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    I can't help but feel wronged. I already did before camming, but now that I do cam I resent my past jobs.

    They were always filled with unhappy, dramatic people who would treat me differently because I was transgender. I noticed people treated me like a "caricature" of a woman / gay man (then before I was on hormones or dressing full time) rather than just like a human being.

    I had a job at sally's beauty supply in my area. It doesn't sound like the best job in the world but honestly I was very into it and I loved selling things to people and learning about the new products we always had coming in. I used to win sales competitions for my area all the time because I was so good at selling things to people and because I knew what I was talking about. But my manager just HATED me and I to this day will never understand why. She always was dismissive, sarcastic, rude, complained about me to me, talked crap behind my back, and eventually no matter what I did I ended losing my job just because she didn't like me.

    I remember getting fired and going into such a deep depression. I couldn't find a job, or transition with hormones because of that, for almost 3 years.

    Now I look back at it and its almost a joke, I was dealing with all of this stress every day just to make like $350 every 2 weeks!! I now almost make that in 4 hours!

    Does anyone else resent their old jobs because of situations like this?

    I know this thread is hard to follow, it was a little bit of emotional purge / vent as well as wanting to hear how others feel about this.

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    Default Re: Does anyone resent their past vanilla jobs?

    No. I think the only job I've regretted was the ONE day I worked at Bath and Body Works, but even that wasn't a bad experience or anything like that. I think I quit that same day when it hit me "Oh, damn. I'm eventually gonna have to learn to work the register, and I do not EVER want to have to work a cash register!" LMFAO. I was still a teenager, and I had honestly thought I could work at Bath and Body works without having to work a register. Haha. I have always avoided jobs that require working behind a cash register. It's just been one of those things I felt very strongly about not wanting to do. I wouldn't want to do it and have to deal with long lines and impatient, rude customers. I'm a very sweet person who provides good customer service, however I'm not the type who just stands and apologizes repeatedly when some douche customer decides to throw a tantrum. I'm not with all that "The customer is always right" bullshit.

    I've always felt that I'd rather have A) a job I enjoy with shitty pay than B) a job I hate with awesome pay. I just couldn't imagine going with option B and having to live like that. And nowadays, with the internet being so popular, there are more opportunities, such as all of these online/work-from-home opportunities that pop up in a Google search. Just beware of the many work-from-home scams that are out there!
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    At least you didn't waste the time I did! I spent years and years being underpaid and overworked in hospitals doing medical transcription. I start camming but was afraid to leave my job for a few years. In the end my job was outsourced to India and they had the nerve to ask me to train my replacement!

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    I worked for Starbucks for about one year when I was 17. The environment was so terribly unprofessional. There was one 'woman' in particular who loved to make the job so much harder than necessary, (we're making coffee it's not that serious), talk shit about everyone, berate and disrespect all the baristas, etc etc. She actually got fired not long after I left for sending a verbally abusive text message to all of the employees. Customers liked her though, because she could definitely turn on the charm when necessary.

    After that was a very short stint at a Greek restaurant. Dude was from Greece but lived here for over 2 decades and had this beautiful, obvious mail-order pregnant Greek wife who barely spoke any English. He had her working in that damn restaurant up until the day she went into labor. He was a loudmouth guy who loved to boast about money. The thing I hated most was how he never washed his hands- he would smoke, take out the trash, etc. then come right back in and make a gyro with his bare hands. GROSS. I resented him for being such an idiot. Yikes...
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    I lost my dream job because I had a mentally ill family member and they fired me ON MY BIRTHDAY. I was depressed for a long time. I miss the money but I wish I never even got the damn job. I resent the job before that for laying everyone off because they wanted to bring in bigshots that weren't worth their salaries.

