6 Years in Software Engineering, 6 Months Unemployed. What Would You Do in My Situation?
Hi everyone,
I'm a software engineer from Pakistan with around 6 years of experience in the tech industry and a bachelor's degree. I was laid off about six months ago, and honestly, things haven't been easy since then.Since losing my job, I've applied to approximately 160–200 positions across different levels, including Junior, Mid-level, and Senior roles. Unfortunately, I've received almost no responses. Out of all those applications, I only got one interview opportunity, and despite my best efforts, I wasn't able to make it through.I've been trying my best to manage my day-to-day expenses through whatever small sources I can find. I also started investing in stocks last year and occasionally receive small dividends, but obviously, that's nowhere near enough to cover household expenses.
My family has been helping me with some expenses, including electricity bills. I'm genuinely grateful for their support, but I don't want to remain dependent on them. I want to become financially independent again and contribute to my family's expenses.At this point, I'm not just looking for another software engineering job. I'm open to exploring any legitimate opportunity that I can manage from my computer at home.I have a laptop, a stable internet connection, and technical skills. I can build applications, solve problems, automate workflows, and learn new things.
I've been considering a few possibilities:
1. Remote Work / Freelancing
\- Where can I find genuine remote work opportunities beyond LinkedIn and Indeed?
\- How can I get my first freelance clients when I don't have an established client base?
\- Are there platforms or communities where people actually find small development projects?
2. YouTube Automation
\- I've seen some channels growing with AI-assisted content.
\- I understand that YouTube has monetization policies, but I'm interested in knowing whether this is still a realistic opportunity.
\- What type of content or niche would be worth exploring?
3. eBay or Other Online Businesses
\- I've heard mixed opinions about running an eBay business from Pakistan.
\- Are there other legitimate online business models that someone can start from Pakistan without significant investment?
4. Data Entry / Virtual Assistance / Other Computer-Based Work
\- I know these areas are competitive, but are there genuine platforms where beginners can find work?
\- Are there other services I might be overlooking?
5. Building Small Software Products
This is something I'm particularly interested in.
Since I'm a software engineer, I can build and ship products that solve real problems. I'm wondering whether there are opportunities to create small SaaS products, automation tools, browser extensions, or other useful solutions that people are willing to pay for.I recently came across a post about a software engineer who identified a problem through an online community, built a small solution, and eventually started generating income from it.That's exactly the kind of direction I'd love to explore.
A little clarification:
I'm not posting here to ask for money, donations, fundraising, or financial assistance.I'm simply looking for ideas, guidance, practical roadmaps, and real experiences from people who have been through similar situations.If you were in my position, with six years of software engineering experience, a laptop, internet access, and very limited financial resources, what would you do?Where would you start? What skills or opportunities would you focus on? What would you build or learn to generate even a small but consistent monthly income? I don't expect to become rich overnight. Even building a small, sustainable source of income to cover some daily household expenses would be a meaningful achievement for me right now.I'm willing to work hard, learn, experiment, and start from scratch if necessary.
Any genuine advice, personal experiences, ideas, or direction would mean a lot.
Jobadvisor
Six months of rejections with almost no responses is discouraging, and the fact that you're still looking for ways to contribute to your family says a lot. Here's my honest read of each option, and where I'd start.
Start with the job search, because it's probably the fastest path to stable income. Getting one interview from 160 to 200 applications usually points to the approach rather than your ability. Mass-applying through job boards is a low-yield channel for almost everyone right now, and applicants from Pakistan face extra competition for remote roles that are often restricted to US or EU candidates. Referrals are the strongest lever. Spend a few weeks sending short, specific messages to engineers at 20 to 30 companies you'd like to work for, asking for a 15-minute chat rather than a job. Also look at companies that hire from Pakistan directly, including local firms in Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad, and remote-first employers that hire through employer-of-record services. Targeting a narrower set of roles where your six years of experience is clearly relevant, and tailoring your resume to each one, will likely do more than volume.
Freelancing is realistic, but only with a specific offer. Generic "full-stack developer" profiles get lost on Upwork and similar platforms. What tends to win is a narrow promise to a specific buyer, such as automating a particular workflow for small agencies, building integrations between tools like Shopify, HubSpot, or Google Sheets, or building internal tools for small businesses. Use n8n, Make, or Zapier for quick wins if that suits you, and write proposals that describe the client's problem before listing your skills. Cold outreach to small businesses in your niche often works better than waiting for platform jobs. Payoneer and Wise are the usual ways to get paid from abroad.
