Those that work from home I hate you
Signed an unemployed talent-less reddit user.
Posted Aug 18, 2022, 11:46 PM UTC
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Let us help you lol
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Like seriously help me?
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What your experience like 
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Not much honestly I only have sec+ and about a decade of experience in the federal sector.
Before you say "well that's something" honestly it's not. Being in the federal sector has made me realize I don't know anything and my skills are very limited. I've worked my way from help desk, desktop support, sys admin, network, and the last job I had was cyber, before COVID hit.
My clearance expired and I live in a high military area, so no clearance usually means no job.
I'd like to work remote given my commutes are usually 3-4 hours per day since I live in a rural area. That said I'm not above going into the office as I do need a job. However the ultimate goal would be remote.
One can dream.
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Holy shit here I thought you were somebody with just soft skill like customer service like myself. You can definitely find a remote job with your experience
The clearance and security usually limits unfortunately if you can get out of government job and into the private sector it would open more job
I strongly recommend you give staffing agency a try and network with recruiters and tell them exactly what your looking in a “remote” or “telecommute” position
They will contact you with any leads
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I have no talents and I WFH.
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What do you do?
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If I told you I’d have to kill you.
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You don’t need talents. You need to find the right place. There’s plenty of WFH who will hire “talent-less” unemployed reddit users. :)
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Probably right just wish they existed for me.
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You’d be surprised how much talent it requires to WFH. My colleague has a position that makes 150k a year and she is practically useless. Legit she doesn’t answer most messages, she makes excuses for everything and isn’t even that tenured in the company (under 1 year). Just apply and you’d be surprised what you could land.
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I've heard of people like that and not going to lie it burns me a bit. Especially since I tried to put in the effort and better myself, volunteer, get new certs, learn new things over the past 10+ years.
Yet I know of a few past co-workers like you mentioned making a similar if not more and they stated firmly point blank they were doing the minimum for requirements.
I'd be ecstatic making 150K even if I had to go to the office let alone remote. Couldn't even make over 55K when I was working.
I hope she isn't making you job difficult though, if so I hope it gets better.
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Hell, I'll go into the office at that pay grade as long as they can advance me 1 month's salary.
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Hahaha what an enticing offer
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What do you do now? We may be able to help you.
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I'm unemployed now I was working IT ( cybersecurity/sysadmin) basically patching servers via vsphere and running scans.
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You can always learn new skills, plenty of wfh opportunities. Got a windows 10 system? You could do something as simple as chat moderating. Or find a decent customer service company
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I've tried I was in IT.
Then someone on reddit mentioned they got a data analyst job with no experience, figured I'd give it a shot given my past experience. So over the past year I got the Google Data Analytics and the IBM data certification still didn't make a difference. Unemployed and further in debt.
I wouldn't mind doing chat moderating (especially as an introvert) however never seen a legit service most are scams. And I get enough of that job applying to regular jobs.
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Reframe your past experience. Make it fit best for 2 or 3 main roles you want to apply for. Practice practice practice interview question.. You can wing it when it comes to "tell me about a time .. blah blah" questions. Do 30, 40, 100 interviews if needed! I had about 40 or 50 over 8 months Good skills but v socially awkward and not very verbal. You can do it, it's hard work but keep going
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What do you mean reframe?
Also I don't get interviews because I don't have the experience. My applications are always rejected. Its so frustrating.
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Haters gon' hate
Enjoy my tears.