Jul 26, 2021
GMANTheGreatestExplain?
Started off pre med, was doing ok
Transferred schools classes were awful so I switched to psychology
Rn im in behavioral health
Jul 26, 2021·2 repliesSocial worker here. Under supervision to become a LCSW. Kinda want to teach math and do private practice work part-time. So I also substitute teach for teaching experience.
Jul 26, 2021·2 repliesJaeRellSocial worker here. Under supervision to become a LCSW. Kinda want to teach math and do private practice work part-time. So I also substitute teach for teaching experience.
Do you get the “I’m not sure this is the right number” whenever someone white calls you for the first time. And does this ever happen to white coworkers? Most all my clients are shocked when they hear my voice and think they called someone else. I ask my white coworkers and they never get told “Idk if this is the right number or not but..”.
- Jul 26, 2021·1 replyJaeRell
Social worker here. Under supervision to become a LCSW. Kinda want to teach math and do private practice work part-time. So I also substitute teach for teaching experience.
What’s an LCSW?
- Jul 26, 2021·1 reply
Filmmaker
- Jul 26, 2021·1 replyGMANTheGreatest
What’s an LCSW?
Licensed social worker
- Jul 26, 2021Swope
Licensed social worker
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Can't leave out the clinical part because that gives us the ability to practice therapy and make diagnosis.
- Jul 26, 2021·1 replyIceTrain
Do you get the “I’m not sure this is the right number” whenever someone white calls you for the first time. And does this ever happen to white coworkers? Most all my clients are shocked when they hear my voice and think they called someone else. I ask my white coworkers and they never get told “Idk if this is the right number or not but..”.
Nah. What's your profession?
- Jul 26, 2021·3 repliesJaeRell
Nah. What's your profession?
I’m a caseworker for state benefits. So basically people call me whenever they need help with their Medicaid, food stamps, cash assistance, etc. When I get a white client sometimes they assume I’m bias and I’m hit with “I guess I have to change my skin color to get food stamps” or “Guess I need to move to Detroit first” and other nonsensical stuff cause I’m black. It’s a pretty thankless job with a high turnover rate.
- Jul 26, 2021IceTrain
I’m a caseworker for state benefits. So basically people call me whenever they need help with their Medicaid, food stamps, cash assistance, etc. When I get a white client sometimes they assume I’m bias and I’m hit with “I guess I have to change my skin color to get food stamps” or “Guess I need to move to Detroit first” and other nonsensical stuff cause I’m black. It’s a pretty thankless job with a high turnover rate.
F*** them cacs
- Jul 26, 2021IceTrain
I’m a caseworker for state benefits. So basically people call me whenever they need help with their Medicaid, food stamps, cash assistance, etc. When I get a white client sometimes they assume I’m bias and I’m hit with “I guess I have to change my skin color to get food stamps” or “Guess I need to move to Detroit first” and other nonsensical stuff cause I’m black. It’s a pretty thankless job with a high turnover rate.
Word. I work in community mental health dealing with youth, so all of my clients are way different from yours. I don't deal with benefits at all. For me, it's usually my white co-workers struggle building a rapport with black kids or women that don't know what to do with males (especially black).
- Jul 26, 2021·1 reply
You plan on staying in casework? Cause one of my caseworkers I keep in contact with for care coordination sound mad burnt out and was asking me how much I get paid.
- Jul 26, 2021·1 replyJaeRell
@IceTrain
You plan on staying in casework? Cause one of my caseworkers I keep in contact with for care coordination sound mad burnt out and was asking me how much I get paid.
Def not only reason why I still work here is because we work from home and honestly I’m on autopilot.
There’s a huge section of Americans who are just really uneducated. Like not knowing what a zip code is as an adult? Not being able to answer basic questions? Getting confused whenever I use the term eligibility? It’s frustrating. I smoke at my desk literally every day because it keeps me calm enough to explain to these people and deal with all the BS.Lol your acquaintance sounds like one of the recent grads we burnt through when covid hit. So many (mostly white women) quit because when they got here they wanted to make a difference and help with their upbeat positive attitude. And then first week they’re breaking down crying cause of all the stress and clients calling them stupid/out of their name because they still learning the job. Or then just getting frustrated having to explain basic concepts over and over and over.
I’m trying to move to the IT department ASAP since they’ll train me in house 😂.
- Jul 26, 2021·1 reply
Any doctors from the uk itt?
- Jul 27, 2021IceTrain
Do you get the “I’m not sure this is the right number” whenever someone white calls you for the first time. And does this ever happen to white coworkers? Most all my clients are shocked when they hear my voice and think they called someone else. I ask my white coworkers and they never get told “Idk if this is the right number or not but..”.
It’s the underlying stereotypes that be so bullshit man. Keep up the hard work
- Jul 27, 2021·1 replyToo Dark
Any doctors from the uk itt?
