No.303738
>>303736Landed a junior job meant for 18-20 year olds at the ripe age of 27. My first ever real job.
Been here for 2.5 years and the people that start are better at it after 2 months than I am now.
I made no efforts to better myself.
Didn't finish education despite attending several universities. Never got any certifications in this field either to progress up the ladder or at least solidify my position.
I'm unable to learn. Unable to pursue anything unless circumstances force my hand.
Wouldn't even bother taking a bath daily if I was left to my own devices.
Ironically I'm still willing to pray to never lose this job. I can't imagine doing interviews again praying for something not 1000x worse than this.
At least this is as comfortable as I can ever hope to get.
NEETdom is no longer an option, but I mourn having lost what I had every Sunday. Every weekend filled with dread of the coming workweek instead of providing some relief.
I'm genuinely shocked to see my coworkers do all this while getting an education, having family, children, working towards cars, homes and whatnot with a ton of hobbies and interests that they also pursue.
I don't have the energy for a single hobby. Can't fully pursue anything despite in theory desiring it greatly.
Anyone here managed to spend time on anything fun while being a wageslave?
Anything other than easy consumption hobbies at least like movies, anime, manga, video games and the like. Not trying to hate on those, but to me those are activities I can mostly turn my brain off for.
Interested to hear if someone managed to pursue something that required a bit more effort on their part.
Time is moving faster than ever before as well. I'm shocked to even see I've been employed for this long. Even more shocking is the old man looking back in the mirror at times.
I fear death and running out of time, regrets of never having done anything, yet I persist.
Would I have the energy if I wasn't a wageslave? Did I? I prefer not to answer myself.
No.303780
Buy Bitcoin for fuck's sake.
No.303790
Fell for the security meme and they only ever station me at ridiculously dangerous and high alert level locations such as low income/welfare ridden retail stores. Every hour I have some crazy customer trying to fight me and saying he's going to kill me. Been assaulted many times and the boss just asked if I'm going to be ok to still work tomorrow. I thought I was just going to sit inside a booth somewhere and let authorized people inside whilst I browsed the internet on my phone or laptop I was going to buy for this exact purpose. Horrible job I do no reccomend it. I have spoken with industry veterans and they said my ideal description of this job stopped existing 10 years ago for the most part in this country. We are essentially just low level, minimum wage, no power having pretend police officers that everyone hates. I should have known a 4 week course for a job was a bad sign
No.303792
>>303790Are you allowed to fight back and wreck people?
No.303793
>>303790The comfy milk run security jobs exists but they're hogged by industry boomers who will not let anyone else have them.
My recommendation is to get on night shift as fast as you can.
No.303794
>>303793>they're hogged by industry boomers"industry boomers" is a strange way to spell "imported brown third-world nepobabies"
No.303795
>>303794No, it's white boomers hogging all the milk runs for security here. Jeets get placed on the cuck role outside of jewelry stores standing in one spot for 8 hours a day like a statue.
No.303796
>>303790Had the same idea 2.5 years ago before I found my job.
Did the course, they let literal retards pass without study too so idk. I was the only one who stressed about it.
My health was horrid at the time, still isn't the greatest, but I kept seeing retirees and 600 pound can't even walk type of dudes in positions like that so whatever.
Long story short, you are right, it's 100% nepotism and "knowing a guy" type of environment. Not really well suited for our kind.
Also I was hoping for a sitting job at that point, the type you mention, but most of the jobs nowadays that hire openly expect you to patrol around most of the shift and then stand at a spot for the rest.
Absolutely not worth it.
No.303802
>>303790become a cop, then.
I mean, your complaint contains that "no power" problem. A proper cop could do stuff a security dude wouldn't.
No.303806
I've been looking for a job for several years now. Honestly, I live in Eastern Europe, and finding a job in a small town is a nightmare. I changed jobs frequently when I was younger, and my work history is, to put it mildly, not very good. Employers, seeing my history, say, "Fuck you!" They think I'm a weirdo and an idiot (although they're right: who would look for a job for four years? And waste time on this website? Only a fucking autistic bastard like me). I don't know about white (first-world) countries, but our laws are against workers: a worker is a loser and a slave to the system. I don't even have any education or useful skills. The labor market in third-world countries is, frankly, a living hell. I hope I die before I'm 30.