Building a small product is a real path, but it's slow. The post you read probably worked because the person already had access to the community and understood its problem. Before writing code, find a problem people complain about repeatedly in places you already spend time, then try to get someone to pay for a manual version of the solution. If they will, you can automate it. Many small products earn very little, so treat this as a longer-term bet alongside something that brings in money sooner, rather than your only plan.
YouTube automation is a weak option right now. YouTube has tightened its rules on mass-produced, repetitive AI content, and channels built that way are increasingly demonetized. It also takes many months to reach the Partner Program thresholds. If you're interested in video, showing your own technical work on a real topic is more defensible. Check current payment eligibility for Pakistan directly with YouTube before counting on this income.
eBay and physical e-commerce are harder than they look. Payment, shipping, and returns eat into the margins, and you'd need to confirm that eBay's seller policies allow you to sell from Pakistan before investing time. Data entry and virtual assistant work pays very little, and the offers that come through unsolicited are often scams. Be wary of any job that asks you to pay for training, equipment, or a "verification" fee, or that sends you a check to deposit and forward.
For immediate income while you work on the bigger goals, look at short-term technical work you can start this week: teaching programming to students, doing code reviews or small bug fixes for local businesses, writing technical documentation, or contract work through your network. These won't replace a salary, but they can cover some household costs while the longer-term options develop.
If I were in your position, I'd spend the next two weeks rewriting your resume around your most measurable achievements and reaching out to former colleagues and referrals. At the same time I'd pick one freelance niche to test and reach out to five potential clients a week. I'd build one small tool for a problem you've seen in a community you know well, and I'd keep the stock dividends as a separate, long-term goal.
If you'd like, I can help you rewrite your resume for a specific type of role, pick a niche based on your past work, or draft outreach messages to former colleagues or potential clients.
Workplace got audited and auditor found illegal things, workplace now wants me to backdate documents that didnt happen. Should i quit?
I already knew the task was illegal and unethical. I told my workplace that. But they didnt see anything wrong with how they did it.
We get auditors from time to time. This time, the auditors came and found one of the illegal tasks.
Workplace is worried that auditors are going to come back.
When i returned from my holiday about a month later, my workplace told me all about the auditors and then my workplace made me write up the template from scratch since we had no template.
My workplace then told me to backdate all documents from the date the auditors came, to make it look like we've updated our processes to align with legal requirements.
I did it. But I dont feel well, because the roster would say I didnt work for the past month, so how did i sign the documents for the past month.
I was sick in the past week. So im going to have to fill out the documents again when I come back, but I will have to try to get the staff members responsible for the task last week to sign off. Because I cant keep signing things off when i wasnt rostered that day.
The staff at work are nice but they seem to deflect responsibility.
Im also paid minimum wage whereas they are paid about $15 to $20 more than me.
Jobadvisor
You were in a hard spot, and it makes sense that you feel unwell about it. But backdating records to make it look like processes were updated before they were is falsifying business records. Your exposure is real, and it's personal, not just the company's problem. Signing documents for days you weren't rostered is the kind of thing that can be treated as your own false statement, even if you were following instructions.
So I'd take a few steps before deciding whether to quit.
Stop creating or altering records. Don't backdate anything else, and don't ask staff to sign off on tasks for dates they weren't there. That would add more false records. When you return, if the documents need to be completed, date them with the day you actually complete them and note what's happening, for example: "Template created [date]. Prior entries were completed retrospectively on [date]." Don't try to make the paperwork look like it was done at the time. Before you do this, talk to someone who can advise you, because the wording matters.
Write down what happened now, while it's fresh. Record the dates the auditors visited, when you were asked to backdate, who asked you, what was said, which documents were involved, and which days you were rostered or off sick. Keep this somewhere outside the workplace. Don't take original company documents home, but your own dated notes are yours.
Get advice from someone independent. A lawyer, a union if you have one, or a workplace advice service can tell you how exposed you are and what your obligations are. Many offer free initial consultations. If you're in Australia (the word "roster" suggests it, but tell me if I'm wrong), the Fair Work Ombudsman handles workplace complaints and the relevant regulator for your industry can take reports about the illegal tasks. Whistleblower protections may apply if you report the wrongdoing, and they're worth checking before you act.
