I’m in high school and I decided to take a cybersecurity class because I didn’t know if I was interested in it. I have now decided that I am not interested in cybersecurity. Whatever though, it’s just another class.
The problem has only come up in the fourth quarter. My cybersecurity teacher has decided to put everyone in the class in groups and the groups would stay the same the entire quarter. We use a website called myPLTW to do these cybersecurity labs, and sometimes the labs are for groups.
I’m a student so I’ve obviously had to deal with lazy group partners before, normally I can handle getting it all done by myself or get the partners to get their stuff done in time. But when I say that I have never, EVER, dealt with more ballsy, ignorant people, I am not lying.
The way my teacher does these labs is he makes it so that we have to: -complete the lab -document the lab -make a “cheat sheet” -make and present a slideshow about the lab.
For the first group project we had, my partners (3 excluding me) ALL said they’d work on the slideshow. You know what the problem with that is? YOU CANT MAKE A SLIDESHOW ABOUT A LAB YOU HAVEN’T DONE YET. But you know what? I’m an honors student, I’ve dealt with a lot of work before, I’ll be fine. I did the ENTIRE lab, made the ENTIRE slideshow because my partners couldn’t get the information and make it in one day,(I got it all done in one day), and that was it. We got a good grade so I’m fine.
Second lab rolls around and I thought things would be different. You would not imagine my disbelief as they did the same. Exact. Thing. The problem this time? I have an AP exam on one of the only days we could meet as a group AND on another day I had this entire grade (sophomore) event that took up the whole day so we couldn’t meet then either (some of my partners were juniors so I figured they could get some work done). Despite this, I still completed MOST of the lab so I thought maybe , just maybe, they could do the rest. Do you wanna know what they did? THEY READ MY INCOMPLETE LAB NOTES WORD FOR WORD OFF OF GOOGLE DOCS FOR THE PRESENTATION. Now I have a D for that lab because it sucked and we never even made the cheat sheet
Guess what we have now. A group final. I’m trying to get some late credit on that incomplete lab so that’s taking up precious time but we still have a final to complete and I’m not even done with that second lab. One of my partners CLAIMED that they’d get the final done but you know that whole “Fool me once” thing? I think this might be one of those moments.
So this post ultimately isn’t a rant, it’s a question. What the FUCK do I do now? My teacher doesn’t seem keen on changing up the partners or on disciplining them and I don’t really care what happens to them, I just want a good grade. I am in all honors and I have multiple tests and finals to study for because the grading quarter ends Thursday so I can’t just get it all done.
More specifically, does anyone know how to get little lazy bums to do their own work in one day and a night or does anyone know what I should tell the teacher in this situation? If so PLEASE tell me. If not, I hope you enjoyed this semi rant and perhaps you could empathize with having absolute primates as group partners.

I’m currently in an English class and for a final assignment for the year, we’ve been assigned a group presentation. Our group consists of four people (including me), one of them being a girl who I’ve grown pretty close to and consider a good friend. We planned to work on the project over the weekend but I made it known that I won’t be available contribute much due to it being my birthday weekend. On Saturday, there was a plan to call for a little to get some work done and my friend sent out a text asking the group what time would be good for a call. I replied “I’m here” to let my presence be known and let her know that i was ready to call. However when she started the call only me and her actually joined and managed to get barely any work done since my mother was calling me down for lunch. Only on Monday did i find out that my friend completed the entire presentation by herself without telling anyone and she was extremely frustrated by it. I felt very guilty for being unable to contribute over my birthday and apologized to her in person. She just gave everyone in the group the cold shoulder on Monday and Tuesday despite my attempts to try to mend things. I found that she’s frustrated over everyone leaving her on read in the gc when she asked what time would be good for a call. As much as i hate to blame others i must mention that I was the ONLY ONE who replied to that text and i had no clue she viewed it as me leaving her on read even though i did reply immediately to her. Today i found that she has removed me as a friend on instagram and i feel so heartbroken. I can really use other perspectives or advice. I really don’t want to lose this friendship. Also, I found why the others couldn’t contribute. One was sick while the other was also busy although she didn’t explain why.

