Comment on Americans Are Using PTO to Sleep, Not for Vacation—Report
demizerone@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Waking up early for the fucking :30 meeting is the worst part of my life. I hate it.
Maybe it’s time to start thinking about another job?
We need money to live, but there is no amount of money worth losing your happiness over. Sometimes it’s better to sell the house, buy a good used Toyota, and take a pay cut to get a significantly less stressful job. Also make sure you are practicing self care. Eating well, taking time to yourself to enjoy the things you want to do, even if it’s just sleeping.
I legitimately chuckled at first but I can’t tell if you’re serious.
House? Toyota? I make well over median wage, save everything, and those things might as well be private jets to me.
My savings interest rate is literally less than house price increases alone.
I have 5 yrs exp and an MSc in STEM and I haven’t heard back from a single job application I’ve sent out even while I’m still employed after sending out at least 10 of highly personalized applications of CV + cover letter. Everyone else I know who are frankly people way smarter than me lives with parents and is unemployed with the exception of one person who lives with their parents and has no money but is an accomplished academic researcher (maths I think) who gives talks at international events.
What are you smoking? What world do you live in? How do I get there?
And on that note, I highly recommend a Prius! They are amazing companions.
ours is 8.37 every day, and management struggles to think of things to do at it.
sounds like easy money if you’re paid that half hour to do nothing, basically
if you’re salary, that’s dumb af tho
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
The fuck part of 830 is early? Enjoy your breakfast and shitting a home I punch in at 630. At least I do get paid for my morning dump and shit post session
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
This kind of “must be nice” reaction is exactly what the owner class wants: workers pissy at each other over how big their crumbs are, instead of at the perpetrators who feast on the bad situation they created.
Mesophar@pawb.social 4 weeks ago
Ok, but think of it in terms of normal start times vs needing to go in early, instead of the actual hour. If you usually start at 6:30 but had to go in for 6:00 for no reason other than a meeting that could have been an email, it sucks.
I used to have a 6:30 start time when I was younger, had an hour commute, and still had time for breakfast at home in the morning. It absolutely sucked and I hated it. Getting up for 8:30 start times still sucks if you’re used to 9:00 start times.
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
That’s a perfectly fair point, well taken.
Let’s just say getting out of bed and leaving the house on somebody else’s schedule to make somebody else money sucks in general.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
I get up at 9:30 for my 9-5 WFH gig and it doesn’t actually feel any better. You can get used to good things too and it doesn’t render capitalism any less soulsucking.