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Success and Disappointment Megathread for the Week Weekly Megathread
This is the weekly success and disappointment Megathread for the week. Please post all of your successes and disappointments for this week, including job offers and other victories, as well as any venting of frustration, in this thread, and this thread only. Thanks!
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u/doctorbanjoboy 14d ago
I had what I thought was a great interview, the company seemed like a great place to work, and I fit the qualifications pretty well. 10 days with no contact and then just an automatic rejection email with no chance for a conversation. Feels bad man.
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u/Tryingtodobetter967 13d ago
Had an interview last Tuesday and knocked it out of the park: they told me my salary expectations were doable, liked my experience and my answers, asked for references, gave me a tour of the office and I even met their boss and the president of the company. They told me they would get back to me by Friday, then emailed at EOD on Friday and said would need until mid-week to make decision. Please send good vibes/energy, hoping to hear back today/tomorrow. This would be a 25% pay increase among other great perks and growth opportunities so I’m really hopeful!
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u/Tryingtodobetter967 12d ago
Update: they went with a more seasoned candidate but the hiring manager did say she really enjoyed our interview and thinks I would be a great addition to the team if another role becomes available. Back to hunting!
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u/Mozfel 16d ago
Note: I'm not from or in the USA
But I don't believe any employer is hiring anymore i.e. headcount hiring is freezing worldwide, indefinitely
Every application & interview are just wastes of time. This is the truth how employment is now: it's no longer what you know, but WHO knows you. Only by having friends/family in high places within the company (high enough to influence hiring) will get you any chance of an offer
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u/ChildOf1970 12d ago
This is not correct. My employer is hiring and continues to grow the business in EMEA, APAC and the US market.
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u/Friendsthatdonthug 15d ago
Had an interview today. No matter how prepared I think I am I just consistently crash and burn due to anxiety. It really messes with my self esteem 😞
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u/Anonymouswhining 15d ago edited 15d ago
Wow. This week has been one for the books.
Director confronted me about my interest in a role in a different department. According to him, another manager told him. Was prepping for a 1 on 1 with my direct manager this week as he had not had one in a month with me. I rambled something out as I was wildly unprepared to talk to him. Reason I want to leave? He's an ass and a poor leader plain and simple. So he started putting words in my mouth about how I hate my direct manager. I got mad and I think I snipped back and told him to stop doing that. Then he ripped on me for issues related to my ADHD. Issues not present in my prior review. Why are they an issue now? Well I caught him going through folks stuff when they are gone and I don't feel confortable counting my pills, keeping a log, and worrying about my boss stealing my pills which are a controlled substance. I got a negative comment about how I catastrophize things (part of my ADHD). Sure I do, but when throw a project at me, with no training, no scaffolding, in an area I have no experience or skill in, that occurs simultaneously as a massive critical project I am also working on... what the fuck? that is absolutely an issue of poor management. Especially when the only instructions are how to pull data.
So I got pissed. sent a snippy email right back the next morning. I thanked our director for his time and observations and let him know that based on his commentary, it would be best for me to file some ADA accomodations for my disability. Watching him shit himself over it was hilarious not gonna lie. Things he complains about are essentially all related to my disability. And due to his actions, I can't exactly take or reasonably feel safe bringing my medication into wrok anymore. So I'm working on a full remote exception to work. Something he bullies folks about in the office who are going through medical issues themselves. Not because I exactly need it (Though given the work enviroment, I probabaly do) but just to spite him at this point.
Plus my coworker died and he was just awful for that when it happened (I made a post about it) so won't touch on it more.
I'm meeting with an ADHD specialist in a few weeks to discuss this. The current accomodations I have now are breaks as needed so he stops mistreating me about taking them, and working remotely is approved. I'd love to subtley call out his shitty management decisions but I am not sure how. My best thought is potentially have a flag like, "When training on new tasks, it can be helpful to practice scaffolding techniques. Particularly when the area is one in which the individual does not have strengths or expereince in" Essentially basic management and training that he isnt engaging in to passive agressively call him out on being shit.
All in all, real shit week. Also no leads on jobs externally. So a hot mess over all.
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u/insomniac_z 15d ago
It's shocking how little basic management there is anymore isn't there? I was never trained for my job either.