On quitting: Quitting can be the right choice, but it doesn't end your exposure for the documents you already signed, and resigning in the middle of this without advice could cost you pay entitlements or protections you're owed. Find out what you're entitled to and what evidence you'd need before you decide. If you're being pressured to do more illegal things, you have the right to refuse, and you can say so in writing.
Finally, the pay gap and the sense that others are shifting responsibility onto you are real concerns. Pay and fairness aren't the main issue here, though. The main issue is that you should not carry this alone or take on more of it.
If you tell me your country and the state or territory, I can point you to the specific agencies and what they handle.
My manager expects me to speak up in meetings but never gives me the space to do so. What do I do?
I need some advice.
I’m struggling with a situation at work. I’ve been told by my boss that I consistently lack presence in client meetings, don’t answer questions or chime in with solutions during these meetings. And therefore, don’t inspire confidence and make people feel like they’re in safe hands when I’m handling a project or even a meeting on my own. I understand this and have been trying extremely hard to be more vocal and assertive.
But there’s another side to this that I don’t know how to navigate. My boss tends to respond to client questions even before they have finished asking it. She’s super quick on her feet and so takes over the conversation before anyone else has a chance to think of an answer, leave alone respond to it. I end up being a silent observer because there is no opening. After each of these meetings, she sends me long texts about how I failed yet again.
As a person who has never been really confident, this makes me feel worse while also feeling helpless because I don’t know how to fix this.
The work environment is highly critical and very unforgiving. And while I am making sure the actual work I do is consistently strong and has made money for the company, this issue has come at a financial cost. I have already lost out on an increment last year and with every message, I am only thinking of how it is going to affect my next appraisal. It feels like the actual quality of my work doesn’t count at all, and only how I perform in a room does.
How do I make my way through this? I have been losing out on promotions, an increased salary, and confidence.
Jobadvisor
Your boss is describing a real gap, but the situation you're in has two parts, and they need different fixes. One is your presence in the room. The other is that your boss often answers before you can, and then holds the silence against you. You can work on the first, but the second needs to be raised directly with her.
Inside the meeting, claim a spot before the answer comes. Interruption works best on people who wait for a clear opening, so create one. Before a meeting, read the agenda and pick two or three questions you expect clients to raise. Decide your view on each in advance so you're not building it in real time. In the room, when your boss starts answering, you can say, "Before we go further, I'd like to add something to that," and then give your point. If she has already answered, build on it: "I'd add one thing to that. The risk for them is..." This keeps you in the conversation without looking like you're competing with her.
Send the answer in writing afterward. Within a day, send the client a short follow-up that includes the recommendation or next step you had in mind. This gives you a record of your thinking, and it shows the client you're the person handling the work, which is what your boss is worried about.
Change how you get feedback. Long texts after each meeting are hard to act on and hard to discuss. Ask for a 20-minute one-on-one, and say something like: "I want to improve how I show up in client meetings. Can we agree on two or three specific things to try next time, and go through the last meeting together?" Then ask concrete questions: "At what point in the meeting should I have spoken?" and "What would a good answer from me have looked like?" Specific answers give you something to practice. Vague criticism doesn't.
Raise the interrupting directly, once, calmly. You could say: "In the last few meetings, I've been trying to contribute, but I often don't get a chance before a question is answered. Could we agree that I'll take the first response on certain questions, or that you'll pause for me before answering?" Frame it as making the team stronger, not as blame. If she agrees, you have a shared plan. If she doesn't, you have a clear record that you raised it.
Keep your own record. Write down the date of each meeting, the questions raised, what you said, and what feedback you got. If your appraisal focuses on meeting presence and ignores the interruptions, you'll have concrete examples to bring up. Also ask for your appraisal criteria in writing, with measurable goals and a timeline. If the bar isn't clear, you can't meet it reliably.
Practice outside the meetings. Rehearse your key points with a colleague or friend, or record yourself giving a short client update. Confidence in meetings usually grows from preparation, not from trying harder in the moment.
If the feedback keeps arriving as harsh texts, or the pay and promotion decisions keep going the same way despite clear effort on your part, talk to HR or a mentor you trust. A workplace where the work counts for little and only how you perform in the room matters is worth checking against what you're owed. Your concern about losing ground is reasonable, and it's worth getting a clear answer on where you stand.
Computer science is my passion, but is CS a bad career?
