Have you ever had a job where no one respected you?
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Anonymous
Woman here. These sexist industries are also really ageist against men over the age of say, 30. They have to be promoted by their early 40s. I plan on hunkering down and trying to survive in this industry. |
Anonymous
Add yet another disrespected teacher to the conversation! |
Anonymous
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I was a teacher. It's inherit to the job to be heckled by students, hated by business people, and scapegoated for all of society's problems. You have my respect.
The ones who do well as teachers are the ones who went into teaching for the summers or to fit their school-aged kids schedules. |
Anonymous
I agree! Those who can look at it as a job and not a calling survive the easiest. I spent too many years trying to perform miracles (fix all student behaviors, encourage all of the unmotivated of students). I was given no resources and no support, and then blamed for things out of my control. I now view it as a job, and I don’t let any of the absurdities or disrespect bother me. |
Anonymous
I am a guy who believes it is a job. |
Anonymous
How were you disrespected? As a passenger I often feel disrespected by TSA. |
Anonymous
Do you mean inherent? |
Anonymous
See? The disrespect! There it is. |
Anonymous
Being a stay at home mom isn’t a job. That’s not disrespect it’s just a fact. It’s a choice, not a job. So don’t pollute the thread with this bs. Signed - a mom who has done both. |
Anonymous
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Yes, it was terrible for my mental health and contributed to a major depressive episode. I had pre-existing self-esteem issues, which is part of how I wound up in that situation. But going to work everyday (where I was good at my job, and worked hard) knowing pretty much everyone I worked with thought very little of me was incredibly demoralizing. I should have quit much sooner than I did but it kind of snowballed -- their lack of faith in me made me feel like I could never get a job somewhere else, so I put off looking, and the longer I stayed the worse it got.
I wound up leaving for the first job I could fine, which was not a good job and paid poorly. BUT the people there actually appreciated me and quickly recognized I was way overqualified for that position, and I moved up fast and then into another job and recovered. I still don't understand what it was that caused the total lack of respect in that one job. It had never happened before or since. I'm a very baseline competent person who is extremely conscientious, so even if a job isn't a great fit, I'm never going to be terrible at it. But those folks just did not like me, and viewed me as silly and extraneous, and nothing I said or did was going to change that. I am still confused as to how I even got that job, unless they were looking for a punching bag. |
Anonymous
I'm also a mom who has done both and I disagree with you. It's a job. I had to hire a full-time employee to replace me when I went back to work, that's how I know. |
Anonymous
+1. How is it not a job? I work full time, and I come home to all the duties and feel like it's a job? If I were to give up my full time job, those at home jobs don't go away? |
Anonymous
| Parenting and household management are jobs. They are actually 2 different jobs, and many people are only skilled at one or the other, and many more are skilled at neither. |
Anonymous
+1. I'd rather have my kid learn how to do these things than take AP Calculus. Too bad the school system is the way it is. |
Anonymous
| Yes - teacher. |