• sebastian [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    it's a job thing, for sure. do not tell them anything about your mental health, lie to them no matter how you have to. say you did freelance work as a mechanic, artist, hell even a babysitter. recruit some friends to get in on the lie as references. say you did it to have time for an ailing family member. whatever you gotta do.

    hell maybe even take a shitty fast food or retail job. they suck, but saying you're currently employed goes a long way in a job search. my brother went from a shit minimum wage fast food job to a 16.50/hr job with benefits, just by spring boarding off that.

    it sucks and capitalism is a nightmare

      • Mardoniush [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        A surprising amount of corporate assholes who view it as "lack of drive"

          • lad [none/use name]
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            4 years ago

            I'm not in any danger of losing my support system right now, I just finally crave independence and have some small bit of hope for my future.

            I'm kind of worried I might mentally check out if the job is too cancer though so I'm looking to avoid working cash registers, restaurants, fast food, anything where I must talk with random boomers constantly. The dream is maybe like stacking at a grocery store or a bestbuy or something.

          • crispyhexagon [none/use name]
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            4 years ago

            hardass workaholics will run you into the ground without blinking an eye. you [might] keep up with them or but youre scum. theres no in between empathy for subordinates

        • the_river_cass [she/her]
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          4 years ago

          ehh, even they will let that kind of thing lie for the most part. they don't want to show that they're raging assholes until after you've taken the job.

    • ComradeLove [he/him, comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      This, don't tell them about mental health struggles - That's not going to help. You were pursuing something, writing, music, taking care of your disabled grandma, fixing up beater cars and flipping them, something....