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I agree with above posters. Go to school in the evenings. This will help you mentally and get you ahead. You need a menial job while you are attending college so you can concentrate on your studies. You are lucky to have such a good job(pay and benefit wise.) Also as others stated you can move up the ladder at this job as well. What else can do for as much? Fast food? Don't think so. If you truly can't stand another minute then look for other jobs but I would do the college route on the side.
2 months ago I got hired for my new job, I am a sewer cleaner. My day consist of riding around in a truck with some other guy and lifting manholes and putting a hose in the lines. I honestly cannot stand doing this job, and I feel trapped. My dad worked for the same Department (its a county Gov job) for like 30 years and he helped me get in. I never expected that the job was going to be this bad, and I don't know what to do. My parents are angry that I want to find another job, and I do not know what to do. I liked my old job, and worked their for 2 years and was never unhappy.
The work in my opinion is meaningless and I feel like I'm not accomplishing anything, and most of the workers and management are extremely ignorant and incompetent, I worked at a McDonald's that was ran better. But yeah, I guess I can say that the Pay is alright, and I am self aware that I do make more right now than others my age. I just feel tired and empty all day, especially when I wake up early in the morning. Yeah, I would like to become a mailman or something, what are some good career options for a 20 year old?
Get another job or consider training so you can get another job. It's your life and no one else's. What you will do for money is your decision. It's that simple.
Join the military, go see the world and get a college degree while you're getting paid to do something very useful. You can either stay in for 4-6 years and then get a civilian job or make a career if you like it.
It's amazing that even with the plethora of threads here about college graduates who can't get appropriate work that the knee-jerk reaction of so many posters is "go to school." I'm not saying this guy shouldn't but there is no indication that he has any will or aptitude to do so, at least not now. He said he'd like to be a mailman, so instead of encouraging him to check out the USPS he gets the same old "go to school" push. One poster suggested the Armed Forces - this bears exploration; he'll et a battery of aptitude tests. Another suggested he looks for other government jobs, which is also a good idea. Not everybody is right for college and college is not right for everybody.
To the OP - think about those things that make you look up when you see them on television, or somebody you know that has the kind of job that seems interesting, look into them online or at the library. You've got a long life ahead, no sense in being miserable but just be content that you have something now and stick it out while you investigate and plan for the future.
If you want to be a mail carrier, I'd look into mail carrier openings. They often offer part-time positions that are used "on call" within a given market.
My wife always thought that'd be her dream job (she's a teacher by trade) and during a period of unemployment she actually looked into it, applied, and was eventually called back with a job opportunity. I had concerns about her delivering mail in bad weather, and the opportunity was in a more rural district, which would mean a long commute for her to get to work. End result, she passed and began teaching college.
As others said, it's your job and your life. You'll have to live it for your parents. If your father really did put his reputation on the line for you to get this job, you owe it to him to do the job well. But you don't owe it to him to stay in this job for a lifetime just because it's the job he did. Find your own way before you're stuck in a job you don't want, or turn this opportunity into a job you can make a career out of, and hopefully a career you enjoy.
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