I am in similar boat as your DH except I am in sales and don’t play video games. I maybe did 20 min of work today. Then I had a call with a company that wants me to come work with them. Would be a significant increase in pay. Said they would have a formal proposal to me by Friday. |
I have a very demanding job and work way more than 40 hours a week, and l mostly love it. My previous job l worked way less and made a little more money, but the boredom and lack of accomplishment were depressing, had to leave as l was in a rut but my boss had no idea.
Different people are motivated by different things. Some people it’s money or security. Me it’s service and having a mission l believe in, plus l love technical work and problem solving. It takes time to know yourself. |
You could be wasting your life and career away for $0. Get some perspective. |
+1 How is accumulating money sufficient to keep your family in extreme comfort "wasting your life"? |
Some of us enjoy intellectual stimulation. Enjoy your brain rot and early onset dementia. |
With anger like that you'll drop dead of a stroke before you get to retire. Have fun! |
Im similar, i need to make up projects for myself and my team. I wonder if its a me problem- the feeling that I am “making up projects” implies i still have a very junior mentality when i like clearly middle to senior management? My boss never gives me any work (but hes like head of an entire business, so he mostly just talks and “sets vision”) and generally seems happy with me. I think my boss does no work. I’d fire the both of us. It feels terrible to be wasting away, but the money is good.
My takeaway is i need more hobbies. |
I’ve had jobs where I worked more than 40 hours a week for years on end. My job now takes possibly 20 hours a week on a busy week, but I feel like I deserve this break. I’m trying to just be grateful and read a lot of good books in my extra 20 hours a week. |
I'm paid to be there when I need to be there. Once I realized that, I stopped worrying if there wasn't enough work for a full 40 hour week.
Sometimes I work 50+ hours, other times I barely get 10 hours done. But when I'm needed, I'm there. And I get it done. And that's what justifies my salary. |
This is like half the staff at Cap One |
WHAT did you THINK you were gonna make? |
Why are you here complaining though? Hope you did not type this on your work computer. Get a side career, hobby or interest? Make more? Plan a trip? Get another degree online (on your own device) |
PP again. I would also be bored to tears. I don't want to sit idle and doing nothing. |
I used to work closely w/ someone like this and it was a contributing factor to why I left that job. I work hard but don't tolerate free loaders. |
I had a job like this for 4 years. All I could think about was, if this penny drops, I’ve acquired zero useful skills. |