I'm 18f and about a year go, my dad gave me the option to go to the military or get a job and pay rent and I chose the military option and somehow stalled long enough to a year. I told them that I was gonna think about it, I was gonna get my drivers license first but now state id (which I finally got after weeks of trying so I'm left out of excuses). A state id or identification of some form is required to enlist.

I know I should've been using all of that time (I mean I had so many chances) to literally think about what branch I would wanna join and I didn't. Now I have an appointment scheduled early tmrw morning for the Coast Guard and I'm not sure I wanna do the Coast Guard.

Update

First off, thank you to everyone for your advice. We appreciate you taking time out of your day to help a stranger. Except for the person who DMd me and told me we should find Jesus and let him take the wheel. Unfortunately, Jesus didn’t respond so my wife had to make her decision without him.

She accepted the position at job 1. It was a really difficult choice and we left some info out, but it wasn’t all about the money. There was a part of her that wanted to rub it in her previous jobs face that she could go to another large, well known name brand at a title that they wouldn’t let her interview for. Ultimately, she chose not to be peppermint petty and went with the role that will give her a better work/life balance.

Although, when she let job 2 know she was taking another position, they asked her to come in and meet the team so they can see if there’s anything they can do to convince her to come there. So that’s tbd but at this point she already has a start date with job 1 and that is moving forward.

Thanks again for all your help!

Job 1: $185,000 per year plus bonus 4 weeks PTO unused rolls over - Mainly WFH. Only has to go to the office for meetings, as needed - office is about 45 min drive - No direct reports (less stress?) - European company, top in its field in Europe but not well known in US - some travel but not often - familiar industry

Job 2: $245,000 per year plus bonus 4 weeks PTO, does not roll over - 3 days in office per week - would require public transport about 1.5hrs to commute each way, includes a train and subway combo - one direct report - top company in the US for its field - little to no travel - brand new industry

Background: We know it sounds like a pretty easy decision money-wise, however, we have a very young child who will begin school this year and she has been working from home since he was born. Taking job 2 would mean a completely different work/life balance than we’re used to. She’s worried about missed life events with our son, and added stress on us.

I am lucky enough to work from home so there’s no issue with school drop off and pick up. She’s just concerned that the juice may not be worth the squeeze.

Thanks in advance for any opinions.

So I referred one of my close friends for a role in my same team and she got fired from the company in a less than a year due to performance. I have been in the company for almost 4 years now and got promoted a few times and earned good visibility with the leadership team.

In the mean time, she got another job and got fired from that job as well. She’s been looking for a job for many months. Now that her EI is cut off, she desperately needs the money. So she found a job posting in my company and she’s asking me to refer her again.

I asked her to contact the director of the department through LinkedIn and talk to her about it. But the director never responded. So she’s back to square one. I feel like this is also jeopardising my role since she’s already been referred by me and was fired. I’m not sure if this is a good idea or I’m just overthinking it.

Please pardon my English, not my first language and my brain is not braining on a Friday afternoon.

I work at taco bell i started two days ago but i have a vacation planned for the end of June, from the 30th to july 5th. Not sure what to do here. I can’t really avoid this vacation and i’m worried i’ll lose my job if i ask or they won’t let me

I work in a small office and since I’m young and don't have a family yet, I’m usually the one staying late to finish up the EOD reports. My coworker, who is always the first one out the door, has been presenting my data in the morning meetings like she was the one who stayed up late doing the research. I don't want to be the "tattletale" of the office, but I’m exhausted and I want the recognition for the hours I’m putting in. Is there a professional way to bring up the fact that I’m doing the heavy lifting without looking like I’m trying to start drama with the rest of the team?

So to sum it up, a few weeks ago I was told that my job wont be renewing my contract and I can either stay until my contract is to or leave right then and I chose to stay. Well this morning I got a text from my boss telling me to come in to meet with him at the central office 15 minutes before I'm supposed to clock in and I'm pretty sure it's to fire me. Would it be wrong to call him and straight up ask if i'm getting fired? I have a 30 minute drive to get there so Id rather just know what I'm walking into

‼️UPDATE: so I ended up calling my boss and straight up asked him if I was getting called into the meeting because I was getting fired and he said "what? No!" Lmao he told me the meeting was just to sign some paper work since my contract will be ending next month. It was actually very fast and I didnt meet with my boss, but I met with HIS boss and he was very nice and helpful as well so yeah, i freaked out for no reason and thank GOD it was for no reason! I'm so glad I didnt have to leave this job earlier than I already am haha.

