It’s been a year since I was let go from my last full time, permanent job. I’ve never been able to find work since then. I know that if they were to just put me on the desk, I’d do the job well and excel at it. But nobody will do that. Because I can’t network. I’m sorry, but I can’t fake sincerity. I can’t pretend I’m not just talking to someone because I want a job. But this arbitrary thing that has nothing to do with the job is apparently the end-all-be-all of finding work.
I used to always hear people say “it’s not what you know it’s who you know” and i can’t say that’s ever been proven wrong. Sorry comrade
I hear ya and feel the same way. Really cool I’m cursed with a brain that needs to map out conversations because I wasn’t given the part that “naturally” learns to socialize. Works great at Friday Night Magic, not so much when trying to pretend I care about football.
If “god” is real I want to meet him so I can punch him in the face.
If someone is really chatty and talks to you the whole time during a match at FNM does it bother you? It’s me I’m the chatty guy but someone’s I’m not sure if I’m bothering the quieter people
Imagine living in a society where it’s considered a privilege to sell your labor to someone else
I was in a similar position after moving states and found a government work placement program that helped me. You may wanna try that while they still have funding. I have also found networking groups on meet-up that look decent and everyone is openly looking to boost careers. Best of luck out there friend
In the private sector? Yes.
Neurodivergent by chance?
I’m about to lose my job because my boss gave me an assignment with a ton of unstructured datasets from various sources, no relationships between them and is asking me to create visualizations out of everything. Convinced that I’ve only gotten jobs because my previous employers have seen a way in which they might be able to capitalize off of “quirks” of mine
I try to bring structure into an org and instead of valuing the suggestion to make things more efficient, the company continues operating like everything being on fire is just the way it is
Yes, I’m neurodivergent.
Sorry about that. The real full-time jobs I got were a call center helpdesk that was basically just a sweatshop where they pretty much only wanted to put butts in seats, two jobs during the covid job market, in which it was so much in our favor, it was ridiculous, and one temporary job.
Have you been getting interviews at least?
Sometimes, yes.
If you have bad 关系, you’re not going to get far in life beyond toiling in a factory if you’re lucky enough for that.
