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My work history is terrible
I'm seventy years old and I consider it a miracle that I lived to be this old. I have chronic asthma from birth, spinal scoliosis and a personality disorder which kept me from learning normally. I have trouble sleeping and I've had a serious nervous breakdown. Obviously at times life has sucked.
I have been laid off four times and fired six time. The times I was laid off were not my fault but I was fired five times for not being worth a ** on the job and once for cussing and using obscene language on the job.
I was fired from ITE Imperial Corp, The Red Cross, ETS pay phones, Vulcan materials, Home Depot and Reliance bank. Each time was for poor performance or like I said cussing or dirty language.
I ended up working for peanuts for the state and after three and a half years I was caught up in a downsizing and at age 63.5 I was out fo work again.
I collected unemployment benefits for eleven months and after that I lived on saved up money and then social security. I also inherited over $400,000 from my parents and by a miracle my 94 year old mother is still alive.
Had it not been for my family I would have ended up homeless.
I firmly believe that had I been born without the problems in this post I would have done much much better. I have no wife and no children. No brothers or sisters.
I really don't know why I posted this but perhaps its to show that even though you may be feeling low you could have the problems that I do.
Does it make you feel better? I hope so.
It helps me feel better because I can relate to your story on so many levels. Thank you for posting.
Some of the spontaneous outbursts could have been a result of something akin to tourettes syndrome, and may not be controllable without medication. Since those seem to be the primary cause of your employment troubles, try getting treatment and see what transpires. You may be employable after all, and there are still lots of things you can do for income, even at your age. Best wishes.
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It's seems like your obscene language could've been changed by you. Your health problems see something you can't change. If your poor performance at work was because of your health, that's understandable. But if it wasn't, it's self -inflicted why you got fired. And your bad language didn't help. So ** off!
I could not have cussed. That was my fault.
I hope things are well. When you get down to it, for many people a job is "just a job." It's important to have one, but don't let it define your life. I hope that you have adequate financial planning to call it a day and retire early. Just take care of yourself.