I have never heard the term emotional labor.
She is working at a job she wants to “just quit” but knows what she wants to do web development. My advice…”Young lady don’t give up on web development. Focus, focus, focus on being a web developer. See yourself doing that…because one day you WILL be doing that and this time in your life will be a memory”. ~Ridea
Below is her story and why she wants to “Just Quit”…
| There are two reasons, one positive, one negative. The negative: I hate my job in customer service. Having to be nice to rude people all day is draining. It’s why the term “emotional labor” was created. I’m also very introverted. I have other tasks I want to do but having to switch back and forth between the task and customer service is very antithecato how my brain works. Again, exhausting. I am so burned out that I can barely celebrate the fact that oursales are going up. I used to care about that once upon a time. The positive: I am learning web development. I am decent at it, and even have a project under my belt. I am currently learning javascript and its going ok. I was able to complete a programming course while working but when a job didn’t come afterwards I got burnt out trying to continue learning and working and it’s hard to look for a web developer job and work this draining terrible retail gig. The resumes, interviews. I have to “psych myself up” to do these things, which is hard to do after a garbage dumpster fireday at work. |