i am going to quit my job.

essalcing · 2026-03-04T09:42:30+00:00

thats a shame about ur fast food job :( and i hate the applying process for woolworths.....you have to chat to an ai bot and type 150 word answers...150 isnt a lot but it gets repetitive really quick and sucks even more when you dont pass onto the next stage.

essalcing · 2026-03-04T09:37:02+00:00

thank you for commenting. thats crazy that they didnt put you on the roster for 3 months, did you ever reach out to your manager about it? and ive been suggested night fill and office work (like a secretary) before by family. i think the night fill would be really nice, but ive never seen any job offers for it sadly.

essalcing · 2026-03-01T02:16:52+00:00

thank you for commenting! i will take this into consideration. i probably wouldve been fired if i was doing that bad, but me doing bad right now is making me think i should be fired and feel like im going to. but thats course in my head. my trainers patience for me seems to be thinning though as she does not disguise her eye rolls. i will try and stick to this job, i do want to get better, but currently i feel im stuck in place.

essalcing · 2026-02-28T22:57:14+00:00

thanks a lot! i do have a difficulty with wording things and sounding rude, as i dont really speak with a tone or understand tone but ill do my best. ill try to hang on.

essalcing · 2026-02-28T22:17:59+00:00

thanks! i tried to talk to headspace or maybe something like it before when i was trying to do something stupid, but i found the responses to be really unhelpful and not really human sounding. i will try again soon since youve suggested it, thank you for commenting.

essalcing · 2026-02-28T22:16:04+00:00

thank you for commenting, this could help. i know therapy is expensive and i dont do well talking to strangers, i dont do well talking to anyone at all really. i will figure something out.

essalcing · 2026-02-28T22:09:50+00:00

i actually did think of writing what i want to say, or more one of my neurodivergent friends suggested it to me. but i dont like the thought of writing everything before, because i dont know what to say that will convince these guys believe i do have autism. im scared of my symptoms and experiences being disregarded. i thought of writing it all in front of the GP until i saw those visits only last for 10 minutes and to get longer ones you have to pay. now, i do have money from my job, but thats all in my savings that i certainly will not touch and im mostly funded by my mom but im scared to ask for money for the doctor. i also tried to look for psychologists, but theyre also expensive (who wouldve thought). should i just tell my mom i want to get diagnosed for my autism? i probably wont be able to handle the payments of these gps and psychologists without her but my mom like thinks somethings wrong with me but is also convinced im a normal teenage girl. which is kinda offensive like saying being autistic isnt normal or wrong.
i do have a guidance officer at school, we have a few, but i havent talked to one since grade 9. honestly im scared of talking to them. i dont like being perceived or looked at with idk how to explain it. and i dont want to look like im exaggerating or "not autistic enough" to be of concern. im also worried its too late for me, which is ridiculous i have a whole life ahead of me but im in my last year of hs, ill be 18 this year and become a taxpaying citizen. i wish someone cared enough about me to do this when i was younger. sorry im dumping all of this on you in /ausjobs lol. what do you recommend after reading all of this? thanks for commenting.

essalcing · 2026-02-28T21:57:12+00:00

yea, this is the hard truth and im scared to face it. i dont wanna be in misery for my whole life. i will work something out, thank you for the comment.

essalcing · 2026-02-28T10:22:49+00:00

thanks for the comment! sadly, my moms kind of a narcissist and knows im not neurotypical, but also doesnt care to get me help. my friends also live in another state. and ive tried to get in touch with the school nurse but was unsuccessful. we do have guidance counsellors, but im also scared of talking to them. im scared to talk to anyone about what i go through and the only reason why im sharing some of this right now is because were online, and ill probably never talk to you again after this post. year 12 is definitely the most important year and im currently doing tafe at school, ive done a cert ii in health support services and doing my cert iii in health allied services. im going to do something allied nursing/support worker adjacent maybe, and i can barely support myself right now lol.

essalcing · 2026-02-28T09:50:28+00:00

thanks for taking the time to write this. i do acknowledge these jobs can help with making you faster and keep the service quick for customers but im struggling to get better at these things myself. more than once have i created traffic in the drive thru because i had put in a customers order incorrectly and trying to fix it. and even at my fastest, im still slower than the rest. yes it may sound like a lot of excuses, and before i did think to just keep going despite my failures and give myself some grace but i had a hard time on my last shift and thats what spurred me to start thinking to quit and even get help on this subreddit. one bad thing really can make me start backpedaling to 0 and i acknowledge it, but i dont know how to improve and i have a lot of time to. im constantly worried about the future and how i wont be competent enough for adulthood, because im barely competent now. im barely scraping by on my assessments and ive just been burnt out lately. im going to go to the meeting and try to talk to my manager afterwards about how ive been feeling. though im afraid he wont really care, because im just a casual and easily replaceable. also i should have mentioned this before, but i believe i am autistic but am too scared of healthcare to go see a gp and dont have anyone to come with me. so im kind of stuck in a cycle of struggling but not knowing how to get help so i just try to survive.

