I just need to vent a little bit and get some feedback from people outside of my friends and family. They love me unconditionally and I know they are never unwilling to listen, but I feel like a broken record lately and really can’t find the motivation or make it better. I’ve really been feeling like an insufferable burden because of my pessimism and cynicism around this topic, so I figure why not unload it on some internet strangers and see what insight I can get from some like-minded people.

I work in big corpo and really really hate it on multiple levels. Everyone around me seems to either be blissfully ignorant or they have found a way to swallow their pride and just exist. I am having a lot of trouble doing that and it makes me feel like an unappreciative shithead. I’m in a good position, in a stable company with a lot of great perks and benefits, but I’m just not happy. I hate the industry, the culture, the work itself, but the people around me have been there for 10+ years, so there must be something I’m missing. Am I wrong for not being able to suck it up and cash my check?

  • Rx_Hawk [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    I walked out of my $65/hr corpo job back in October, it was a workplace that was dehumanizing, stressful, and dangerous. I do not regret it.

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      8 months ago

      dehumanizing, stressful, and dangerous.

      This sounds way worse than my situation and I’m glad you did what was in your best interest at the end of the day.

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        8 months ago

        It was more so dangerous to clients/customers due to an unrealistic amount of work expected to be done by a skeleton crew. Wasn’t dangerous to us but I could no longer ethically work there.