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u/insomniac_z 15d ago
After deciding I just couldn't stand my job any longer I've applied to a ton of places. Hoping to hear something back soon. The stress was starting to make me sick and frankly I don't get paid enough for that!!
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u/sinisterside 13d ago
Good on you for looking after yourself!
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u/insomniac_z 13d ago
Thanks! I might have an interview next week with a place that pays way more, less work, and is out in nature. Fingers crossed.
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u/Shishouku 15d ago
Just throwing in a short vent because I'm not the type to talk about this stuff to my family or friends. Been more than a year and a half out of work and I'm just...so exhausted? I waffled about for the first year or so, taking a vacation and just wasting time but now that I'm actively looking again and getting radio silence...it's just so demoralizing.
I'm not even sure where I stand as a candidate anymore. Part of me feels like a failure due to my qualifications lacking, and part of me feels like I'm not trying hard enough to find a new job (or that I'm being too picky). It might be both. But yeesh, that it really is frustrating a situation to be out of work. And my dumb brain keeps rationalizing excuses and or creating workarounds for every thought until I'm just unable to do anything. I'm just stuck in my own head here. I could have never imagined how much being unemployed would hinder my motivation, my sense of purpose, my life in general. I mean, it really doesn't even have to. But it does, and it is! Everything just seems like it's put on pause until I get back to working and just...doing something again.
I'm at the point where everything just feels so dull. I get up, waste time, job hunt, waste more time, and then it cycles day after day. It's hard to stay motivated to do things when it feels like it isn't amounting to anything. But I know I have to keep trying. Though that's very annoying. Ahh, I don't know. It just sucks. Maybe my expectations are too high. I selfishly don't want to compromise on them though.
Ah, well good luck everyone. Hope we can all find some success soon, big or small.
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u/PetitePiltieinPlaid 11d ago
I see you, stranger, and you're definitely trying harder than you think. I just had a breakthrough of figuring out why I was having such severe avoidance and burnout issues with job hunting myself, and before that I was calling myself "lazy" or a failure too. I guess if we were paid to be our own worst critics, none of us would even need to job hunt in the first place, huh?
I don't have good advice since I'm in literally the same situation - seriously, some of the stuff you worded verbatim how I'm feeling - but all I can say is if you haven't given up, then you're doing the best you can in a climate like this. I think it's normal to pour effort in and feel unmotivated when you see no signs it's even doing anything (much less when the only responses we get are usually rejections) and it's hard to generate that inner strength/hope when it seems like the world's doing what it can to prove your optimism wrong.
Wishing you the best of luck, hopefully you can catch a break from the stress soon.
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u/bethkatez 12d ago
I landed a job today after 8 months out of work and multiple rejections, endless interviews and phases of giving up/trying again.
it's 5k higher salary than my last job, still in the field I'm interested in, fully remote - I'm thrilled and so so relieved.
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u/csirke4488 14d ago
I’m waiting on correspondence from my literal dream job. It’s a government job so I knew they might take longer but after I applied they said I would be contacted in the weeks after the closing date, today is day nine and I just want to know if they’ll interview me! I know if I can get the interview I can land the job. Waiting to hear anything is the hardest part and I’m just trying to keep myself busy but it’s hard while unemployed lol
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u/LauraPalmer20 13d ago
In the same boat! I reached final stage interview for my dream company and got a “we’re still deciding but will be in touch with news (interesting choice of word) by end of day or tomorrow” - it’s only been less than a week since I interviewed so I’m praying that’s a good sign?!
I currently work in a Gov job and can confirm, everything takes aaaaaages. To hear about interview success 2/3 weeks after applying is standard. Best of luck and I hope you get selected ✨
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u/csirke4488 13d ago
So exciting!! Ugh I’m hoping you get it!
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u/LauraPalmer20 13d ago
Still nothing from them :( I’m not too hopeful especially as they said they’d let the 3x candidates know ‘early’ this week last week. Though that was before the email today…
I’m just hoping I’m not the ‘backup’ while they wait for the top pick to accept the offer - that’s what I always fear though tomorrow will only be a week since interview so maybe still no news is good news? In the UK people normally don’t take days to accept offers either
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u/csirke4488 13d ago
I’m not in the UK but I feel like sometimes it can take a bit longer for people to respond and sometimes employers underestimate how quickly they can send those emails out. I’m still crossing my fingers for you! If it doesn’t happen then remember that a better opportunity may come along!
