People of r/antiwork, I want to know what you do to make life a little better with your crappy jobs. Not actually changing the job, just things that make it feel better. Especially people who work in offices.
I've recently started a boring 9-5 desk job, that's supposedly in my field of interest but what I'm actually doing really isn't. I'm doing this for a yearish between educational pursuits. I've been there a couple of months and it's really soul-destroying.
I sit in this office and enter information from emails into a database, then generate and send more emails. Anyone with basic comprehension could do it, it definitely doesn't require the degree in the field that they required. It's minimum wage, goes up about £50 a month after 6 months. Statutory minimum holidays (20 days), no sick pay. I can't find anyone in my life who gets less than 28 days holiday and sick pay, I know the Americans will be reading this thinking I'm lucky but here it's really uncommonly low. Plus I'm Jewish so I have to use almost all my holiday on Jewish stuff, and I'm required to take 3 days at Christmas even though I don't celebrate it.
Sitting in this silent office day after day is killing me, but we're not allowed to listen to music either so I'm just deathly bored all the time cos the work is so dull, and it makes the days drag even more. Lately it's been really quiet so I've had hours every day staring at my empty inbox. I've asked for more work and I usually get a couple of tasks that take 10-15 minutes. We're not allowed to use the computers for personal use and the supervisor can see my screen at all times, likewise with being on my phone. Lately I've started reciting song lyrics in my head but that gets old pretty damn fast.
What do you guys do?