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It makes me so sad and angry that none of that is the case. A better world _is_ possible. I've been struggling with working life, especially in the midst of wf
by derg 6y ago
It makes me so sad and angry that none of that is the case. A better world _is_ possible.
I've been struggling with working life, especially in the midst of wfh during this pandemic and the common question I keep arriving at is: "what's the point in all this?" I don't claim to have it hard (I am so fortunate to have a steady job that allows me to work from home) but there's just a level of mental exhaustion and constant low level burnout that everyone is experiencing (especially amongst my cohorts/generation/friend group since that's my sample size) and it's just like... okay we have another what 40+ years of this? all for what?
and that doesn't even apply to the people working those app jobs and doing physical labor, who no doubt have it worse than anyone else I know.
- CapricornNoble 6y ago>>>there's just a level of mental exhaustion and constant low level burnout This, x1000. It's maddening. I work in a an understaffed military HQ that tries to do too many things, while suffering through 30-50% personnel turnover every summer. We plan exercises talking about "readiness" but it's like groundhog day...EVERY.DAMN.TIME. Nothing really changes, the organization is no better prepared to fight today than it was 3 years ago, and all it's doing is burning out the mid-career professionals we'll need to carry the force when the war eventually kicks off for real. Across industries, across geographies...we are living in an oppressive cyberpunk dystopia.