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The Intentionally Imperfect Job Market/Carreers

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When I was at the mall more than a month ago, on the same day I went livid on social media because this was what I felt was a contributing factor of the events that day; I felt pressured to check out as the sales associates I felt assumed because I was a guy, I was trying to go in and out.

The place was the local American Eagle Outfitters. The following Tuesday, I returned the pair of shorts because I was so disgusted by the feelings of the sales associates, just kinda wanted me out kinda thing. Obviously I didn’t want to do it the same day, and I was going to politely tell off my experience the Thursday before, but on that Tuesday the sales associate didn’t even know how to properly do the return process on their touch based Point of Sale system.

I started to realize that I wonder if employers are intentionally hiring the worse people in the name of “profits”, but the more snootier you are the more you’re going to sell. As I previously mentioned, I applied for a retail position, and the company was actually AEO. The actual store I was applying for was really cringey in recent weeks. When I went there recently, spotted the typical cute girls I try to socialize with (or in fact network), regardless, a guy literally was swooping in pass me to the girl of interest and it was like they were dating at work.

I see this crap and say to myself, OK I may had been too wordy in the resume, and cover letter and hobbled a little bit in the interview and put crazy four hour increment  schedules; but what I see is apparent typical people in jobs they don’t even give a flying crap about – and getting paid for it while I am just slightly below the typical people normal of acceptance and I feel it’s a harder obstacle.

It goes back to the core issue of where are the good people? Where are the nice, professional and bubbly people that drives customers in? Why are they all to themselves amongst the sales associates? 

AEO knows what’s on my mind (as the minifig newsie)

https://twitter.com/MinifigNewsguy/status/1538913369150955522

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A Step In The Right Direction

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I was in my day program the other day; and a lady (not sure if she’s a staff or client or what have you…thanks to HIPAA laws on both the programing and HR, I probably won’t know) was there and I haven’t seen her since I departed in the “art” group back in the spring time. The lady and I spoke and conversed. She noticed my Boston Bruins lanyard and asked if worked.

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I also have this – a badge to notify people to keep a reasonable distance (typically for the “beautiful people” at the local Whole Foods and Market Basket who cut people off in the store asiles like they’re on the highway.)

I basically said, I do IT work on the side, and it’s my ID badge (and keycard, but was too lazy to state that.)  She followed up by asking, if she needed someone to fix her laptop to come to someone like me. And I replied with a yes.

I’ve never had the confidence to extend my various self-employed (I mean I’d make so little its barely even close to employment, it’s extra disposable cash.) I’ve tried to do internal projects and trying to work with family but the problem is it’s always a challenge because most often my mother would do it in favors (free lunch, breakfast, and other things that would be considered illegal like “bribing”.)

So basically my mother would not be the best investor.

But this is a step up. At least I am taking my venture more seriously and not make it some dummy company (which legally it is and probably always will be) but at least I am trying to seriously make a dent in a world where everyone is a techie and trying to follow my basic dreams for the last few years now (to no avail – at least so far.)

Twentysomethings Moving Back in with their Parents

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Fault of the Obummer Economy or Plain Ol’ *Loosers*?
Bloomberg News ran this little blurb recently about the rise of young adults moving back in with their parents.
I understand that people born before 1960 had this mentality that as soon as you finished college, you’d live on your own or live with roommates  and if you lived with your parents, you’d be shunned by your peers. However with this legitimate Great Recession, I can understand some of those numbers, some would be safe to say they are the “llooossser” types. Also, lets not forget that the numbers of people with autism disorders born from 1987 to 1992, are turning that magic number of 21, and as soon as they turn 21*, they are out of school and in many cases out of work because the work programs are owned by the school systems.
*Minimum IDEA regs for services end at 21. Only 10 of the 50 States (the Liberal ones like NY, Mass, California have it at 22 and states like Michigan, IDEA cutoff is 26 believe it or not!)
I do get sensitive because in this Bloomberg piece, they do show a bias towards men that are moving back in, and of course that’s offensive to my group because there are stereotypes that anyone with autism are those lost looking little boys or just a plain old socially stupid PDD types or just men acting like regular jerks while they have their Asperger label. I came from a filthy rich town and I was very scared of finding my significant other because of the stereotypes of society, its like who wants to date a guy whose on the lower class side and suffers with a brain disorder?
I don’t trust the MSM that much, and I know there is an anti male bias to many of their reports (don’t forget how they had put focus on the autism stories a few months ago and how they put emphasis of how the boys have higher rates than girls – there goes that stupid boy innuendo again!)