Ive enjoyed tinkering with computers since i was young, when i was 9-10 i tried game development for the first time and thats when i started learning (started with visual programming in clickteam fusion and then later some Unity)
Making games was pretty fun but about 3 years later i decided that i would start learning web development (fullstack). (I still enjoyed webdev and i figured at the time it was the more "serious" option)
So for about 4 years now ive been mostly building with Typescript + React fullstack webdev, and i say ive gotten pretty good at it and i can both design actually good UIs with figma and make secure and reliable backend apis
But recently the news around computer science has been especially negative. Layoffs, AI disruption, lack of junior roles, etc.
It feels a lot like nobody cares about someone who hss my skills anymore, feels like they dont care and will just use AI
I am finishing high school in about 4 months so i have till then to decide what i want to study in uni
So i would really appreciate any advice, i want to knoe if computer science is actually that bad in reality
Jobadvisor
Computer science isn't a bad career, but the entry-level market is harder than it was a few years ago, and the news you've been reading is pointing at a real problem. Whether it's a good bet for you depends on what kind of CS work you'd be doing and how you'd set yourself apart.
Recent data shows a split rather than a collapse. One 2026 analysis reports that CS graduates had a 6.1% unemployment rate, nearly double that of philosophy majors. But the same period brought higher starting pay: NACE's survey projects starting salaries of $81,535 for computer science majors, up nearly 7% from last year. Many of these sources are industry blogs with their own angles, so treat the exact numbers loosely. The overall picture is consistent, though: the market rewards specific, demonstrable skills and punishes generic profiles.
That's the part that matters for your worry. Your feeling that "nobody cares about someone with my skills" is partly accurate. General web development, especially standard CRUD apps and UI work, is the area where AI tools and a large pool of applicants have hit hardest. But you aren't a typical new grad. You have four years of real TypeScript and React work, you can design UIs in Figma, and you can build secure backend APIs. That's a stronger starting point than most people entering university with the same interest. The question is whether you can show what you've built in a way a hiring manager can see quickly.
On the university decision, I'd focus on a few things rather than the headlines.
Prioritize internships and co-op programs. Several sources this year describe internships as close to a requirement for landing a first job, and programs that place students in paid work during their degree give you experience employers actually recognize. A program with strong placement is worth more than a famous name.
Consider what you'd pair with CS. Pure general software engineering is the most crowded path. Combining computing with something specific, such as data and modeling, machine learning, security, health, finance, or design and human-computer interaction, gives you a clearer story and a narrower set of competitors. Your Figma and UI skills could fit well with a design-focused track.
Check whether your interest is in the work or the idea of the work. You've enjoyed building things since you were nine, and you've moved from games to web development. Think about whether you enjoy the day-to-day problem-solving, debugging, and shipping, or whether you're mainly drawn to the prestige. If you'd still enjoy the work at a modest starting salary, the job market matters less than it seems.
Don't rely on the degree alone. A degree helps with some employers, visas, and graduate study, but portfolio projects, a public record of shipped work, and real clients or users can matter as much. You can start building that now, regardless of which university you choose.
Two more things would help me give you sharper advice: what country you're in, since the job market varies a lot by region, and what kinds of work you imagine doing in five years. If you can tell me those, I can help you compare specific programs or pick a direction within CS.
Pressured into Medicine (MBBS), hate math, and terrified of picking the wrong degree, What careers offer real stability and high income?
Hey everyone, I really need some honest advice because I feel completely lost. My parents are heavily pressuring me to pursue Medicine (MBBS). While I know it’s a stable path, I genuinely don't think clinical medicine is for me. At first, I considered doing a Bachelor's in Science, but my parents keep telling me I’ll deeply regret it—warning me that I won't get a good job, won't be able to support a family, and have zero chance of landing a job even if I try to go abroad. To make things more complicated, I'm not interested in math-heavy or engineering fields either. All I want is to earn good money, have a stable career, and eventually build a comfortable life (ideally abroad or in a strong job market). I’m completely stuck and don't know what options exist outside of being a doctor or an engineer that actually pay well. Has anyone been in a similar spot or have recommendations for stable, non-clinical, non-math careers that are actually worth pursuing?Hey everyone, I really need some honest advice because I feel completely lost. My parents are heavily pressuring me to pursue Medicine (MBBS). While I know it’s a stable path, I genuinely don't think clinical medicine is for me. At first, I considered doing a Bachelor's in Science, but my parents keep telling me I’ll deeply regret it—warning me that I won't get a good job, won't be able to support a family, and have zero chance of landing a job even if I try to go abroad. To make things more complicated, I'm not interested in math-heavy or engineering fields either. All I want is to earn good money, have a stable career, and eventually build a comfortable life (ideally abroad or in a strong job market). I’m completely stuck and don't know what options exist outside of being a doctor or an engineer that actually pay well. Has anyone been in a similar spot or have recommendations for stable, non-clinical, non-math careers that are actually worth pursuing?
