Sort of right, but a lot of assumptions. - sleepymt Posted: Oct 23rd, 2024 - 8:47 pm In Reply to: They - Keep Holding on to Hope
I'm still doing this because it's the only thing I know. I prefer/often need remote work for various reasons, which I can't find elsewhere. I have a degree and a certificate or two for certain skillsets but they don't mean anything.
It's not like 10 years ago or even 5. People don't want to train you. You have to already have the skills/knowledge/certification, etc about how to do job, work the equipment, etc. Even in customer service (which I'm not suitable for), you have to have experience, which I don't have. With food prep or hospitality, you need a food handling license and experience. Even in janitorial jobs, experience and licensing are key.
"Many" work from home jobs? No, there aren't. Lots of scams, sure. It's not an excuse, it's a fact. If you have the skills they want, great, you'll find what you're looking for. If you don't (like me), then there's nothing.
I'm under no illusions about being an MT. I'm angry but mostly depressed. I'm frustrated every time I see a transcription job, employee status, hourly paid and perks only to realize it's for a hospital in another state and they don't do remote.
The job isn't dying, just changing and adding new skills (law, general, proofreading, scoping, scribe) like anything else. Unfortunately, the hospitals where I am don't do remote or have staff that stay a long time so there's never a job listing.
I've been through the SSI disabled route but you can't live on that or work. With all the trouble I had with SSI and disability, having to pay thousands back because of their error that I didn't know about, I'm not going back to them for help regardless of my lack of ability. I simply don't have the money to fight them if they have another error.
You say people like me did this to ourselves. Hard to believe that going to university for years, getting a degree, going back and getting certificates, being a failure at every single thing I try, not being able to live on my own equals me "doing this to myself" but I guess so.
I get it. I can't do anything right. Thank you for telling me what I already know. I'm not mad or angry at you. I just don't understand why you would say it. You think we don't know? Trust, we know.
You speak of hope. No. I don't have hope of any kind or about anything. No dreams, no hope. Zero. Odd to assume that.
Not sure where you get that people are actually mad you and others got out. I don't care. If you got out, great. If you didn't, fine. It's none of my business. The only thing I might do is something like this post...to remind people that no it's not as easy as you say. there are not tons of jobs, and there are those who just aren't qualified for anything no matter what they do or what they studied in the past. They try and try and nothing happens. It's not necessarily their fault though it's easy to assume.
Go live and be happy in your life. No need to come here and tell people "you did this to yourselves!" That doesn't help anyone. You have better things to do with your time, life, family than assume things about complete strangers.
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