Help Job hours cut to nothing. How to keep moving?

[M19R]

My job hours have been cut. They were already extremely limited because im disabled and cant work over 20 hours or ill lose any chanceat disabilitythat ive been fighting for about 8 years to try to get. Now im not scheduled at all.

I talked to my boss about it, who was a friend before being my boss, and now she's angry at me for even asking. Says the store is in a really tough time and that's why, and it is, but nobody can survive without being scheduled for weeks straight. I have not received a single scheduled hour for 3 weeks.

How do i survive this? No other job wants me. Even the worst ones. Being trans and disabled apparently means even taco bell doesn't want you. I had applied to literally hundreds of jobs before i got this one. I cant even donate plasma because of my rare genetic disorder. Whats left if i want to survive?

 

[EternalShore]

I'm really sorry to hear about that~ :( tbh, I have no idea as I don't even know where to go with jobs myself~ >_< I would figure something through the internet could work, but that'd like exponentially raise the potential of it being a scam or another 0-hour job~ Maybe try a movie theater or a cafeteria? I've seen people who seemed disabled work at those before~

 

[The Morningstar]

If you have a computer, reasonably fast Internet, and a headset, you can try remote customer service jobs.
Go to company websites and scroll to the bottom; that way, you won't get scammed by sketchy employment websites.
You'll usually find something that says, "Work For Us" or "Employment Opportunities" that you can click on.
Write a cover letter customized for each position and employer, if there is a place to submit one. You can use AI to write it, but change it into your own words, otherwise, it may get flagged by their system and thrown out (employers are having trouble with scammers, too).
And don't cut off ties with your current work, yet. Get a letter of recommendation from your boss/friend and references from your coworkers, first.

Good luck, out there! Keep us updated!

PS @EternalShore, you can consider these tips, too. Idk why I didn't think of it sooner. I am sorry, my friend. ::>_<::

 

[M19R]

Things got worse with this, she never moved her stuff out of our house when she moved out and i had to give her the ultimatum to get it out of our house after 3 months and now im pretty sure I'll be fired tomorrow in retaliation. Nowhere else is considering me. I was given 3 scheduled hours in the past approximately month and a half so im already deeply in debt just to make rent. I managed to make a few hundred dollars elsewhere so i could pay rent this time but i cant get anything from that again until August 18th. I think im truly fucked.

 

[wham311]

If you have a computer, reasonably fast Internet, and a headset, you can try remote customer service jobs.
Go to company websites and scroll to the bottom; that way, you won't get scammed by sketchy employment websites.
You'll usually find something that says, "Work For Us" or "Employment Opportunities" that you can click on.
Write a cover letter customized for each position and employer, if there is a place to submit one. You can use AI to write it, but change it into your own words, otherwise, it may get flagged by their system and thrown out (employers are having trouble with scammers, too).
And don't cut off ties with your current work, yet. Get a letter of recommendation from your boss/friend and references from your coworkers, first.

Good luck, out there! Keep us updated!

PS @EternalShore, you can consider these tips, too. Idk why I didn't think of it sooner. I am sorry, my friend. ::>_<::

I am in the same position as this person. Maybe I'm just negative but customer service places seem to want people with customer service experience and it's really competitive.

On indeed etc terrible jobs get 75 applicants for wfh and they have resumes with experience

 

[M19R]

I am in the same position as this person. Maybe I'm just negative but customer service places seem to want people with customer service experience and it's really competitive.

On indeed etc terrible jobs get 75 applicants for wfh and they have resumes with experience

I have years of customer service experience and it doesn't even help

 

[wham311]

I have years of customer service experience and it doesn't even help

Another arrow in my back

 

[M19R]

Another arrow in my back

I honestly don't know whether to laugh or cry about it. Just feels like the odds are stacked too high against us you know?

 

[wham311]

I honestly don't know whether to laugh or cry about it. Just feels like the odds are stacked too high against us you know?

The worst is when people say shit like "people get depressed and get out of it, stop whining" and "no one's gonna save you" and it just kills you because no, there's sometimes not a way out of depression and no I cannot save myself.

Lights your skin on fire. Wanna strangle em. Wanna strangle yourself.

 

[M19R]

The worst is when people say shit like "people get depressed and get out of it, stop whining" and "no one's gonna save you" and it just kills you because no, there's sometimes not a way out of depression and no I cannot save myself.

Lights your skin on fire. Wanna strangle em. Wanna strangle yourself.

We aren't supposed to do it by ourselves, we're supposed to be a social species, we're supposed to ask for help. One of the worst things modern society has done is pretend we're supposed to be able to do this all alone and that we're broken if we dont.

 

[concession]

I can not even imagine myself living through this. I hope things will get better for you.

Is there maybe a non-profit or government program that can help you at least a tiny bit? You`ve probably checked this yourself already, but this is the only thing that comes to my mind.

 

[M19R]

I can not even imagine myself living through this. I hope things will get better for you.

Is there maybe a non-profit or government program that can help you at least a tiny bit? You`ve probably checked this yourself already, but this is the only thing that comes to my mind.

My disability hearing is scheduled in September so hopefully thigns will be okay after. Any assistance programs in my area i can only qualify for if im already behind on rent , at least other than the ones im already using. Im already on food stamps and go to the food bank regularly. On the bright side i wasn't fired immediately yesterday, so that's something i guess.

 

[concession]

My disability hearing is scheduled in September so hopefully thigns will be okay after. Any assistance programs in my area i can only qualify for if im already behind on rent , at least other than the ones im already using. Im already on food stamps and go to the food bank regularly. On the bright side i wasn't fired immediately yesterday, so that's something i guess.

Stay strong man, I wish there was anything more for me to say that can magically help you find a job, but your situation is just insanely unfair.
I hope you will find a way to keep going.

 

[M19R]

Stay strong man, I wish there was anything more for me to say that can magically help you find a job, but your situation is just insanely unfair.
I hope you will find a way to keep going.

Im doing my best to stay here. Its not even that i want to die, i just dont know how im supposed to live through this you know?

 

[The Morningstar]

 

[wham311]

I can't believe anybody makes it through corporate world. I can't believe how hard it is to get a job and keep a job