Are you?
- Jul 27, 2021Bestowed
Filmmaker
That’s cool as f***! Do you have any films coming up? I can post it in the thread
- Jul 27, 2021IceTrain
I’m a caseworker for state benefits. So basically people call me whenever they need help with their Medicaid, food stamps, cash assistance, etc. When I get a white client sometimes they assume I’m bias and I’m hit with “I guess I have to change my skin color to get food stamps” or “Guess I need to move to Detroit first” and other nonsensical stuff cause I’m black. It’s a pretty thankless job with a high turnover rate.
Is the money worth it at least?
- Jul 27, 2021·1 replyIceTrain
Def not only reason why I still work here is because we work from home and honestly I’m on autopilot.
There’s a huge section of Americans who are just really uneducated. Like not knowing what a zip code is as an adult? Not being able to answer basic questions? Getting confused whenever I use the term eligibility? It’s frustrating. I smoke at my desk literally every day because it keeps me calm enough to explain to these people and deal with all the BS.Lol your acquaintance sounds like one of the recent grads we burnt through when covid hit. So many (mostly white women) quit because when they got here they wanted to make a difference and help with their upbeat positive attitude. And then first week they’re breaking down crying cause of all the stress and clients calling them stupid/out of their name because they still learning the job. Or then just getting frustrated having to explain basic concepts over and over and over.
I’m trying to move to the IT department ASAP since they’ll train me in house 😂.
Is the pay worth all that?
- Jul 27, 2021·1 replyGMANTheGreatest
Are you?
Nah medical student only two years left, still feeling imposter syndrome
- Jul 27, 2021·edited·1 replyGMANTheGreatest
Is the pay worth all that?
Pre pandemic the job was much better surprisingly. The office is super nice with a bunch of amenities, and all the old women there literally fed me everyday and I had all the hoes working there at my desk flirting with me
it honestly reminded me of high school with all the petty rumors and people competing with one another to date other coworkers lmao. Now it’s kinda depressing getting straight out of bed and walking to the living room to tell people they’re not gonna be able to feed their kids this month cause their food stamps gone cause they didn’t fill out paperwork, or that they can’t get partials covered so that they themselves can eat normally.The paid time off is good tho and the pay is honestly amazing to me because I have little student debt and have a non expensive apartment in a good part of the city, and the job is much more about mental toughness than technical abilities so I’m allowed to do soooo much inappropriate s*** while working from home. Only reasons why I’m staying for now.
Also my boss is this tall white women who’s ex husband was a farmer in Trinidad so she lets me get away with a lot cause she’s drawn to me because of my dreads. She clearly likes black guys but her current bf is white but she calls me “Mr” in my name before addressing me every time we speak. It’s super inappropriate how she says it in a sexual way but whatever lol. I accidentally called a client a b**** a few weeks ago because I thought she was muted. My boss found out and she pretended to care for the hire ups but then we just joked about it the next week when s*** like that can get you canned, makes the state look bad.
Sorry for the rant at work bored .
- Jul 27, 2021Too Dark
Nah medical student only two years left, still feeling imposter syndrome
YOUVE made it this far my guy. The hardest part of Med school is MS1 and you did that
- Jul 27, 2021·1 replyIceTrain
Pre pandemic the job was much better surprisingly. The office is super nice with a bunch of amenities, and all the old women there literally fed me everyday and I had all the hoes working there at my desk flirting with me
it honestly reminded me of high school with all the petty rumors and people competing with one another to date other coworkers lmao. Now it’s kinda depressing getting straight out of bed and walking to the living room to tell people they’re not gonna be able to feed their kids this month cause their food stamps gone cause they didn’t fill out paperwork, or that they can’t get partials covered so that they themselves can eat normally.The paid time off is good tho and the pay is honestly amazing to me because I have little student debt and have a non expensive apartment in a good part of the city, and the job is much more about mental toughness than technical abilities so I’m allowed to do soooo much inappropriate s*** while working from home. Only reasons why I’m staying for now.
Also my boss is this tall white women who’s ex husband was a farmer in Trinidad so she lets me get away with a lot cause she’s drawn to me because of my dreads. She clearly likes black guys but her current bf is white but she calls me “Mr” in my name before addressing me every time we speak. It’s super inappropriate how she says it in a sexual way but whatever lol. I accidentally called a client a b**** a few weeks ago because I thought she was muted. My boss found out and she pretended to care for the hire ups but then we just joked about it the next week when s*** like that can get you canned, makes the state look bad.
Sorry for the rant at work bored .
I’m a dreadhead too my guy
They can’t resist us
- Jul 27, 2021·1 replyGMANTheGreatest
I’m a dreadhead too my guy
They can’t resist us
factoids. No corny s*** but I wear my s*** with pride because you don’t see dreads in a professional environment so I like breaking that negative stereotype.