Yeah, I have a couple of jobs I work at Arby’s on the weekends and part time in a nursing home as a Recreational Therapy Assistant. I guess until I get my LSW. Arby’s was easy to get because prior I had worked at Taco Bell. And I think I applied for that nursing home gig and got called a couple days later… idk
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Well I’ve been out of work since March. I was made redundant because of COVOID (+ I had lingering amotivation from a psychosis back in Nov 2018, but they couldn’t/didn’t let me go because of that).
It’s the first time I’ve been out of work my entire ~14 year career, despite having my first two hospitalisations in 2015 and 2016. With a significant trail on on effect that lasted up to almost a year per psychosis (where each event lasted from 1-2months). And one prior and once since. I seriously don’t fully comphrend how I’ve managed to not only hold on to these roles, but also climb the ladder (although to be honest this didn’t happen anywhere near my psychoses).
That role was as a Product Manager. Roles prior to this one have been two separate “Head of *” roles, one involving strategy where I advised to the CEO on a range of topics. That company was a $1b unicorn startup that I joined quite early on. And prior to that I worked at an extremely well known tier-1 major tech company.
After being made redundant, I basically lazed around watching re-runs on NetFlix for about 3 months during lockdown - and then somehow managed to secure a spot within a VC-sponsored (tech company) business accelerator programme (beating thousands of other people to get in). Which has been fun. But unfortunately, I didn’t pass a key decision point and have now finished that journey.
So in short - I am unemployed.
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I work part time in a book shop, really enjoy it!
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i work in a library inside a museum.
it is a jewish library and i sometimes work with hebrew and yiddish books.
i feel made fun of there and greatly disrespected by most.
mr stigma and mrs. prejudice again.
judy
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LS! When I was forty I decided I wanted to work again. I had been on disability money for almost twenty years. I went to the Amsterdam the Netherlands Fountainhouse. After eight years of resocialisation I got hired as a mental health researcher for two years. After and before that I did volunteer research work for a couple of years.
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Yes I have a job. This is my first week actually. I’m a Clinical Care Coordinator in gerontology. But fancy title aside, I’m a registered nurse. I work fulltime. I’m not gonna lie, it is hard, but it is worth it.
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I just had to quit a part-time job at a pizza shop. I worked there for almost two months. It was too stressful and caused a ton of anxiety and paranoia. For a normal person, it wouldn’t be bad – hell, before I got sz, I was working 50 hours a week. Nowadays, I just can’t hack it. Oh well, at least I tried I guess. I give major props to those schizophrenics who can hold down a job.
I will start part time work in October. Full time, later on. One step at a time or else I’ll break
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I worked in a hospital at the psyquiatric ward but my bosses decided to change me at the worst part of the hospital I think because of my sz,now I’m not working and I’m waiting for a better job in the hospital.Also I’m afraid to be hospitalized because my coworkers work there.
I’ve worked a lot of random jobs pre and post onset, some better than others but at the moment I’m a housekeeper until I finish school. I don’t really want to work directly in my programs field but if I finish it, It’ll open more doors for me in terms of work.
I work now part time as a covid screener at a factory. mostly just sitting for hours waiting for people to trickle in since it’s night shift. before that i was a cna at a nursing home, but I left because it was very stressful. it’s easy to get jobs as a cna, but hard to find good ones.
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I’m a nurse. High stress job I probably shouldn’t be in. But I went to school for it before I got sick. So I’m stuck.
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Now im working but it is a struggle for me
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That must be the cutest cat expression I’ve ever seen 
Right now I can only do low skilled jobs like housekeeping, but I’m studying so I can work as a dental office worker.
My current housekeeping thang won’t be available for another couple of months, and the volunteer incentive program with my city anymore isn’t running anymore 
But I applied to a call centre, I would schedule housecalls for housebound and elderly folks. I hope I get an interview, but at the same time I’m really nervous about relapse and don’t know If I could do the job.
Ugh.
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