I'm in search of swimming lessons for a child who is five years old. The family lives in Eastham, so I'd love to find a class closer than the Y in Hyannis. Does anyone know of one on the lower or outer Cape?

On may 25th of 2023, I stopped drinking completely. Cold turkey. Im not a good drunk. Im an angry drunk. Not an angry tipsy, if I get like DRUNK DRUNK, I get angry at the littlest things. Last time, in may of 2023, I lied about drinking and how drunk I was. This is what triggered me deciding to stop.
so I stopped 100%.
from may 25th, 2023 - March 2, 2024.
My wife and I have been married for about two years. She has her son through a previous marriage. I have my son through a previous marriage and then together we have our daughter.
during this time, my wife never stopped drinking. She can be an angry drunk, but it is not inherently in her nature.
She would order drinks when we went out to dinner, she would drink white claws at the house. For a while, she was not asking me to go to the store to buy her alcohol, but rather having it DoorDashed to the house. I genuinely thought this was a huge waste of money, so I offered a handful of times to go and do that for her. It didn’t bother me.
I stayed sober for roughly 9 months, that is, until my wife and I went on a date night. I planned it, booked a reservation, all that stuff. Real nice.
Anyway, we are at dinner and my wife asked me, “so, do you see yourself just going without alcohol for like your entire life? Like forever?”
And I said, “I don’t know I thought about it a little bit, but honestly not too much. I do have this image, though in my head, of me as like a 50-year-old man wearing my hair is all gray and my beard is gray and me and you are at some family event, maybe Christmas, maybe Thanksgiving or something. And all the kids are running around and doing their thing and I am just kind of looking out at all of the activity and really feeling proud of what we have built and the family we have built in the relationships. And in my hand is a glass of really really nice whiskey with a big ol ice cube, right in the middle. Like… That’s the idea that I have in my head for like… Satisfaction? I guess? Comfort? Security?”
So we talked a little bit more about that, but it ended up with her, offering me a glass of wine. And I said sure. It’s date night. It’s been like nine months. I have no intention, nor desire to seriously begin drinking again. Like I have absolutely zero desire to drink to get drunk.
Anyway, I had a glass of wine. Had one glass of wine. Enjoyed it. It was very nice. We had a great night. Went home. That’s it.
But then, like… Fast forward like a week or two or some thing… And one of the things I drink a lot is lemonade… So she comes home and she’s got two really tall Mike’s hard lemonade. And she’s like I got these for you to try. and I was like OK. And I drink them and we hung out and had a great night I didn’t get like wasted or even remotely close, and no issues. Cool.
So, then, like one night, I’m by myself, like I do every Sunday and and then, the urge just hit me to like have a claw. And I was like I mean, sure, why not? Like my whole mentality around drinking has changed over the course of this past 9 to 10 months , so I’m not worried about it in the least. I know my brain.
So I have a claw. I have two of them.
And then, the next day, she asked me, “hey, did you drink my claws?” and I was like, “yeah I had some.” and then she’s like, “I didn’t know we were like getting back into it like that.” And I was like what do you mean? And she was like well you were just by yourself, and you felt like you needed a claw. And I was like I didn’t feel like I NEEDED a claw, I just like felt like having one, and she was like that really scares me.
and i GET THAT.
But I’m also really fucking confused. And I feel like I’m being yanked around a little bit.
And then she just went on this spiel about how this is starting to really make her nervous in really scare her and shit.
and I just feel really annoyed. And confused.
Like I’ve made so much fucking progress in the thing is dude… I think alcohol had a massive role to play in me making bad choices, but I do believe it was the bad choices that led to the climax of me and my wife’s bullshit.
I thought my brain had changed and developed and I just think my view on alcohol and like a drinking socially has completely and 100% changed.
And I think my wife like SOMETIMES wants her old drinking buddy back or something… I don’t know. But it’s like she’s only cool with it when she gives it to me? Or when she wants me to have it?
so then like the whole month of May. I mean, it’s like… back to the old days of drinking in the house. Im not getting obliterated by any means, but like im coming home, cracking open a claw, etc. she’s cracking open claws, etc. and we’re drinking and having a blast and its all fine, staying up WAY later than we should have. We’re not getting in fights tho. Its all fine.