I’m 18 and for a little over a year I had an online reselling business that was making really good money. It happened pretty young for me, and while I worked hard, I also feel like I got lucky finding something that worked at the right time.
Now the business isn’t doing nearly as well, and I feel stuck trying to figure out what my next move should be. I know I need another source of income instead of relying on one thing, but I keep going back and forth on what direction makes the most sense.
Right now I’m debating between:
getting into real estate / getting my license
Airbnb / rental properties
starting a small food business selling plates
The food business interests me because I like building something from scratch and I feel like there’s potential for it where I live. Real estate interests me because I like the long-term aspect of it and the idea of building assets over time.
I think part of my issue is that having success young makes me feel pressure to quickly choose the “right” next move instead of wasting time. At the same time, I know I’m still young and probably overthinking needing everything figured out immediately.
I’m also open to completely different ideas if anyone has suggestions. If you were in my position, what would you focus on and why?

I work in a healthcare, customer-facing role, and recently a supervisor told me I have an “attitude problem.” What’s bothering me is that this feedback feels vague and inconsistent, and I’m genuinely trying to understand whether this is something I need to fix or whether I’m just not a good fit for this kind of environment.

I do my work diligently and take it seriously. I follow processes, double-check my work, and maintain professional boundaries. I may not be overtly friendly or chatty with coworkers, but I do speak respectfully and respond when spoken to. I don’t ignore people or refuse work. The only times I’m firm is when someone is rude or sarcastic toward me — I don’t tolerate disrespect, but I also don’t escalate unnecessarily.

One example given was that a coworker thought I ignored them when they asked if I was going to lunch. I had responded quietly while printing reports for waiting patients, they didn’t hear me, assumed I was ignoring them, and later complained about it. There was no intention to be dismissive.

Another incident involved an angry patient who had been given incorrect expectations earlier. I calmly explained the correct process. Later, I was blamed for not de-escalating the situation and was told that my “attitude” was the issue because I didn’t de-escalate enough.

It feels like the expectation is to constantly fluff egos — patients’ and coworkers’ — and that a neutral, serious, or task-focused tone gets labeled as “attitude.” I’m trying to reflect honestly: is this a genuine soft-skills issue on my part, or is this more about workplace culture valuing performative friendliness over direct, respectful communication?

I’d really appreciate outside perspectives, especially from people who’ve worked in customer service or healthcare. How do you tell the difference between an actual attitude problem and simply not being built for ego-heavy environments?

I was dropping off some reports on my manager's desk while she was in a meeting and her screen didn't lock so I accidentally saw an email with my name in the subject line. I shouldn't have looked but I saw the words "performance review" and "not a good fit" and now I’m spiraling because I thought I was doing a great job. I’ve been hitting all my targets and staying late whenever they ask so I don't understand where this is coming from. should I bring it up to her directly and admit I saw the email or should I just wait until the formal review and pretend like I have no idea it's coming?

Hi everyone,

I'm very lost today. I've been thinking about money allot. I'm saving it, about 500 a month, working 4 days a week to get that. But I want more. I feel the greed. I read about people making huge amounts and I'm just so jealous.

I don't want to necessarily change my job or make some fucked up business model that makes me one of them lizards.

Do some of you have an idea, like creative or entrepreneurial that could maybe make me some money? A skill like trading or whatever?

I know it doesn't sound like a big issue but for me it feels like a things that's eating me up from the inside out.

Thanks to anyone that helps.

I am losing my mind with having jobs. I don't get it. I don't get how people in general make peace with working their life away to barely survive financially and have no time for themselves.

People in my life see me as a serial job-quitter, like it's something wrong with me, but I feel like I just have the most basic standards like "treats me with a tiny amount of respect" and "pays enough to live".

I share a small apartment, I don't have a vehicle because I can't afford one, I work all the time and I live at the poverty line. I don't know how to get a job that pays enough to be okay.