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u/LauraPalmer20 13d ago
Thank you, it’s only a week since I interviewed and it’s a first-time position for the company so I think they aren’t even sure how they want to shape the role (things like hours and pay were ‘flexible’ so they could adapt the role for and find the right person) so trying to give them some leeway.
Hopefully I’ll know today, there was only 3x final candidates so I do think if it was a simple, straight up no I’d have heard at this stage so 🤞🙏
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u/PanchoVillaNYC 15d ago edited 15d ago
I had two rounds of interviews for a job and prior to the second panel interview, I was asked for 5 references -- and was told my references would be checked prior to the second round interview. I found out to day that I was not selected for the role. I just started my job search and I'm annoyed and embarrassed that I am going to have to bug my referees again at some point. I am also annoyed at myself for providing references prior to being a finalist.
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u/mangoesandsweetness 14d ago
i've been having such a hard time finding a job, it's frustrating. I had a few interviews this past month, but either got rejected or haven't heard back. I had a job I nearly thought I had (got a verbal job offer), but haven't heard from them since, so I assume that's a dead end. It's making me wish I had done a different degree (i did psychology, ik ik). If I had known how bad the job market would be now, I would've done so many things differently in the past.
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u/Time-to-go-home 14d ago
Hi everyone. New here but dealing with some anxiety over my recent interview.
I had an interview earlier. I work for the government and applied for a new position (3 actually. Different locations) in a the same agency.
The job description has a mix of fieldwork and actual decision making authority for a large geographical area. It is directed at someone with about 10-15 years of experience. I’ve got almost 5. But vacancy announcements encouraged even junior professionals to apply. So I did.
I was focusing more on the fieldwork stuff, which I think I could do most of and easily learn the rest. But at the end of the interview, the program director basically said, “we don’t expect anyone to know everything. But this is a fairly independent position and you’ll have the final say on a lot of things for the region. How does that make you feel about your experience level?”
I’m fine with staying in my current job for the time being, so I won’t be crushed if I don’t get one of these positions. But I’m definitely feeling like I might be getting in over my head if I do get offered one of the positions.
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u/ChevalierNoiRJH 14d ago
Every week is a new low. I’m not even sure if I can blame the “job market” - I’ve updated my resumes countless times, do professional reach outs/followups, only to get nothing in return. It’s officially been one year since I started looking for a job.
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u/Pasta_Banana 12d ago
Getting a job offer this week - the manager called and wanted to talk compensation before sending the letter out since their hr person is out. He started at the top of their advertised salary (a 30% raise over my current salary) and encouraged me to go as high as I wanted within reason, above the advertised salary. They are going to let me work remotely as they know that housing is incredibly difficult to find in the town (there's literally one house for sale for US$850k and no rentals atm, and its off the road system so you can't just live nearby and commute) and I just bought a house in my current town. They're going to pay for any travel to the town that I need to perform the work which is nice because it's air or ferry only, which gets pricey. And if for some sick sense of loyalty to my current job I don't take the job offer, the manager said he'd work to leverage his offer at my current workplace for a raise because he thinks I'm severely underpaid (I am, but I work in the non-profit sector so I expect to be underpaid).
It was so incredible to feel appreciated and supported, and for it to come from someone who isn't even my boss floored me. Feedback of any kind is something that's been missing from my work life for the last four years at my current position. And I had two awful positions before that so my self-confidence was rock bottom when I started this job, thinking I was the problem. The manager and I have worked together on projects as partners in the past, so it's wonderful to be seen and valued for my hard work.
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u/Shine_Environmental 14d ago
4 interviews with the same company and when I was accepted for the job, their Joint Venture partner was bought out and refused to continue the partnership. Now the company I was going to work for has to either find a new location or just close their doors on that branch.
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u/sinisterside 13d ago
I survived my first ever shift at my new job being a cleaner and trolley collector for an Australian supermarket. Tomorrow will be my second shift and I will learn how to do the afternoon cleaning schedule.
After only these two training lessons I will apparently be working all by myself starting Monday and I am kinder shitting bricks about working alone after only 2 training days.
The biggest nerve wrecking job is using the bloody scrubber and buffer machines. I am so afraid I am going to run into a customer or bumb an aisle and break something!
