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I've been applying constantly, I've got references, I have previous work experience, I got resume help what can I possibly be doing wrong

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 days ago (4 children)

We need to actually admit that laying off and terminating employees is an act of violence.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I tried to frame my layoff this way to everyone I knew while I was unemployed. Suddenly I couldn’t go to the doctor, I was draining my savings to pay rent so I wouldn’t go homeless, and every trip to the grocery store felt like an indulgence. They make you suffer and starve to make their scraps more appealing when you get hired at a shittier job six months later

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Six months? Look at Mr. Employable here!

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 days ago

i have always seen it that way even before i became a communist i thought other people did too?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago

i had an ok paying job pre-covid, full benefits, gym in the office building, i was planning on working there for 5+ years. i didnt even work a year there and then i got laid off before the early pandemic lockdowns and ive struggled to get a consistent job since. gotta love capitalism!!!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Hard agree. Hell, porky just not being in the hiring mood is a form of violence.

What the fuck do you mean I am not allowed to start my life because employers “only hire the best of the best”? What the fuck am I supposed to do to get out of my parents? Hell, what am I supposed to do while I wait for porky to stop being scared of his own shadow and get off his lazy butt and start making jobs?