then, rewind to this past sunday. It was my morning to get up with the kids. I do. At about 12:30 PM, I crack open my first claw. That was my first mistake.
everything, is mostly fine throughout the day, no big deal. But then I go to start my start my hobby @ 5:00 PM, where i will be by myself until about 11:00 PM.
while im doing my hobby, im drinking, my wife and I are texting about a friend of ours and how they’ve been acting like not so cool lately. And its been bothering me.
by 11:00 PM im pretty drunk. Likkkeee pretttyyy fuckin drunk.
i call my friend up, we have a great conversation about the shit thats been on my mind. All good.
but then, I get off the phone, I go into our bedroom, i lay down on the bed and I begin telling my wife that I spoke to our friend and before I can even get through the story, wife can tell that im like 3 sheets to the wind. And starts yelling at me. Getting upset at how drunk I am. Understandable. I was not in a place to like… have that conversation. Like I was GONE. And then this fuckin angry version of me comes out. and we start arguing. I slam doors. I say NASTY shit. She locks me out of the bedroom. That pisses me off. I try to get in by just whiteknucling the door handle. Doesn’t work. I leave. I kick a laundry basket. I grab a blanket. I go up stairs to the couch and pass out.
the next morning, wife gets up with the kids, takes em to school, I try to talk to her in the morning. We get into another fight.
i spend all day upstairs. I work all day from the up stairs loft.
our daughter gets home. I make her dinner. We go about our regular shit.
i was scheduled to do my hobby again last night. I was not in the mood. I hung out with my wife in our bedroom all night just scrolling through my phone as she worked on her computer.
she realizes that im tired and gets upset saying, “its like if youre not doing your hobby, everything else bores you and you’re tired.”
i tell her, “I honestly didn’t think you wanted anything to do with me today.”
i stay up, scrolling through my phone.
she had conversation with me about certain things. About the gift we bought my son (her stepson) and where we were going to set it up and how to take care of it.
she talks to me about these two songs she’s heard that seem to have the exact same beat.
we talk about how we need to re-do our budget bc we just got new bank accounts.
we laugh a few times.
eventually, she climbs into bed, we watch an episode of last week with Jon Oliver, and she rolls over to go to sleep.
before she falls asleep, I tell her how sorry I am,. How ashamed and stupid I feel. I tell her im so sorry for overdoing it. I dont know what got into me. I dont know why I decided to drink so heavily. I tell her that isn’t the type of husband I want to be. I tell her it’s not the type of father I want to be. I scared her with how drunk and angry I was. And its like all the hard work I did over the past year, it’s completely went away and was tarnished bc of the decision I made in one night to drink so heavily. I tell her I dont know how she could ever forgive me and I understand that. I tell her if I were to lose her, it would be considered my greatest failure. I tell her a lot more before I say, “and thats about it really.”
she says, “I dont know if I can respond to that right now, but thank you for sharing.”
she falls asleep. I fall asleep. I toss and turn all night. Dreading this morning to come.
i wake up, I get the kids ready, get daughter breakfast, get myself ready, I take daughter in to say bye bye. She is as sweet as ever with daughter. As if nothing happened.
i leave, take daughter to daycare, I go to work.
we havent spoken. ———
I don’t know what to do.
I thought that I was different. And I thought that after spending so much time not drinking any alcohol, I had formed a sort of new relationship with it and now had control. I don’t know why I made that stupid fucking decision to crack open that white claw at 12:30 PM.
I’m now thinking that I’m going to lose my wife and kids. And I have never been so scared in my life.
The obvious answer is, “you have to stop. Not even a few drinks and getting tipsy and being able to handle it is even remotely worth risking losing my wife and kids.”
I could give a fuck about drinking alcohol ever again.
I don’t know how I let it weasel its way back into my life. But it is the definition of a slippery slope. It just keeps going. And I got too comfortable and too confident in my ability to maintain. Until I got obliterated and lost all sense of dignity and respect.
I don’t know what the fuck I could even begin to possibly say for her to give me another shot at this. Of course, I think if we both stopped drinking, that would be the most ideal reality, but I don’t think that she should have to pay for my bullshit.
If there’s anyone out there, who read this whole thing, I really do appreciate it.
i’m just looking for some sort of advice as to what to do next

