To keep it short and simple, I’ve recently started my first “big boy job,” as an insurance salesman. It’s work from home, I can make a lot of money, and we exclusively work with unions so it’s supporting groups that I support myself.
Thing is, I’m still unhappy. I still don’t like that there’s a chance I could have a bad week and have no money for my wife and son. I hate calling people only to have them be rude or never show up for meetings I schedule with them. I hate that my livelihood depends on me selling something.
The company mindset is “if you’re not willing to work 9-9 then you’re soft” and it really does seem to pay off for them with fat stacks at the end of the day but all I want to do is stay at home and take care of my baby.
I want a system of UBI so that I and many others can pursue what makes us happy, not what makes us money.