A man is going through a totally desperate situation since, at 63, he will be forced to live in the street with his wife who has a chronic illness for not being able to pay the rent or medicines that his wife needs. Given this situation, he published a post on social networks asking for work and help that quickly became viral and had a lot of reactions.
Darío César Ramírez, 63 and a native of Escobar (Argentina), is an electrician with a wide trajectory in industrial and general maintenance, in addition to experience in land and maritime logistics, but this has not been enough to overcome the lack of opportunities that now hinders him.
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Its history, shared on LinkedIn and had thousands of impressions in a matter of hours, looks like a joke, but it is not. In fact, it reflects the reality that many other Argentines live who feel they were left out of the system.
You need to work to pay the rent and medication of your sick wife
“You are solidarity. I ask you for a minute to read and share it. I need, I wish and want to work!” The publication of Darío César begins, to continue explaining his situation and why he needs to work urgently.
“With my lady, Gladys Maurente, we go through a fairly complicated situation. We do not want to stay in the street at the end of the month and we need to be able to pay the rent in addition to buying their remedies monthly due to their chronic illness: hypothyroidism, panic attacks and anxiety. The one who suffers knows what I talk about.”
Darío began his post asking for help in a quite educated way and with the intention that people share it at least: “I ask you 1 minute to read and share it …. Thank you. I thank the people who give me, their help, with what they can, they collaborate already those who share my c.vitae.”
In an interview with the Argentine media TNDarío explained his work experience and the diversity of works he has played throughout his life. “I am an electrician, electrician officer, industrial, electric, general maintenance, and I worked a lot of time in logistics. Terrestrial, sea operations, with trucks, with load ships, exports, field operations in logistics, general maintenance of electric tools that I made in Pichín and in other companies too,” he says.
In his speech, Darío shows his interest in continuing to work and puts his experience, despite the fact that the current labor market does not give him the opportunity to prove it: “I always worked, my whole life, from 18, 19, 20 years, until today and I want The country, so I don’t have alternative.
To top it off, his wife Gladys is sick and needs a series of citizens and medicines that are not free. It has hypothyroidism, panic and anxiety attacks. “The mental health issue is very harmful in Argentina. I live 24 hours with this person. There are days that are fine, there are days that are wrong, there are days that is depressive, in bed, without desire to get up. All this was also a consequence of pandemic and enclosures. Thank God I am fine, I have a physique to work and continue working in good sense,” Darío explains.
How does not be able to work
They live a fairly complicated economic situation. Although Darío was working until last May, with a contract that ended, then he has barely had a couple of work interviews. “Everyone tells me that I have a good curriculum, but more from there, nothing concrete. In three months I am practically employment.
Darío says he does not seek donations, but a real work opportunity. “I don’t want donations, I want to work. I want, will, desire and I need to work. My hands and my body are to work,” he said.
Throughout his life, Darío also ventured into other areas. He was a private cameraman, worked in a journalistic environment in Concordia, was a photographer and did radio work. However, he acknowledges that age and lack of opportunities make it difficult to insert in the labor market again.
On his work ethics, he has no doubts: “Responsibility, honesty, sincere, I am never missing. They try me: if I don’t know something, I learn quickly. My previous work experiences are registered. I am responsible for my work and I learn quickly if there is something that I do not know.”
A labor market that excludes it
The labor market, according to Darío, is competitive and often exclusive. “Yes, there is electricity work. The issue is that there is a lot of competition. To work in electricity you need to transport stairs and tools, and I walk on foot. I don’t have a mobile, I have nothing. Just a backpack with tools and I go from here to there,” he explained.
The man recognizes that asking for help is not easy, but learned that it is necessary to advance. “On the one hand it is hard for me to ask for help. I needed to let off steam and order my head. A person told me: ‘Darío, I asked for help.’ And many solidarity people replied. Some no, it doesn’t matter. But there are many solidarity people,” he said.
Darío is not only asking for help with his publication of LinkedIn, but he is also launching a call to act in the absence of opportunities that these elderly people who still cannot retire, but have run out of work.
“What I want to convey to those who can hire myself is that I am going to work, stone, thunder or rain. I am not late, I do not miss. I learn quickly and give my best. I have experience and capacity, and if I don’t know something, I learn it. I just need you to give me the opportunity.”
The objective of this life electrician, father of two adult daughters, is clear: work to survive, take care of his wife’s health and demonstrate that the experience and desire are not age.