u/cstjohn1994

I’m so fucking pissed off.

My REA had a routine inspection booked for today. I’m literally one week into a new job, and because I don’t want these people coming into my home when I’m not there, I organised to take the day off work unpaid so I could be home for it.

Then, on the fucking morning of the inspection, they cancel it.

So now I’ve lost income, taken time off from a brand new job where I obviously don’t want to be asking for unnecessary time off, and I’m presumably going to have to organise another day off whenever they decide to reschedule it.

I genuinely cannot fucking stand dealing with REAs.

I'll try keep this concise but I'm honestly at my wit's end.

I've been job hunting for 4 months now and have completely drained my savings keeping up with rent. I'm now on income support and my rent takes up 94% of it. I know that's not sustainable, I don't need anyone to tell me that.

This year alone I left a domestic abuse situation and had a malignant tumour removed from my stomach. So yeah, it's been a rough one, all completely outside my control.

I applied to Launch Housing for assistance and got knocked back because my situation was deemed "unaffordable." Which is kind of the whole point of why I was asking for help, but okay.

I've looked into room shares but pretty much everyone wants someone who's employed, even though my income support would cover the rent. It's a catch 22.

I've got some casual work potentially coming through but it won't be enough on its own. I'm doing everything I can.

I know the VCAT eviction process takes time and I could use that to buy myself some breathing room, but I really don't want to go down that path if I can avoid it.

Has anyone been in a similar situation? What else can I do? Are there any services or options I'm missing? I'm not the kind of person who asks for help easily but I'm running out of road here.

Sorry for the long one. Just really struggling and needed to put it somewhere.

I'll try keep this concise but I'm honestly at my wit's end.

I've been job hunting for 4 months now and have completely drained my savings keeping up with rent. I'm now on income support and my rent takes up 94% of it. I know that's not sustainable, I don't need anyone to tell me that.

This year alone I left a domestic abuse situation and had a malignant tumour removed from my stomach. So yeah, it's been a rough one, all completely outside my control.

I applied to Launch Housing for assistance and got knocked back because my situation was deemed "unaffordable." Which is kind of the whole point of why I was asking for help, but okay.

I've looked into room shares but pretty much everyone wants someone who's employed, even though my income support would cover the rent. It's a catch 22.

I've got some casual work potentially coming through but it won't be enough on its own. I'm doing everything I can.

I know the VCAT eviction process takes time and I could use that to buy myself some breathing room, but I really don't want to go down that path if I can avoid it.

Has anyone been in a similar situation? What else can I do? Are there any services or options I'm missing? I'm not the kind of person who asks for help easily but I'm running out of road here.

Sorry for the long one. Just really struggling and needed to put it somewhere.

I'll try keep this concise but I'm honestly at my wit's end.

I've been job hunting for 4 months now and have completely drained my savings keeping up with rent. I'm now on income support and my rent takes up 94% of it. I know that's not sustainable, I don't need anyone to tell me that.

This year alone I left a domestic abuse situation and had a malignant tumour removed from my stomach. So yeah, it's been a rough one, all completely outside my control.

I applied to Launch Housing for assistance and got knocked back because my situation was deemed "unaffordable." Which is kind of the whole point of why I was asking for help, but okay.

I've looked into room shares but pretty much everyone wants someone who's employed, even though my income support would cover the rent. It's a catch 22.

I've got some casual work potentially coming through but it won't be enough on its own. I'm doing everything I can.

I know the VCAT eviction process takes time and I could use that to buy myself some breathing room, but I really don't want to go down that path if I can avoid it.

Has anyone been in a similar situation? What else can I do? Are there any services or options I'm missing? I'm not the kind of person who asks for help easily but I'm running out of road here.

Sorry for the long one. Just really struggling and needed to put it somewhere.

I honestly have no more energy left for applying for jobs. I’m genuinely paralysed and can’t look at my laptop. It’s been endless. Days and months of changing up my resume and writing up a cover letter for each individual job over and over and over. I’ve just had enough. I’m applying for anything and everything where my skills and experience are direct or transferable.

And I hear back nothing just rejection after rejection after rejection. About to get a notice to vacate from the landlords because I now can’t afford to pay my full rent.

Sorry I just needed to rant and vent and get this out.

Misery loves company feel free to get your feelings out with me.

I’m honestly so drained.

I’ve been applying non-stop for 3 months, living off JobSeeker, and every time I finally get an interview, it’s the same story:

“You interviewed really well”

“We have nothing negative to say”

…cool, so why am I still unemployed?

I’d almost rather get clear negative feedback at this point so I know what to fix. Being told you did everything right and still not getting the job just makes you feel stuck and a bit gaslit, honestly.

Anyone else dealing with this right now? How do you actually break through when you’re apparently doing “everything right”?