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Originally Posted by Open Eyes
Yes, I believe you and I have listened to several people that have put up with being treated poorly but step back from complaining for fear of losing their job. I have also listened to different individuals trying to find a different job going through a few interview steps and suddenly nothing despite being experienced and qualified. It does have a negative effect on a person’s self esteem. It’s not just you.
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I tell myself before I walk in the door that I'm playing a role...that I'm a character on a tv show like the office (Pam but without the 'tude). That's the only way that I can mentally survive this awful situation. I have to infuse it with abstract humor or I will quit.
An article in the Huffington Post was published today by a woman in her 50s, talking about my exact situation. It took her 6 years to find a job after she was laid off. I'm in my 10th year of running on the hamster wheel of contract work, that has me going in circles exhausting myself, because I'm going nowhere.
I have to figure out how to make enough money to support myself that takes me off this hamster wheel of temporary work. It's exhausting and morally depleting.