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damn near every middle and lower class american feels this way
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i just never got the whole 9a-5p thing when it really its like 8a-6:30p, when you factor in an hour lunch (thats so long) and commutes...
Gothenburg, Sweden is experimenting with a six-hour work day...interesting
Don't do it bro, you know better already. You made it out once, you may not again lol. Try to find a small company if you must go back to the race, I hear it's generally not AS bad as the big businesses. If you need money for the fam though, do what you gotta do.Been a stay-at-home dad for a touch over 2 years now, but it's time for me to head back to work soon.
Got a 4-yr degree and had a steady state government job for 3.5 years prior to staying at home. It was my first "real" job after college. I'd say I hated it about 95% of the time. I was chained to a desk and computer most the day and it just sucked the life out of me. Quite frankly, I'm surprised I made it there that long.
So now that it's time to find a job, I'm at a complete loss about what to do. Thinking about a desk job makes me mad depressed, but most other jobs I'm seeing simply don't pay well. I just don't want to be that guy who is 50 and hates his job. I've learned that I'm not a "company man" at all. In fact, if I could work by myself or be in charge of my own small company, I'd be perfectly happy. But I have zero clue on how I can turn what I love in life into a way to make money. Really, really, really sucks. I know a job isn't my life, but I spend so much time working that it only makes sense that I get some satisfaction from it. Can't see myself being that 9-5, rat race dude ever again, but it looks like I may have to say eff what I see in my future and just bite the bullet and join the race again. Not looking forward to it at all.
What middle class?damn near every middle and lower class american feels this way
I have a sstandard run of the mill office jobs, excel spreadsheets and answering emails all day.
Kinda off subject, but I always thought with how crappy he job market is people and the number of applicants there are, people who have jobs would take them seriously. I swear some of my coworkers spend 2+ hrs a day just on Facebook, buzzfeed, etc. I'm sitting over here burning my eyes into the screen and occasionally answering a text message and they're going through whole photo albums.
Maybe I need to give less damns...who knows.
Yeah, it's for the fam. The young one is approaching pre-school age, so mission accomplished with me staying at home with her prior to being school age. Time to get back to the daily grind. **** hurts my soul just typing that.Don't do it bro, you know better already. You made it out once, you may not again lol. Try to find a small company if you must go back to the race, I hear it's generally not AS bad as the big businesses. If you need money for the fam though, do what you gotta do.Been a stay-at-home dad for a touch over 2 years now, but it's time for me to head back to work soon.
Got a 4-yr degree and had a steady state government job for 3.5 years prior to staying at home. It was my first "real" job after college. I'd say I hated it about 95% of the time. I was chained to a desk and computer most the day and it just sucked the life out of me. Quite frankly, I'm surprised I made it there that long.
So now that it's time to find a job, I'm at a complete loss about what to do. Thinking about a desk job makes me mad depressed, but most other jobs I'm seeing simply don't pay well. I just don't want to be that guy who is 50 and hates his job. I've learned that I'm not a "company man" at all. In fact, if I could work by myself or be in charge of my own small company, I'd be perfectly happy. But I have zero clue on how I can turn what I love in life into a way to make money. Really, really, really sucks. I know a job isn't my life, but I spend so much time working that it only makes sense that I get some satisfaction from it. Can't see myself being that 9-5, rat race dude ever again, but it looks like I may have to say eff what I see in my future and just bite the bullet and join the race again. Not looking forward to it at all.
I have a sstandard run of the mill office jobs, excel spreadsheets and answering emails all day.
Kinda off subject, but I always thought with how crappy he job market is people and the number of applicants there are, people who have jobs would take them seriously. I swear some of my coworkers spend 2+ hrs a day just on Facebook, buzzfeed, etc.I'm sitting over here burning my eyes into the screen and occasionally answering a text message and they're going through whole photo albums.
Maybe I need to give less damns...who knows.
My friend was in the same position as you but now is in charge of running an online business. He makes his own schedule, travels often, revolve his life around athletic events. He feels much better about life than before while he was working for "the man"
Yeah, it's for the fam. The young one is approaching pre-school age, so mission accomplished with me staying at home with her prior to being school age. Time to get back to the daily grind. **** hurts my soul just typing that.
My last job went like this:
8a-9a: clock in, grab coffee, eat breakfast at my desk and chat it up with the homie across the hall
9a-11a: do some real work, but nothing too heavy b/c lunch was at 11a
11a-12p: lunch = nap in my office or car
12p-1p: loitering, making music playlists, checking emails from friends, and getting back into the work groove after lunch
1p-4p: this was my real work time--got a lot done in those 3 hours
4p-4:30p: wrap up the real work
4:30p-5p: staring out my office window mixed with trying to look busy, checking my timecard, planning my next call in day
Doesn't sound bad when I look at it now, but god it sucked so much. It was such a mindless, unfulfilling 4 hours of work every day.
I drive big rigs over the road.
I'm over two years deep, and I can't say I've ever consistently complained about my job.
Good days and bad days for sure but it's like a 90/10 split. Definitely a sacrifice but worth it, IMO.
No students loans, savings account lookin stupid, plus it's not really hard work
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Too much real life in here. I feel like walking out every day
My friend was in the same position as you but now is in charge of running an online business. He makes his own schedule, travels often, revolve his life around athletic events. He feels much better about life than before while he was working for "the man"
i hate my job also but then i think of how much money is to be made (i dont make a lot) and how hard it is to find a job then it brings me back to reality of having negative feelings... the thing that sucks most well for me at least is that its such a grind and you have to do it everyday 8 hours a day, 5 days a week for a whole year...and its such a meaningless/tedious job all i do is send emails, do data entry and print out documents all day and if the printer is not working my job is useless... i work 2 hours overtime im suppose to work 8:30-5:00 but i work 7:30-6:00 to make ends meet and the first hour im at work im usually on my grind and the last hour at work im just chilling on the internet or taking selfies for instagram.... every hour for 10 minutes i go on the net usually on here or window shopping and then when i go use the bathroom i take the long way by going to the warehouse for no reason and ill check out this cam site on my phone... but to be honest its like stealing candy from a baby this job is so easy that its hard to leave... the annual raises though are nonexistent
ppl become content as hell with a gig like that.
go to work, go to gym, go home, wait for the weekend...........back to monday