Anonymous
Post 10/19/2015 11:03     Subject: Working a regular 9-5 is stifling. Makes me feel confined. I've only been back in this world for 3

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.
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2015 18:34     Subject: Working a regular 9-5 is stifling. Makes me feel confined. I've only been back in this world for 3

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
Post 10/16/2015 13:40     Subject: Working a regular 9-5 is stifling. Makes me feel confined. I've only been back in this world for 3

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


You're pathetic.
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2015 08:00     Subject: Working a regular 9-5 is stifling. Makes me feel confined. I've only been back in this world for 3

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
Post 10/15/2015 20:04     Subject: Working a regular 9-5 is stifling. Makes me feel confined. I've only been back in this world for 3

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
Post 10/15/2015 19:56     Subject: Working a regular 9-5 is stifling. Makes me feel confined. I've only been back in this world for 3

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


+1

Anonymous
Post 10/15/2015 19:25     Subject: Working a regular 9-5 is stifling. Makes me feel confined. I've only been back in this world for 3

Yes, what is most annoying is going in to the office, and then calling on the phone for work meetings.
Anonymous
Post 10/14/2015 10:16     Subject: Working a regular 9-5 is stifling. Makes me feel confined. I've only been back in this world for 3

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
Post 10/08/2015 18:35     Subject: Working a regular 9-5 is stifling. Makes me feel confined. I've only been back in this world for 3

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
Post 10/08/2015 10:44     Subject: Working a regular 9-5 is stifling. Makes me feel confined. I've only been back in this world for 3

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
Post 10/08/2015 08:48     Subject: Working a regular 9-5 is stifling. Makes me feel confined. I've only been back in this world for 3

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
Post 10/08/2015 08:16     Subject: Working a regular 9-5 is stifling. Makes me feel confined. I've only been back in this world for 3

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
Post 10/08/2015 07:56     Subject: Working a regular 9-5 is stifling. Makes me feel confined. I've only been back in this world for 3

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
Post 10/08/2015 07:19     Subject: Working a regular 9-5 is stifling. Makes me feel confined. I've only been back in this world for 3

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
Post 10/08/2015 07:11     Subject: Working a regular 9-5 is stifling. Makes me feel confined. I've only been back in this world for 3

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.