Hi! I’m an incoming Smithie and I’m trying to decide what kind of device to buy for classes. Should I wait till I’m on campus? I know smith has student discounts for certain technology (rn I’m leaning more toward dell/apple).
Right now I’m torn between buying an iPad w/ a keyboard and a regular computer. I’ve spent the last few years of school using an iPad to take notes, so I’m pretty used to it. For context, I’m planning on majoring in Econ/international relations, and I know Econ requires some math work (statistics). What’s the note-taking like in those classes? Is it more worth it to invest in one or the other?

🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️I hate my life wit a passion idk where my life went wrong. 1st off I have been married to my husband for 7 years now and it was not all good we had our good times and alot of bad times. Now fast forward a few years of our marriage I met a guy who was 19 at the time and I was 31 at the time we work together found out we have alot in common with each other and we would hang out after work a few hours like once a week he had a flex schedule so he didn't always work a full week like me. It started to bother me that we would only see each other only once a week cuz like I said we had alot of common and I wanted to keep talking and get to know him more everything start off platonic and somewhere along the way I start to fall for him. I'm bisexual and he straight and I told him that in a perfect world I would want to be with him and maybe we could be made for each other so basically at least close enough to be each other soulmates. Now the reason I'm writing all of this is just to vent and rant out my feelings of how life can just suck not to be judge of how awful person I am so before you judge me I'm sorry we don't live a perfect world where no one does anything awful to one another. Now I have told my husband that if we live in a perfect world I would be with him and not my husband only because me and him have alot more in common then I have with my husband. My husband purpose a question then why not go be with him since he make me happy and have more common things. I reply to my husband that life doesn't work that way one he 19 [at the time we had this conversation] he too young he just starting his life he need to figure out what the fuck he wants in life ( he wanted to be firefighter but now he want to be a paramedic so he in shcool for that) plus he still stay wit his parents (even still now) and they are homophobic or at the very least his dad so there that and plus he doesn't see me in that way he only see me as a friend and nothing more (he say I'm consider to be his best friend now but not as close as his actual best friends) we would never be more then that and even IF by some miracle that he return the feeling the very strong feelings that I have for him onto me I told both him and my husband (telling them separately they have never met) that even tho I love you and would very much like to be wit him my answer would be no because you have a whole life to try to explore and live the best life that you can without being held back. I am too old for you (hate fuckin saying that) I'm at the point of my life where I need a better job to have money and to start a family of 3 kids at least (I really want triplets but since we don't live in a perfect world I would settled like everything else in my life for wit 2 or 3 kids) and your too young to be suck up into my world if I was at least closer to his age then I would most definitely be wit him til this day. Now that my bday keep getting closer by the day I have just been depressed every single fuckin day even seeing him doesn't even bring me happiness I just keep getting more depressed and fighting wit my husband not helping because he doesn't get that I'm chosing my husband to be wit even tho yes I do love of both him and my husband and im trying to move on forward wit my husband of trying. To start family and live our lives.

