I legit HATE working, how do I find a job that is at least bearable?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I did everything the right way. I grew up poor & am a minority. Went to the military, got out and used the GI bill at a top undergrad. I interned on the hill. Got a prestigious fellowship for a year and then went to a top grad school. My resume is very strong and I am frequently praised for being a hard worker..but I legitimately hate working. I hate the creepy management, I hate office politics & the small 'watercooler talk', I hate that I have to put a smile on my face and deal with disgruntled clients, I hate working for the sake of working and having to fill my calendar with 40 hours even if I can effectively do all my work in 20 hours. I'm miserable trying to do this corporate grind. I left a job paying well over 100k because I have never felt so unfulfilled and dreaded going to work and not knowing what senior management was going to decide was a good idea that day. I'm not even motivated by the money like I was before.


For those of you who have experienced what I have, how did you survive? How did you end up finding something that was in that 30 hour a week time frame? Is federal side any better? Corporate? Small business?

First, you meant "most bearable" or "least unbearable", not "least bearable". Remote work cuts the watercooler and fingerpointing out. Commercial sector has smarter people. Intellectual STEM managers are more accurate and objective. A short stint in car sales, etc should help you deal with disgruntled clients, as will better products and genuine interest in their issues. Sometimes shares (employee-owned) or launching your own startup helps with sincere desire for the best customer experience.

“At least bearable” is correct as used. Too bad you’re an idiot with poor reading comprehension.

+1 I work as a freelance editor (because I find office jobs completely unbearable and threads like this make me feel less alone in the world). OP used "at least bearable" correctly.

I would quibble with her use of single quotes in the post but I quibble with everyone's use of single quotes, and that is for another thread. I completely relate to the sentiment she is expressing. I find myself, too, unable to bear regular jobs anymore. I never could, really, is the truth.

[Anonymous]

I'm also a minority. I am now retired. What saved me was to get contract jobs. Some were remote and work from home. Others involved a lot of domestic travel. As a result, I've seen 3/4 of the US, and racked up lots of airline and hotel points. Contract employees are usually paid much more than regular employees, which allows you to save more. This helped me to weather layoffs. I was a contract mortgage underwriter, I know of contract traveling nurses and IT personnel. I also was never bored, as the assignments were not too long and the work and locations were always changing. That was a happy time in my life.