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Post by UnemploymentStatistic421 Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:10 am

First topic message reminder :

I’ve been waiting to get this out for over a year now.

I graduated in May of 2010 from a Top 50 Business School. I had good grades, was very involved on campus, and even had two great internships. It never crossed my mind that the biggest obstacle in my life would become underemployment.

Today, I make $8.65 an hour performing data entry at a medium-sized company. Despite my excellent credentials, hard work, and outstanding performance appraisal; I was given a fifteen cent raise at the end of the year. I am a firm believer that as an employer you pay your employees what they are worth. I give every single fiber of my being to this job - however mundane - in order to be the best employee I can be. The problem is, I’m beginning to feel like I’m worth $8.65 an hour.

How do you go from being on the precipice of your future to rock bottom? I never thought I’d spend my 20’s eating Ramen and living with my parents. Is this really where we’re at now? As a country? Is prosperity something we’ve lost?

I guess I just don’t know how to deal with the disappointment. I’m disappointed in myself. What am I not doing right? I went from being a happy college student with a bright future to a drone.

Every day while I’m sitting at my desk entering numbers for hours on end, I can’t help but become overwhelmed with the emotion of my situation. Anger, rage, depression, anxiety, fear, disappointment - - - all at once! It takes every ounce of my being sometimes not to just throw that computer out the window.

I often think about that guy last year who got fed up with his job as a flight attendant. He grabbed a beer and the PA microphone in order to deliver his rant. When he finished, he dropped the plane’s emergency slide onto the tarmac and slid out in style. How many of the employed feel this way? The unemployed can’t feel much better. What happened?

I just know that if something doesn’t change soon I will lose my mind. It’s not so much about the money as it is simply being respected as an employee. If someone had just said once to me, “David, I know you’re overqualified for this job but I want you to know that we appreciate you,” I would feel so much better.

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Post by Riled American Sun Jul 31, 2011 6:42 pm

This post is going no where. The original poster hasn't really said anything. I think it's a distraction, IMO
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