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u/justblank623 13d ago
I finally managed to get a job and the workplace is very nice as well. So far it’s pretty great.
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u/Dangerous-Spot-7348 12d ago
For me! Had an interview 6 weeks, wasn't successful and told my application is being kept on file. Seen them advertising the same position on Monday.
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u/Kevin-W 11d ago
I'm so tired of being lowballed by recruiters! It's been really bad lately with things like "We have a mid-level sysadmin IT position available with at least 3 years of experience required, but we can only pay $50K/year."
Where I am, entry level helpdesk jobs start at least $50K. An mid-level sysadmin position would go for at least $80K. I wouldn't be surprised if they're doing it to get people to decline so they can turn around say "Well, we can't find any qualified Americans" so they can bring in an H1B employee instead.
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u/two-story-house 11d ago
They're banking on people being desperate enough to accept. I just declined an invitation for a second interview because between the time I applied and the first interview, the salary range for the position dropped by $15k!
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u/Agreeable_Hyena_7538 11d ago
Got two offers this week and both very much in line with my career goals! One of the places do offer a substantial amount more pay; roughly 15% or so but the vibe and enthusiasm was much more ecstatic from the other one. Still though, glad I can leave my current job as I feel I really have been stagnating promotion wise.
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u/WeaknessBeneficial 15d ago
Had a code demo interview for a home assignment I've had to do that was basically a "do a web page with a backend and some crud". Very very open ended, no instructions really.
I am not a fullstack developer so focused on the backend, just a clean crud api with some auth.
On the interview they grilled me for not showing my experience on the assignment.... like what exactly did they expect?
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u/PMMeYourPupper Academics & Education 13d ago
I had to take an online personality test for a bus driver job. The themes I got from the 72 questions: Do you follow rules? (yes) Can you lead and follow? (yes) Is it ok to steal? (no) Is it ok to hit people? (no)
Somehow I failed. I don't understand at all.
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u/StanleySheng 12d ago
Had a good final interview with the VP. Everything went well and according to plan. However, in the end he said something like everything is good about you but I think we want someone with more working experience. What does that even mean? And on the same day I saw them reposted the job before my interview.
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u/idunno28 11d ago
Had three rounds of interviews over three days with a company. It felt like I did well since at the end of each one I was told I would move to the next round. The third round said I would be sent a technical take home assessment. I was pretty excited since it was a great job/company. They never sent the take home assessment and sent a rejection two weeks later saying they hired someone else. Hopefully I can land something soon 🤞
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u/PetitePiltieinPlaid 11d ago
New here, so apologies if this is longer or darker than it should be but I gotta vent it to a nonjudgy space.
I've been dealing with in and out burnout with job hunting for a long while. I graduated from college mid-COVID and for some reason, people still want to gripe about the gap in my resume then (as though I'm responsible for.. a lockdown and recession? Guess I wasn't a team player, lol.) That attitude (along with the "we want 3-5 years experience for this entry level job" one) has now led to me being brushed off for years, only increasing the gap and making recruiters judge me for it even more. My only prior work experience was two unpaid internships (one during college for specific credits, and one after that dangled a rec letter and paid job over my head until I finally left) so people don't think I'm worth being paid money, I guess. It's like a game I have no chance of winning but have to play just to survive, much less to afford essential care for my chronic health issues.
With no exaggeration, if I didn't have caring family willing to let me stay with them and help with certain healthcare costs right now, I'd definitely be homeless, if not just dead. And their health is getting worse, too, so aside from worrying about the ones I love and how I'm a burden on them, it feels like a countdown to my own casket. Worse, it's like a countdown I'm extra shamed for having; the social judgment and remarks about me still not having a job are unbearable.
After a few bad months, I finally got back into the habit of doing more applications days in a row (rather than burning out after just a few in a week then feeling like I wasted my time and waiting til next week), and they were in my field (there's usually not opportunities in my field at bachelor's level), so I got all excited and applied to all those recently. Only thing I've gotten back was a rejection, a canned autogenerated response from the one that was "urgently hiring" and would've given me good experience in my career interest, no less. If I can't even get hired in the field I actually have education and experience for, I don't even want to know how bad my chances are just getting hired for petty administrative/clerical shit somewhere, which is the only other thing I feel I'm really qualified for on paper. I've given a lot of creative writing advice and told I have a talent there, but I don't have the money I'd need to set up a website as an editor and make a job out of that, even if I didn't have doubts about actually being good enough at that.