No.303807
I fell for college meme in my thirties, studied half-remotely during work. Then left my work because it became ultra toxic environment, hopeful that I can find something better with my newly acquired bachelor degree. Boy I was wrong, got a few interviews leading to nothing, out of dozens applications. There is not much to apply to anymore, except for manual labor. Now I continue with a major which is nice, but savings are draining quickly (mostly spent on rent). Will have to resolve this soon.
No.303819
The witchhunts are over I think at mine, getting chased around for 'violations' and write ups finally stopped. I wish they would have just been honest about downsizing needs and laid a few people off instead of firing and forcing people to quit (I assume it's to avoid paying out unemployment fees to the state). Managers and HR are a special breed of evil.
>>303793Yep, morning shift at the warehouse is coffee and screwing around on your phone - all 50+ guys that have been there 20 years. Absolute cake job. Just need to do an hourly lot check 8).
No.303820
>>303804Town bullies, I've attracted a few. I had one guy yelling at me to quit looking at his wife's ass - he sauntered through the door slower on purpose to block me from going through to start some shit. I just pushed past. Takes a special kind of loser to pick fights with people that are obviously on the clock.
No.303821
>>303804>I guess you can always tell when someone's faking being dangerousnon-autist's superpower, congratz on that
No.303826
I work in pizza delivery. Halloween is tomorrow. We're gonna be swamped man. But i really really want to stop working and take a break but i can't due to our money troubles. Just tired of working. Just tired. Just.
No.303845
>>303806Just lie on your CV.
No.303868
>>303861(0rpt corps willing to "upgrade" my autism to paranoid schizophrenia, lock me up for life "because he's dangerous ooooooh, soooooooo dangerous my spine shivered the moment i saw him"
oh and they don't tend to diagnose adult people with autism here.
No.303870
>>303861The gibs for disability in my country are like 70$ a month. It's laughable. I wouldn't be able to afford food.
>>303868Also this. In Post-Soviet countries, you are diagnosed with autism only in childhood, then you are "upgraded" to schizophrenia. At least it's what my psych told me. That being said, I can get gibs for a physical disability of mine, but again, it isn't worth it.
To get a disability, you need to pay fat bribes to doctors, otherwise they wouldn't even consider it.
Wizzies in shithole countries wageslave for a good reason, the system is rigged.
No.303918
I'm no wageslave, because my job doesn't pay me so.
No.303926
I got a call from the boss asking why I wasn't at work (I wasn't scheduled). Boss works on salary and comes and goes 7 days a week (workaholic) and forgets you can't just run hourly employees in and out all day on whimsy. It's still going to count against me for not being at work lol.
No.303994
>>303792Fighting back is never advised, they're likely to pull a knife. Plus I'd get in trouble with my job and likely the law.
>>303793You certainly need to know a guy. Those positions exist for rich people to nepotism their kids into so they can just sit around 8 hours a day and somehow get double the pay they should be getting. No chance of me finding it but I'll obviously keep an eye out.
>>303796We only needed to say we won't attack/defend ourselves. That was literally the only question on the test aside from stuff like "what does a flashlight do?". The course is a racket. My last job I had to stand guard at self service checkout machines with 2 succubi who were giving me dirty looks the entire time. Was an insanely bad day. I need a new job.
>>303802The average entry, and even mid level cop also has essentially no power in my country. They don't even have guns, only specialized units do. They even get heavily critised if they use a tazer on someone who is actively attacking them with a weapon. Terrible country my friend. Also cops often have to drive a lot, I hate driving so much
No.303995
>>303861my country recently made new laws making disabled people have to find jobs lol. unless you have no arms and legs you can't access aid. Let's say someone has paralyzed legs, he still must find a job somehow
No.303999
I need some advice from long term wage slaves, like 5 years plus. I'm in it for over 4 years myself now. One thing I really can't manage to do is to do something I enjoy or something that is productive after work. Like I have all these tasks or interests I want to pursue but instead all I do is either nothing, waste time with video games that I hate ( I like video games, but I play the most repetitive brain dead slob) or feel miserable and exhausted and dead inside. I want to break the cycle. Is it even possible? How did you do it?