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    I cant really say I do, nor can I say I dont. . my past jobs I actually count have always been in the art field be it graphic design or animation, or the comic industry and generally speaking the mindset of the majority of the individuals there is a great deal more relaxed, and most people WANTED into these positions so the anger is usually lacking. Being a transwoman never once actually played into how I was ever treated in those situations " because there your merit is based on skill and general personality when working in teams"

    now if I go back a few decades to say, the first bottom wrung sorta jobs we usually gave in our teens? ( which I dont really count those much) then yeah I still carry a healthy dose of disdain. hehe partly why my wife and I refuse to work under anyone but ourselves anymore be it camming, or my art, or her journalism.....being our own bosses for the past 10 years has been nice.
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    My vanilla work (one of them) is/was translating. I could (in theory) make 400 in one night in a rush job, but most agencies and publishing companies pay on 90/180 days term --after the customer's payment. So you're working today and you basically never know when the money will hit you. Sometimes you're lucky and it's in your account in two weeks... but most of the times you can plan for about five-six month payment. If that.
    Right now I'm resenting the 750 usd I am owed since APRIL, having to call every day to see what's up, and I resent it even more now that I'm camming because it's so reassuring, knowing that I earned 200 dollars this week and they will be there in three weeks with no excuses, it's such a relief! Every day I finish my day without anxiety because I know that I not only worked, but I will be paid so soon!

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    I don't necessarily resent my past jobs. I resent all the bad bosses from hell that i had to work for...i resent how they stole my ideas and presented them as their own, i resent how they stole my equipment and then told the police they paid cash for them, i resent how one boss would stand with his semi-erect penis in my face while i worked overtime and i resent how a manager got me fired because i had better sales than her in less time. May they all kiss my golden pussy that queefs rainbows now.
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    Oh hey, I worked at Sally Beauty in my area with a bitch of a manager who hated me and was fired before I discovered camming too! I was also deeply depressed afterwards, vowed I'd never work for someone ever again (I feel you on that $350 bi-weekly pay. PLEASE). The job I worked before that, I wrote ad copy for a travel agency. THAT job I resent taking immensely, but I was young and dumb and desperate to prove myself having recently left home. Burned me the fuck out, put a bunch of weight on me, practically drove me to suicide from the stress. I never harbor ill will for people because it's a drain, but I still wake up every once in awhile praying that the guy over that whole operation choked on a dick and died the night before. It was that bad. :/ Ah well. The whole Sally situation thing after that was a teaching experience though. It's never been the customers who make me hate a job (because much more often than not, customer think I'm the shit and I've enjoyed a lot of free meals and goods from patrons hunting down my managers to praise me). The people I would be forced to work with, however...

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    I resented a lot oft past jobs but I don't compare them to camming now as they are two different things. It has certainly made me realize just how fortunate we are though to have found the 'alternative', a life away from corporate slavery . I'm sorry you had such a crappy time of it. Hopefully now you're fulfilled and able to do all the things you want to xx
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    I'm not gonna lie to you. I HATE my current job. It pays the bills, including HRT. Yes. And I need that job to save up and eventually cam. But dammit! Even though the job is not hard, the pay is so crappy it's not even worth it! It sucks!

    I can't wait for the day I quit! It's still some time away from here and I REALLY better save up as much as possible to make it happen faster. Never though I'd say this but working at a call center is a nightmare.

    ...at least customers call me miss even though I HAVE to use my legal (Guy) name. :p So I get to practice with my voice all the time for free!

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    Honestly no. You learn and grow from good and bad experiences. It makes us who we are so I don't regret any jobs I have ever done. My favorite past job was at Hooters, it was so damn fun.

    I think having prior bad jobs makes you appreciate being your own boss much more.

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    I resent all of my last 4 jobs all for different reasons. 2 in childcare and 2 in warehouses between jobs. Working in childcare is so underappreciated. The one job I was at for 9 years and was "laid off" because I was vocal about my frustration with being left alone, all day, several times a week with a class of 20+ preschoolers. Too many people in that field of work just don't take it seriously at all. Those little lives are being shaped by us and you need to be there for them. I was forced to work beside incompetence and was let go because of showing my distaste with everything being thrown on my plate alone. That boss was a joke! She had affairs with fathers and didn't care enough for the children's well being. So yes, you could say I am very bitter and resentful about giving so much of my life and myself to that job.