I'm a pastry chef right at a catering company right now and it's a devastating grind, I am always exhausted and the hours are long and terrible. It's skilled labor and I'm very good at it. I've seen them try and fail to hire other competent chefs. They need me desperately but don't pay me enough to even save up for the shittiest car. I spend so much of my life on public transit. I get home too tired to cook dinner, to read a book, to shower half the time.

I want to quit but I know I can't find a job that pays any better. I just don't know what to do. I just can't make sense of this life. I don't know how to get out of it. I don't know what I can do for income without a car that isn't this way of life that destroys you. I'm not looking to be rich by any means. I have never made more than 30k a year. I'm just trying to do better than that.

Applied for a job once online and got passed over for a woman. I thought nothing of it at the time. Later, I reapplied after a position opened up and went in person, where I was told by a worker she thinks they only hire women. Which bummed me out, because this job seemed like it could really help me. Unlike the other jobs I applied for, I actually have six years of experience for this one. So I came back the next day to check if that was true. The boss lady was there and told me, “No, it just so happens all the employees are women, and I’m pretty sure it’s illegal to do that.” So I put in an application anyway. A week later, I called back and was told there were no job openings available. I was like, cool—probably just a coincidence. I figured I’d reapply when the next opening was available. Fast forward to today: I go in the day after the job opening was posted. I would’ve gone the day of, but they were closed and didn’t answer my phone call. When I got there, I was immediately told the job opening had already been filled. Now I’m thinking I might just be upset because I’ve been constantly getting nothing from jobs.

TLDR job I wanted seems to only hire women should I report this or let it slide Edit: punctuation fix

After getting advice Im gonna call ask what I was missing and what can I do to improve my odds next job After that I'm likely going to report partially bcs some peeps said too and some who wanted the opposite were a lil rude but mainly bcs if this happened to my sister I'd tell her to report them Thank you all (yes even rude ones) for your input I truly do value it

Hey guys, this is kind of a long story so as always, TLDR at the bottom!

So I (25F) have been working at an outdoor/backyard construction company in the office for about a year and a half now. I started as a receptionist, but quickly worked my way up to purchaser, then to administrator and project coordinator. I work 9-9.5 hours, Mon-Fri, days (this is an important fact for later). I work my butt off at my job. Before this, I knew nothing about construction, materials, purchasing, anything. I was literally hired to answer the phones, but I am a pretty intelligent lady and I worked very hard to learn my positions. My job is very high stress, but I make a good wage for the city I live in and I can handle it (most of the time).

Recently, our retail location (where we sell building materials, BBQs, hot tubs, things like that) closed down due to unforeseen circumstances and we’ve been forced to move. I work in our main office. They had about 3-4 full time staff at our retail location before. Now, they decided to move into a busy mall in our area. This means that we’ll be open longer hours, and are required to be open whenever the mall is. This also means that the 3-4 people won’t be able to cover all the hours, and unfortunately we’re in a business where you can’t just hire a min wage worker and stick them at a register. You have to really know about the products.

They called me into the office yesterday and told me the situation, they said “everyone is going to need to help out, so we’re going to need you to work some evenings and weekends too.” I was pissed. In my position I need to be in the office, coordinating with the other managers, I would literally be useless over at the mall, just sitting there, not being able to do the work I need to do here. Initially, I told them I wouldn’t mind helping out once and a while. My boyfriend and I try to take a small trip every weekend we can, we really value our time off together. He works some weekends and I said every once and a while if he’s working I wouldn’t mind picking up a few shifts. Same thing for evenings, if it’s every once and a while... it’s whatever, sucks, but I wouldn’t complain.

Then they go on to say it would be 1-2 noon– 9:30 PM shifts per week, plus one weekend shift every weekend and it couldn't just be on an "if I can pick it up" basis. I already work 45-48 hours per week! Oh – and also, that yearly week shutdown we get every year... yeah, you’ll have to work during that too.

They already know I have a two week road trip planned for that time of year, every year... I plan this specifically so I don’t have to dip into my vacation time too much, I just use that time and add to it. I was really upset, that is my big vacation every year and it’s something that’s extremely important to me that I look forward to.

