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Frustration
In general, I am not a frustrated person. But I finally got a job lead, a thing that has been very difficult to do. I can make a real living wage, I thought - maybe I can actually afford a place to live, food, instead of being stuck relying on family. They really wanted to interview me!
So I called today. Can you drive? they asked. Yes! I said. Are you on drugs? they said. No, unless you count prescription medication, I said.
So she goes, Oh, prescription medication-- you'll have to call our company doctor and get cleared to continue this interview.
Okay, that's fine! I called the doctor. I tell him my list of medications. Some of them are cancer treatment medications: hormone therapy. They aren't chemotherapy (thank God!). I can do everything totally normally; I live life like any other person. There are some mild side effects, but according to my doctors, I should be out living life and getting jobs like anyone else. But this doctor got all uptight about it.
Oh, he says, well, I'll need a letter from each doctor, stating you are in stable condition and that there are no restrictions. Because you're in chemotherapy.
But I'm not in chemotherapy.
"I still need a doctor's note that you are stable and can work."
I'm already working!!!
I'm so frustrated. Sure, they can send the note along. But it will mean lots of extra hassle and now there's already a red flag on me as an employee. Sure, they can't refuse to hire me because of the cancer. But will they want to hire me? I sincerely doubt it. :( Companies don't want people with difficulties. They want people who are easy. I have to be on this medication for 5-8 years. I just want someone to put a little bit of trust in my ability as a worker for once.
I feel very discouraged. I know it's not productive, but financial troubles are crushingly stressful right now. This job felt like a lifesaver in a sea of impossible jobs! I was so willing to do it!
Maybe they will still call me. Maybe...
Sorry for this less than cheery post. It just seems like everywhere I turn, there's a bracket of thorns in the path of a new job, or hope for being independent.




Don't get discouraged.
Don't get demoralized.
Everything you do is a step forward even though it sometimes feels like a step backward.
Half of finding a job is NOT getting discouraged/demoralized.
You have to dig deep and try to stay positive.
Rejections are part of the path of success. And this isn't a rejection yet so don't throw your arms up and treat it like a loss before you've pursued it further.
You're making progress, you just need to keep going.
Okay :) You are right.
Thank you ❤
Grr...
So cute <3
hehe, thank you for grrring on my behalf
When I was looking for work, I also used a recruiter. A gaggle of them in fact. When I found a job I wrote all of them personal thank you cards. That one thing blew their minds. I got calls afterwards in shocked disbelief and gratitude.
Update: the recruiter says this is pretttty common. So I feel a littttle better. But gosh, I wish I didn't have to go through these hoops.
And the doctor was so... uptight :P
sneaks into the room, looking left and right to make sure the coast is clear, then POUNCES!
hehehe!
Can you hula-hoop?
Jump through them... Make it look easy.
Even if it isn't this job that works out. Learn. Grow. And power on through.
You got this.
Yes... yes!!! I CAN DO THIS :D
Thank you, Lizzie <3 <3 <3
You're the best.
Good luck Elly. Leave no possibility unexplored. I mean heck... You're always saying you feel trapped by certain types of jobs but look at this, they already called to talk to you. Keep that bit of hope in your pocket.
Yes :D This is a CDL job - crazy amounts of money, and that's what I need. Not to be rich, just to pay off debt and actually afford an apartment and food!
hugs You feel how you feel, whether it's "productive" or not. Screw productive, that's not what feelings are for. It is frustrating. So very frustrating! I hope this one comes through, and if not, that something else does soon. My husband and I are both job hunting right now, so I feel a bit of your pain.
<3 !
This week (I'm not home right now), I'll redirect a little funding in your direction. It's not really significant, but hopefully others follow suit.
Absolutely ok! One of the worst parts of under/unemployment is all the points you can blame yourself. (The word "sorry" starts increasing. But of course, mutual support is the point of community. And it's not your fault—we're just born into an immoral world that refuses to employ idle hands desperately looking for work—when so much work needs to be done!)
Anyway, anyone reading between the lines of your other posts already knew much of what you wrote. One reason I proposed Imzy fund your work, when they explained how much you helped earn for them. An Imzy without you would be greatly diminished. (For example, unbeknownst to you, two things you did set into motion something that changed my life massively—I'm a ridiculously more content person because of it. I'm not the only one.)
Oh, my, please don't feel like you need to do that! :) People have already been really generous with my travel things! I do have a job, it is just not paying enough and doesn't have enough hours.
But I'm deeply grateful that you would want to help me.
Thank you for saying it's okay to be less than cheery - this one time ;)
WHOA - what did I set in motion? SO COOL! Or, you don't have to tell me :)
WOW - I made someone more content and that is amazing!
This makes me feel so good and happy!
Thank you for the pick me up, sleepy machine :) !!!
Everyone here is so wonderfully kind and I am so happy people like my work on here!