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There's a lot of benefits to 9-5 I'm realising now I'm in my 30's, you're synchronized with most of society and for a lot of people (me included) the structure

There's a lot of benefits to 9-5 I'm realising now I'm in my 30's, you're synchronized with most of society and for a lot of people (me included) the structure is very beneficial to your life.

bitL 9y ago
Maybe you just got assimilated? I can't imagine going back to 9-5, it's a waste of day, you spend all time where there is some sunlight inside office and your free time is purely about recovering from this.
- carbocation 9y ago
  You're both right, of course.
  - mental1896 9y ago
    Exactly. Most of my coworkers are very satisfied with their low-effort/low-risk jobs. I do like the stability it offers but it's so depressing selling my precious time for cash.
    - makmanalp 9y ago
      This is the feeling I'm getting recently too - as I grow older time seems to be getting a lot more valuable. I'm fine now but in a decade I might try something else.
- subpixel 9y ago
  If you’re not satisified in your career, the grass is always greener where you can work different hours.
- ocdtrekkie 9y ago
  I work in a 9-5 environment and am at my desk 9-5, but I don't feel like I am "wasting days". Some of that depends on the environment you put yourself in though. I do some personal stuff during the day at the office. I end up also doing some office stuff during the evening at home. I am responsive to emails... close to 18 hours a day, but am also not inherently always "on call"... If I get to an email in my personal time, I get to it. If not, I don't, and obviously it depends on how urgent the email is. The key thing, IMHO, is that you need to find an employer that values you, and knows you put in the amount of work that earns your paycheck. If you're earning your keep, generally an employer should be flexible with how you do it.
  - bitL 9y ago
    > close to 18 hours a day I think that was exactly what the OP wanted to avoid.
    - ocdtrekkie 9y ago
      I do not, however, work eighteen hours a day. I am reachable for eighteen hours a day. There's a significant difference. People hoping to avoid a 9-5 block of time being locked for work, will probably end up similarly: Still needing to do about eight hours of work a day to make a living, just ideally spread out better or in a more relaxing format.
      - bitL 9y ago
        It's terrible to be reachable 18h/day. It's like those poor Amazon employees that are forced to have pager all the time with them because Bezos likes it that way. What kind of life do you have when you can't even make a trip to forest without thinking about not being reachable? No hour awake without being completely off... How is your health? How long do you think you can handle it? Any hobbies where you can make your own mark? Or just survival?
        ocdtrekkie 9y ago
        I'd much rather know about something that's about to be a problem then find out about it at 9 AM when it is a problem. I would argue staying on top of my work life throughout the day prevents stressful issues. I'm proactive instead of reactive, and when someone up the chain wants to know what's going on, the chances are, I already know, and it's already partway resolved, and those are very comforting answers to be able to give people. I have a number of hobbies! I'm writing a home automation system, it runs in my car now as well. I play a fair number of games, am a pretty regular movie theater goer, etc. Don't mistake being reachable for being in a constant state of panic, I actually used to have a job where I'd have to duck out of a movie theater if my phone went off when I was on call, and now it's really not a big deal, I can get to it when I have a few moments.
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There's a lot of benefits to 9-5 I'm realising now I'm in my 30's, you're synchronized with most of society and for a lot of people (me included) the structure is very beneficial to your life.

bitL 9y ago

Maybe you just got assimilated? I can't imagine going back to 9-5, it's a waste of day, you spend all time where there is some sunlight inside office and your free time is purely about recovering from this.

carbocation 9y ago
You're both right, of course.
- mental1896 9y ago
  Exactly. Most of my coworkers are very satisfied with their low-effort/low-risk jobs. I do like the stability it offers but it's so depressing selling my precious time for cash.
  - makmanalp 9y ago
    This is the feeling I'm getting recently too - as I grow older time seems to be getting a lot more valuable. I'm fine now but in a decade I might try something else.
subpixel 9y ago
If you’re not satisified in your career, the grass is always greener where you can work different hours.
ocdtrekkie 9y ago
I work in a 9-5 environment and am at my desk 9-5, but I don't feel like I am "wasting days". Some of that depends on the environment you put yourself in though. I do some personal stuff during the day at the office. I end up also doing some office stuff during the evening at home. I am responsive to emails... close to 18 hours a day, but am also not inherently always "on call"... If I get to an email in my personal time, I get to it. If not, I don't, and obviously it depends on how urgent the email is. The key thing, IMHO, is that you need to find an employer that values you, and knows you put in the amount of work that earns your paycheck. If you're earning your keep, generally an employer should be flexible with how you do it.
- bitL 9y ago
  > close to 18 hours a day I think that was exactly what the OP wanted to avoid.
  - ocdtrekkie 9y ago
    I do not, however, work eighteen hours a day. I am reachable for eighteen hours a day. There's a significant difference. People hoping to avoid a 9-5 block of time being locked for work, will probably end up similarly: Still needing to do about eight hours of work a day to make a living, just ideally spread out better or in a more relaxing format.
    - bitL 9y ago
      It's terrible to be reachable 18h/day. It's like those poor Amazon employees that are forced to have pager all the time with them because Bezos likes it that way. What kind of life do you have when you can't even make a trip to forest without thinking about not being reachable? No hour awake without being completely off... How is your health? How long do you think you can handle it? Any hobbies where you can make your own mark? Or just survival?
      - ocdtrekkie 9y ago
        I'd much rather know about something that's about to be a problem then find out about it at 9 AM when it is a problem. I would argue staying on top of my work life throughout the day prevents stressful issues. I'm proactive instead of reactive, and when someone up the chain wants to know what's going on, the chances are, I already know, and it's already partway resolved, and those are very comforting answers to be able to give people. I have a number of hobbies! I'm writing a home automation system, it runs in my car now as well. I play a fair number of games, am a pretty regular movie theater goer, etc. Don't mistake being reachable for being in a constant state of panic, I actually used to have a job where I'd have to duck out of a movie theater if my phone went off when I was on call, and now it's really not a big deal, I can get to it when I have a few moments.
      - 9y ago

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