If Facebook crashes and burns the whole international bike industry will fold, far too many firms relying 100% on Facebook/Instagram related consumption.

#Facebook #Meta #BikeIndustry #DontBeADummy

Hey #Boston folks, I desperately need a job. But also I can't keep getting jobs that hurt me. My time in food service is done (my skin can't handle the constant washing and chemical exposure). But the only suggestions people "doing better" than me suggest all seem... either disconnected from "real" work at best, or straight up parasitic at worst.

I'm good with my hands, I'm smart, I'm flexible and can (and my ADHD means I need to) move from desk to field or shop work easily. I'm computer-savvy for a hands-on worker, I can research, strategize, and apply physical solutions and create detailed and accurate logs.

I'd love to keep working with bikes, but all the big companies did a capitalism and are putting the screws to small local shops, so everyone is tightening their belts now...

But I can't sell myself, or afford/build a life around a car. Most trades require you to have a car, if not a truck. Most city jobs require you to have a CDL, which... come the fuck on.

I'd love to keep working with bikes, but all the big companies did a capitalism and swamped the market and are putting the screws to small local shops, so everyone is tightening their belts now...

I'm tired. I'm sapped. And I'm running out of money.

I could really use a hand.

#antiwork #IWW #help #job #burnout #biketoot #bikesatwork #bikeshop #bikeIndustry

I've been a tiny little cog in the #BikeIndustry since the early 90's, working through the days of quality monthly printed media, racing and product design/testing alongside managing my own #MTB racing team. Today I'm completely disillusioned with the industry. Online reporting is oft 'back-handed' by the companies providing the products, racing is not as important as the amount of likes/followers/subscribers/notifications you have. Times have sadly changed and for me the #BikeCommunity has lost its soul. There are thankfully little pockets of so-called '#OffGrid' groups of riders and I am hoping their own communities grow larger in time.