    The other childcare job I had was for the public school system. And let's just say that once I was inside and saw how things were handled I didn't want much part of it. That, and they treat the substitutes (which is what I was) like just another number who doesn't matter.

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    I resent so many of my past jobs, but not all. There were places that I was never taken seriously because I was a woman. I held a very hard to get certification at one job and managed to get my husband a job there as well. Within a year he was promoted over me, with no certifications or even a high-school diploma. At that same job my boss would constantly tell me to show more cleavage. At least now I get to decide how much someone has to pay to see my boobs.

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    Oh yeah, esp. when I was being beaten over the head with a bedpan, too many times to count. They weren't empty, either.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KarinaGiselle View Post
    I'm not gonna lie to you. I HATE my current job. It pays the bills, including HRT. Yes. And I need that job to save up and eventually cam. But dammit! Even though the job is not hard, the pay is so crappy it's not even worth it! It sucks!

    I can't wait for the day I quit! It's still some time away from here and I REALLY better save up as much as possible to make it happen faster. Never though I'd say this but working at a call center is a nightmare.

    ...at least customers call me miss even though I HAVE to use my legal (Guy) name. :p So I get to practice with my voice all the time for free!

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    I do miss the respect people instantly give you for having a 'vanilla job' but I don't miss slaving 40+ hrs/week and having to bow down to a boss whose a sloppy cunt. I don't miss getting sexually harassed by my coworkers constantly offering themselves for dates, dick, or whatever. I don't miss waiting 2 weeks for money nor do I miss being stuffed into a cubicle with no windows. I don't miss having to lie to the boss and call in sick just to avoid work.

    I don't want to get too negative because all my past jobs helped me build character and work ethic and earn money to afford the things I need and want in life.
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    I don't resent my past jobs, esp. the corporate one that yielded me 6 figures, plus perks and bonus's each year.
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    Oh God, yes! I worked (it's was more like toiled, but I digress) as an executive assistant for 5 years at a 401k rollover management firm. It nearly extinguished my life force and almost succeeded in transforming me into a mindless task robot. I will never miss days filled with long, thankless hours of meeting after meeting, steeped with soul-sucking office-speak. Or feeling like my life served no other purpose other than to arrange the aforementioned meetings, travel plans, and "team building" excursions for people that were mostly ungrateful or downright disdainful of my efforts.
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    I get pissed when I think about how low CNAs get paid in the US. I made $8.50-$9.25 an hour (depending on shifts). It was an extremely physically (and emotionally) demanding job. I actually did enjoy it and I think I would LOVE to be a nurse. But that shit was HARD and incredibly draining. The pay is absolutely ridiculous and exploitative. You're not flipping burgers, you're responsible for taking care of people. I gave bed baths to corpses and had to spend lots of time around patients with MERSA and other infectious diseases. A simple mistake can kill or injure someone, which you WILL be held liable for. I left my job as a waitress to work at a nursing home and I actually had to take a pay CUT. I picked up extra shifts at the restaurant when I could, just to make enough to pay my bills.

    Such an important job should not be paid so poorly.

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    Like sm others have said, I don't resent my past jobs so much as I resent a lot of the ppl I had to work w/. Most of the vanilla jobs I have done, hey, sm1's gotta do it, & most of the jobs themselves weren't that bad.

    I resent the cunt I briefly worked for during uni, who basically fired me for being sick. I had to come to tell them I couldn't work, bc I had pneumonia & literally had no voice so couldn't call-in, & the slag put me to work running food to customers. she fired me 2hrs later bc I was 'being rude by not talking to customers when I brought their food to them, & they were complaining abt me.'

    I resent the nepotism & sexual harassment from my bosses during my airline job, & the unfathomably huge ego & shady-ass operating practises of my boss at my first flying job. I resent the power-tripper at my last vanilla job who, in a power-play directed at me, did it thru sm1 I loved & fk'd him over as well.

