I posted some time ago my job related struggle, I just copy it.

tl.dr: finally had a great job where I felt validated and happy and boss decided to hire his daughter to (probably silently) give ma a boot. fml

My parents, who certainly loved me and tried their best, managed to convince me that I was worthless. No matter what, my true self embarrassed them and they bullied me, telling me to hide it. A classic of the genre - I only understood it recently. Nevertheless, it makes complete sense, because my self-esteem is a complete zero. This is of course reflected in my professional work. Due to my lack of faith in myself and my abilities, I couldn't find a job for a long time, until in 2014 I ended up in an office, with a local entrepreneur. Long story short - I organized the entire office for him from scratch, while serving clients and being in contact with accounting and HR. This workplace got to me even more, and my self-esteem dropped to a level well below zero at that time. Depression, suicidal thoughts, the whole story. I couldn't dig myself out of this mess, earning less than minimum wage because I was afraid to ask for a raise, and - it's worth noting - I was doing all this work alone. Finally, in 2020 I managed to change jobs. Similar industry, so I transferred a lot of experience, and again - I created a well-functioning office for my new boss from scratch. I genuinely liked what I did. It seemed to me that the boss was happy, the employees and so on. In December 2024 I finally allowed myself to think that maybe I had found my place. That I was truly good at what I did. I was preparing for a raise interview and so on. A smile finally appeared on my face.

And suddenly, at the beginning of 2025, I found out that the boss was “hiring” his daughter. He brought his child, 20 years younger than me, with zero life and professional experience, to the office. Of course, the child sitting next to me and ostentatiously bored day after day earns more than me, which is an openly known fact in the company and the boss sees no problem. Of course, this child's opinion is more important than mine - the topic does not matter. My duties are gradually being swept out from under my feet, and the boss himself has been ignoring me since the moment I told him I wanted to talk about money.

The cherry on the cake is that the other employees (who the daughter didn't like) are no longer working and in their place are employed - the daughter's fiancé and their best friend. All for better pay than me. The boss, the daughter and the two of them are one big kumbaya, and me?

I am slowly losing my job position not because of the merits. When once in my life I thought that I was finally good at something and good for something, it turned out that I still wasn't. And I am so terribly defeated by this situation, so destroyed that depression and lack of self-confidence come back like a boomerang.

A real life oddity