Dat dank
I have landed in a sort of dream scenario
Except i get a slightly lower wage, but i save and invested
Government job
They pay for my commute since i take the train that is 5 minutes from my house. Sleeping on the way to work is the way to go.
Union
Affordable insurance
Some perks i would rather not say
I get all weekends and holidays off.
40 hours, no overtime, and they don’t do bonuses, unless you get employee of the quarter/year deal.
No customer service bullshit
The piece of mind i have that i will have a job next week. Next year. Over the next decade. And i can retire full benefits at 55?
I am in a perfect situation for me, wifey, future kids, and our parents
So i gave up a higher wages for a more secure life. It works for me.
But not everybody has the patience for school, hardwork, putting in time in different settings etc.
But really i can’t go back to retail or hospital settings. I can’t go back to the death and non-security of an office setting.
I hated working in an office. Meeting deadlines and numbers. Being monitored all day. Having to meet certain magic numbers. Wearing a tie. Fuck that i am happy in scrubs.
Yeah i wear super soft scrubs to work and cross trainers.
My situation is pretty much what i have wanted out of my life.
The challenge will be not going crazy. But knowing i have a family to provide for is motivation enough for me.
But maybe that’s why my hobbies are activities people call hyper aggressive. When i am rolling, i am happy. When i get hit with a body blow i get excited because i need to tighten up my defense.
And at work when i find new ways to get things done faster this also motivates me. I want to create an environment of less stress and more “tranquilo”
But that is me
Now go find your happy
Nothing makes you hate life more than working retail. Dr. Could you please get me a quart of milk. Fuck drive thru pharmacies.
Offices suck because wage was damn good, but fuck at will employment, fuck quotas.
Hospital experience is great on a resume.
Without my varied resume and putting 7 plus years in one place i would not have got my current position.
You have to go through hell to get to heaven
-the Undertaker
This thread is for the employed, see your way out sir.
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so he’s saying it could be done in 16 hours
so he wants less money…so he’s crying about having money
Wish i could get 40 hours.
It’s not entirely like that. My job has work for me at all times but my last job didnt. Working for 8 hours a day when 6 you do nothing sucks the life out of you. You feel like doing nothing and there’s no motivation. It’s weird that you think a person would be okay with it but most of the time, they aren’t.
No it’s like, it’s so fucking stupid you’d rather pluck out your eyes kind of stupid. 40 hours of driving fast on the freeway is not the same as 40 hours of being stuck in traffic for example. I think it’s one of those things where the grass is always greener on the other side.
I’ll give you a bit of advice. Don’t get in a serious relationship and never have kids. The deeper you dig, the harder it is to climb out.
OH SHIT.
I guess I’ll chime in.
I work 40 hours at a job I don’t like. The easy answer is to quit, but it’s not that simple for me. What I really want to do is create games, but currently that doesn’t keep me fed or pay my bills, so I work this job.
So, what I do after work is try to work on games and get them out there, and maybe one I create will be a hit. Of course, there’s never a guarantee there, but making games is my true passion. I’ve been thinking about building some other skills that could help me; at my workplace, they offer to pay for your education so I thought I could take advantage of that somehow.
My job is pretty easy for 40 hours (just programming and the occasional tech support). There’s a good bit of downtime between projects and I often have to ask for something to keep busy. Otherwise… I’m on here and other “work-safe” sites I like to visit, trying to kill time.
Yeah, when I hear about people busting out 60-70 hours per week I’m like “nope”. I’m out the door as soon as possible because I don’t get paid for extra time under this contract and I have no desire to work in a management position. If you’re doing that type of work that requires you to be there for that long, then you’re way more tolerant and resilient than me and I hope the compensation matches the work put in.
But I couldn’t ask for a better scenario for myself right now. Pays well with benefits, I actually get some holidays off unlike my former job(s), I actually like the work I’m doing, don’t have to spend too much time talking, plenty of time for my hobbies and spending time with family and friends, etc.
40 hours is cake in this situation. I think if 40 hours is bothering a person, then there are other factors about the job that’s making it not worthwhile and maybe they feel trapped/like they don’t have a better option to go to. Unfortunately, that’s just the reality sometimes and it’s hard to break out of a bad situation. Some situations suck a lot, others don’t.
It is why i say go to a trade school or rop or technical school instead of college if you don’t want to get into a line of work that requires it
Check out rop’s in your area and programs they offer. You could be making mucho dinero after 8 months of training and certification and if they are a great school they set you up for job interviews.
Work is what you make of it. Never go into auto pilot or be that lazy fuck who disappears for 6 hours when you ask him to help out in the morning shift.
I saw you in the break room doing nothing.
That is the part that sucks about federal jobs. No write ups. Nobody gets in trouble for not doing work.
Maybe it’s time you thought about starting your own business. Marketing is a skill that, if you’re good at it, you could do on your own and possibly offer the services you were performing at the company to other businesses for lesser cost. But the thing you have to figure out if you’re going to go that route is, do you have the skills and the grit to make it work?
Between the time I decided I didn’t want to be a touring musician anymore and when my production business went full time, I had a 40hr/week warehouse job and it sucked out my soul. Drudgery, having to get up at 5:30 every morning, not really being able to go out much because of that, and then the money wasn’t that great either. But it was a decent job and it taught me that I’m meant to keep my own schedule and work for myself, so now that I do, I really try hard to not put myself in a situation where I’d have to go back to a day job. Not to say day jobs are bad, they’re just not for me.
I’m doing around 54 a week reconditioning football helmets. I deal with it because if I don’t, I’ll be homeless and hungry. You won’t really appreciate the money you have now until you have none at all.
40 hours really isn’t that hard, man. 8 hours 5x a week(assuming you start early) leaves you like half of the day to be free and 2 days to chill out. I can’t add anything to what others have said but eat healthy and exercise frequently. It makes a world of a difference. I have a lot more stamina now after a solid year of training than I did when I still had a 40 hour work week( at 50 now).
I worked 116 hours a week for 4 years until I get layed off late last year (oil field). This 40 hour work week stuff is awesome. I get to go home every day and have 5-7 hours to myself each day. I imagine 40 hour work week would suck if you had like a 1 hour commute each way though since you’d only get 3-5 hours to yourself and the driving would probably be worse mentally than your actual job.
Monday and friday i work from home or whatever place that have internetconnection
3 central days i work in a place 30 min from home
it’s awesome
It does kind of suck. Don’t let things get personal, and give yourself breaks. Also, you need to establish your life outside of work. I train 4-5 days during M-F, and usually have activities planned with the woman on weekends. My real life begins the second I clock out.
One thing I notice is people getting way to comfortable at the office. Some of these marks act like we supposed to be best friends. I am antisocial, so we already have that barrier up. They still try though. Muhfucka I see you every day of the work week. No I will not go watch fucking WWE at your house nigga, I got my own friends I barely see. No you fat fuck, I don’t want to eat fuckin Taco Bell for lunch with you when I gotta help train with pro fighters after work.
IMO I was talking with some more established people, and they all say the same thing. Work for yourself. I am still working on my skill set, but if I see the opportunity I am definitely interested in going out on my own.
hell naw