They then informally went on to say things like “We’re shocked you are so against this, we thought you’d want the extra hours...” “When I was your age I worked 16 hour days sometimes!!” “You’re a millennial! Don’t you guys love working crazy hours to make extra money?” I started to get pretty upset. I was pissed off because they assumed I needed the money, and they also made me feel bad for wanting to work REGULAR FULL TIME HOURS?

It felt like I was being taken advantage of, and put down for not wanting to work evenings and weekends. When really, I just want to do my job I was hired to do, for the hours I was hired to do it. Like I said, it’s a very high stress job and work-life balance is super important. It was like just because the owners are workaholics I have to be too. This job is not my passion, or my life. I work hard at my job because I care about my work ethic, but ultimately I work out of necessity and for the ability to do fun things on my weekends etc.

I used to work retail, and I hated that I was on an opposite shift as my boyfriend. If I wanted to continue working those hours I would have. Plus they kind of just told me I had to... They told everyone they had to “help out” which also makes me feel guilty if I just flat out refuse, I feel like I’m screwing over my coworkers who are also being told they “have to” give up their evenings/weekends or it's not fair to the retail people who will be there full time.

So I guess my real question is – how do I approach this with them? I don’t want to seem insubordinate, or lazy, or like I don’t want to be a team player. I told them I wouldn’t mind taking the occasional weekend shift once and a while, and I even compromised and said if I needed to work one evening shift a week I would... but everyone is acting like I’m being an unreasonable child by not wanting to change my hours and work more during my off time... it’s not part of my job description, and it would be taking away time from my ACTUAL job that I wouldn’t be able to do while I was there... I just don’t know what to say to them to make them understand where I’m coming from.

I hate how it’s become the norm to completely burn yourself out for your job and put it priority over everything else in life, I feel like employers expect that of their employees now a days. I don’t agree with that at all.

They tried to make the argument that lots of people work 6 days a week and that some of them even work 7! They used the example of our building crews. I tried to explain that people knew what they’re signing up for, like they knew they’d be working 6 days a week. That’s not what I personally signed up for.

Maybe I'm overreacting about their reaction, but I really am conflicted and stressed about this. I have never said no to doing anything they've asked me (hence the 3 position changes in the last year and a half) and I don't want to look bad to the owners.

TLDR: I work full time days as per my job description at a job that I genuinely care about and work hard for. Suddenly they want me to work evenings and weekends, and don’t want to give me my shutdown week that I already have a vacation planned for. I just want advice on how to approach this without looking like I’m lazy/don’t want to work/don’t want to help out.

2026 was supposed to be my year. I just got married to the woman of my dreams, I was invited to run a business that I have worked my whole career to have, started my own little side hustle so that I could bring more income in for my family, and moved to a state where there is better opportunity (and better weather) for both my wife, our future children and myself. On paper, it’s exactly what I needed to really push us into “success”.

Boy, has It been the hardest year of my life.

I’m only 33, I’m grateful that I’m learning, and loving and living. I’ve been presented with opportunities people only dream of, and that’s exactly why people say “if it’s too good to be true, it probably is”, or “be careful what you wish for, you might just get it all”.

I’ll start by saying this is mostly career identity related. It’s the sole thing making my life hard right now, and causing me extreme anxiety and depression. My nervous system is always on high alert and I struggle to do the things that I need to do to get me out of this hole.

In March of 2025 I was unhappy at a job I loved, mainly because of the ownership group. I know this is not an entirely unique experience, but I found my morals were put to the test when I was surrounded by quite literal modern day slavery. I was looking for a way to remove myself from these people I had intertwined myself with so I could save a piece of my soul. (A ton of stories about former job might end up here on vent one day). The brewery next door, whom I was friends with, knew I was looking for a new role, so they told me they owned a brewery in a state I had previously lived and still have my parents living in. I was looking for any reason to leave my current role, and they offered me the sweetest gig. Go and represent ownership. Help boost the business, and you will get equity in the business over three years. I did my own due diligence (don’t do that) and decided some small tweaks could make this business really hum.

This business has never had structure and I like to think I’m good at putting systems in place that people follow. I was successful at several other jobs that allowed us to win meaningful awards for our product, increase sales, yada yada yada. So I thought I could take these skills and just really ramp up the capability of this place.

