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Woman couldn’t ‘last 10 minutes’ in the role she landed after hundreds of relentless job applications

A woman claimed she had been applying for jobs online and physically, even dropping off her resume at various places, but she could not land a job.

Updated on: Feb 12, 2025, 12:35:10 IST
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A woman who claims she was relentlessly searching for a job revealed that she couldn’t last even ten minutes after landing one following months of applying to various places. According to news.com.au, the 32-year-old left the childcare centre where she got employed because she couldn’t handle the “screaming babies.”

“I couldn’t do it”

A woman claimed she couldn’t last even 10 minutes in her new job and ran out of the place. (Screengrab (Instagram))
A woman claimed she couldn’t last even 10 minutes in her new job and ran out of the place. (Screengrab (Instagram))

“I left because I’d never done children before, and I was in a room with 10 screaming babies, and I just couldn’t do it,” Sophie Ward told the outlet, adding that she fled so quickly that she forgot to take her Tupperware, filled with her meal for the day, and it left her “fuming” for the day.

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People are curious

The woman’s decision left many baffled, according to the outlet. One of whom asked, “What was so horrible in 10 minutes?” Another sympathized by saying that childcare is not for the “faint-hearted.”

A wave of rejections:

“I even went for an interview the other day, and they asked me to text them my schedule for a trial, and they never got back to me,” she said.

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That is when she decided to take a chance at childcare. However, from her fast exit, it became apparent that it wasn’t a match for her.

The UK expat said that finding the right job in Australia has been “tough.” However, she said that being desperate doesn’t mean she is “willing to accept anything.”

 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Trisha Sengupta

Trisha Sengupta is a Chief Content Producer at Hindustan Times with over six years of digital newsroom experience. Specialising in high-engagement storytelling, she blends viral trends with traditional journalism to cover the intersection of technology, finance, and human emotion. Her reporting spans real estate and personal finance struggles in hubs like Bengaluru and Gurgaon, the NRI experience, and corporate shifts like tech layoffs. Trisha also frequently tracks global figures and writes human interest stories. Offline, Trisha is an avid reader, history enthusiast and solo traveler. She balances her journalism career with family life while actively integrating AI tools into her modern storytelling approach.

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