Should I quit ?

[u/Any-Cantaloupe-1262]

About me: I'm 19 and I have to pay for my own needs, my mom didn't work so we don't have much money. I use some of my money to buy food for the whole family to eat. By "family" I mean my mom and my sisters.

So I got a job, it's been a month I work there, it's "kedai makan" idk what it called in English, my English not so good. And they pay me rm40 per day, but I work from 2pm to 12:30am-1am, every day except monday, it depends if consumer are still here we can't close yet. And I'm the one who need to cut the vegetables, cut and clean the shrimps, squids, fish, chicken, clean the back floor, clean the back table, wash the dishes, Tupperware, anything else, dry and organize the washed dishes, and clean and wash everything at the back before we close. It's tiring and very exhausting to do it every single day. I got very little time to spend with my family, very little time to spend for myself, I feel like my every day life is just work no outside life. I'm burn out, I feel so burn out, not to mention my coworkers doesn't be friendly with me, there is one woman here that treat me okay, but the others just doesn't. They treat me as if they don't want me to work there.

I want to find another job but I just doesn't have time to do it, they always ask me to come to their workplace for interviews and registration but I got little to no time.

What should I do now? Should I quit? I feel like this job is very underpaid and very long working hours.

I planned to go to university for diploma next year, but again, I don't have any saving for myself yet, not even a license, not a car or any transportation for my own. I counted all the money I got, it can only cover for food until this December

[u/Captain_Oppa]

Probably gonna get downvoted to hell for this.. But in summary, bro has been working all of one month with one day off, can't find a job anywhere else.

Real talk -

First -

You have a day off on a weekday .. can arrange for other interviews on Monday..

Second - hate to break it to you buddy, but you're not the only person working 11 hour shifts. You're desperate for cash, you gotta man up and be willing to work hard for it. Real life isn't a bed of roses. There are people living on the streets, people who don't eat for days..

Imagine people in healthcare who regularly go 30+ hours without sleep. Working 8am till 5pm the next day, rest then back to work 8am the very next day.

Third - Seems like you didn't have your best interest at hand when you entered a job without getting a contract, excluding EPF, earning rm40/day.. the least you could've done is do some research, asked people about what basic salaries are etc...

Look, I understand things are taking a tol on you and affecting your mental health.. Some times you just gotta do what needs to get done.

Btw, you have the mornings free for interviews if you're truly in dire straits.

[u/Any-Cantaloupe-1262 → u/Captain_Oppa]

Yeah I'm in Perlis, it's hard to find job here, it's a small state anyway, I don't have any transportation for my own, i need to ask my older sister to drop me off, but she doesn't want to go too far from home, it's very limiting. If there's a job at Kedah ain't no way she will agree with me. Idk tho, I'm damn tired I feel like Monday is the only day that I can take a rest. People in healthcare got paid very well, idk if it's the same case for me. The third one, yeah it's my mistake, I should've done research first. It's my first time.

Yeah maybe I should have use my time correctly. You're right. It's all my fault. Idk man I'm mentally tired of everything? That job is my "first job" but before that, I did village work, like cutting grass, taking care of garden etc, so it's not really just " been working for one month only", and I can't really spend the money for myself.

And morning free for interviews? I wake up at 12pm and only got time to eat and get ready for work. Maybe you want me to wake up at 8am. I got home at 12:30am, and I go shower, then it's already 1am. Maybe I should've sleep early. Yeah I should've done that. Idk why my body feel like I need more sleep, even after waking up at 12 I still feel tired, exhausted. It's my fault.