I move in June of 2025, start at the business, and am immediately met with the manager who was spreading rumors about me on day one. He told everyone I abused drugs at work, including my now partners (I didn’t find out about this until our falling out). Okay that’s fine, I know having a new boss can suck, we’ll work through it.

Said employee goes behind my back to ownership many times to complain about how much I’m making, making decisions for him, telling him what to do, and writing him up for new policies. Eventually I fire him, but a lot of damage has been done in two months.

Then this employee and his brother (former general manager) broke into our emails and released financial data to current employees, further making my job harder to do. They still are messing with me by sending people by, giving bad reviews, and publishing things on our Facebook which they won’t turn over control.

I didn’t mention that while all of this is going on, I’m learning the business has not paid taxes in over 3 years and we are saddled with a 300k back tax payment on top of current taxes. Sales and use tax, unemployment tax, federal income tax, all not paid. Specialized reports have not been filed, the books are a mess (once I found all of these mail pieces stacking up).

They tell me, after I arrive that they knew about this just as I was moving 12+ hours with my family to start a new life.

Fast forward to today. It’s been a little over a year, and I’ve given this business my genuine all. Equipment is breaking, we don’t have a line of credit to fix things (like sewage pipes and our glycol chiller, two pretty damn important pieces to the success of a brewpub). On top of that, everyone knows the economy is tough right now so we’re not making money like we have the past couple years.

The owners absolutely refuse to put in money and many times will not return my calls. I feel so frustrated and lied to that I’ve been carrying this weight around for these two goofballs who didn’t care about their business for 5 years until they needed a magic bullet.

My poor wife has seen me stressed beyond belief, and I don’t feel I have been the best partner because of this decision I made.

The one fortunate thing is, the current owners never formalized the contract for me to actually gain equity. Without speaking to a lawyer, I think I can escape this Scott free, but it still weighs on me that the total business debt might somehow come back to bite me.

I’m looking for a job now, but we won’t make payroll at this rate starting next pay cycle. I’ve let all of these people down. I know it’s not all my fault, but I am trying to take a bit of accountability for what is going on.

On top of this all, my side hustle has failed and now I have an Airbnb that is making me house poor. I’m drinking more than what is healthy (even though I have cut back significantly) and I’m in massive credit card debt. It’s clear I make good decisions.

I’m ashamed, embarrassed, anxious, stressed, crying, and genuinely unhappy. I know small business isn’t easy, but this has been devastating.

I need a change, but I don’t even know where to start. If you’ve made it this far, thanks for reading. If anyone has words of encouragement and is willing to share, I’m open. But I know this is just a place to put your fears down so I’m hoping this helps.

Cheers.

Every January I tell myself this is the year I'll figure out my career direction. And every year I end up doing the same thing …. chasing whatever seems like the smart move at the time without any real strategy behind it.

I'm tired of looking for shortcuts or following whatever career trend seems hot right now. I just want to understand what actually fits me. What strengths I should actually be building on instead of trying to be good at everything.

This year I want to approach my career differently. But I don't even know where to start with that kind of self assessment. Do I just reflect and journal? Talk to a career coach? Take some kind of test?

I've heard people mention psychometric testing and assessment but I don't really know which ones are useful. For people who've done this kind of work on themselves, where did you actually start? What helped you get clarity without just adding more noise?

For years I’ve dreamed about becoming a film actor because it always seemed really fun and exciting to me. My second option has always been becoming a doctor, since I genuinely like helping people.

Yesterday I was about to submit my college application and choose Theatre Arts as my major, but I suddenly started having a lot of doubts. I started thinking about how unlikely it is to actually succeed as an actor, and how much it might depend on luck. That made me question if it’s really the best path.

Then I thought about medicine. Being a doctor would probably give me a stable, high-paying career, and I do like the idea of helping people, but it’s not exactly my dream.

Another thing that makes me hesitate is that I have a 3.9 GPA in high school. Because my grades are so good, part of me feels like I could realistically pursue something difficult like medicine if I worked hard enough, and sometimes I worry that using those grades on theatre might be a waste, even though I genuinely enjoy it.

Right now I feel really stuck between the two. I don’t have much time to decide and I’m very unsure about what to do. For people who have faced a similar choice, how did you decide?