Things I've heard in the last week while working at whataburger. "I know he wants me to work off the clock." -a manager talking about OP yelling at him over the phone about labor
"We'd rather give them their whole meal free than get a cct." -Manager to Team Member who said "you need to pay if you want me to give you your burger" to a customer who was clearly trying to get free stuff by saying "I don't like your tone" to the team member and refusing to pay when the team member did nothing but tell them their total and attempt to hand them their drink. (Customer ended up paying for their burger but not their fries when a team lead came to the window.)
"Don't argue with them" -in regards to attempting to collect payment from customer refusing to pay.
"I don't care what anyone says, one ketchup per bag, that's it!" -OP to store in huddle
"Just give them as many sauce cups as you want, we're not allowed to charge for them." -Manager to Team Member
"We're not allowed to ask them if they want their jalapeños grilled anymore, they just have to kind of know." -Team member to another team member referring to instruction given by a manager."
"I'd rather have 20 customers leave because we told them it would be a long wait than get one customer complaint." -manager to team member
"You'll be fired if you don't pay full price for your stuff, we're not allowed to give employee discounts." -Team leader to team member
Food cost, labor, employee theft, customer complaints, free food for customers, encouraging people to either work off the clock or surrender their scheduled hours? Team members working mandatory overtime because of understaffing, unable to leave without being threatened with firing due to having a drawer in their name. Situations being created where no one on the floor clocked in has a manager servsafe?
Clearly, a failure in corporate strategy has all levels of management freaking out and unable to come together on even one single policy to straighten out the way the company is working. Conditioning customers to demand free things by making fake complaints, being more worried about order times than how much money the store actually makes, giving away hundreds of dollars worth of free stuff to customers every week while straight up denying employees their employee discount.
Does anyone in this entire corporate structure have a degree in business?

I’m going to try and make this long story, a short one. before I start: I have another job that pays well more than sam’s does with the least amount of stress. I’ve been with the company for 5 years, I’ve been with sam’s longer than my other job. I recently enrolled into school through the company because I found out the company pays for it. From January-March I was doing 3 days a week, 5 hour shifts along with school and doing 40 hours at my other job. I was asked to do pre-counts for inventory overnight, I dropped out of my classes to pull 40 hours on both sides. Before I went overnight, I turned in an availability for on March 21, 2024 so that I can enroll back into school when I get back from the overnight shifts(I didn’t put in availability form for overnight shifts, this was just to keep myself safe). After the overnight shifts, I was scheduled 5 days a week at sam’s, I mentioned that my schedule was wrong but because “an associate was going to be out for two weeks and they needed coverage”. I’ve been checking the schedule, the associate has been working!! I’m stuck trying to juggle my two jobs 5 days a week and school. I’m failing assignments in my class that the company pays for. The company does not pay me enough to quit my other job. I told my boss I really needed 3 days a week. He told me: if I’m not happy in the dept, he suggests I look for another one because he “couldn’t run his business around everyone’s availability always changing”. I don’t know why the 3 days are a problem now or what my happiness has to do with being in the dept. I have accumulated a few points due to absences(for school) that were excused by my TL via text. They want me more hourse, it will require me to quit my other job AND I will need a raise from sam’s. At this point, I’m keeping the sams job for school. Any suggestions on what to do besides start a document on this?

My advisor told me that my junior year, I could be able to speak to the other advisor to that I could file. I’m currently majoring in a language, but I’ve also wanted to major for a BBA as well. I had one chance to get this right.
I got off the phone with the Business Advisor. I didn’t make it because I failed my last class.
This semester, I had a negligent accounting (2301) professor. She cancelled class more often than she taught. So failing the class took a complete opposite hit to my GPA. I was originally at a 3.1 and now I’m at a 2.8 because I failed. I didn’t even know I failed the class up until last week since the professor graded everything at the last minute, she even disabled the letter grade visibility on Canvas.
So I asked the advisor I that if I got my GPA straightened out by the end of the fall, could I reapply and file for degree plan. She said no, because at that point I would be a senior. (I’m a semester off. So this spring I just started my junior year).
I can minor, but that’s not taken seriously. Majoring in a language isn’t going to make any money. What am I supposed to do now? Two years of hard work and promises went down the drain because I missed my one shot.

