When I first started at my previous job, last year, it quickly came to my attention that there had been at least three people before me in the role in quick succession. I filed that away as just terrible luck for the company. But then I started to understand why that may have happened…
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During the interview the marketing manager told me that it’s unfortunate, but sometimes the higher ups will shout at you during the course of your duties. She said it was important that the right candidate is able to shake off being screamed at and keep working. I was surprised how relieved I was when they ghosted me.
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Brain: What if you don’t pass the background check? You’re all big and bad now, but what happens if you fail?
Me: … Did I commit a felony I am unaware of? What exactly would come up on my background check?
Brain: I mean, you did get that speeding ticket three years ago.
I feel so thankful for everyone who has supported me. Everyone who has crossed their fingers while I waited. Everyone who reached out to say congrats on my official New Job Social Media post. Even when things were dark, I felt surrounded by love and I am so thankful for everyone who was a part of that.
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I once read that someone from a low-income household might have one shot at being a successful entrepreneur. Someone from a wealthy family? They have an unlimited amount of shots. How many times did someone hear a multi-billion dollar company started in a garage, just to find out it also had a seed fund of several hundred thousand dollars?
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You could be vying for the role opposite an internal candidate. Your employment rival might be the CEO’s son. Maybe they graduated from an ivy league college with a master’s degree in your field, worked for several big name companies, and asked for a lower salary than you did.
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It struck me as sad to see her doing this to herself, not because she loved her body or she wanted to feed it healthy food and move it in ways that made her joyful. But because she didn’t trust herself. But this made sense in a way.
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I had an interview for a remote marketing job at a company in California. I was interviewing with the CEO and the marketing manager. This was a fourth-round interview and it quickly became apparent that the CEO didn’t care for my candidacy well before he met me.
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There are so many individual things I hate about job hunting, it’s hard to pick a favorite. But the waiting is probably it. It’s difficult sometimes to look at the calendar and realize just how much time has past since I began this job hunt and I’m still waiting, on just one more thing, to see if I landed a position.
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They emailed me in the morning and I took the first interview slot, which was about two and a half hours later. There’s a chance I was the first person they talked to. Although you never know who you’re up against, I feel like I put that bar on the fucking ceiling.
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I used to be a VIP. I got free shipping. I got a $20 gift card for my birthday. They loved me at Torrid! Now I am a lowly Insider, with no perks to speak of. For literally over a year, I hadn’t purchased anything from Torrid, online or in store.
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I actually looked up how medical malpractice worked earlier this year when I found out that the ENT surgeon who performed my first sinus surgery in 2025 didn’t actually accomplish any of the surgery goals. Unfortunately, medical malpractice basically demands someone is dead or maimed. I am neither.
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