I was talking with a family friend and he was saying that he does the bare minimum because he feels he doesn't get compensated fairly for the work he does. I agreed that pay needs to be raised for everyone. He really got onto a rant about how people need to stop trying so hard at work.
I asked him about people who like to do their work and enjoy it and he went off on how there is nobody like that and if they are they are just brownnosing and probably suck as a person. I told him that I like my job. It's rewarding. Working on tasks I enjoy makes the time pass quickly. I like learning more in my role and I like taking on more tasks. I understand I won't be compensated with anything but more work, but I am good at setting boundaries and saying No when I don't want to do something.
Guy had an absolute meltdown. Even though I genuinely agreed with him about every other point because I like my job. He went on about how I was part off the problem and was part of the establishment and not “the people” and was what was wrong with the world.
I think our friendship is over because he just stopped talking to me and blocked me on all media.
That's too bad (I guess)