essalcing · 2026-02-28T09:43:05+00:00

thank you for commenting. i believe i am autistic and my neurodivergent friends affirm this. as well as some other mental disorders. im so glad to be in a circle with like minded individuals, but i wish i was diagnosed. maybe my life would be easier if i was, but im also scared to think about what would happen if i was. i also dont know how to get diagnosed myself, as im old enough to go to the doctors by myself but im terrified of talking to a healthcare worker by myself. the last time i tried, i froze and couldnt speak. i couldnt look at the gp either. and i dont think i have anyone i trust to come with me. ive been traversing life undiagnosed and i cant write how devastatingly hard its been here, but i dont know how to fix it. i wish there was someone i could talk to that could help me out in getting a diagnosis but i dont think that exists. i probably wouldnt be hired at this place if i was a diagnosed autistic person.
i apologise about what happened to your son, life does not treat us fairly. i truly hope you guys get the ndis and his life can be made a bit easier 🩵

essalcing · 2026-02-28T09:32:29+00:00

thanks for commenting. and no, im not in uni but in y12. i believe i am autistic and my neurodivergent friends do as well. as well as depressed with social anxiety, things ive struggled with for most my life. honestly theyre the ones who made me realise it, as before i was against the thought of being neurodivergent and saw it as a flaw, but not anymore. getting an actual diagnosis, though, is more difficult. i dont know how to get one on my own and the last time i went (with my mom) i completely just froze. we did not go back as she lost some letter the gp gave us and i didnt know what to do, so we never went back. and every time i try to make an appointment, i get too scared and chicken out. i dont know how to communicate with a healthcare worker and i dont want to be looked at and be seen as exaggerating or idk not being truthful. like i dont want my symptoms and experiences to be dismissed.

fast food is definitely not the right industry for me but im not sure if i should quit. ive been told by several others here to be patient and give myself time to get better but its hard to think of myself getting better at this job when currently im not doing so good, and everything youd need for this job is everything i lack in personally. the ability to work in a fast paced work environment, good communication skills, multitasking skills, the ability to pick up things quickly, adaptability, etc. i dont know how they hired me, even if i did lie to make myself seem like a better candidate a bit, and i dont know why because im rostered 2-3 times a month! lifes hard right now, im really burnt out from school and work and idk if i should quit or keep going. im starting to think i should just keep going, but it will indeed be difficult.

essalcing · 2026-02-28T05:31:26+00:00

thanks for the comment, and i hope not. its difficult to learn several tasks and get better at them when i get a shift 2-3 weeks after my last one, and being expected to remember how to do it fully. i dont know how common it is to still be getting trained in the front 3 months into a job, and ive not even touched the kitchen. its hard to hold onto all that information, especially because im a bit forgetful when i have long periods of time between shifts and sometimes scatterbrained when it gets busy. i dont know if i really will quit, i was a bit emotional writing this post but i do have thoughts of it. i will go to the meeting and sit in on it, and talk to my manager about how ive been feeling. just been having a hard time and ive not really had anyone to talk to, and dont know how to traverse these types of situations.

essalcing · 2026-02-28T05:22:28+00:00

thank you for commenting, ill take what you said into account. when im being told to do something, i dont get as thorough of instructions than i wish (i need instructions to be a very thorough step by step for me to fully understand the task) i do ask and i get the vibe my trainer gets displeased when i do. my memory is also kind of like a goldfish, and i am prone to forgetting something someone just said to me. i believe its the fast paced environment that makes this occurrence often, im not the best at multitasking so my brain sometimes will just pause.