No.304000
>>303999Here's what I would recommend. Get some productivity software. Treat productive hobbies like they are as serious as work. In fact it is more serious. One is working for someone else. The other is working for you to make your life better even if only in a subjective sense. But better and best are subjective anyway so that is the only kind of making life better.
Instead of treating life like an unused rounding error on the side of work, treat work like it is a temporary deviation from life.
I wish I could share the software I use but it's not very self explanatory. But there is other stuff out there. Sure none of it is as good IMO. At least not for what I want to do. But something is better than nothing.
When a business wants an outcome they use software. When you want an outcome for your life you should use software. Which is more important. A business getting the outcomes they want, or your life getting the outcomes you want?
If your life is more important, and it is, then it justifies more and better software than they have.
No.304006
>>303995At least with that you don't have to work most labour intensive jobs that require leg work, like strenuous construction jobs. I mean if your legs don't work, most jobs that are available to you are IT related, working from a computer.
No.304015
>>303894Did nightshift for about a year, you'll get permanent brain damage from it and people will think you're a methhead. I'd recommend some blackout blinds, Ikea has some good ones.
Try not to smoke cigs/drink coffee obsessively (good luck) and just go to sleep when you get home instead of trying to 'reset' your sleep schedule.
What's your job anyway?
No.304018
>>304015oh yes, night shifts.
I used to believe its nothing until I tried. Night shifts and maybe people who DO ruin your head and maybe your life
No.304021
>>304018context: I failed to realize I have VERY sunny windows and no blackout curtains hence no sleep.
It was quite a torture.
No.304035
>>304015>Did nightshift for about a year, you'll get permanent brain damage from it and people will think you're a methhead.Thank God it's just a temporary thing until New Years.
>I'd recommend some blackout blinds, Ikea has some good ones.I'm a little too broke to get some new blinds right now but I reckon taping some cardboard boxes to my windows should work until my first paycheck hits, I'll keep Ikea in mind though.
>What's your job anyway?Stocking shelves at a supermarket, they get the night shift workers to stock everything at night apparently so most of the people around the store during the day are just cashiers and people fulfilling online orders.
No.304038
>>304000Your answer is very much appreciated.
>Treat productive hobbies like they are as serious as work. In fact it is more serious. One is working for someone else. The other is working for you to make your life better even if only in a subjective sense.This is so obvious that I think I've forgotten about this when the grinding started. I was always thinking and worried that there is no way I would ever be able to have a job and keep it for a longer because I'm too broken, but I think it's pretty stable right now and I have a secured position and I shouldn't worry about this anymore and can finally start to care about myself again when work time's over.
>Instead of treating life like an unused rounding error on the side of work, treat work like it is a temporary deviation from life.Very well put and I'm stuck at the first version of this sentence. In fact my private life feels just like waiting for work again. That's not bearable for many more decades.
>Get some productivity software.>I wish I could share the software I use but it's not very self explanatory.The way you make it mysterious makes me wonder what exactly you mean. This year I bought a DAW for music composition and mixing but I haven't even used it for 5 minutes. That's what I would start with, I guess that's one option what you meant when talking about productivity software.
No.304044
>>304035cardboard? cool.
I have an idea: put "inner" side of the cardboard towards the street and "outer" - the one with the writings - towards the room
why: looks less obnoxious
Frankly, I never realized I could simply cardBOARD my wndows rather than splurge $$$ on blackout curtains. In 2022, however, I got cheap yet efficient blackouties from an online marketplace and not IKEA. They still do the job.
No.304056
Keep getting headaches at work. I hope it gets so bad that I get a stroke so I can claim benefits, or it just fucking kills me.
No.304062
>>304056Make sure to avoid paracetamol tablets overdosing as paracetamol may poison your liver up.
Thats an unironically good reason for you to see a state-paid doctor or start asking Grok/DeepThink for possible causes of your headaches - what if you have a *generalized* headache caused by caffeine overdosing and ruined sleep hygiene? That'll help your employer to brush your "claim" off.
No.304063
>>304056>>304062>Make sure to avoid paracetamol tablets overdosing as paracetamol may poison your liver up.I mean, it's /dep/, yes, but even that "claim" "benefts" part may fall apart due to judge taking parace'-poisoned liver into consideration.
