Anonymous
07/26/2024 16:39
Subject: Maxed out a credit card and have no income
Anonymous wrote:I know people will say work at target, giant etc. I applied at both of these places and can’t get hired. I really don’t know what the solution is when you can’t even get the most basic of jobs. I applied for temporary cash assistance but likely won’t get that either.
Not op
? my HS aged kid got a job at Target pushing out inventory, and then worked in the tech dept.
I see "help wanted" job signs at some retail and restaurants.
Anonymous
07/26/2024 16:38
Subject: Maxed out a credit card and have no income
Donate plasma.
Anonymous
07/26/2024 15:54
Subject: Re:Maxed out a credit card and have no income
Anonymous wrote:this was me 8 months ago. lost my car too. i took the bus daily to the center of town and insta cart and uber eats by foot. Stationed myself near big apartment buildings and could usually make 50 a day during the 11-2 pm lunch rush. I couldnt take big orders but got decent at filling a backpack. I would come back in the evening on Fridays and Saturdays and do dinner take outs. Experimented with different neighborhoods and found an algorithm that worked. Did this for 17 weeks till I found a full time job but still kept dinner shift. I had slow days but could make 260-700 a week. I just didnt leave till I made xyz or whatever I needed to live a few more days. Would get a few reject orders that I could keep which were like Christmas. I am blessed bc I noticed two things with other near homeless peers…I dont struggle with addiction and I have a basic education (some college/dont struggle with illiteracy) so I just had to wait it out.
That's pretty awesome. You are going to be just fine.
Anonymous
07/26/2024 15:51
Subject: Maxed out a credit card and have no income
Anonymous wrote:literally everywhere is hiring right now take any retail job for now. Target, harris teeters anywhere blast them all with applications.
This is 100% not true.
Anonymous
07/26/2024 15:48
Subject: Maxed out a credit card and have no income
Do you have a criminal record?
Anonymous
07/26/2024 15:47
Subject: Maxed out a credit card and have no income
Can you nanny, babysit, house sit, dog walk, pull weeds?
Anonymous
07/26/2024 15:30
Subject: Re:Maxed out a credit card and have no income
this was me 8 months ago. lost my car too. i took the bus daily to the center of town and insta cart and uber eats by foot. Stationed myself near big apartment buildings and could usually make 50 a day during the 11-2 pm lunch rush. I couldnt take big orders but got decent at filling a backpack. I would come back in the evening on Fridays and Saturdays and do dinner take outs. Experimented with different neighborhoods and found an algorithm that worked. Did this for 17 weeks till I found a full time job but still kept dinner shift. I had slow days but could make 260-700 a week. I just didnt leave till I made xyz or whatever I needed to live a few more days. Would get a few reject orders that I could keep which were like Christmas. I am blessed bc I noticed two things with other near homeless peers…I dont struggle with addiction and I have a basic education (some college/dont struggle with illiteracy) so I just had to wait it out.
Anonymous
07/26/2024 15:22
Subject: Maxed out a credit card and have no income
Babysitting
Anonymous
07/26/2024 15:22
Subject: Maxed out a credit card and have no income
Utilize your local food bank. Most distribute food to anyone no questions asked so it is as low stress as can be.
Anonymous
07/26/2024 15:19
Subject: Maxed out a credit card and have no income
There is a massive labor shortage. Where did you apply op???
Anonymous
07/26/2024 15:18
Subject: Maxed out a credit card and have no income
Target hired my HS aged kid quickly. And they wanted to overload with shifts that DC was not able to work so DC quit. And they pay really well, fwiw.
Anonymous
07/26/2024 15:05
Subject: Maxed out a credit card and have no income
I thought there was a labor shortage?
Anonymous
07/26/2024 14:32
Subject: Maxed out a credit card and have no income
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:literally everywhere is hiring right now take any retail job for now. Target, harris teeters anywhere blast them all with applications.
Poster from above who applied. These places all say they are hiring but it’s crickets. I’m literally begging to stock shelves and can’t pick up work. It’s very weird. I’ve worked retail before and it wasn’t like this.
NP. College kids will be back at school in a few weeks, I’m sure there will be more openings then.
The OP has been unemployed since Oct. It is not the college kids that are holding them back.
Anonymous
07/26/2024 14:20
Subject: Maxed out a credit card and have no income
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:literally everywhere is hiring right now take any retail job for now. Target, harris teeters anywhere blast them all with applications.
Poster from above who applied. These places all say they are hiring but it’s crickets. I’m literally begging to stock shelves and can’t pick up work. It’s very weird. I’ve worked retail before and it wasn’t like this.
NP. College kids will be back at school in a few weeks, I’m sure there will be more openings then.
Anonymous
07/26/2024 14:16
Subject: Maxed out a credit card and have no income
Go to a temp agency. They will match your skills to a job and you might get hired later.