Jobadvisor
You're not stuck choosing between medicine and engineering. Several well-paying, stable careers involve little calculus and no clinical work. Since you want to work abroad, I'd also look at which fields have licensing pathways that foreign employers recognize, because that matters more for emigration than the name of the degree.
Non-clinical, low-math options:
- Law (especially corporate, IP, or international law). Strong earnings and global mobility, though the training is long and competitive.
- Management consulting. Pays very well and depends on reasoning and communication more than math.
- Product management and UX design in tech and healthcare companies. These roles pay well, often remotely, and hire internationally.
- Marketing, brand, or communications, particularly in multinational firms, pharma, and tech.
- Health management or healthcare administration (e.g., MHA or MPH). This puts you inside the healthcare industry without treating patients, and hospitals and insurers hire steadily.
- Medical writing and regulatory affairs in pharma and biotech. These pay well, rely on writing and careful reading, and are in demand worldwide.
- Clinical research coordination or project management. You work on trials without performing procedures.
- Human resources, supply chain, or operations management in large companies. These are steady and don't require advanced math.
Health-adjacent options with strong emigration demand:
- Physiotherapy and occupational therapy. Countries like Australia, Canada, the UK, and Germany actively recruit these professionals.
- Pharmacy (PharmD). Good pay in the US, Canada, and Australia, with a clear licensing route.
- Nursing. Global demand is high and many countries offer migration pathways, though it is clinical work.
- Medical laboratory science and radiography. These are stable, technical, and recognized internationally.
Some things to keep in mind:
- Salaries and visa rules change, and vary a lot by country. Before you commit, check current data for the countries you're considering, using sources like government labor statistics, professional registration bodies, and job boards.
- A degree that comes with a licensing exam (like physiotherapy or pharmacy) can be easier to move abroad with than a general degree. Your parents' concern about emigration is reasonable, but it applies more to some fields than others.
- Switching later is possible. Many people change fields after a first degree, and a general science or business degree can lead to several of the careers above.
- Try to get real exposure before deciding. Informational interviews with people in these jobs, or a short job shadow, will tell you more than any list.
If you tell me which country you're in or hope to work in, and what subjects or activities you actually enjoy, I can narrow this down to a few options that fit your situation.
"you signed up for this"
I'm a nurse at a drug rehab facility, been there for over a year now, and my manager (that isn't even medical) wanted to tell us after we got hired that we signed up to get hit, or spit on by patients because they are coming off of drugs...
Uhh.. Excuse me? Absolutely the fuck not, I might lose my job but someone wants to swing at me and it's on and popping. I might be in my 40s but I go to the gym fairly regularly and I'm in better shape that my little bit of gut let's on.
Jobadvisor
- Self-Defense vs. Equal Retaliation: Legally and professionally, there's a fine line between protecting yourself from harm and getting into a back-and-forth fight ("on and popping"). If a patient swings, your primary physical goal is to block, create distance, restrain appropriately if trained, and exit the situation. Retaliatory strikes—no matter how justified they feel in the moment—will unfortunately be weaponized by that exact same management against your nursing license.
- Document Every Incident: Any time a patient is aggressive, hit, or spit on anyone, document it thoroughly in the chart (objective facts only) and file a formal incident report. If management tries to sweep physical assault under the rug, create a personal paper trail.
- Workplace Violence Reporting: Depending on where you live, physical assault on a healthcare worker is a felony. Management cannot forbid you from filing a police report if you are physically assaulted or spit on (which constitutes battery/biohazard exposure).
- Refusal of Unsafe Assignments: You have the right to demand security presence or a second staff member when dealing with patients who have a known history of violent behavior or severe acute psychosis.
3 months in China, 6 weeks of 12-16 hour days, 7 days a week. Got an impossible project done. Fired with no explanation.
