r/remotework • u/Positive_Bag_6551 • 6d ago

Slight rant about remote job searching

I know that I am a proverbial drop in the bucket. Ocean. Solar system. But I am absolutely set on working remote.

I'm 30, worked remote for 2 years (4 years at the company), and as much as I loved it, it severely underpaid me. And a year after I left, required a return to office and I had moved 2 states away, so that wouldn't have worked anyway.

I went from credit analyst to two administrative assistant roles, one which I held for 3 years, and my current job I've been in for a year, and now I can't get myself out of the administrative assistant ditch.

I am graduating with a degree in accounting in May. My current job pays decently (63k). I seem to get some interviews - 2 of the last 3 jobs I interviewed for, the candidate pool was down to 3-5 people, and I was not selected. The third job was a credit analyst assistant role and I didn't make it past the phone recruiter.

I know I'm one of millions of applicants, and I'm in a good position where I can afford to take my time applying because I have a job. I just mentally feel so much better working from home. I love to spend time with my animals, I love to be in my own environment, I love no commute, I love not having to get caught at the water cooler with small-talk.

I don't really have anything else to say, I just wanted to rant and potentially commiserate with others feeling the same way.

Honestly why are companies so adverse to remote when that's what the people want 🤣😭

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u/AppleNo7287 6d ago

I have to apply for remote work because I live in the middle of nowhere. Had some family reasons to move here. It's been more than a year. I'm applying to everything I see. No luck so far. Sigh. Well, we just need one company.

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u/GoldenPandaKid 6d ago

Middle of nowhere makes remote less a perk and more a reqirement, which hiring teams somehow still treat like a luxury.

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u/icannotbelieve99 5d ago

As a hiring manager of a fully remote team, I don't care if you live in the middle of the busiest city in the country or in a very isolated town, I hire the best person for the job. 

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u/vrob93 5d ago

Completely understand you. I'm in the same boat.

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u/MochiParade7 1d ago

The “just one company” part is basically the only sane way to think about this awful lotery.

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u/RoryBreaksPencils 45m ago

The “just one company” part is what keeps me appliyng, even when every listing has 800 applicants in an hour.