museikchik
Shiny_Rock
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- Apr 2, 2008
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So let me start from the beginning. This past May I voluntarily quit my job. I was being overworked and underpaid. I saved enough money to be without a job for six months. I had just received my Master''s degree and was confident that I would have no problem finding another job. My husband and I had talked it over and he was okay with my decision to quit because he knew how much the job was stressing me out and how much I hated it. So I quit, we got married and had an awesome honeymoon.
Fast forward six months, I have applied to over 60 jobs varying from minimum wage positions to management positions and have not received one call back for an interview. I did have one company find my resume online and I met with them but the position was cancelled. I have had several different people look at my resume and tell me that it is really good. I have even changed the formatting four times just in case. I ran out of my savings like two months ago and my husband has been paying for all of our bills. I know that he is stressing out about money but I am really trying. Sometimes he makes comments that are meant to be funny but I feel like he is rubbing salt into the wound. I told him about it today and he just brushed me off. He always talks about how we can''t buy this or we can''t do that. I tell him at least he is able to leave and see the world whereas I am stuck at home all day because I can''t even afford to pay for gas. I am just really tired of him blaming all of this on me. Yes it is a sucky situation but it was a mutual decision.
I just feel like an idiot. My last ditch effort to try to get some spending money for Christmas is to apply for a job as a seasonal sales associate. It is really disheartening because that was my very first job when I was in high school. It feels like I went to school and got my degrees for nothing.
As much as it sucks not to have money, I don''t regret my decision to leave. I found out today that my BP was 118/80 when I was working it was 145/90. I was that stressed out over a company that didn''t even appreciate anything that I did. I just hope something comes up soon because I am going crazy being at home ALL the time.
Fast forward six months, I have applied to over 60 jobs varying from minimum wage positions to management positions and have not received one call back for an interview. I did have one company find my resume online and I met with them but the position was cancelled. I have had several different people look at my resume and tell me that it is really good. I have even changed the formatting four times just in case. I ran out of my savings like two months ago and my husband has been paying for all of our bills. I know that he is stressing out about money but I am really trying. Sometimes he makes comments that are meant to be funny but I feel like he is rubbing salt into the wound. I told him about it today and he just brushed me off. He always talks about how we can''t buy this or we can''t do that. I tell him at least he is able to leave and see the world whereas I am stuck at home all day because I can''t even afford to pay for gas. I am just really tired of him blaming all of this on me. Yes it is a sucky situation but it was a mutual decision.
I just feel like an idiot. My last ditch effort to try to get some spending money for Christmas is to apply for a job as a seasonal sales associate. It is really disheartening because that was my very first job when I was in high school. It feels like I went to school and got my degrees for nothing.
As much as it sucks not to have money, I don''t regret my decision to leave. I found out today that my BP was 118/80 when I was working it was 145/90. I was that stressed out over a company that didn''t even appreciate anything that I did. I just hope something comes up soon because I am going crazy being at home ALL the time.