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My mom kept stressing me out about my first day starting my new job tomorrow.  She keeps acting like they're gonna completely change their mind and tell me to just fuck off on the first day because I didn't dress well enough and I've told her multiple times that they've said they don't really care what you wear as long as it's safe for a lab(no open-toed shoes, etc) and there's not really a dress code, just wear what's comfortable.

I don't know if I want another woman to care about what happens in my life if they just make every major event into something pessimistic, it's no wonder I never had a positive image about anything in my life until recently.

Yeah I'm gonna wear a collared shirt at the very least

_j5689_ wrote:

My mom kept stressing me out about my first day starting my new job tomorrow.  She keeps acting like they're gonna completely change their mind and tell me to just fuck off on the first day because I didn't dress well enough and I've told her multiple times that they've said they don't really care what you wear as long as it's safe for a lab(no open-toed shoes, etc) and there's not really a dress code, just wear what's comfortable.

I don't know if I want another woman to care about what happens in my life if they just make every major event into something pessimistic, it's no wonder I never had a positive image about anything in my life until recently.

the first week i started my corporate job, even though it was a sort of 'casual' work environment with most people wearing oxford shirts and khakis, i dressed in a full suit every single day, with shined shoes. make a good impression, and show you're serious about the job. if you just automatically jump into the humdrum routine of acting like every other long-time casual worker there, you miss the opportunity to really display that you're there to learn/improve/do a job well. 'dress for future success'.

Job starts Tuesday afternoon.
Wednesday: Evaluation for possible other job (70km away) 0800-1200, training for first job (20 km away in other direction) 1400-2230.
Thursday: Interview for third possible job 0900-1300, training for first job 1400-2230.
Friday: Work current job 0800-1300, new job training 1400-2230.

Yeah, goodbye sleep. Hello commuting.

Sell yourself

Uzique The Lesser wrote:

pochsy how do you have a degree of the UofT but you struggle to get a job? if you guys make that out to be your oxbridge, you should be strolling into positions.

I do have employment for the summer (the same job I've held for the past 3 summers at excellent pay rate), but most students end up working the usual retail and research positions at terrible rates.

And for grads we do better than most places. Problem is that the Canadian economy isn't booming, so it's a fight for the best jobs. In our field (Politics and International Relations) the graduates do extremely well. It's the "Canadian Studies" or "Caribbean Studies" students who get to sweep the floor.

Also, I'm still in the bubble for the most part. Masters degree means I can only go for 4 month positions. Stay in school 'till they kick you out

Sunburnt as fuck from sitting outside for 2 hours talking to my mom about the job.  I wanna watch TV but sitting in front of the fan is the only way the sunburn doesn't bother me

You sat outside for two hours talking about your job? Why not go inside if you were burning up

_j5689_ wrote:

Adams_BJ wrote:

You sat outside for two hours talking about your job? Why not go inside if you were burning up

Well my job and a bunch of other shit too.  I wasn't really burned until about an hour and a half in and I figured it wouldn't get too much worse than that.  Oh how wrong I was.

If you start to feel burned while IN the sun...it's about a 1/2 hour too late to prevent a bad burn.

Pochsy wrote:

Most graduates can't get 1 job, let alone 3. Teach me your black magic.

Apply, apply, apply, apply. None of these jobs have anything to do with my degree.

I don't think I need an addiction to hard drugs to manage tbh.  True enough though that I don't have many, if any, ways to cope with stuff and that's why I've been trying to keep things as easy and unchallenging as possible.  It's whatever works really.

Uzique The Lesser wrote:

Dilbert_X wrote:

_j5689_ wrote:

lol why do you keep saying that?

Projecting

uuuh i'm not sure people really 'project' taking heroin.

Yeah you are, you're desperate to try it but you're too scared.

take it to the online dating thread