I no longer care about the massive gap on my resume. I might get a job and the job lasts 2 weeks or maybe 4-5 months, then the unrealistic KPIs start to eat away at my dignity and mental health, and I just gotta GTFO of there. After a year or two of unemployment, I find another crappy job that nobody wants to work (for some weird reasons). Now in 2026 I can’t find anything at all. Applying for random jobs never yields anything.

I signed up with a temp agency called Sidekicker that does everything through an app. They just pissed me around with their sign-up process, which was as gameified as Duo Lingo. Then after submitting my video and a photo of me in my boots and hi-vis, they tell me that I did not pass the assessment, with no reason given? So I told them to piss off and just delete my account. Sidekicker was good in 2021 but it’s bad now. They won’t even give me 2 hours of work.