I feel like a whiner but here I go…
I work for a Fortune 50 corporation. I have excellent pay and benefits. I should be happy to be here for the past 10 years. I have checked out a bit after not being promoted due to policies beyond my control and watched less qualified persons get ahead. My current job allows be extreme flexibility because we are in a project lull (work at home 2 days/wk), come and go as I please. My boss is in the same boat, can retire any day he wants, and has checked out as well after 30+ years here. He has been discarded by the new leadership and shoved in a corner.
The rub is this. I have come off 9 years of crazy project schedules being the top guy on the project as the Project Lead. I loved it but I got burnt out after these intense years and wanted to coast and recover for a few months which led me to a role switch. I have the dream job right now, low stress, minimal hours, etc but I am miserable due to isolation, slow days, lack of meaningful work. No relief in sight for another year until the projects pick up. I am grateful to have a job regardless. My wife tells me to get another job. I am sleeping and drinking more and generally unmotivated most days. I feel like I understand how rich people who supposedly have it all can be miserable. The comparison here is that I have a great job (rich) but I am miserable.
When I was in high school I actually quit a boring job like this because it drove me nuts to come in to do nothing. You always have that guilt as well.
What’s my problem lol? Any ideas or feedback is appreciated.