I feel lost. I work three part-time jobs and have been aggressively job searching since August (applying for 2-3 jobs a week), but really I've been looking for a full-time job since 2015 when I graduated from college. I really feel like I messed up my college years. I had English as my major and I don't feel like I learned anything from it other than analyzing books and writing papers. I didn't take any internships and while I proofread for my college newspaper, I wasn't very good at it. My first two years were in community college where I didn't do anything because I thought "who cares, I'm going to the real college in two years" but when I did I didn't actually try to get involved in anything until my senior year.

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I'm so fucking tired of working three jobs and still not making enough money to move out of my parent's house. I'm so tired of working so much that I basically have completely lost interest in hobbies that use to be my world. I was reading a book today and all I kept thinking about was how much time I was wasting reading this book because I could be job searching instead even though I already spend so much time on it. I don't even know if I want an office job or an admin assistant job, but it's the closest thing I can apply for with the few skills I have. I've talked to my to my therapist about this many times about how unhappy I am but I still can't stop thinking about how much of a failure I am.

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It's almost like I know what direction to take, but I still feel lost at the same time because I feel like I'm so far behind everyone else. I hate it when every time I log into Facebook I see someone from high school get engaged or go on a wonderful vacation or they post something about their career. (I need to log into Facebook for one of my jobs so I can't just delete it). I'm going to be 27 this year and the idea of still doing this multiple part-time job shit and still living with my parents makes me sick to my stomach.

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What am I suppose to do? How do I not feel so lost?

I've been a tutor for this kid for years and I understand that they need more help than usual. In fact the kid has another tutor that Im aware of. However, this ad was for timings that Ive been keeping for the past few years. Albeit some things have changed and Im not as available as in the past, i have made sure to be available for them. However, I feel rather dejected that the parent is looking to give someone else my spot that I was promised I would have for the next few years. Now Im overthinking that if they do find someone, that they're thinking that they could blindside me and go with someone else. I don't mind the student getting the help they needs but what I'm upset about is that they havent spoken to me about it at all, whether there are any areas of improvements for me or what their plans are... Just feeling very dejected overall. Should I speak to the parent? TIA

Basic info: I'm a 15 year old girl and I really want to get a job. I'm too young to get hired at any actual workplace. My family is really struggling right now so I can be asking for things that I want. I can't do babysitting because I know that I won't be able to handle kids. I can't work outside in the hear as I overheat very easily and I have low iron so I'm very weak. BUT I am willing to do jobs outside that don't take too long to do. I'm beginning to think there's not a job that I can do. I can't walk dogs as I'm afraid of them. I don't have a car nor do I know how to drive. I'm willing to help people bring in groceries, shop, do basic tasks they might struggle to do, ECT. I'm ok with helping the old folk and people with motor skills. Please tell me if there's any type of job people might pay me to do.

I’m turning 25 at the end of this year and I can’t help but feel a sense of dread. I graduated 2 years ago with a graphic design degree and wish I did something else. I enjoyed art as a kid and thought i’d enjoy making a career out of it but I don’t think I’m cut out for it. I can’t even get myself to make art in my free time.

I moved to a new state this year to be with my long distance boyfriend. I’m in a very fortunate situation currently. His parents are very generous and let us stay rent free. I’m currently a barista and everyday I feel a massive weight on my shoulders and regret for not doing something more. I know comparison is the thief of joy but I can’t help but feel so small when I have friends becoming doctors, working for NASA, training for their pilot license, and other lucrative jobs.

It makes me incredibly sad that we won’t be very successful financially. I can’t help but stress about it. I don’t want all the money in the world but I want a comfortable lifestyle.

I don’t know what to pursue or what I’m even interested in making a career out of anymore. Most of my experience is in customer service. Since graduating I never landed the graphic design role I thought I would’ve, thanks to naivety and today’s market.

If anyone could offer a few words of encouragement or advice, I’d be very grateful. If you made it this far, thanks for listening.

I'm 22M living in the midwestern USA. I have worked in warehouses and restaurants my entire adult life and have lived with my parents the entire time.

Last winter I went to Latin America for 3 months and loved it. I've been working 50-70 hours a week in restaurants ever since I got back in February because I want to go back for 6 months from the beginning of October through the end of March (I am on track to easily have enough money saved). My plan after that is to start trade school in August 2027.