No.304102
>>303780I already bought a shit ton of crypto and I'm out $30k..
No.304103
FUCK 2024 went by so fucking fast but 2025 is so fucking slow I fucking hate myself.
I fucking blinked and 2024 was over.
What fucking changed for this year to be so fucking slow?
Literally bullshit. Every single day is slow. Every single week is slow. Every single month is slow. Fuck..
No.304111
>>304108Warehouser here.
I somehow survived my boss' yell by offering him to solve a massive tech problem with a BYOD method. Basically, I offered him to let me use my old smartphone as a work celly ("it used to be the flagship Sam phone ergo it just cannot have a cheap wacky antenna!")
I am so sorry the yelling ruined your job's comfyness…
No.304114
>>304108You unfortunately quit at the worst time. Companies have been laying people off since 2023 and it’s only gonna get worse as they eventually have to announce the recession.
No.304171
I think I could just watch this show over and over for the rest of my life and call it a day. Working sucks. Yes. I said it. I am not an exploitable slave for the capital if I do that and not a valuable member of society. I'll start tomorrow.
No.304180
>>304179>and sometimes I work 90 hours of cold, wet labor in a single week1. Cotton t-shirts can be cheap
2. Wear several
3. Try thrift hunting for a REEBOOK fluffy coat. They can vent your sweat away if you wear cotton tees and not some synthetic ones
4. ynthetic tees just won't let your body humidity through hence making you sweaty.
No.304181
>>304180>2. Wear several*edit - carry several [backup t-shirts] so your sweat could go into a haha funny laundry bag
No.304194
>>304185Normies love that "ah. It's broken, sorry m8 can't do a thingy"
No.304202
Thoughts on the diogenes route?
No.304207
>>304194We have Britbongs on Wiz?
No.304316
Fucked up my feet two days into a new labouring job and had to take the Friday off, the agency called me back in tomorrow so maybe I'm not entirely useless.
No.304317
The absolute worst part about working any job is dealing with the duplicitous, back-stabbing, ignorant, rude, and hostile people occupying the same space as me. I abhor working alongside people, I'm sure what how or why my problem originates. I am clean, average height, average-looking, financially stable, quiet and reserved–but polite enough to facilitate social interactions. I've not always been an outcast, but around puberty I withdrew and its only during adulthood people showed their true colors to me. I've endured slander, malicious gossip, verbal abuse and harassment, and even stalking from former classmates, coworkers, and neighbors alike. It's always the same. People hear about me from some sadistic group of stalkers and they turn against me to obtain social relevance. I hate the idea of collectivism because of how outrageously unfair it is to live as an individual because of this tribal herd-morality which has snuffed out the peace in my life. All I want is to be left alone, but people want to use and abuse me for their own ends and means; and when I refuse to participate in the social ruse, I am branded a coward. It's disgraceful.
Soon I will finish school and obtain employment in what has been advertised to me as a solitary vocation. The hours can be brutal and the pay meagre at first, but I will endure this labor also. Wish me luck and grace, Wizards.
No.304318
>>303738That's a very relatable situation. Do your coworkers mistreat or belittle you for your lesser performance. I'm treated like rubbish even when I'm performing efficiently. NEETdom is truly a blessing, I'm thankful for my time as a NEET but I wish it never ended. Hopefully, after 10-15 years of working I can retire early and just live out the rest of my time in peaceful loneliness. People are insufferable.
>>303790 I was a security guard too, except I received one of the cushiony do-nothing jobs you described. It's really not that good, in fact, it's genuinely a terrible job. I was paid awfully and treated like a murderous rapist by my fellow coworkers. I was verbally harassed on a nightly basis, everyone knew about it but did absolutely nothing. The supervisor was Black and I think he hated me because I was White. He let wigger faggots do and say anything they wanted; honestly, it was a shitty job. People suck fat donkey nuts like lust-crazed whores. Seriously, I hate them and feel intense joy even when they are slightly inconvenienced.
I pissed in booth I was assigned to and the thing reeked of piss for months. I'm glad I did it too, but it still wasn't enough considering the unforgiving ostracism I endured.
