling a bit small, money and skills make the rules, the study will help you there and you will need that casual job to support you through uni until it becomes a career that is fulfilling.
To make things easier right now use a hobby avenue like gaming, get proficient in one game, play it with mates, see your friends, get some exercise, learn to play an instrument, listen to music, read even. When you feel a bit recharged do a little of your year 11 study too.
Honestly?
Get used to it.
Once you get out of school, you are going to start working until you either die or have enough money to retire. That's it. Even if it is a job that you studied for, dreamed about, otherwise LOVE, there will be days when you dread going in and want to quit.
Problem is: you can't unless you have a back-up plan, unless you want to live on welfare/the dole.
Being an adult sucks sometimes, but it's still better than being a kid. Make your money while you can-especially if you can get away with only part-time at this point in yer life. It'll get better, you just have to stick it out until you can find a better job and quit your current one.
Get used to it.
Once you get out of school, you are going to start working until you either die or have enough money to retire. That's it. Even if it is a job that you studied for, dreamed about, otherwise LOVE, there will be days when you dread going in and want to quit.
Problem is: you can't unless you have a back-up plan, unless you want to live on welfare/the dole.
Being an adult sucks sometimes, but it's still better than being a kid. Make your money while you can-especially if you can get away with only part-time at this point in yer life. It'll get better, you just have to stick it out until you can find a better job and quit your current one.
FanofDeath said:
Well You're getting paid 13 an hour to go around and collect plates or trays or whatever the hell you're picking up, and that's pretty damn good for something so simple. On the otherhand, I know how a soul crushing job is, and it's even worse where you can't at least work up a sweat doing it (after raking 3 acres of land, you realize that at some point you stopped caring about the job itself and just focused on getting it done). I'll put this question to you, do you think you have enough money? If so, gtfo, if not gtfi.hittite said:
If you think this job is soul destroying, wait a few years. Eventually the grind of a daily routine, except for incredibly lucky/smart individuals will grind down your soul.
Even if you go to University and you come out with a degree in whatever, that does not mean a job will be handed to you. I would say 85% of all people will end up in soul destroying monotony. I work rotating 8 hour shifts, 5 days a week, for £7 an hour, which is above minimum wage but still. Since I bought a car I've had to work 12 hour rotating shifts, including some weekends, meaning I can easily go 21 days without a day off, working with unsociable hours so I don't get to go out, see people, or even game.
At the same time, my life is pretty cushy compared to other people, throughout the economic downturn I managed to keep my job for the duration, I'm in no debt, I'm not gonna lose the roof over my head or anything like that, so I can't complain at all. It's hard certainly, just as you see your current situation as hard but in the grand scheme of things we have it pretty good.
As for the work itself, maybe you see it as demeaning or something, picking up peoples plates and washing them? Again I can only use myself as a referance, Myself and another guy unload container lorries, which are freezing in the winter and become like an oven in the summer. Sometimes it'll be 500 boxes of stuff weighing over 100lbs each, or it'll be 5000 tiny boxes. We have to unload, stack, wrap, sort out all the paperwork involved, all with a 3 hour time limit for each trailer.
By all means look for another job, or if you can afford it just enjoy the time you have left without one untill you have no choice anymore, just remember the majority of jobs suck, so whatever you end up doing will eventually end up sucking your soul.
Even if you go to University and you come out with a degree in whatever, that does not mean a job will be handed to you. I would say 85% of all people will end up in soul destroying monotony. I work rotating 8 hour shifts, 5 days a week, for £7 an hour, which is above minimum wage but still. Since I bought a car I've had to work 12 hour rotating shifts, including some weekends, meaning I can easily go 21 days without a day off, working with unsociable hours so I don't get to go out, see people, or even game.
At the same time, my life is pretty cushy compared to other people, throughout the economic downturn I managed to keep my job for the duration, I'm in no debt, I'm not gonna lose the roof over my head or anything like that, so I can't complain at all. It's hard certainly, just as you see your current situation as hard but in the grand scheme of things we have it pretty good.
As for the work itself, maybe you see it as demeaning or something, picking up peoples plates and washing them? Again I can only use myself as a referance, Myself and another guy unload container lorries, which are freezing in the winter and become like an oven in the summer. Sometimes it'll be 500 boxes of stuff weighing over 100lbs each, or it'll be 5000 tiny boxes. We have to unload, stack, wrap, sort out all the paperwork involved, all with a 3 hour time limit for each trailer.
By all means look for another job, or if you can afford it just enjoy the time you have left without one untill you have no choice anymore, just remember the majority of jobs suck, so whatever you end up doing will eventually end up sucking your soul.
Keep the job, it's not too hard to balance school and work. Everyone at my school (We're Year 12) is doing it fine.
I'm not though. I'm skint and seemingly unemployable. No one wants a punk employee.
I'm not though. I'm skint and seemingly unemployable. No one wants a punk employee.