<<And finally, I feel no one else is realizing that they are happily hacking away at the amazingly well-paid branch they're sitting on. Kinda? I think it is th

<<And finally, I feel no one else is realizing that they are happily hacking away at the amazingly well-paid branch they're sitting on. Kinda? I think it is the nature of the beast. I don't want to deal with mind-numbing, soul crushing data entry silliness. I want to be challenged if only to see if I am good enough to be there. I recently started a new position and as the lowest guy on the totem pole was given the most manual task they had. I just proposed automating it and, uhh, lets say it didn't go as well as I had hoped. Send it remote ( even though I will admit, I am mildly concerned about my "price" dropping as a result ). Frankly, it would make more sense financially. I genuinely don't understand why it makes fiscal sense for me to do data entry than just about anything else. I can. And I do what is asked of me, but it can be done better.. and this is where a person like me should fit. My only way to defend this practice is that the manual process is a weird hazing process and they ( team or manager ) want to keep it there for that purpose. Sorry for the rambling. I think it is coffee time. edit: <<I used to love going to the office. I begrudgingly obliged for a long time knowing that I currently have no leverage to say 'give me remote or I am walking'. I personally envy people, who love socializing and office life. I do like my team. Frankly, I have more in common with every single one of them than any of my previous teams, but that social circle is just not a priority for me and there are no appropriate words in the English vocabulary to describe the pure, unadulterated anger towards anyone having any kinda hand in making me get up early to commute. Younger me would have chided myself saying that I need to play the corporate game, but something changed in me after kids. And the weirdest thing is that when I tell people for any other reason than remote "no, cuz kids", no one questions that. I hate the office. I understand it serves a purpose. But that purpose no longer serves me. And this is why we are at a crossroads. Management can bitch and moan, but that is the new reality ( ours made a show of the recent marketwatch article ). Some of us just said "fuck it".