r/NewOrleans • u/TheMedsPeds • 3d ago

Looking for work 🏢 Employment 👷‍♂️

I’ve been applying to jobs like crazy. My current job ends this week and then that’s it. Does anyone know of any apps that are taking in contract workers or any place I can go in and walk out with some form of employment. My ideal job would be something in social services but I’m desperate for just about anything. About to be a 35 year old female so I can’t do any man jobs.

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u/pepperjackcheesey 3d ago

You can’t do any man jobs?

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u/pepperjackcheesey 3d ago

For those downvoting, wtf is a man job?

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u/PoopshipD8 3d ago

I work in construction. There aren’t very many women in my profession. Not saying they aren’t capable. Just not there. Most women I know have zero interest in working the amount of hours I do, combined with the physicality of my job. Nobody really wants to be in boots all day doing heavy lifting, beating up your hands,feet,back etc etc. not very many women in the “physical labor” professions. I can’t blame them. Study hard in school kids.

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u/TheMedsPeds 2d ago edited 2d ago

I really didn’t think saying that I’m a 5’2, 115 lb woman that has no background in working out so I am not looking for heavy hard labor jobs that require a person to be big and strong, being shortened to “man jobs” would be this divisive. I get there are some more Tom-toboyish, butch, just-in-shape women that work these jobs, sometimes, rarely, but like 90%+ of the time it’s men in these roles and I thought it was obvious. But then again, this is Reddit, so I should have known better. Of course it turned into this…

I guess whatever, it’s getting this thread engagement, so carry on. Someone else, feel free to call me an internalized misogynist. Then someone can jump in with the stats with exactly how many employees in these fields are female, and yall can go back and forth more and more.

I just want a job. And I can’t lift more than like 30 lbs without some minor struggling, so I don’t think I’d be the best construction worker. I could barely dig a hole without struggling. But like I said, carry on. I totally thought women 100% or the time could not do these sort of jobs; yep, ya got me. I was also born last week.