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2 part poll - Employment.

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  • May Likes TorontoM May Likes Toronto

    Disambiguation:
    - Self-employment and part-time employment = employed, unless you don't consider it employment.
    - Not sure if you're burnt out? If you're not okay, chances are you're burnt out. Don't worry, you're not alone.
    - I can't edit polls. Assume retired = unemployed.

    It's a fedi poll, doesn't really matter.

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    But if this has you thinking about burnout, maybe you should find a new job, you know? Burnout should never be normalized.

    What needs to be true for you to quit your job? Build a plan. Find an org/boss that deserves your labour.

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      @mayintoronto not quite covered in the poll options, I’m happy doing β€œnothing” but also anxious to get back into full time employment. Not because I am in survival mode, I just miss a team to work with and structure. Not having a clear profile (Are you a software engineer? Data engineer? Product manager?) was not much of an issue a few years ago, but it seems to be now. Or perhaps ageism? Unknowable. Feedback is hard to get.

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      @mvexel @mayintoronto I have spoken with several friends in HR who tell me that all resumes/CVS they receive are screened through AI. Any the the AI β€œfeels” don’t fit whatever screening terms it’s programmed for are discarded. So ageism absolutely, but also perhaps the need to be extremel specific in using language to tailor your CV to the language in the job posting.

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      • May Likes TorontoM May Likes Toronto

        2 part poll - Employment.

        #poll

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        @mayintoronto Working for a union has been a very satisfying career and to date I'm OK but I can feel the years. Also since I work for a major health care union in Alberta the UCP's complete gong show of health care "reform" is cranking up my workload.

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        • May Likes TorontoM May Likes Toronto

          2/2 - Unemployment.

          #poll

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          Bonus Poll 3/2 - Livability

          (Unemployed includes retired, can't work, extreme underemployment, and precarious employment/contracts.)

          #poll

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          • May Likes TorontoM May Likes Toronto

            But if this has you thinking about burnout, maybe you should find a new job, you know? Burnout should never be normalized.

            What needs to be true for you to quit your job? Build a plan. Find an org/boss that deserves your labour.

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            @mayintoronto I didn't realize how burnt I was at one job until I noticed I was hiding in my car for an extra 30 min before going in. I quit a couple weeks later.

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            • Jeff Horton :canada:J Jeff Horton :canada:

              @mayintoronto I didn't realize how burnt I was at one job until I noticed I was hiding in my car for an extra 30 min before going in. I quit a couple weeks later.

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              @jeffhorton It sneaks up on you. I'm glad you caught it.

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              • May Likes TorontoM May Likes Toronto

                @jeffhorton It sneaks up on you. I'm glad you caught it.

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                @mayintoronto @jeffhorton
                During COVID I realized that if I made some personal financial changes, I could retire at age 65. Then I got a new boss who pretty much convinced me, through his mismanagement, to do just that at the end of 2021. Horrible boss but great catalyst.

                #Retirement

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                • Innocuous In Innisfil πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦P Innocuous In Innisfil πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

                  @mayintoronto @jeffhorton
                  During COVID I realized that if I made some personal financial changes, I could retire at age 65. Then I got a new boss who pretty much convinced me, through his mismanagement, to do just that at the end of 2021. Horrible boss but great catalyst.

                  #Retirement

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                  @paulbusch @mayintoronto @jeffhorton Similar. The culture changes in tech drove me out: Annual performance reviews with stress levels like job interviews, executives lying about back to office being 'better' and doubling down when many posted data proving otherwise, how the burden of managing broken things falls to the few who have little power to change the cycle, and how to spite my excellent resume and experience job hunting we becoming harder and harder.

                  I ran the numbers many times. Had my advisor run the numbers, then got out. I don't miss it and I know I'm lucky and privileged.

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                  • May Likes TorontoM May Likes Toronto

                    2 part poll - Employment.

                    #poll

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                    @mayintoronto I like my job, hate my field of work for what it caused to the World!

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                    • May Likes TorontoM May Likes Toronto

                      But if this has you thinking about burnout, maybe you should find a new job, you know? Burnout should never be normalized.

                      What needs to be true for you to quit your job? Build a plan. Find an org/boss that deserves your labour.

                      Edwin G. :mapleleafroundel:E This user is from outside of this forum
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                      @mayintoronto I knew I needed to leave when my former hierarchical superior asked me to abandon my baccalaureate degree to work more hours.

                      Complained to HR and left maybe a year later (after completing said degree). I became quite outspoken about my conditions before that time, so they knew πŸ™‚

                      No employer should stand between you and your own self-improvement.

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                      • May Likes TorontoM May Likes Toronto

                        Bonus Poll 3/2 - Livability

                        (Unemployed includes retired, can't work, extreme underemployment, and precarious employment/contracts.)

                        #poll

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                        @mayintoronto Employed and maybe could retire at 70?

                        That’s what it looks like right now. Previously, it was never retire.

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