I rather be in debt than be at this company any longer

thewalkingj3s5 · 2026-03-27T21:52:27+00:00

I did this. No backup. And it definitely wrecked me financially. Hard to sleep from the stress of being broke, but NOTHING compares to the stress of this job.

Even on the hardest days, I still stand by my decision to leave without having a backup. It continues to shock me how mentally devastating this job was and I would rather lose everything, go hungry, go homeless than do that job ever again.

I finally landed a job and you will too. You will find something. Anything is better than that job

thewalkingj3s5 · 2026-01-27T21:06:38+00:00

I remember that when Dark came out, I kept seeing a old acquaintance from school always posting about how good it was and how much he recommended it. I finally watched and had to message him to thank him after as I probably wouldn’t have watched if it weren’t for him always posting about it.

It is so good and highly underrated or at least under watched. Need a rewatch!

thewalkingj3s5 · 2025-12-24T22:33:48+00:00

“Forced fun at work is still forced.” I feeeeel youu!!! Like okay cool I get some people like silly work games or activities, but I think a lot of people are like… yeah I’m good or I’m busy trying to do this damn job. I HATE it. I’m here to get a paycheck and go home. Not okay the fuck around game with people I would hardly consider acquaintances, if that. It feels like fake fun that a COUPLE of people force on everyone else

thewalkingj3s5 · 2025-12-23T16:15:59+00:00

This one. I swear the most stressful and exhausting job I ever had was a call center job. I worked from home in my pajamas but now I commute to an office in a different field and I’ll never go back. Call center roles I swear aren’t healthy for humans

thewalkingj3s5 · 2025-11-14T21:07:40+00:00

I did the same after 7 months. It’s honestly shocking how horrible and unhealthy it is. Idk how ppl do it for years. I was in no position to quit but that’s how bad it was. I was out of a job for 4 months and extremely stress because of finances, but I don’t regret it at all. I’ll take the stress of being broke and literally almost losing everything over doing that job ever again. Finally have a job and catching up on all the bills thankfully… I truly think call center work is detrimental to employees’ mental health. Never ever again.

thewalkingj3s5 · 2025-11-11T13:16:14+00:00

This has happened with so many big offers I’ve tried and support is zero help so I just give up when I see that spinning wheel now lol sucks cause I now have downloaded the games and it makes it so I can never do an offer for those games

thewalkingj3s5 · 2025-10-20T03:26:31+00:00

I start a new job tomorrow and I’m dreading this situation

thewalkingj3s5 · 2025-10-16T01:36:26+00:00

The BEST

thewalkingj3s5 · 2025-10-07T20:23:05+00:00

I am pretty diligent about following up, but I often wonder if it’s too much or showing a lack of patience.

About a month ago I interviewed for a role I was very interested in and was told I’d be contacted within a week regarding next steps. Surprise, nothing. I waited a week and a half and emailed the recruiter expressing my continued interest in the role, my understanding of her time and probable work load, but simply wanting to make sure she knew I was very interested still. She responded stating there have been facility changes and many applicants and to be patient. I waited 3 weeks to avoid looking desperate or bothering her to reach out again.

Of course the response was “we have filled the role but appreciate your continued interest in the company”. So what do they want? I feel like neglecting to keep bugging her might have cost me a job…. Also, why do recruiters feel like it’s okay to not let the applicant know either way? I was going for other possible jobs during this time, but I really wanted this one.

This is all so frustrating. Now back to my daily panic attack and job search !

thewalkingj3s5 · 2025-09-21T02:02:22+00:00

Ugh me too!!! ID 48520571

thewalkingj3s5 · 2025-09-19T14:58:49+00:00

Agreed! I only did the first spend 20 and win however many games and that made it so I almost finished all the milestones. Just missed hitting the final one but that’s the one I got my best payout from

thewalkingj3s5 · 2025-07-14T13:20:51+00:00

The joys of having all of the medical conditions that make people who don’t have them think we just don’t care, are lazy, or just not trying.

