So I hate working. Surprise surprise, I know. I’ve worked a handful of maintenance and data center jobs over the past decade. Finally ended up somewhere chill. I work as a contractor for a very popular online retailer with a very bad reputation (deserved), but I’m doing great. I get paid about 31/hr with shift differential, which is more money than I’ve ever made before, and most likely more money than I’d be able to get elsewhere, and the management is very lenient about sick time and call offs. I barely work at all. Spend most of my time on the phone, and the work I do have is typically easy.
I’m still miserable. What’s wrong with me??
I have hated maintenance as a field since I started in the military, but I’ve always been driven by my financial obligations to continue in this career path because I can’t make money otherwise. I don’t have the mental strength or fortitude to buckle down and learn a new skill, even when my workload is the simplest it’s ever been. Not to mention any worthwhile education will cost me more money and time that I don’t really have. No retirement savings to speak of. Current retirement plan is to die on the job. I try to enjoy the fact that I’ve essentially beat the system by having what some might call a dream job, but I’m still miserable. I’m not proud of what I do or who I work for. I don’t like seeing the abuses others face by virtue of their job description, even if I’ve never suffered such problems in my position.
What do I do? What would you? Has anyone here experienced anything similar?