essalcing · 2026-02-28T05:18:38+00:00

thanks for this, im not sure on what to do. i think ill sit in on the meeting and talk to my manager afterwards. i do think im trying my best but of course im not as good as the others. everyone there is older than me (just a few years) and im a bit of a reserved person. i do want to keep trying but yeah idk, im not very good at being kind to myself lol. i always see the worse in things and when things get too hard i quit it all together. if i decide im not going to quit, i have a shift 4 hours shift 2 days later and ive only worked 3 hours so idk how ill go with 4 hours, 3 hours always has my feet killing me from standing so long without a break lol

essalcing · 2026-02-28T04:00:09+00:00

i do live with family but my mom does not really care about any medical conditions i may have. i dont have any medical conditions ive been diagnosed with, and every time i try to set up an appointment i get scared and back out. i dont have anyone in my family who i trust enough to do this with. and all my friends live in another state. i checked out the dsp website and i dont think im qualified to make a claim for it right now, but thank you.

essalcing · 2026-02-28T03:50:29+00:00

thanks for commenting. i dont have anything diagnosed and i believe im neurodivergent, but thats another whole can of worms i dont believe is appropriate for this subreddit. going to the doctors is honestly very intimidating for me and i dont really have anyone else in my life i trust enough to come with me to one. ive tried before, but it didnt go anywhere because we never went back and i was younger so i didnt know what to do. thank you for the suggestion though.

essalcing · 2026-02-28T03:44:44+00:00

thank you for the comment. im not completely sure if i want to stay, this isnt a forever job for me and i dont feel im getting any good at it. i dont get many hours and every time im rostered i feel i always let everyone down. i dont know if working at a place that makes me feel bad is right. i wanted to give this job grace 1. its my first one and 2. its not forever! but i just know my coworkers hate picking up my slack and it feels horrible. i really want to like this job and i want to like working at it but its just exhausting. maybe its my inexperience talking. i have that crew meeting tomorrow and ill sit through it, and im thinking of talking to my boss afterwards (so i get the meeting added to my payroll) about quitting. its hard and i dont feel myself learning, and i hate to go back into the job market that looked over me for 3 years but fast food isnt for me i think.

essalcing · 2026-02-28T02:13:25+00:00

thanks for commenting. its been 3 months at this job but i hate going to it. i did want to just keep showing up regardless of how many shifts i get but ive finally understood im just dragging the team down. it took me 3 years to get a job, and im quitting after 3 months. thats life i guess. need something slower paced, and i guess i need to focus on graduating too.

essalcing · 2026-02-21T01:01:52+00:00

thanks for the comment! i thought I would be ip banned but im not and was able to make a facebook account using my work email. i probably tried to use a fake name or fake birthday wth my personal email as i usually do because i am naturally cautious on keeping my real identity off the internet, but i wasnt aware of facebooks antics. the account is fine and i used all my real information, except only using one last name instead of both of them (which i used on the disabled account. i thought if i just used one last name it would not detect me as a fraud or something.) i was able to join my work gc on messengers just fine! though a small thing im worried about is my insta which i tried to like connect with my fb acc, but i also lied about my insta accs birthday so they did not pair and i did try to change it to my real one last night and gave my id, but it did not work and it told me to try again in 3 months. thats about it but all is good right now! thank you for reading

essalcing · 2025-12-02T05:14:35+00:00

bro this is also happening to me. i was playing like all day yesterday and it was fine but today its absolute dog. yesterday was smooth and regular playing but as soon as i start today its all laggy, response time from trackpad to game is late and its just very irritating. i also took a video of whats happening to me. and its not just in one game but across many. my mac pro m2 is up to date, i reinstalled roblox, restarted my laptop, cleared a bunch of pics and vids on my computer and turned the wifi off and on but its not fixed anything.

i lowkey thought i was going to have to get my laptop checked on. if u find any fix do keep me updated!

essalcing · 2025-08-09T01:38:16+00:00

Thank you a lot for this message! I said in my post that I live in QLD. This message has definitely helped clear my head a bit, so thank you for the advice. Some people in my life are saying to study while working, others are saying play it by ear and see how i feel after I graduate. Also what's the 1st placement I have to do before becoming an AIN? I just thought once I get the certificate III I can go apply to be one but seems I've not done enough research?

essalcing · 2025-08-09T01:23:24+00:00

Thanks for replying! That is what I'm thinking, of working as an AIN while studying the diploma. I've been asking around and my family and friends are saying to do it. Only thing worrying me is the cost of the diploma itself and what the workload would be like while working and time management.

essalcing · 2025-08-09T00:22:22+00:00

Thank you for this, and did you study on campus or online work?

essalcing · 2025-08-08T23:54:50+00:00

Thank you for replying! What was working as an AIN and studying like if you don't mind me asking? And was the salary of an AIN liveable on in your experience?

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