So I recently won a big fellowship and got to pick between two grad schools. On the surface they looked really similar but one of them (school 1) was offering my degree in 4.5 years instead of 6 and also had some other specialized classes I was interested in. School 2 was also very far away from family and I wasn’t too sure I wanted to make such a big change. After accepting the offer at school 1, I was told by another academic advisor at school 1 that I wouldn’t be able to do my degree in 4.5 years (it would be more like 5-6) and that with field work I would be doing taking some of the specialized courses I wanted to take wouldn’t be possible. Additionally I found out that I wouldn’t be able to afford the tuition for the last year or 2 of my degree.
So now I’m thinking of transferring to school 2 next year. I have a relationship with an advisor at that school and she also knows my current advisor at school 1. I’m just unsure of how to tell my advisor at school 1 that I’m now wanting to transfer after just recently making the decision to go to his school. I truthfully just didn’t weigh my pros and cons well enough and didn’t get all of the info I could have before making my decision and want to tell him without seeming like I didn’t think things through. He’s also a great resource for my research and I don’t want to lose a valuable connection.
Any advice on how/when to go about telling him?

I want to achieve smooth and snappy dropdown animation in one of my component. This is component is basically a card which transitions to max-height and then to zero on a state change(click event).

import { useState } from "react"; import dropdown_icon from "@/public/dropdown-icon.webp"; import Image from "next/image"; import { CardData } from "@/lib/data"; export default function AlertCard({ pucStatus, vehicleType, validUpto, registrationNo, vehicleModel, vehicleDescription, contact, pucValidUpto, }: CardData) { const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = useState(false); return ( 
 
 
 
 
 
 setIsOpen(!isOpen)} className="cursor-pointer"> // YET TO CHANGE THE ICON WHEN THE STATE IS OPEN  
 
 
{registrationNo}
 {vehicleModel}
 
 // THIS IS THE HIDDEN CARD CONTENT : 
 Registration No.: {registrationNo}
 Vehicle Model: {vehicleModel}
 Vehicle Description: {vehicleDescription}
 Vehicle Type: {vehicleType}
 Contact: {contact}
 Valid Upto: {pucValidUpto}
 PUC Valid: {validUpto}
 
 
 
 ); } 

As of now it is smooth but not fast, it seems there is a delay in when I click and when the card changes it's height. The thing is for transitioning to max height it works perfectly in perfect speed but when I click the button back to close the card it doesn't move as swiftly, there is always a delay in that animation.
I have also tried animation over display hidden and block, and it is snappy(no input delay) but I am not able to configure animation over it.
Here is my snippet of tailwind.config.ts :

extend: { transitionDelay: { "0": "0ms", "2000": "2000ms", "5000": "5000ms", }, transitionProperty: { height: "height", display: "display", }, transitionDuration: { "0": "0ms", "2000": "2000ms", "5000": "5000ms", }, 

Basically I'm trying to weigh pros and cons to decide if a minipill or a copper IUD is the right option in my case.
I realize the experiences on the internet are skewed negatively, so I'm hoping someone can weigh in from a knowledge perspective instead of an experience perspective.
My main concern is effectiveness. If taken perfectly, are the minipill (Lyleq specifically, if that matters) and the copper IUD about the same?
Second concern is possibility of an IUD moving, how common is that really? Should I be genuinely worried about it moving, or having issues with removal (ie migrating and requiring surgery)?
If you'd like to read and weigh in on my situation specifically, I'd appreciate that too!
Bad experience with combo pills, high blood pressure, lots of meds. Period intensity and acne are things I can deal with, a deceased sex drive is a dealbreaker (decreased is okay). I can take pills perfectly on time, and am serious about abstinence in the case of missing one. Avoiding pregnancy is my top priority, and keeping my organs healthy for future pregnancy is second.
Based on this, I'm leaning towards minipill as long as the experience doesn't go terribly (in which case I would opt for copper IUD).
I attempted to get one placed at Planned Parenthood last week, it failed due to issues with my cervix and they scheduled an appointment with a specialist who can help open it (iirc) to insert. In the meantime, they gave me a ton of minipill packs.
So, is the minipill just as effective as the copper IUD when taken perfectly? And if not, are the risks of IUD migration something I should be seriously concerned about?

I am a university professor. I find it amusing that most graduates from high schools have these outlandishly high averages (95-100), but most kids in my university classes can barely read or perform the most basic math tasks, and many have to drop out and retake the course. That tells you grade inflation is hurting everyone, even those that enter their dream programs at their dream universities on their pumped up grades.
Those high school teachers that are responsible for grade inflation should really be ashamed of themselves.

