I’ve been unemployed, on and off, most of my working life (a decade or so)…
It really, really sucks.
Unfortunately, this resulted in me taking some really shit jobs, with abusive bosses, several of whom really screwed me over. On one occasion (two, if you count a week’s unpaid training for a job I decided not to follow through with, because it was fucking awful), I actually lost money as a result.
In general, just… Not fun. Especially living in rural whoop whoop, where there wasn’t, and indeed isn’t, many options…
My life would be entirely different, if I had been given a longer-term contract for a decent job, any decent job, at any point.
But hey, life just… Doesn’t always work that way, I guess.
Not making excuses for myself. I’m just saying… I feel your pain. And unfortunately, the longer you experience this, the worse it gets.
I’ve been unemployed, on and off, most of my working life (a decade or so)…
It really, really sucks.
Unfortunately, this resulted in me taking some really shit jobs, with abusive bosses, several of whom really screwed me over. On one occasion (two, if you count a week’s unpaid training for a job I decided not to follow through with, because it was fucking awful), I actually lost money as a result.
In general, just… Not fun. Especially living in rural whoop whoop, where there wasn’t, and indeed isn’t, many options…
My life would be entirely different, if I had been given a longer-term contract for a decent job, any decent job, at any point.
But hey, life just… Doesn’t always work that way, I guess.
Not making excuses for myself. I’m just saying… I feel your pain. And unfortunately, the longer you experience this, the worse it gets.