    Short of being fired for being sick tho, the nasty behaviour I have encountered in the adult industry is basically the same as in vanilla jobs, just on steroids bc of the general acceptance of being fk'd up at work, sex as currency, etc, huge diva attitudes if you bring in enough $$$, etc. So no, I don't resent any of the jobs I have done, vanilla or otherwise -- just the shitsacks that make it harder for every1 else who's just trying to make a living.

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    I get pissed when I think about how low CNAs get paid in the US. I made $8.50-$9.25 an hour (depending on shifts). It was an extremely physically (and emotionally) demanding job. I actually did enjoy it and I think I would LOVE to be a nurse. But that shit was HARD and incredibly draining. The pay is absolutely ridiculous and exploitative. You're not flipping burgers, you're responsible for taking care of people. I gave bed baths to corpses and had to spend lots of time around patients with MERSA and other infectious diseases. A simple mistake can kill or injure someone, which you WILL be held liable for
    I'm with you on this topic. I spent 3 years worth of tuition money to obtain a degree and certification as a Respiratory Therapist. The jobs typically paid $15+ per hour ... BUT ...

    - it meant exposing yourself to all sorts of infectious diseases. I was required to take, handle and analyze AIDS tainted blood gas samples on a daily basis - where one accidental needle-stick could have shortened my life by decades. As it was, I contracted TB from one of my hospital patients which forced me onto disability insurance for months while being treated.

    - it meant working nights, weekends, holidays etc. Additionally, if you happened to be working when a bad storm hit the area, you could be forced to work 'for the duration' i.e. 72 hours straight.

    - it meant not only tolerating doctors 'mistakes', but covering their asses. Attempting to 'correct' a doctor's mistake could cost you your job.

    - it meant riding a massive emotional roller-coaster, i.e. not being able to prevent babies from dying despite doing everything in your 'power' to treat them, having state prisoner patients attempt to play 'grab-ass' with impugnity, etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Smurfette View Post
    I get pissed when I think about how low CNAs get paid in the US. I made $8.50-$9.25 an hour (depending on shifts). It was an extremely physically (and emotionally) demanding job. I actually did enjoy it and I think I would LOVE to be a nurse. But that shit was HARD and incredibly draining. The pay is absolutely ridiculous and exploitative. You're not flipping burgers, you're responsible for taking care of people. I gave bed baths to corpses and had to spend lots of time around patients with MERSA and other infectious diseases. A simple mistake can kill or injure someone, which you WILL be held liable for. I left my job as a waitress to work at a nursing home and I actually had to take a pay CUT. I picked up extra shifts at the restaurant when I could, just to make enough to pay my bills.

    Such an important job should not be paid so poorly.
    I wholeheartedly agree and thank you, Smuffette, for being willing. I'm sure you were awesome at it, too. That's why I worked to get my mom admitted into a place that takes care of their staff. Actually, I'm still working at it, but the facility she is at now at least seem to be relatively appreciative of staff in comparison to other places around here. I know I truly value them, especially since I've tried helping my mom and I get it's straight up challenge... Definitely releases a great deal of our anxiety.

    Back on topic: I'm so busy being thankful for camming that I had not thought about being resentful about my past work, lol... I do acknowledge that I use many of the skills I've acquired from my past experiences and put it into my own brand - a brand that I created, as opposed to just supplying ideas and work towards someone else's - and that feels amazing. Essentially, I really appreciate my past work and have developed a vast array of talents in fun ways; plus I enjoyed being resourceful and adding something special to another's endeavors. It just that I felt it was time to explore my own and have complete creative control in the process. I love everything about what I offer now, even more comfortable with being myself (not missing office politics, commuting and corporate misgivings) with so much more room to expand. To produce excellence, not out of obligation, but by my terms, is freedom. The possibilities are endless to the point where I can get lost sometimes, but it's the kind of problem I'd rather have. Though it seems to be considered a luxury service, I think it's a valuable one indeed and not to be provided by just anyone, like with anything else.

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