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i'm so grateful that i don't dread going to work. i've had those jobs before and if there's only one thing i can proclaim to be 100% true, it's that no matter what any job is giving you, it's not worth sacrificing your mental health
I am convinced that I'm just hardwired to dread going to work. Doesn't matter how good the job is.
Unless it's something I really enjoy doing. But if I'm doing something that I enjoy doing, for work, then it will ruin that thing for me. So it's only a matter of time in that case.
this relates to what Marx calls alienation of a worker from their labor under capitalism. being productive feels good, working doesn't
if you're like me you just can't tolerate the idea of bullshit work and being exploited, if you can find a government job that might work
for me, a large portion of hating everything was the fundamental corporate bullshit perpetual LiNeGoUp profit motivation, not only selling shit to people, but "upselling" constantly trying to get them to spend more than they planned on.
none of that bullshit in the public sector, higher education. the pay isn't great, but i actually get PTO sick and vacay, and 10 days off over winter break. i can do 4 x 10 over the summer, and have 3 day weekends every week
Yep. Before I started with my current company, I was in a temp gig at the most soul-suckingly depressing office I have ever been to. I kept telling myself "this is how corporate life is. Shove those feelings of despair down, and try to make a career." Thank sweet as zombie Jesus that I found my current employer.
Yeah I'm in the same boat, but wow do I still get a sizeable amount of dread going back to work when I'm getting burnt out on a specific task.
Like I am lucky to find myself working in the public sector and having a direct impact on the public, and I love it! But my goodness, do I dread days where its back to the same task I've been doing for the last 2 weeks, without much change.
Maybe the issue with that is the way I manage my time tho and am constantly forgetting to take regular vacation.
I get paid enough I'd rather show up and bitch than quit.