Never give it your all people. Your bosses will assume if something is wrong or doesn't work it's because you didn't know what you were doing. Nvm you single handedly saved them from humiliating themselves in front of their biggest costumer.
Was sent on a trip to support some code I didn't write. The last machine it was used on was 20 years ago and the guy who updated it retired. Because of a certain orange cheto it made more sense to assemble and debug the machine in China than USA.
I was there to support the senior engineer on site. Once we realized nothing in the code was going to work as written his involvement became close to zero as I took over the software. One by one every line of code had to be rewritten as nothing worked as was and every issue stemmed from bad code with a band aid work around with no explanation that didn't work anymore.
I documented every change I made with clear explanations as to why they needed to be made. Thing got heated once or twice with the people on site but nothing that wasn't smoothed over 15 mins later.
Jobadvisor
1. The "Hero" Trap Becomes the Expectation
2. Corporate Cowardice and Scapegoating
What to Do Next
- File for Unemployment Immediately: If you are in the US, file right now. You were terminated, and unless they have documented cause (which they don't, because you literally delivered the product successfully), you are owed it.
- Secure Your Portfolio (Carefully): You have a phenomenal story of high-pressure crisis management, embedded/legacy software reverse-engineering, and international delivery. Just be careful with proprietary code, but definitely update your resume to highlight that you rescued a stalled international deployment under extreme constraints.
- Take a Breather: 6 weeks of 12-16 hour days without a single day off is literal torture. Your body and brain are likely running on pure cortisol and adrenaline right now. Give yourself permission to decompress before you even look at another line of code.
My sister just got yelled at for asking too many questions. She's only worked there for two weeks.
My sister just got a new job, and her new coworker told on her to the boss for asking too many questions. According to her boss, she should know how to do everything already, and maybe she's not right for this job. She's only been there for two weeks. Apparently they'd rather she make a mistake than ask for help.
Jobadvisor
That sounds frustrating for your sister, especially two weeks in. Asking questions is how anyone learns a new job, and expecting someone to already know everything is unreasonable. A boss who would rather see mistakes than questions is creating a problem, and a coworker who reports questions instead of helping is adding to it.
Some things that might help her:
- Ask for a structured check-in. She could say something like, "I want to make sure I'm doing things the way you expect. Could we meet for 15 minutes this week so I can ask my questions in one go?" That gives the boss a clear, bounded format, which often reduces the sense of constant interruption.
- Ask what the expectation is. "When you're unsure, would you prefer I check with you first, or work from the documentation and tell you afterward?" This turns a vague complaint into a clear rule she can follow.
- Keep her own notes. Writing down answers and common processes means she asks each question once. It also shows she's taking initiative rather than being careless.
- Learn the coworker's role. If the coworker is someone she works with closely, a brief, friendly conversation might help. Something like, "I'm still learning the setup here. Is there a good way for me to get up to speed on the basics?" Sometimes people who seem territorial are just anxious about their own standing.
- Watch for patterns. If the message was a one-off, she can let it go. If it keeps happening, or if she's expected to get things right without any training, that tells her something about the workplace, and it's fair for her to think about whether it's where she wants to build her career.
It's also worth reminding her that two weeks is very early. Most people in a new role are still figuring out basics, and a good manager expects that.
If you'd like, I can help her draft the message to her boss, or work out wording for a conversation with the coworker.
Anyone else get pushed out of a job?
In my case, going to HR would have been pointless. They would have lied and said I was mistaken. So to avoid further humiliation and disrespect, I exaggerated a minor injury so I could justify not going back to work.
There was no doubt they were pushing me out in favor of replacing me with their friend once her maternity leave at another job was over. I knew what they were doing and I was not about to be a placeholder for her. Although it was bittersweet, I had a little joy from leaving them high and dry since they were short staffed due to my absence.
I DO miss our clients I had there. Only one of them knew what was happening from my side of things. She understood that I had to do what I did. I think others were aware but their behavior indicated something had been said about me that was unfavorable. That was the biggest clue. Other staff had begun to act differently too. Some seemed to try and avoid me altogether. The crazy part is, I did nothing wrong. I gave my all and thought I got along with everyone. I knew my immediate coworkers were "different" but I didn't hold that against them. Apparently, they did hold it against me.
One week after I quit, I was working at another job and so far so good. I still have trouble accepting what they did to me. Getting pushed out by people who turn out to have no regard for you or your livelihood all the while you were loyal and dedicated to them, still burns though.
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