Soul Sucking
so
i went to lunch w/ some co-workers today and we talked about how some
people have the easiest jobs. take my brother for example. he worked
at northorp for a few years and he did jack. he would complain
constantly to me bout how completely bored he was. here’s what his
daily schedule looked like:
11:00am - get to work (check email)
12pm - lunchtime
1pm - basketball
2pm - back to work (browse web)
3pm - end of work day, go home
and guess how much he gets paid to do this? $125k/yr.
but
as sad as that sounds, it’s not the worst part. i mean, he actually
*tried* to do work at one point. but when he did, he got in trouble.
one day, his boss calls him into his office and goes:
"uh,
look. we’re trying to keep the status quo here. don’t rock the boat
ok? just .. take your time with everything and relax…"
well,
that was the last time he tried to work hard. he eventually quit after
2 yrs and went to a startup cuz he couldn’t take doing nothing anymore.
on
the flip side, there are those who work 10-12 hrs days regularly. they
wake up at 6am (or earlier) and get a lot of crap dumped on them
unfairly. they’re compensated decently but not for the amount of work
or stress they go thru everyday. for those of u in that boat, i have
this to say: if u got other options, consider them!
there’s
more to life than work and if work becomes a soul-sucking experience,
why keep doing it (especially if u r young and got other options). for
those in less fortunate situations who work paycheck to paycheck, i
guess ur kinda stuck. u gotta suck it up till u get urself in a better
situation.
so u see, there’s a delicate balance between working
hard and doing nothing. when u spend most of ur day refreshing ESPN or
MSNBC looking for "new" stuff to read…or if ur so busy that u don’t
even got time to pee, maybe it’s time for a change…eh?
February 9th, 2007 at 7:47 am
What a job! Wow! Your advice is good. It’s very true. People should be happy, which means not working too much but not working too little.
Work is so strange!