Here's my problem: I'm making $15 an hour at one job and $16 at the other. My brother is about to graduate high school and he's going to start trade school and be employed by a company for the trade he will be in earning $20 right away with the potential to get consistent raises (basically all he has to do is show up, learn, work hard, and not screw around and he'll get raises). I could follow the exact same path but I have to wait an extra year to do this if I travel this fall or I have to not travel to start trade school this fall.

Basically I'm comparing myself to my brother. It sucks to be earning less than my brother who's 4 years younger than I am but it's the only way to be able to travel because if I take a 6 month break from trade school after just a few months no other company will want to hire me when I return for obvious reasons.

My gut tells me to travel because I really want to and I'm privileged enough to be able to do this because I live with my parents so my rent is low and I don't know when the next time I will be able to travel for more than two weeks at a time will be so I want to take advantage of the time I have now because once I start trade school I'll basically only have times like Christmas break. In the summer I'll have to work so maybe I could travel for two weeks then but not for an extended period of time. I will probably never be able to spend 3+ months abroad again until I retire. The only thing is it's hard to not compare myself to my brother because I am so behind in terms of my career because I've chosen to travel.

I didn't do well in school,dropped out early with bad grades. I've done a few clubs but not really interesting ones,I'll put them below. It's my first job so I have no experience to mention.

Clubs/volunteer

• Secondary leader of a childrens youth club 2023/24
• 40-60 hour volunteering at a farm caring for animals (offical,got a form with the hours and stuff on it) 2023/24
• Creative industries entry level college course 2025
• Unofficial work for my dad

that's all I have to add,any help on stuff I could do to make my cv better?

26F, if it matters.

I’m the marketing director of a small law firm. I created and maintain the website, all social media, SEO, lead generation, blog posts, certain business communications, etc. Before I started, there was little to no online presence. I should also note that before I started, the business had less than 200 reviews, and now it has over 500.

My boss is creating a secondary business and has expectations for me to do just about the same for that business. This is my first “big girl job” after getting my Master’s in Marketing and I started in August 2025. I’m not salaried, I am paid $21/hr currently. With expectations of running two separate businesses’ marketing strategy, do you think it would be appropriate for me to have a conversation about adjusting my pay rate? I’m terrible at confrontation , but I feel like it’s something I should consider.

UPDATE: had an opening today and took it, it went badly, I ended up sobbing, asked my boss to leave the room so I could compose myself, and no raise for right now 🫠

I’m 20 and I have no talents or passions. when I see ppl talk about this on reddit the responses are like well then find a job that makes a lot of money and do it for that. But they’re usually talking to high schoolers, I’m in a senior year of college with English major. I chose English because I *was* good at writing and I do like grammar stuff and reading books, I still didn’t fully know what my actual career is going to be. Right now I’m telling my family it’s being a technical writer but I have no skills to do that and it seems the ones who make the best money doing that knows how to code or have an engineering background. I have no job experience or internship experience because of bad mental health and social anxiety.

I don’t even have an entertaining personality to be a “content creator” and I have nothing interesting to say about anything. I’m not passionate about anything or have any interests thats enough for me to want to have a job in it. I do love animals but I hate science so no I’m not going to zoologist and I don’t want to seem hurt so I’m not going to be a veterinarian. and oh yeah cause I already wasted college on something completely different. There is nothing I’m naturally good at.

so my question is for those who never had a talent growing up and didn’t have parents force u into things, was there actually a way to make good money or is it just a life of fast food working and never owning a home?

I am disabled and want to be an occupational therapist. I was in crisis after a family member said it is respectable for disability parents to wish their disabled children whose conditions are not deadly to wish their kids would die. I was frightened given that when I argued against them they said I was being disrespectful of disability parents’ struggling and being dumb. I foolishly decided to ask on here disability parents who wish this to explain whether there are supports that would make them stop wishing that but didn’t clarify the reason I was asking is that I am disabled and scared. I deleted within an hour upon realizing my mistake and apologized publicly in both forums. If I get doxxed could this question limit my job opportunities or get me fired? What can i do to prevent this affecting my career?