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the more you do it the better you get at it. sure its uncomfortable but exposure therapy o algo

Why were you fired?

>>837545
He said I didn't have the "aptitude". Well I don't have the fucking aptitude for anything. I've been fired from FAST FOOD before. Being neurodivergent and mentally ill is hard enough, now I have to worry about having a fucking roof over my head on top of it. I don't know if I'm going to make it.

>>837547
You gotta try address whatever it is that's causing you to lose jobs, are you not working hard enough (and making it obvious)? Are you not polite and smiley enough to the managers/customers? Are you showing up late, not looking presentable, etc? Surely you must have some idea what you're doing to cause offence?

>>837563
the trick is not to fall for worker disciplinary ideology but to game it
become duplicitous and opportunistic. everyone is doing that already

the best part is that being self aware about hustling your way into employment functionally disciplines you into an obedient worker anyway, but trying to be one earnestly doesn't work

>>837563
This year was the longest I've ever held a job, I was working for one guy for about 6 months, mostly doing bitchwork. Fired because I was kidnapped to the psych ward out of nowhere. But it was probably a good thing because I was underpaid and averaged like 25 hours. So I got a temp job at a warehouse, fired because they had too many workers. Then on-call furniture assembly, they never even paid me, total fucking scam. So finally I started working at this place right down the street, which is quite convenient, but I kept making obvious mistakes even after weeks, so the petit bourgeois boomer cut his losses. I already take amphetamines, it's the bare minimum to even get through the day, and even that isn't good enough. I'm becoming increasingly agoraphobic, I'm spiraling, I finally quit drinking then relapsed not even two weeks later. This last job was decent because it was just me and this other guy, and it was so close by. Now I'll probably have to drive half an hour away regardless. I'm just not cut out for employment, everything I'm actually good at isn't profitable. The only sorts of entry-level jobs I can realistically do are things that require basically no talent, thought, or foresight. At a warehouse you're basically just a human robot, there's not much more to it. But those are highly coveted for that very reason. I don't know what the Marxist term is, reserve army of labor I think, but it feels like I'll always be the first on the chopping block no matter what I do. Being an adult is so fucking cruel and miserable, I never asked for this. What's the point of being shat out into this world, beaten, terrorized, and abused, put through the public education meatgrinder, then expected to just "man up" and "tough it out" when I'm so far behind everyone else it's not even funny? What kind of sick fucking joke is this

>>837564
>become duplicitous and opportunistic. everyone is doing that already
Any ideas?

Oh and my car's got 250,000 miles, it's only a matter of time before it's completely fucked. It wouldn't've mattered, since I could literally walk to my last employer, and when my car inevitably broke down I could save at least a few hundred a month. Not anymore. Managers, bosses, owners, etc. treat me like a complete fucking retard and display open hostility towards me. I can take it because it doesn't really affect me, and I don't want to lose the job, but it feels dehumanizing knowing they view me as nothing more than a cog in their machine. I'm not going to commit suicide, but if I have to live in my car for the FIFTH fucking time I have no idea how I'll keep myself from tearing apart at the seams.

I don't care about money, I don't care about status, I don't even really care about material possessions. My main goal is to get a small piece of land in the middle of nowhere and put some old piece of shit trailer on it, at least that way my only expenses will be pocket change. Even that's starting to seem less and less realistic. Pizza Hut near me pays $9/hr. What the fuck am I supposed to do with that???

>>837566
lie just enough for it to be plausible and such that you can bullshit through followup questions. tailor resume and interview prep to specific company based on what they're looking for
during interview adopt a persona or otherwise act, i found that just acting is an easier way to mask awkwardness than just trying to suppress nerves etc.
if they're stalling with followup say you have another offer lined up and need to pick, that usually lets you know if the were even considering you
aim at getting in, once yo're in its more of a hassle to get rid of you

>>837569
I kind of have to do that anyway just to even be considered, the problem is retaining employment for any substantial duration.

>>837573
maybe go for jobs with less churn?
or ones more accommodating to tism?
jobs where you have to have a manager physically breathing down you neck are tism hostile, they see you and their "kill the freak" instinct lights up

taking some classes or self education to get out of retail hell and such might be worth it

>>837575
>taking some classes or self education to get out of retail hell and such might be worth it
Any ideas? It's difficult for me to work without someone basically babysitting me 24/7, that's the paradox. God the idea that I'm supposed to be some kind of "serious adult" is fucking laughable. Since I've mostly worked blue-collar at this point, maybe something more systematic and logical like CAD, CNC, etc.? But that sounds fucking miserable, plus it's probably too complicated for me. I can't do college, but if there's anything online that takes less than a year to complete I might be able to do it. I'm so burnt out than I can hardly even get out of bed on the weekends. This is so fucking grim

>>837578
i was unemployedfor most of my 20s and my first job i actually held down was tech support monkey for a small office
helping aunties with msword basiically

then i got a real job at an it company and held on for deaar life since

started out with a skillset of fucking around on a computer

maybe take something you already have some knowhow in from fucking around that you can confidently exaggerate your experience about, along with gettinng an entry level certificate

for computer monkey i believe people go for CompTIA. some take "QA" certificates basically testing software in it companies

Im in my 30s now and never held a full time job for longer than 6 months. Got through my 20s with support from my parents and savings from seasonal job abroad. Now those run out, I managed to find a job just in time to be able to pay the rent. I have intelligence, I have education, and I failed to make anything out of it because I am mentally ill freak nobody likes. I cant live like this, I want to move up in the world, to not feel ashamed when someone askes me what I do, not to dread every day I have to get into a wage cage, but I dont know how. This life is not sustainable, I am employed for a week and already feel like burning out.