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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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?[/quote]First, you meant "most bearable" or "least [i]un[/i]bearable", 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.[/quote]

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

+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.[/quote]

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