• SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    Like five years ago, I was a laborer, and I started having a panic attack in the morning before work. I called my boss who was also my friend.

    He was sympathetic and told me to just come in to work anyway. I couldn’t move.

    Later that year, I quit and went back to school for four years, and now can’t find a job.

    Why is life like this?

    • ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Both my spouse and I paid to have our CVs professionally written, job coaching, and it paid for itself in the first couple of months. Not America though.

    • otterpop@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Because we’ve tied all value to capital and the only capital most people start with is their time. Aside from changing the system which I do support, the only thing you can do is play the game the best you can while minimizing the abuse of others.