Hate having a full-time job

I feel ya.

Most regular jobs are little more than modernized slavery. They want people to do things that they would likely hate all for a small paycheck that isn't worth it for the amount of work you put in, all while the rich who run the companies that hire for the jobs get richer off the backs of the poor.

What we really need is a basic income. One day, the world will evolve past the primitive thinking that the industrial revolution created and move on to bigger and better things.

At least I hope so.

If you've ever been homeless, you would never say that...be careful what you wish for.

Homelessness actually isn't that bad in most first world countries if you are smart and cunning enough to know how to survive.

I was homeless for a few months last year while I was waiting for this housing grant to come through because the relative that was supporting me at the time had a heart attack at work and couldn't support me anymore due to his declining health.

I rented out a cheap storage unit and bunked there. I lived off Taco Bell's $1 burritos and free WiFi where I got my studying and gaming done with my laptop. I still had the money I was receiving from donating plasma so I was OK as far as food and what not but even if I didn't, I would figure something out.

So yeah, having been there, I would also take homelessness over working a job like the OP is having to any day. That would be especially true when I get a vehicle because living in a car or some type of van isn't all that bad.

I probably loved your thread the first time around but I just totally agree. I have 13 years left before I can qualify for retirement. THIRTEEN YEARS. While I am better off than some because in theory, once I get that I will have about 23 years or more of freedom. But it all seems insane. To get this I will have worked 40 hours per week for 25 years. TWENTY FIVE YEARS. They don't even give murders that kind of sentence anymore because it is "inhumane".

I most liken it to prison. It is like a slightly better form of prison. Like your in prison all day and then at night you get let out on electronic monitoring. But that is pointless anyway as all you do with your time "off" is run errands and sleep.

What bothers me the most is the time suck. I don't mind working if I am getting someplace. I don't mind working if it makes sense. But just like school... work is warehousing me. I have to sit there for 8 hours though it could be done in four... and then I have a needlessly long commute because they won't let me come and go at any other time than 9 to 5. I actually do have a job where I can come and go on a flex schedule but I Have to be there every day from 9 am to 4 pm. So that doesn't really help on the commute.

My bosses park in the garage underground so it doesn't matter to them.

Oh I could go on, but how am I going to do it. How?

When I go to my doctor I am always angry with her and frustrated she doesn't care to keep me alive preventively. I would tell her the truth but I am pretty sure it would be off to the psychologist for me. The truth is.. I must stay healthy for purely economic reasons. If I get sick and die before age 60 it all will have been for NOTHING.

While that sounds like it was rough, I wouldn't define it has homelessless unless you didn't have somewhere to bunk. Besides, if you're resourceful, then you should be able to find a solution before hitting that point.

Furthermore, I doubt OP has been in either sitation.

I know exactly how you feel, hence why I've started my own business. I may go back on SSDI at the same time. I just cant handle the commitment of full-time work at one place.

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So true! At my current job, I had to commute to the office for 3 months, now I telecommute. The worst part of my day was the commute. We had to work 8-5. If I left my house at 6:45, I would get to the office at 7:30, so I had half an hour to kill, which was especially bad when fall came and it was cold and dark. I'd usually go buy a coffee to kill time, so I was spending more money as well. I would have preferred to go in at 7:30 and leave at 4:30, but they said it was not possible. If I left my house even 10-15 minutes later, the subway and buses were much more crowded and there was more traffic, so everything took longer and I risked not making it in by 8.

In all, I spent about 2-2.5 hours a day getting to and from work, depending on my luck with the buses. Like you said, it was a complete time suck of at least 10 hours a week. I was always tired. I'd come home and want to sleep by 8. In my case I wasn't used to the whole commuting thing since I had been lucky to be freelance or work for home for manyl years. I stuck it out because they said I could work from home once I was trained, and those opportunities aren't common here.

I wish I could do that. I spend at least 1.5 hours on the commute to work and 1.5 on the trip home. When I got the job there was plenty of parking and not a lot of traffic. Now it is just impossible to park or commute. I swear they make it that way to punish us workers on purpose.

I was thinking today of a book (and it is also a movie) called "the house of mirth" by Edith Wharton. This book is about a woman at the turn of the 20th century. Women could either get married and be taken care of or, they could work, but it probably wasn't great work. The main character just can't bring herself to marry and ends up working. Working hard jobs like laundry and begging for those... and seeing that there is no way out of this (because she now is too old to marry) she kills herself.

Not that I am considering killing myself because at least I will get a retirement but... nice to see others realized what a life of working meant.

3 hours a day commuting sounds brutal. Traffic around my office is terrible because they have built a ton of office buildings in the area without expanding the roads, so I really had no choice but to take public transit. Dealing with all that traffic would have just stressed me out, and the garage of our building is pretty small. I would have had to pay to park somewhere if I couldn't find a space.

I had to go into the office for a work meeting last Friday. Getting there wasn't bad, but it ended right at 5, so I had to deal with rush hour on the way home and it took me almost an hour and a half that time because I just missed the bus and another one didn't come for 15 minutes.

Several of my co-workers could work at home but choose to come into the office. I guess they like the social aspect or somethng, but I do wonder WHY would you choose to put yourself through commuting every day?

You must work where I do. Same thing. Now I have to take the train. First I have to take the subway to the train station... that subway is always packed and the question is really *if* you will get on the train even at rush hour. Then get on the train and the question is ... will the train be on time.. usually not.. then assuming you make it home, you have to get out of the parking lot and then home.

