Suicide Trap

[Anonymous No.13717876]

How to escape a dead end job?

Turns out I've spent 5 years working in an IT service desk only to be told that it is "not a career type job" and is not worth anything. But my workload has increased 100x and I haven't received a raise the entire time I've worked here. I've had 6 different bosses since I started, all of them quit and each time we get new leadership, everything you've contributed to or "given 110% to" gets forgotten so you have to prove yourself once again. Every time I question why productivity goes up, company keeps making record profits, yet workers get nothing, I get met with "well did you go above and beyond?".

Should I quit, go to uni and take on crippling debt? Or just try and find another company to work for? I can't do this for the rest of my life. I just want to raise a family and maybe get a mortgage if I am lucky. Right now I am stuck in a loop of paying for rent and commute costs, and working to keep on doing it. I have suicidal ideation multiple times a week while I am at work.

[Anonymous No.13717885]

>>13717876
how much do you make now

[Anonymous No.13717889]

>>13717876
Is this a joke? You can literally make up any major project you did and say you did it, you have had 6 bosses. None of them can say you didn't do the project. Make a gold star resume and apply around.

[Anonymous No.13717906]

How did you do that for 5 years without realizing that? Also I know our company's current IT second in command type person he has literally 0 education not even an A+ cert and he started at an IT service desk for Apple

[Anonymous No.13717970]

>>13717885
45k

>>13717889
no it's not a joke

>>13717906
i thought that i wasn't doing enough and maybe they were right

i've always been a bit self-centered in my life so as part of my personal development i try my best to remind myself that i don't know everything and maybe other people are right

[Anonymous No.13717973]

>>13717876
OP please, never take any debt, don't participate in their system.
It's trap that they lure people in with false hopes. Nothing good comes from that.

[Anonymous No.13718060]

>>13717970
The best way to do it is to work at a place for a year and then apply for jobs elsewhere. When they ask what your salary is add another dollar or two onto what you actually made

[Anonymous No.13718092]

>>13718060
this makes sense, however i am worried companies will see my lack of loyalty

but maybe times are different now.

>>13717973
what if we are wrong though?

[Anonymous No.13718113]

>>13718092
Can you work as a part time IT consultant? Then use the extra time to switch career paths

[Anonymous No.13718183]

>>13718092
Don't listen to that shit head.

My brother graduates tomorrow from Cal Poly Pomona with a degree in CIS; went to an intern workshop day and got hired by Kaiser Permenente as a Software Engi intern @ $26/hr. He got a job offer at the end of his year long internship for $72k/yr before benefits.

APPLY yourself and you'll arrive to your destination.
I'm finishing my Mechanical Engi degree in 1 yr from now and am going to intern at HoneyWell.

My only debt is from the credit card I use for gas which accumulated to 7k over 4 years. Financial aid paid for school and I'm sure you qualify since you live alone making only 45. I made 30, without rent, and all my classes got paid for + $1.5k/semester in my pocket.

If you WANT to do something, you'll do it.

I also agree with the guy way above me saying you should ask for a raise with your past accomplishments and loyalty to the company or just start applying elsewhere. Threaten to leave when you get an offer.

[Anonymous No.13718325]

>>13718183
which shithead?

>>13718092
That's why I say a year. Boomers will see it as a lack of loyalty but honestly fuck them. Why would you be loyal to a company that's more than happy to be disloyal to their employees the second things get tough? As for education I can't really say anything on the matter myself. I am a dropout with a mediocre job trying to climb into something good but I have no idea where to go. I just know how to move up as you go along, not where to take the first step so in essence my advice is probably fairly useless.