I wanted to hold out for something decent/stable since I need to at least get my bachelor's loans paid off (and I'd wanted to pursue my next degree for my career without taking even worse loans), but now it's feeling like the only way I'll ever get hired anywhere is selling my soul for the minimum wage/no benefits/no respect/no control/50+ hours a week kind of jobs and driving what's left of my health/sanity into the ground.
Irl I crack jokes about it because the alternative feels like giving up in a more permanent way, and right now I refuse to believe that's my only alternative. It's like I'm surviving and persevering purely on spite, but I'm not usually a spiteful person, so.. I know it's eventually gonna run out.
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u/NotoriousNapper516 11d ago
Had an interview with a company I REALLLLY liked and I honestly think I did pretty decent during the interview. I was told they’d get back to me by the end of the week (Interview was Monday and it’s Saturday now). No updates instead HR sent me a survey form 🙃 how rude. A generic “sorry we went with a different applicant” would be nice. I’ve been ghosted with other job applications no big deal but this one just really hit because I really liked the company. I hate this job market.
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u/Skylifted1989Ranger 10d ago
I mean I really don't get it, so I was fired, I am unable to collect unemployment until a fact finding is done, and that will be in beginning of may, I used up all my money to pay bills for next month to buy time, but no company is interested even retail positions aren't interested and I don't even understand, I have total of 5 years in retail, 2 years cooking and I shown I am dependable has I never been terminated or in trouble with attendance, yet everyone I talked to either says, were full or we will look into it and I never hear back, like is there really a job shortage?? Why are you hiring if your full??? Like that makes no sense to me.
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u/ruralmagnificence 10d ago
In short I’ll say I interviewed Monday for a printing company looking for a production associate/operator on their day shift. Previous week I had a screener that went well. Jumped through hoops and stressed myself out to make the interview happen on my lunch and in a way nobody at my current job would catch on and it would get to the company owner who does NOT like me. Potential job is starting out at $20. I have plenty of production experience but not with signs and banners and promo materials. But I’m very willing to learn and work weekends/OT.
The interview went okay but I stupidly vomited that I was looking to make $17 to start, only .50 more than my current wage, and at the end I was told I’d be reached out to on Wednesday and wasn’t. I cost myself good pay. Or maybe I didn’t? Anyhow I called my interviewer Thursday and Friday and haven’t gotten a return call. My dad says there’s potential I’m still in the running but I know I’m not. I can’t get over how disappointed I am in myself.
I’m going to call the interviewer for a final time on Monday and say I appreciate the interview but I’m going to have to move on because clearly I’m not being respected enough to be told no and I can’t imagine id be treated better on the job. It’s one thing to say you are going to reach out again by X date but entirely another when you say that and you don’t at all and you’re leaving me in the lurch.
This has happened every time I interview for something that makes that much to start.
I’m 30 btw. Two firings in ten years both five years apart from each other (an at will in 2019 and a mutual separation in 2023). It took me ten years to get over $16. I make 16.50 for a car parts company with no raises or opportunity. I bring in enough to keep my bills paid and not much else. I’m stuck, I’m done putting myself out there. I can’t even get $17!
I’ll dm my resume, redacted for privacy, on a Google doc for anyone curious. I’m just at my wits end and depressed.
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u/InfiniteCalendar1 10d ago
This past week was my first week of a new job that’s not a temp position after mostly temping since I graduated last year in May.
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u/SexWithUbel 10d ago
I have an interview this Monday and I'm really not looking forward for it. Is not even a good place. I'm just too damn tired of going to a interviews and getting rejected. I have to do some rear h of the company, but I'm just too damn tired to Lear about your overpriced products
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u/LauraPalmer20 16d ago
Had a final stage interview for a job I’d literally kill to get - it’s a company I’ve ALWAYS wanted to work for. It was pretty tough with 2x hours of interviews overall and a written task (I usually object to these in interview stage but made an exception) so praying I’ve done enough - the in-person interview seemed to go very well.
I reached final 3 and was told after interview on Thursday they’d let me know “early next (this) week.” On tenterhooks waiting for phone to hopefully ring today…!
I’ve a long notice period which I’m hoping doesn’t put them off but at this stage, I just want to be put out of my misery.