>>303806 I was thinking of migrating to Eastern Europe after saving money for a decade or longer. Any opinions or criticisms?
No.304331
>>304317>The absolute worst part about working any job is dealing with the duplicitous, back-stabbing, ignorant, rude, and hostile people occupying the same space as me. I abhor working alongside people, I'm sure what how or why my problem originates. I am clean, average height, average-looking, financially stable, quiet and reserved–but polite enough to facilitate social interactions. I've not always been an outcast, but around puberty I withdrew and its only during adulthood people showed their true colors to me. I've endured slander, malicious gossip, verbal abuse and harassment, and even stalking from former classmates, coworkers, and neighbors alike. It's always the same. People hear about me from some sadistic group of stalkershold it
why not spend 20$ to upgrade your social status in social media? Some… curated opinions? You'll look cuter then, so people will be more inclined to hear of you from a cute source.
No.304332
>>304331I don't use social media and that had to be the weirdest comment directed toward me I've read on this website. Isn't this supposed to be an agora for celibates? Not just the involuntary kind either.
No.304365
>>303790>>303795>>303790>>303790all facts. i tried security multiple times (australia) and its a fucking nightmare job. i walked out on my last role because they wouldnt let me use my airpods to listen to podcast or whatever and expected me to stand in one spot for 6-8 hours and physically block and impede thieving abos.
other sec jobs i tried were also mega boring and dehumanising and the one okish one i had was in a mega mall but they expected a ridiculous amount of work and perfection from you for minimum wage. very stressful and i also probably got fired because i wouldnt (didnt know how to) join their coffee slurping social circle.
all facts. i tried security multiple times (australia) and its a fucking nightmare job. i walked out on my last role because they wouldnt let me use my airpods to listen to podcast or whatever and expected me to stand in one spot for 6-8 hours and physically block and impede thieving abos.
other sec jobs i tried were also mega boring and dehumanising and the one okish one i had was in a mega mall but they expected a ridiculous amount of work and perfection from you for minimum wage. very stressful and i also probably got fired because i wouldnt (didnt know how to) join their coffee slurping social circle.
No.304368
>>304365feel bad for you as a kiwi, abos are way less emotional than our kind here. they are more like rabid animals who attack for no reason and the media/police/society wants to defend them for some reason.
The social aspect of any job is the hidden iceberg where if you cant do that you are going to get kicked out
No.304375
>>304332>agora for celibates100%, has that vibe. I think 304331 got lost somehow (or more likely a cut and paste bot from youtube/reddit/yahoo comment section).
No.304381
>>304332>>304375…
I did not mean "improving" as in something-maxxing or looking for relationship, none of non-wis stuff was meant.
My idea is: try spending 20$ on having your name praised/mentioned IN SOME CONTEXT YOU PICK online several times, or something like that.
This way, you'll avoid that "mystery man" aura of an un-googleable man. Some succs love mystery aura
No.304382
>>304381>Some succs love mystery auracontext: so, heres an idea to deter them…
No.304423
>>304317I gave up on society and got some skills and started working in IT from home, freelance.
Where are you planning to work that is advertised as a solitary vocation?
No.304463
Why are boomer customers so fucking retarded? I had this happen to be 10+ times today:
>Old boomer asks me where something is
>"That's in number 12"
>The boomer scowls and just stares at me
>"Number 12 sir"
>It continues looking at me
>I decide fuck it and get back to what I was doing
>"DON'T YOU WALK AWAY FROM ME"
… Luckily at my job I can tell them to fuck off if they act up, which I take insane pleasure in doing so.
No.304465
>>304463Some folks (myself included) could use a reminder like
>AISLE number 12or even
>see plaques with numbers? See the one with twelve on it. Should be somewehre there. No.304470
>>304465I can kind of tell when someone is slow/dumb/needs extra help. I'm more upset at them just looking at me for too long and being rude after I gave them the EXACT answer. Even literal gang bangers act more polite than these types.
No.304479
>>304470Ha, had some guy lose his phone and was asking what I was going to do about it (I'm calling the black helicopters for you right now sir, We'll get to the bottom of this!). Agreed on the sketchy crowd, I'd rather deal with them.