Today, after 8 years in exceptionally difficult veterinarian classes which put me $200,000 in debt, and 7 months of job searching, I finally got a job. I will be inspecting feces for worms while making minimum wage. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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Today, after six years, two raises, and a promotion, thanks to student loans I make less disposable income than I did when I first started this job. FML
Today, at my minimum wage job, we received a half-way decomposed dog found in a lake. It was my job to tear open the bag and try to identify the breed and color. It would've been easier if the body wasn't crawling with maggots. FML
Today, I was fired from my local animal shelter. I was a volunteer and am currently in school for veterinary technology. My education made the paid staff at the shelter feel threatened. FML
Today, I had to hunt down and collect a stray dog's feces for my parasitology class. FML
Today, after spending about 5 years to go back to school, get my life together and get a real job, I now make about $100 less a month. I used to work as a dishwasher. FML
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BigFudge 2
gotta start somewhere.
memphius 4
welcome to the united states, the land of joblessness, poverty and debt...
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Xaviexis 6
I think that the OP did expect to work for a living but was expecting something a little better than minimum wage after earning a PHD after 8 years. I also don't think that the OP was expecting to be placed at the head of a corporation or anything like that but one would expect a job that seems to have some kind of promotion opportunity.
mrjamjama66 5
everyone starts at the bottom
creeder 0
that does sux but it will not stay that way! you have a awesome education that no one can take away from you! I was told you have to pay ur dues and work the shit jobs, no pun intended, then u will find a better job! I spent 3 yrs in nursing school only to get out and be offered 9.50 a hr in a nursing home....11 yrs later I have a sweet job with many perks with a salary of 57 yearly plus 25 paid days off and of course wkends and holidays off and I'm just a nurse....ur a vet....imagine ur perks 11 yrs down the road!! pay ur dues friend!!!
Wormie14 4
at least you'll be one of the few vets that will be willing to read fecals. You have to start somewhere, good luck!
fruitloop1221 1
don't tell me that :( I'm in vet school!!!!!
cptcook 0
um fecal flotations are part of the job, I worked at a vet clinic for 3 yrs quit bitching ... tho minimum wage sux lol
iampetard 0
It sounds like schools dont get anyone anywhere anymore all i here is this much debt that much debt
vwpassat 0
thats why the trades are the way to go
Altie 13
Just be grateful that you have a job, there are so many qualified people out there who can't even get a job
Isoldael 27
You are required to do internships, but that doesn't mean you'll also get a job there, especially if there's an excess of vets.