I Slept With a Man for a Job,He Ghosted Me, Gave Me an STI, and Left Me Depressed

 

People do a lot to get jobs in this country.

Some fake papers. Others know someone who knows someone. But some of us, we get desperate. Especially when you’ve been jobless for years, rent is due, your younger siblings are looking at you as their hope, and your mother can’t keep taking blood pressure pills because of your struggles.

That was me.

I was 26. Degree in hand, smart, focused, hungry for success. But nothing was working. I sent over 300 job applications. Zero calls. Zero replies.

One day, I got an inbox from a well-connected HR guy I had once met at a conference. He said, “Come meet me at this hotel, I’ll help you get into the system. There’s an opening coming up.” to read more click here