I (30F) genuinely don't know anymore; I got my degree towards User Experience Design with a focus on accessibility and a background in print thinking I'd be able to make this my life. I loved that job so much; I immediately had offers lined up right out of college back in 2017 and it seemed like I was truly building a life for myself. One of my family members got sick, so I decided to work "only" 32 hours to be able to combine taking care of them with my job without getting in much trouble (having one scheduled day for hospital visits works wonders!)
but that all came crashing down. The company that I accepted the offer of to get the experience I needed to truly get my foot into the industry went bankrupt. I ended up having to accept a front-end development job at another company where I suffered Sexual Harassment that still is effecting me to this day. The company after that was absolutely amazing for the first 2 years; but then got an new CEO and suddenly I was expected to work 40+ hours on my 32 contract because they expected 32 hours of ticket work from me despite scheduling me for at least 15 hours of meetings a week; only to then accuse me of "refusing to adapt" and "just wanting to slack off". I eventually got an offer from an old coworker that went to another amazing sounding company because they were looking for someone just like me.
I made the switch in 2022. and at first everything was amazing until they suddenly dumped the workload of 8 people on me causing to work 100 hour weeks. between work and taking care of my family on top of some other private issues I was going through (My relationship had fallen apart and my ex was giving me death threats on top of my family member passing away and another one getting sick and now requiring care) I completely burned out. Eventually they stopped giving me work; undoubtedly in the hopes I would resign myself out of boredom; something I didn't. They eventually ended up firing me in December 2023 with a good Severance package.
I know the job market has been incredibly rough and especially my field has been hit hard with the introduction of AI; but I had hope I could eventually find another job with my Severance package giving me 6 months of time.
Those 6 months are now running out. I applied to 1000's of jobs. Often hearing back that they found someone with more experience, I didn't have enough experience, that I was under qualified, that I was overqualified, that I didn't talk about loving coffee enough in a motivational letter (yes, really. no; it was not for a coffee company)
I even started broadening my horizons and applied to jobs to work in a daycare which we have a severe shortage of workers in, which is a field I always had in mind as a backup. I told them my motivation, how much I was willing to learn and even pay for the course myself. I got denied because I was "overqualified" and "You strive to improve yourself too much and we are afraid you'll get bored might leave us soon"
I'm starting to genuinely give up; I don't really see any options anymore and I genuinely feel like I lost my entire life. I don't have much; because of the housing market I'm forced to life with family and because of that earlier mentioned breakup I'm single and in no way ready to date and build a life that way anymore. My job was my last tether to what feels like an "adult life" and I completely lost it.
I feel completely lost and I'd honestly love some advice.

1. Remote Customer Service Advisor

https://careers.conduent.com/us/en/job/1314/Remote-Customer-Service-Advisor
Starting Pay Rate is $17.31/Hour
Full time schedules between the hours of 7am – 12am CST.
As Customer Service Advisor, the customer service you will be providing is via phone and will help customers with a variety of questions. Some common questions that you could receive from your customers are:

• My delivery is late. Can you help?
• My delivery arrived damaged. What can I do?
• When will I see a charge for my purchase?

You will be working independently from home in your secured workspace and will be expected to collaborate with management and co-workers in a remote setting.

• Live in one of the following states AL, AR, AZ, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, ID, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MI, MS, MO, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NC, ND, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY

1. Health Information Specialist I

https://careers-datavant.icims.com/jobs/36284/health-information-specialist-i/job?mobile=false&width=2140&height=500&bga=true&needsRedirect=false&jan1offset=-360&jun1offset=-300
This is an entry level position responsible for processing all release of information (ROI), specifically medical record requests, in a timely and efficient manner ensuring accuracy and providing customers with the highest quality product and customer service.
$15.00 - $18.00
3.Associate - Claims Support
https://careers-carecentrix.icims.com/jobs/15768/job?mobile=false&width=1370&height=500&bga=true&needsRedirect=false&jan1offset=-360&jun1offset=-300
This position receives/responds to provider inquiries on claim issues. Researches information by reviewing plan, eligibility, and authorizations to determine appropriate resolution. Works with CSC or RCM to identify areas of opportunity and recommend solutions. Completes special assignments and analyzes provider requests. Assists other departments and interacts directly with providers

