# I Pit Men Who Think Working Women Are There to Service Their Sex Drive **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 30, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-men-who-think-working-women-are-there-to-service-their-sex-drive/620441 "2012-04-30T19:50:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 363
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-men-who-think-working-women-are-there-to-service-their-sex-drive/620441/363 "2012-05-04T22:03:57Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Perhaps poor communication, but clearly she said construction. In that post, she mentioned construction,yes, but as an example of how she was willing to take anything. But she was open, according to her, to all jobs, not just construction: > [@I pit Poverty and the current economic crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-poverty-and-the-current-economic-crisis/479487/41): > > As I said, I _have_ found work - in construction and retail, of all things, but nothing fulltime or lasting. It’s not _enough_ work and it’s not _enough_ money. My savings are slowly dwindling over time as they must cover anything my meager paychecks don’t. > > I suspect one factor in my difficulty is a company policy of my former employer. They will _only_ confirm that you were employed, the dates of employment, and that you were either satisfactory or unsatisfactory. I can not get a reference from any current employee of that company because to give out such information is very clearly spelled out as a firing offense (and yes, in my 13 years there I did see people fired for doing just that). These days, given the competition for jobs, if you can’t get a glowing recommendation from your former manager you’re shit out of luck. EVERYONE laid off from that company goes through this shit, but these days it really works against a person. All the positive recommendations from other former employees, including high level management, immediate supervisors, and peers, apparently is not sufficient. They want the most recent manager who, still being employed there and in fear of her own job, is not going to risk getting fired for my benefit. > > Thus, I am trying to build up a rep as a good worker doing other jobs so I can deliver more current references saying how wonderful I am. But this takes time. Meanwhile, my savings bleed. > > Being over 40 doesn’t help either. Yes, I know age discrimination is illegal, but it still happens. > > \*\*I applied, and still apply, for administrative work \*\*and in 13 months I’ve only managed to get three interviews total. Hence, I also applied for retail and asked a general contractor I know for work. Neither pays anything near what I earned before and neither is fulltime, but it’s better than nothing. Trust me, for every listed job there will be a LOT of people applying and only one gets in the door. So far, my best prospect is still the government job I applied for, but the hiring process takes _months_ and I’m still going through it. I’m really hoping it comes through before I’m out of money. (emphasis added) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-men-who-think-working-women-are-there-to-service-their-sex-drive/620441)._