I work a regular 9-5 that I pretty much completely hate. I love my coworkers, even my team leader and manager I consider as friends; I just hate the work. Like you said, not because I hate working - I became an electrical engineer because I enjoyed the problem solving and design challenges. The problem is as you say, the forced hours. I agree 100% that I could do my days work in a 3-4 hour work day. That’s all I do anyway, the rest of that time I’m just at work wanting to not be at work. I fact, it makes the hours I do spend working less efficient because I’m distracted thinking about the million things I have to try to take care of in the dark hours after I get the kids to bed. This shit’s miserable, stupid, and wholly wasteful of human life.
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I'm sorry to hear that :/ Would there be any way you could take care of some of those things from work, in the hours you're not working?
Hahaha! Thanks for the reply, AND suggestion (which is a good one for sure)! I definitely replied to this post when I was already having a rough day, so I may have been a bit mellow dramatic - although it’s all still true, I would prefer to have said it less drastically :)
I actually have been using some of my work time lately to sort out a plan for moving and taking a new job - may even be one I don’t mind too much!
I'm glad you're finding your way out. I hope the new job is not so horrible ;)
Thank you!!! I am actually excited for it. It’s a 9-5 type, but I’ll be leaving engineering and going back to being a technician…and getting a bit of a raise too! I’m looking forward to getting back into working with my hands :) …and the new job is located in a beach town, so I’m really looking forward to recording flute videos by the ocean 😬