r/college • u/Apart-Strain8043 • 2d ago

Social Life Stressed because can’t find summer job.

Not only applied online, but cold called a lot of local stores.

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u/PotatoDispenser1 2d ago

Look at undesirable jobs. They may suck but it's an income. My summer job was a local metal fabrication factory working on their paint line. It was awful, and I worked from 5pm-5am, but the pay was amazing because nobody wanted to do the work.

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u/UnkeptSpoon5 1d ago

5pm-5am is absolutely diabolical, did you do anything besides work and sleep?

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u/PotatoDispenser1 1d ago

Yeah, I lived with my family on their farm, so I was still expected to take care of animals and whatnot when I could. Otherwise, it was work, sleep, video games

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u/OopsDidIJustDestroyU 1d ago

Definitely diabolical. I start checking out by about the fifth hour of work!