Menial jobs are insufferable

I've unfortunately not been able to find a job in the field I studied in, so I mainly have been doing menial/clerk/warehouse jobs for the past few years.

I find it's pretty hard to keep it up. It's mostly people that are insufferable, wether it's colleagues or customers. Atleast customers you don't have to see day in day out.

I had a warehouse job that wasn't so bad. But the colleagues were insufferable. It was basically order-picking, with a headphone (voice-picking). A robot voice tells you were to go, and you go pick products at that location with a cart.
The problem is that of course there's a certain target that must be reached, and sometimes it's just very busy at certain locations so you have to wait a lot before you can reach the product. Sometimes though there's an opportunity to pass someone, without it being rude. There was this one mean old hag who I knew had a pick on me, probably because I was new and with the job agency, so basically stealing her hours. She oftentimes would make below the belt remarks, or just generally tried to be a bitch every chance she could. She called me out when I didn't wait my turn, and then said "It's like he has East-indian deafness" behind my back. I have trouble hearing in one ear, and especially with the headphone on it's hard for me to concentrate on multiple voices. I could explode at that moment.

Then there was the boss who was also a twat every chance he could get. He even said something like "Maybe you should use some deodorant, because I kinda smell sweat whenever you walk by" to my face, with other people standing there, and kind of with a sardonic tone. I wanted to hit him on the nose.

Just ugh. The best job I had was probably night receptionist in a hotel. I didn't have to answer to anyone, was basically in charge and most of the nights (except for weekends) it was pretty quiet. The only thing that sucked was the occasional rude guest, complaints I couldn't do anything about, or drunkard. And the hours of course, which in the long run can really suck your energy.

I'm also not really big on getting chummy with colleagues and stuff like that. Most people I simply don't have much in common with, and don't really feel like forcing myself to talk to them. I'd rather just work in a place that allows me to just work, and not have the stupid social distractions and expectations.

I really regret having squandered my opportunities and that I studied in a field with not much work guarantee, so that now I have to go through this insufferable nonsense. I am now unemployed and money has to come in, so I'll have to apply for some other crappy job with the same depressing prospects. Sorry for the sad rambling.

I squandered my prospects too when the social pressures of university became too much for me and I dropped out. I spent years doing similar jobs to you after that and I was treat like crap by a number of collegues and supervisors. I enjoy work. I like to work and work hard at what I do but its hard to do that like you say when you have arseholes to contend with. You can be good at your job but come across in a bad light when you cant speak up for yourself and others want to make you look bad.
There are jobs out there If you look hard enough though. Jobs that are rewarding aswell as not being social. Park ranging for example. Your mainly by yourself and its busy plus rewarding work. You've just got to look for those kind of jobs but I feel your pain.

Park ranging? That would be great. If there was any nature in my country, which there hardly is. It's mostly a volunteer thing and the paid jobs require some special education.

Sadly I don't have much of an option but to look for menial unrewarding jobs. The thing I need to keep in mind though is to have a long-term (2 year or so) plan for getting out of this, and getting a job in a field I enjoy. It's hard to keep focused on that goal though when you have bills to pay and other nonsensical distractions to put up with.

I'm basically in the same predicament as yourself, I completed a degree in a field with not much work guarantee. Was so tough finding work in the field and I just didn't have the drive or motivation to make it happen and so have just done menial jobs for most of my life which basically don't require any qualification.

Some have been better then others but the majority tend to be dead ends and have a limited potential for a lasting career which is probably the most annoying thing. Try and avoid having to change jobs if you can help it, but with these menial jobs it is sometimes unavoidable due to conditions or having to work with ****s.

The only advice I do have is if you do find one that is tolerable and has some potential to further yourself along the chain then hold on to it for as long as possible. I squandered one of the first jobs I ever got, and which had the potential to remain in for a long time, all because I had grown tired of seeing the same people in the office day and day out. As I went from job to job after this, I realised that things never stay the same in any one work place for long as people come and go, and its better to just wait things out if the pays good and the work is atleast sufferable.

I worked 3 years at a Sonic Drive-In (just fast food if anyone hasn't heard of it), then another 6 as a dish washer at a college. It depressed me so much that I started finding myself thinking about suicide a lot, I know how bad these low/wage crap jobs are (got paid .62 cents for 2 weeks of work once). I ended up going to school and quitting the job, hopefully I'll have some luck, may consider switching to computer engineering, but my preference is audio engineering

I agree with you in that the most difficult thing of working in a department is that you are stuck there with them all day, that is hard for everyone to be honest..but that is why they pay you a wage, because the job is not meant to be fun or enjoyable or recreation, we get paid because it is difficult and often suffering and laborious in some sense...

I had a job where we travelled and maintained gardens for rich properties in the city, best job I've ever had, amazing boss and assistant, super nice people.....
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But it doesn't pay great wages....

So I agree with you, menial jobs are insufferable and hard to deal with however graduate jobs in the professional field are a much higher level of difficulty in terms of tasks and pressure to juggle work load so the equilibrium weighs itself out no matter what fixed location job you have....

So, maybe starting a business where you can travel to different locations is something to consider...

Think about what work environment would suit you.

I think ultimately the answer to finding work in the field you study is not always based on whether a company hires you so that someday you feel validated and worthy of that certification. Sometimes the answer is for the individual with the degree or diploma etc. to create their own work and to create business, skills, products, services in the meantime, and not alway to simply wait around.