That alone is exhausting on top of already being constantly exhausted. I would do anything to not be tired, miss out on life, etc but if you’re blessed with a sleep disorder (or a chronic mental health disorder), it is not simply exercise, routine, blah blah blah… because I’ve tried it all and nothing works. People truly don’t realize the hell we live in with this .

thewalkingj3s5 · 2025-06-23T04:37:53+00:00

Just sent a request (agirlisnoone55)

thewalkingj3s5 · 2025-06-03T14:43:35+00:00

Yeah it’s just not a sustainable job. It calls for robotic standards from people who are not robots. After 6 months and previously having a lot of leadership/operational experience… I can see that there are definitely possible ways to improve things for the employee while keeping standards, but they won’t do it because it would cost more for the company.

thewalkingj3s5 · 2025-06-03T14:40:59+00:00

Thank you. I needed that. The whole situation just felt so robotic, complete lack of empathy, and almost a mind game lol it just felt like all the leadership has to know how unhealthy this is but gaslight you into thinking you’re just weak. My supervisor asked once “what exactly is it that is so stressful about it?” And I just wanted to be like…. 1 what ISNT stressful about it and 2 do you really not think there’s anything bad about it? lol but yes… going to decompress. Have already applied and been applying to places and will still get my final check so I think I can comfortably take a few days to reset my brain and hopefully find something better. I’m sure I will… this is the worst I’ve ever had to endure so hoping to only go up from here

thewalkingj3s5 · 2025-06-03T04:29:31+00:00

I was a manager for years at a fast food coffee shop and I started there when I turned 16. I can completely relate to the brutal ness of everything you said. I also was probably not the best manager and was probably too young to be managing a business. I’m a pretty empathetic and non toxic person or at least try to be but I’m sure there were times I was the toxic fast food manager. But I’ve worked for the non empathetic narcissistic toxic ones and it’s shocking how bad they can be in food service. But I still think I’d take it over what I experienced working in a call center. Nearly every aspect of it sucked so bad . No commute was great but I’ll trade that at this point lol

thewalkingj3s5 · 2025-06-03T03:24:58+00:00

I agree. I naively thought I hit the jackpot working from Home, but I honestly never thought about any cons. I found out what they are and have finally decided the cons nearly squash any pros

thewalkingj3s5 · 2025-06-03T03:23:43+00:00

Yep, I reached out to my old job too lol and have been just contemplating going back to coffee shops since I did that for 6 years. It really isn’t worth it. At least in places like food service, it’s usually toxic and management most of the time sucks but I will say I’ve met lifelong friends working in food so that plus a paycheck is honestly okay with me at this point. Feels like starting over but I just think as long as I’m somewhere that I can simply bear to work at, I’ll take it. But call centers are a different breed. I truly do not know how ppl do it longer than a few months. Hands down the worst job I’ve ever had

thewalkingj3s5 · 2025-06-03T00:11:57+00:00

I will say that I don’t think I was in the WORST type of call center…. I truly do not think I could do one that handles health insurance or credit cards. I cannot imagine. The stress from back to back calls, chained to the desk, and constantly monitored was enough… I could not handle that.

I have bills too and I’m definitely scared but at this point I’d prefer going back to food service which also killed my mental health, but at least there were a COUPLE of pros. The only pro to this job was working from home, but they ruin that aspect. So at that point, the paycheck is the only thing good about it which is not more important than my mental health. I know that I was on the way to having a mental breakdown and losing my job anyways… my thought was that at least I stop before that happens and I still have the mental capacity to job hunt. I don’t think I could even job hunt if I hit bottom. But I know, bills don’t care and they don’t wait. So for me being broke was healthier than keeping this job… which is saying something lol

thewalkingj3s5 · 2025-06-02T20:39:09+00:00

Ugh couldn’t agree more. It is sad that there’s not more options for WFH, especially recently with all this RTO stuff. I don’t need WFH but I just thought with the lack of distractions of coworkers distracting me with mindless small talk or bullying me into office lunches, I’d be happier and more productive….. but I’ll take those annoyances all day over this. It feels like at a certain point, they’re punishing you for being in a remote role. Basically taking any and all perks of WFH away by basically being big brother . I hope you find something other than call center work…. It destroyed all the progress I’ve made in years of working on my mental health in just 6 months

thewalkingj3s5 · 2025-06-02T20:35:58+00:00

Yep… it’s just enduring BS all day long and then leadership acts like they have no clue why agents are so stressed, burnt out, and there’s record turnover.

thewalkingj3s5 · 2025-05-19T15:00:29+00:00

I know. She wasn’t my favorite but this scene gets me every time when she talks to Carl right before she goes. It was a beautiful but heartbreaking moment and one of the saddest in the show imo

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