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[–] rawsta@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Am I the only one who likes his job? I was working for 10+ years in media creation without a proper education in that field. With 37 I changed everything and did an 3 year apprenticeship. 3 days working and 2 days school (with others around half my age). And now I work as a Web developer in the same small company (9 people) and couldn't be happier. We do only WebDev and no design or marketing. Ok, maybe a tiny amount of design and marketing. Many of our clients like that we are more technical than the regular webdesign agency. I have at least 30 days vacation, nice office in the middle of the city and a rather medium pay but if there is no emergency or time critical project, I can go to my boss and say: "I'm bored. I take the afternoon off." I won't get rich working there, but the fact that I look forward for my work and know work drama only by stories of others, is worth it for me. And that it's just 10min by foot from apartment to office is nice too. I'm so grateful that I am so lucky to find the right job and company.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes. I'm equally happy with my life work balance but I also understand this is the exception and not the rule so am always willing to lend an ear to anyone that wants to complain about their situation.

Same with any struggles one might have, socioeconomic conditions are not something any fellow worker controls.

I do draw the line at self inflected drama from anyone stuck in denial. Those people need to finish their spiral first.

[–] rawsta@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I hope I didn't came off as if I had no empathy. Of course I had shitty jobs in the past and can relate to the soul draining effects. Only because I am in a good place now, doesn't mean that I forget how fucked up work (or life in general) can be. And I hope I didn't came of as self centered ass with main character syndrome. I'm more the opposite of that. It's quite rare that I voice my opinion or just write/post something online. I even feel bad about this and the last comment. Sorry if I came over to harsh or self centered.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

Nope, you're good.

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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Last time I was on holiday to the extent that I could unwind, de-stress, hear myself think I concluded that I did not want to go back. I contacted a former coworker just to get some feelers out there about how the industry was doing. Before my holiday was over I had a signed job offer, and I resigned as soon as I got back to the stressful job.

Lesson learned: Give your employees perpetual emergency brain with no time to step back and reflect. Otherwise they could start to evaluate their situation and whether they really need to stay.

I'm curious, how long did it take you to come to that conclusion?

[–] Pnut@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The good news is that, with the rise of robotics and AI. We will all have to work in politics.

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[–] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 10 points 1 week ago

because when you're at work you're just a cog in the machine. it's because capitalism is shit also humans didn't evolve to wake up so early to go to work either

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago

I just came back from a movie festival where I volunteered and my work there was more fulfilling and meaningful than my everyday job

[–] rbamgnxl5@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

I just took two days off leading into last weekend. It was great having the time off, but it pales in comparison to how much time off I have now.

I got fired from my job on monday morning as my first meeting of the day.

Maybe my next job will involve fire.

[–] FrenchFoodInHand@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

I worked in a career that I was good at but utterly hated, for 15 years, had a breakdown and then went off to work for a charity. It’s been 8 years in and the difference in fulfilment is night and day. It is possible to go and do a job that makes a difference, that feeds the homeless, or helps sick children. Fuck corporates and the bullshit rat race - there is so much more out there!

[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I usually come back from vacation exhausted and ready to resume my regular routine. Maybe because "must see all the sights and do all the things, " but it is still true.

[–] pahlimur@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Every Monday and possibly Tuesday I'm basically a vegetable because I refuse to give up my normal days off to only prep for work. Regular chores get done but we add about a days worth of fun into the weekend where it doesn't fit. Fuck work expecting so much of our lives.

[–] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago

Wonder what it'll be like coming back from mental health leave.

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