Working a regular 9-5 is stifling. Makes me feel confined. I've only been back in this world for 3

[Anonymous]

What bugs me is the mandatory one hour lunch "break" that makes the day so much longer. How 'bout everyone just does their work without all this bullshit clock watching and timecard punching? You want to go to lunch, fine. You want to eat Lean Cuisine at your desk and leave early, fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Being chained to my desk in my windowless office with brown walls is sucking the life out of me and affecting my health--both physical and mental. I have to work to keep a roof over our heads, and I'm vested in a pension so I'm not apt to leave.

Tips on getting through the day?

If I ruled the world, all professional jobs would have school bus stop hours. A 6 hour work day is plenty.

This is me and I just started a new job a few months ago. Unfortunately, this position doesnt offer telework. Everytime I come to work, I lose a piece of my soul lol

[Anonymous]

What a bunch of whiners.
Work: definition
work [n.]
physical or mental effort exerted to do or make something; purposeful activity; labor; toil
-employment at a job or in a position
-the place where one is employed
occupation, profession, business, trade, craft, etc.
-something one is making, doing, or acting upon, esp. as part of one's occupation or duty; task; undertaking; e.g. to bring work home from the office
-the amount of this; e.g. a day's work
something that has been made or done; result of a specific kind of activity or way of working [to have dental work done, skillful brushwork]; specif.,
-an act; deed; e.g. a person of good works
-collected writings; e.g. the works of Poe
-engineering structures, as bridges, dams, docks, etc.
-a fortification
WTF did you think when you applied for a job, which pays you money?? Which most likely offers benefits/paid time off? Quit and become a philosopher!

[Anonymous]

Thanks Captain Obvious! We realize that work is in fact work. The gripe is that not all jobs are equal. A wicked commute coupled with being chained to your desk because your office mandates FaceTime results in a pretty shitty day. I have friends who consult, freelance, do outside sales, etc because they couldn't handle a desk job. I schedule meetings and attend conferences just so I have an excuse to leave my desk and see sunlight and people.

We all knew that work wouldn't be rainbows and unicorns...but I don't think we realized how soul sucking it might be.

[Anonymous]

I can so relate to this.... I just took a new job with no telework thinking it would be a good career move. I used to work close to home and have 2 telework days a week. I did not realize how important that was. The hell with my career - I want my life back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So find a job that lets you telework.

Better yet start your own business and carve your own work hours. I did this and it's the best decision I ever made!

And your taxes are quite high, right?
You probably work well over 40 hours a week too as well, which could burn you out just as easily and a 9-5.
Most employers are being more and more flexible with hours. Telework is a guessing game in terms of availability.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do like the work very much. I just find the monotony of showing up at 9 daily, leaving at 6, sitting through 40 min of traffic, getting home just in time to throw dinner together, get the kids bathed and in bed, boring and EXHAUSTING. And for what?! It's fucking 2015. Who works in an office like this anymore. There isn't anything I couldn't do from home.

Agree agree agree! Getting to work by 9 puts me in rush hr traffic. I lose 2.5 hrs a day commuting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What a bunch of whiners.
Work: definition
work [n.]
physical or mental effort exerted to do or make something; purposeful activity; labor; toil
-employment at a job or in a position
-the place where one is employed
occupation, profession, business, trade, craft, etc.
-something one is making, doing, or acting upon, esp. as part of one's occupation or duty; task; undertaking; e.g. to bring work home from the office
-the amount of this; e.g. a day's work
something that has been made or done; result of a specific kind of activity or way of working [to have dental work done, skillful brushwork]; specif.,
-an act; deed; e.g. a person of good works
-collected writings; e.g. the works of Poe
-engineering structures, as bridges, dams, docks, etc.
-a fortification
WTF did you think when you applied for a job, which pays you money?? Which most likely offers benefits/paid time off? Quit and become a philosopher!

You get paid for the output that you produce. Today's workplaces are filled with policies that actually prevent workers from doing their best work. This is 2015, we don't need to sit in traffic to sit in a windowless office to have a bunch of phone calls all day.

[Anonymous]

Yes, what is most annoying is going in to the office, and then calling on the phone for work meetings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, what is most annoying is going in to the office, and then calling on the phone for work meetings.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So find a job that lets you telework.

Better yet start your own business and carve your own work hours. I did this and it's the best decision I ever made!

Same here. Will only go back to the 9 to 5 drudgery if absolutely necessary. It's soul sucking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Being chained to my desk in my windowless office with brown walls is sucking the life out of me and affecting my health--both physical and mental. I have to work to keep a roof over our heads, and I'm vested in a pension so I'm not apt to leave.

Tips on getting through the day?

If I ruled the world, [b]all professional jobs would have school bus stop hours. [/]A 6 hour work day is plenty.

Yes! You've got my vote.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Months and while I do like the work itself, I already feel suffocated.

You're pathetic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Months and while I do like the work itself, I already feel suffocated.

You're pathetic.

And what do you do for a living?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, what is most annoying is going in to the office, and then calling on the phone for work meetings.

+1

+2
Some days I don't even see anyone else in my department.