People bragging about jobs.
Someone I know who was injured in basic (he never had the right stuff to be a soldier anways) was discharged, and less than a week later he was hired. His interview, he arrived to 10 minutes late in jeans, flip-flops, and a cruddy T shirt, but just mentions he was in the army and got a job with Verizon's customer support in the business division, no calls from cranky customers. Worse, he brags about it.
Someone else I know who quit her job fed up with her boss just yesterday has an interview for today.
It's really not fair at all that I've had one interview in over a month of applying (and didn't get it) to at least 20 positions, same responses every time, while others are getting hired right away. I just want good honest work to pay the bills and eat. My rent is late and stacking up and extra $5 every day I can't pay it. I'm pretty much out of food. I just want to work.
I always wonder if it's because I'm trans, since there's no law protecting my employment in Michigan, and I don't have the resources to move elsewhere. I've tried to keep it to national and international companies to avoid potential prejudice , but will big companies not hire me too because of it? Are they trying to avoid a lawsuit because some moron customer is going to be upset I work there? Even target, which has a non-discriminatory clause for gender identity and expression didn't even invite me for an interview, just told me that the position was filled. It's not like I'm inferior at jobs, I do them as well as anyone else. I just don't have any special talents I can use at such basic levels of work.
I really don't want to have to go to the UP, and that's only seasonal work too, I'd have to find something for the rest of the year, not to mention a second job in the first place to put aside for surgery. I have until Wednesday to find something down here. I've even applied places that are less than desirable, nothing yet.
