Cinestress is stressed... and poor
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I put in my two weeks at the video store. I am now a starving artist, hah.
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How to quit my job
It made me
free at last!!
 "i did it! be careful what u wish 4 , u just might get it! "
How I did it: i left my job to backpack thru Europe, i promised myself at the beginning of 2008 that i would have a completely different life by that time next year.so far this year i paid off my car, lost 42 lbs, backpacked thru europe and shabam.... quit my hellish job 2 focus on school!! i felt so trapped in that job, it brought me down and depressed me to where i did not want to do anything and gained weight. to leave it took so much courage for me to do, it was my security and i was comfortable, but as they say, comfort is the enemy of success, and i was nowhere near of where i wanted to be in life nor what i wanted to be and now i am on the road there! Lessons & tips: just remember, there is always other jobs out there u can get, but the time u waste being unhappy can never be retrieved. go for ur dreams!
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I DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2 weeks ago
OMG
After 2 months of countless resumes, I landed a new job!!!!! I CAN’T BELIEVE I’M FINALLY GETTING OUT OF HERE! My last day is the 20th!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
farossi is at work, as always!
Every day is another step closer
3 weeks ago
To getting a new job?
No; to cracking. I feel as if the final straw will come any day now and I simply won’t be able to handle it anymore. Today, receiving e-mails from my boss questioning what I had just said to a customer drove me insane. I was ENTIRELY correct in what I told the customer, she just didn’t understand.
What an idiot she is.
In any case, I’m still waiting for a reply from a company I’ve already had two interviews with so far. I’m chewing my nails and waking up with sweaty palms over it. I really want the job, but I feel like I may not get it; I was kinda overzealous in my demands for salary. =\
Until I know for sure, I’ll keep to my “sub” goal: Sending out at least 1 resume a day.
farossi is at work, as always!
I'm writing this from work. How fitting.
3 weeks ago
“Why not,” I thought.
I was sitting at my desk earlier this morning thinking I may be overreacting to how much I hate my job. What about everyone else who’s unemployed? Many of my friends, and their friends, are about the same age as I am and are either 1) still finishing up college or 2) unable to find a job because they chose a crappy major. If I look at them, I really should be grateful that I’m able to make a steady income, especially since I found this job 1 month after graduating.
It’s all relative. Today’s just one of my better days; I’m still relentlessly looking for a job.
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3 weeks ago
I’m completely and utterly fed up of my job. I can’t name a single positive thing about it. I wake up at 5:45 AM Monday to Friday and sit in traffic for an hour while getting to work, which is 45 km away. While I’m there, everyone is so unprofessional. It’s a desk job btw, so I’m stuck in a cubicle for 8 hours a day. There’s insane amounts of petty work politics, no clear definition of seniority, my boss is the biggest micromanaging bigot of all time and belittles you the second you make a mistake, there are never any words of praise but plenty of “Why did you do that?”—AFTER it’s all said and done, I get to spend another 2 hours sitting in traffic on the way home. By the time I get home, I crash into my bed, I’m irritable, and I don’t even want to talk to anyone. This job has even caused me to take up smoking. I quit smoking for a while with some support from my friends but I went right back to it after my stress level peaked this week. I so desperately need to get out of this job, yet I need the money. I have actively been looking for another one, but I haven’t had much success and I’m getting far too stressed out about it.
And i'm still here!!!
4 weeks ago
Can’t bring myself to leave & I keep convincing myself it’s not that bad. Especially in the current climate as I know I’m lucky to have a job. I just get so distracted now and bored at times.
I think I’m actually scared of leaving. Maybe 2010 will be the year I tackle touch decisions like this one!!....I hope anyway.
..too bad i love my job aha
1 month ago
This probably wont happen in a longggg time:) i really love the people i work with and all of the opportunities Tim Hortans has given me. Just last week i recieved my 2 year pin:) it made me very very happy.
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1 month ago
I want to find a new career, a new lease of life.. I want to be involved in corporate finance and asset management.. I love numbers and money and right now I feel I’m so far from it..
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1 month ago
things are getting a bit better at work; my new boss isnt giving me hell anymore and has decided she likes me. its still not what i want to do with the rest of my life, i think i’ll wait till after xmas before i start any quiting tho
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i realy dislike my job but i need to stay there a bit longer so i can get a good referance when i leave, my new manager has took a real dislike to me for some reason but i think i can win her over
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