Career change horror stories 16 Articles

by Ellen Porter

The downtown public relations firm in southern California's Inland Empire seemed like a nice place to work when I first started there. I had high hopes it would be the job that allowed me to sucessfully transition to a car...read more

by Angela Russell

What was I thinking? I had a decent job with flexible hours. I got along with everyone I worked with and I did my job well. The pay wasn't great, but I was getting by. Then, I ran across a help wanted ad and sent my resume...read more

by Omayyah Ahmad

I will tell you about a stupid mistake that I have personally done, maybe someone would benefit from it. After I graduated from my college, I worked in an internet caf, it was fun, I was having a very good time, meetin...read more

by Chris Kirk

Leaving the safety of government jobs can be a mistake. At least that is what I found out when I made one job change several years ago. I had been working for the government for almost ten years at the time. As a matter o...read more

by Julie Bruce

I was going through a transitional period in between full-time jobs and had just left a temp position as a receptionist for a television station. I saw an ad for an Introduction Service in the local help wanted pages and j...read more

by Ted Sherman

As I've written elsewhere on these pages, I've had a phobia about unemployment. It always scared the hell out of me. Remember, as Scarlett stood in the ruins of Tara, she asked God to be her witness, and cried, "I'll never...read more

by Dominique Chambers

She was thirty years old and dressed like a teenage streetwalker. Her green eye shadow and deep red lipstick resembled a garish Christmas decoration. I swear I could spot a little nipple coming out of her cleavage-flashi...read more

by Pat Gray

Career Change Horror Story - Or VAX/VMS: The Final Revenge Changing careers can be a wonderful thing - or it can be a nightmare with long-lasting repercussions. My foolishness in making this particular decision still ra...read more

by Heidi Marie Fleetfoot

There may come a time when you feel obliged to change the direction of your career, or to follow a new direction entirely. Hopefully your change will be a happy one, but I have a tale to tell of one which was far from happ...read more

by Stanley Teater

I had only been on the job for about eight months when it happened. The company, a very large corporation, promoted and transferred the person who had hired me. When his replacement was introduced to the staff I was stan...read more

by Lesley Miller

I've always played Yenta in my group of friends. In high school, dances like homecoming, winter formal and prom were my chance to shine, as I paired each of my girlfriends with eligible bachelors in our church youth group,...read more

by Almondie Shampine

For nine years I'd been building myself up for a good, reputable, high-paying, benefit-offering career. For nine years I'd worked in restaurants and bars second and third shift and weekends without benefits to accomplish ...read more

by Writer M

Smiling faces tell lies! The truth is in the eyes and the eyes don't lie! Then, a smile is just a frown turned upside down. "Smiling Faces" was a 1970's song by the Temptations on the famous Motown label. The lyric...read more

by R Marie Taylor

Despite the fact that I had no experience, I looked over the 'Sales Jobs' listed in the classified ad's one day and managed to secure an interview for that very same day! It turned out that the job was door to door, se...read more

by Christina Serrage

Cars salesman. More like car saleswoman. I actually dove into the world of selling cars. I needed a change from being a stay-at-home mom, so I thought I would have a great time having a job where I could interact with p...read more

by Jane Johnson

2000 was a big year for everyone! It was a year of big changes so I thought it would be time to start out with a new job. I finished my old outside sales job on Dec. 31st and was looking forward to a new century and a ne...read more