I wonder why governments don't establish a law that requires job ads to specify their salary ranges 🤨

At a job interview today, again, the interviewers were surprised to see that I'm a woman🤦‍♀️

There's one thing I love about ChatGPT and other AI tools: they help me improve my social skills. When I talk to them about any social situations I'm in, they again and again remind me to set boundaries and detect disrespectful, manipulative behaviours. I'm grateful for that.

Today's picket had great vibes, but as this placard points out, there probably won't be enough money for science if that stupid four-year-old war continues...

My former employer is asking everyone to join a protest in front of the government building to demand more money for research. But I guess the government will continue to be thrifty because the economy is not as strong as it used to be.

It feels odd to find out that this country's immigration rules are contradicting each other. And people tell me to take advantage of the rule that benefits me 😅

Uh oh, just seen an invitation to a job interview in my spam box 🤦‍♀️

People on twitter are saying job hunting is a humiliation ritual. I agree. Yesterday I contacted a recruiter and pointed out a mistake in the job description that wasted my time, and he was mad and said something racist to me and also called me 'a joke'. If this is not humiliation, then what is?

Planning on leaving this country because I still can't find a new job. Told a few friends about this & asked to meet with them for the last time before I go. They all agreed and except one friend who replied: "Can't you just find a job here?!" 🙄🤦‍♀️ I don't understand what mentality this is...

Some people don't understand what burnout is. They're so lucky. I wish I also hadn't ever experienced burnout.

So the meeting between Xi and Trump isn't going to help much with the global economy?

Here are the things people said to me in recent days when I said I can't find a job: "I've never seen someone who can't find a job" "Really, you can't find anything?" "There are people who struggle with job search for a longer time than you, so why do you panick." "Just relax." How soothing🙄

AI: The Illusion of Expertise VibeChemming

Browsed job boards today and saw an academic job in a European country that requires the applicants to have at least 10 years of postdoctoral experience but still have no stable job... This says enough about today's academia. #AcademicSky

It's always a hard pill to swallow when you suddenly realise some of your friends are actually not your friends. No matter how much you cared about and supported them, they see you as a joke.

I've reach the stage where people are starting to shame me for still being unable to secure a new job...

I hate it when some government webpages are poorly maintained. Why do they show me garbled text or 404 when I'm trying to find some important information🙄

LMAO. Why does Instagram show me this ad. Probably because some friends suggested that I do another PhD if I still can't find a job. Instagram is clearly eavesdropping. And I don't believe there are short PhD programmes in 2026. It feels like a scam.

Another [open] to [one-time charge] to [annual fee] enshittification pipeline #skybrarians 📚 #chemsky 🧪 #medlibs 🦀

My colleagues and I keep complaining about the lack of research funding, and now finally some scientists decided to start a protest in front of the government building to voice our concerns about the lack of money in science. They're asking all of us to join this protest.👍

Just saw on twitter someone say that the real pandemic is people becoming stupid. I agree. People these days are too reliant on AI for everything. It's so scary to see this trend amongst the people surrounding me.

I have a friend who has always been saying something like "let's meet up", "let's go grab food at that new food stall", "let's go for a walk" but never tells me the date and time. Whenever I propose a date and time, she can never confirm it and always tell me to wait. And then I wait forever.

Again and again, I really really hate it when I ask a question but receive an AI-generated bullshit answer from the people I ask

Hantavirus update

Opened twitter and saw this. I'm not surprised. It is that bad already. I think this is future me. I've already applied for a few jobs that don't require a degree. I have no choice.

Signed up for a Chinese job website. Within 24 hours, I received messages from 19 headhunters. I guess many of them are AI bots.

I recently complained a lot to my friends that I can't find a job and have too little savings, and here's some unusual advice they gave me: "Use your social network to get a job." "Run your own business." "Wait for jobs to come to you." "Find a husband." "Do another PhD." "Do another master's." 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Tweaking the five versions of my CV again and again 😩

Went to the immigration office. The receptionist asked me what I wanted and I told her about my situation and asked a question. She laughed, "I don't know. You should ask ChatGPT!" I was like "What? You want me to ask ChatGPT about immigration rules?" She was like "Everyone is asking ChatGPT!" 🤦‍♀️

I can't stop thinking about this. My job search so far is such a failure, and I have no savings. Perhaps I'll have to learn how to farm and hunt and survive without spending any money...

So the whole world is just watching the Epstein regime doing whatever they want? Until when?

Someone told me I have a grey hair on the back of my head 😭 I now try to find it

Currently there are not many flights between Europe and China, and the cheapest ones transfer in Doha or Abu Dhabi. I can't find enough information about how frequently these two places are bombed these days. I wanna calculate the chance of getting hit by a missile if I take one of the two routes...

Ah I like the sunny, dry 24°C weather! It's perfect for me

It seems that bed rotting doesn't help me get rid of the fatigue caused by job hunting 😕

I had a conversation with my supervisor this evening about my struggles with the job search, and he finally realised that the job market is brutal 😅

Today is the last day of my job. I got some interesting new findings in my experiments today. But I have to stop here and leave the job because my boss has no more money. Both he and I feel distressed with the lack of funding. But at this moment the only thing we can do is accept the brutal reality.

I still don't understand why the Hellma cuvette costs more than €600. It's just a transparent little container made of quartz! Does anyone understand this? #ChemSky

Whenever a job application form asks me to tell them my expected salary range, I always choose the range that's twice my current salary. Not sure if this has scared recruiters away.

Some papers in high impact journals really don't make sense. I wonder what the reviewers and editors are doing. It feels like going to an upmarket restaurant to eat shit.

I'm mad mad mad mad mad mad at the job market. I'm panicking. I can't breathe today.

What if I just can't get a job in the rest of my life? I have no savings to run my own business. I have no plans B.

What makes very sad now is that the job rejection today says I lack 'background in photochemistry'. But I've been using various spectroscopic methods to study photochemical reactions for years. What do you mean by saying I lack experience in photochemistry. I really wanna confront them. I'm fuming.

Another day, another rejection. I've been searching 6 months, but still haven't got a job. Life is too hard.

I don't understand why people dip pizza in sauces. I think sauces would ruin the flavours of any pizza.

Oh no, why do I again and again come across the person I don't want to talk to?! This is a big city, so it doesn't make sense 😭

A friend gave me some magnesium citrate pills to help me regulate my nervous system. I appreciate that, but I'm sure the pills are not enough to deal with the emotional damage caused by the job market.

Hahahahaha

Lol, a friend just said to me "Can't you just use your social network to get a job?" 😭

I fucking hate those recruiters who treat job seekers like rubbish