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Big part of the problem is wrong expectations. A business doesn’t owe you and doesn’t care about meaning, love, higher purpose, special respect and other thing
by aristofun 3y ago
Big part of the problem is wrong expectations.
A business doesn’t owe you and doesn’t care about meaning, love, higher purpose, special respect and other things commenters here mention.
It just trades your skills and time for money. That’s it.
Unfortunately companies keep exploiting this basic instinct of belonging to something bigger for their benefit.
If this thirst is not fulfilled in other ways (for example, through faith, family, social life etc) - you tend to look where the light shines, not where it can actually be found.
Then you inevitably fail in this search => feeling of burning out, like you wasted you time waiting fore some spiritual fulfillment that was never there.
But it’s a fair game - employees have their own set of tools and tricks to maximize profits.
- disqard 3y agoWell-stated! Once one understands The Game, one can see that playing is a choice -- sure, it goes against the grain of the hedonistic treadmill, but you can definitely craft (and play) your own game. Having a fulfilling/interesting set of things to engage in outside of work, can be very helpful for this.
- aristofun 3y ago> Having a fulfilling/interesting set of things to engage in outside of work, can be very helpful for this. I'd say it is crucial and was always like that until less than 100 years ago (and in poor countires still is) - job (any job from delivery guy to CEO) was just a job, and meaning was searched for in community, church, family etc.