I was furious last week because they took 200 parking spaces away at the train station and now parking for the train is like a survivor type situation.

My boss is in vacation this week and everyone says I should be working from home. I absolutely *could* do that. The only reason I can't is because if someone else is out and coverage is needed I could have to cover. Drives me nuts.

I've been wondering today if you should feel this miserable at a job. I guess sort of yes. And I even work from home, although for me the most obvious benefits are the opportunity to openly cry and self-harm.

Who says I don't do that at work.

I did have a job I loved once. Of course it was temporary. I got to park 4 feet from the door. My office was pretty well empty. I got to travel to a remote location 1x per week. I wrote all day long. I got to see exciting things but... I didn't have to be there... I had plenty of leave time and no one cared if I took it.

That job, there was a union. I wasn't part of the union but I got the benefits since the polices and culture were in place.

Whenever I look at Glassdoor I always see the same things... management treating their employees bad for no real reason.

At my workplace I am privy to some major secrets. I almost had to get a security clearance once and could in the future. But a few weeks ago we got a filter on the internet. I mean really? I can't use it for shopping... I can't use it for any news marked as "entertainment" I can't use 1/4th the internet. This makes me furious. We have found the way to "slip" the filter and I have spread it all around the office so people can use what they want but I just see no reason for it. I am trusted with the most secret things but not to use the internet responsibly. Jerks. Oh and guess what.. weirdly there is no wi fi in the area that I can access. It isn't bad enough I spend 10 hours per day there but now I can't order my cats food while at work? Jerks.

It's because your employer thought you and your colleagues were wasting too much time on the internet and not enough time making money for them. ***** those douchebags.

And I work for a non profit. Dicks.

But it is perfectly acceptable to head to the gym for 4 hours.

Wow. And I thought I hated working!

I'm so relieved to have found this thread today after googling "can't cope with full time work". It's comforting to know that there are others out there who feel the same way. I've come here to express my views on the matter, and also to rant about how my life is going at the moment.
I mean, surely there's more to life than this. Not that I'm suicidal or anything, but I think I'd rather die than to work 40+ hours a week for the rest of my life. I'm not coping well with life at all at the moment.

I live on my own, in an overpriced crappy flat which is far from work and is an awful place to live. I hate it so much. However, I know it's only temporary. I ended up there because I was training for work all summer outside of my city, and didn't have the time to research properties and go to viewings. Anyway, living far means I have to take two modes of transport to get to work. The commute is a killer. Whilst others are almost home, I've only just gotten on my first bus, and know I won't be home for at least another hour (depending on traffic). By the time I get home, there's so much to do. I LOVE cooking, but because of my routine, I haven't been able to dedicate any time towards it. I just cook whatever's most convenient and my diet has been poor for the past few months. I don't even get the opportunity to go grocery shopping much.

Sometimes, I get the odd thing during my lunch break, but I already have a heavy laptop bag to carry (which hurts my shoulders), so handling a huge grocery bag on top of that isn't exactly convenient. I wouldn't want to do it online, as I like to pick out fresh foods for myself and shop in multiple retailers to save as much money as I can. Shopping on the weekends is frustrating as hell. It's always best to go early but I wake up late because I gotta catch up on sleep, and by that time, there's less choice and too many people out and about. I miss being able to shop early on weekdays, when it's nice and quiet and I can shop stress-free.

Anyway, going back to my weekday evenings, they usually go a little something like this: eat dinner, relax for a bit, watch some TV, doze off with the light and computer still on, wake up around 2am, have something to drink, and go back to bed. I've really been neglecting myself lately. I've only been showering once a week, and I feel gross...I haven't been able to fit in the time to take care of myself and there's no way I'm waking up any earlier than 6 in the morning to wash. I already have a hard time organising myself as it is, so life's been a bit of a mess. I've been meaning to register to a GP for the past few months and I still haven't found the time to do it. Plus, I'm super bad at reminding myself to do stuff (possibly inattentive ADHD). There are also other things I need to take care of, that I'd usually do during the day, that I haven't had the chance to sort out.

My job involves sitting at a computer all day, and I do think it's decent compared to other jobs. I'm not constantly being watched over, and I don't have to deal with troublesome customers, as I would have to in retail. There's no pressure to socialise,
which is great for an introvert like myself, but there are a few people I've met up with outside of work (which has been nice). However, it really irks me that I see people at work more than I see anyone else in my life, particularly those who are actually important to me. It's sad, really, and my social life has been awful.

If I'd known years ago that this was all I had to look forward to for the rest of my life, I'd never had wasted all that free time I had back when I was wasting my time at uni (which I ended up dropping out of for my current position). I don't think I'm someone who wishes to dedicate their entire life to work. It seems like I'll be stuck in an endless cycle and will never get the chance to live the life I'd ideally want to live. That "ideal" doesn't even involve lots of money. Like others have expressed here, I just want freedom. I find it super difficult to organise myself, and there's barely enough time to fit my hobbies/interest into my already busy schedule. I honestly don't know how people do it.

I often hear people saying that it gets easier, but I don't think I'll ever come out of this mindset. Full time work is soul-destroying and will drive me insane if this is what I'm supposed to do for the rest of my life. It's not how I want to live. It's not that I hate the job itself, but I can't stand the fact that I'm required for 42.5 hours a week, and that the rest of my life is suffering because of it. It's not healthy at all. I'm barely functioning on a daily basis. I often have to stop myself from crying at work just thinking about it. There are so many skills I'd love to develop in my spare time but that 'spare time' doesn't even exist for me at the moment.