• High School Diploma or the equivalent required

4.Inbound Sales Rep
https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsdefault/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=6e37dac1-ff90-406c-a8a5-4bafdb684f37&ccId=19000101_000001&jobId=484202&source=IN&lang=en_US&ittk=A0V0UYFGWX
Training starts: June 6, 2024
Training Hours: 9:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. EST
Production Hours: Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. EST
Schedule: Based on business need between 9a-8p EST M-F
NO WEEKENDS!
Location: Work at Home in the following 20 states:
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, & Wisconsin.
5.CUSTOMER SERVICE REP-PART TIME POSITION
https://wsgc.applicantstack.com/x/detail/a2qgk7jaro5b
Applicants must reside from: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, or Wisconsin

• 40% Discount on most merchandise!
• Fun contests / rewards and recognition programs
• Paid Training from the comfort of your home
• Internal promotional opportunities. Based on position requirements and tenure, this can occur within the first 60 days if interested
• Pay = $15.00/hr \compensation may differ due to individual state wage requirements**

Essential Functions: The nuts and bolts

• Address customer questions and concerns regarding product and delivery information
• Provide product information, review alternative solutions if an item is out of stock and place orders for the customer.

Qualifications: What you need to apply

• High School diploma or GED
• 1 – 2 years previous customer service experience

Important Facts: MUST HAVE THESE FOR CONSIDERATION

• Ability to complete mandatory paid training for 4 weeks - 100% attendance is required
• Confirm that you have the equipment requirements listed below. This will be asked throughout the interview process and could affect employment status if not met

Technology Requirements Overview:
In order to work from home, our agents must have their own full-size or all-in-one desktop personal computer, or a traditional laptop personal computer that meets the minimum specifications listed in the sections below.

Devices not acceptable:

Tablet-based/convertible personal computers (i.e. – Microsoft Surface, Surface Book), Chromebooks, Steam Decks and mobile phones (unless needed for two-factor authentication) are not acceptable.

Operating Systems:

• Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Pro, or Windows 10 Pro for Workstations
• Windows 11 Home, Windows 11 Pro, or Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
• Mac IOS 12 or newer
• Important Facts: MUST HAVE THESE FOR CONSIDERATION
  
• Ability to complete mandatory paid training for 4 weeks - 100% attendance is required
  
• Confirm that you have the equipment requirements listed below. This will be asked throughout the interview process and could affect employment status if not met
  

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This is not really IT's department and people get rubbed the wrong way if you tell them their department is doing their job wrong but HOLY CRAP what is wrong with my company's hiring process?!?!?!?!!!!?! It took about a month to bring me on and that was fairly rapid since it was an overdue emergency on their end, I just hated my current job but they didn't know I was leaving. For the most recent hire in IT, it took over 2 months because they kept not getting back to him. and we're not some clueless, top-heavy Silicon Valley 6+ interview company. It was just people not doing their jobs fast enough or something. My best guess is the managers at each branch are "too busy" (or too old, slow, and bad at typing) managing their teams to have that many interviews, BUT THEY'RE BUSY BECAUSE THEIR TEAM IS TOO EMPTY AND OVERSCHEDULED!
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So this affects me because we have a referral system and my friend wants to leave his current job at Amazon and come work here. I worked with him for about 4 years at a business I used to own and I know he's solid! So not really desperate or time-sensitive but I keep checking in and he says "they haven't gotten back to me" and that was after 2 successful interviews. Today, we had to transfer one of the last workers in that position to another of our locations because he moved. So we're down to like 1 or 2 people instead of a team of probably 5 or 6 that we need. We're probably just going to start dropping multi-million dollar contracts because the hiring people can't get their shit together!!! We can't just not show up. These are recurring maintenance scheduled jobs!!! WTF?!?!?! Does my company not know how to do math?!
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