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I feel like I’ll never care about a business ever again due to working from home

I think this goes a bit against /r/antiwork but I'm afraid I'll never give a shit ever again about a company. I first worked 4 years at a huge international consultancy firm, where I nearly got a burnout two or three times. Then covid happened and I worked for a small (30 people) company, mostly from home, where I couldn't fulfill my ambitions. Last week, I made the switch to another big company and got a 20% salary increase. However, compared to the first company, I didn't get any sort of first-day introduction, the front desk couldn't find me anywhere in the system and didn't have my badge, half of my accounts and access are missing, and I'm having trouble getting used to macOS and outside of our team of 6, I feel like nobody knows me or cares about getting to know me. I only need to be in…


I think this goes a bit against /r/antiwork but I'm afraid I'll never give a shit ever again about a company. I first worked 4 years at a huge international consultancy firm, where I nearly got a burnout two or three times. Then covid happened and I worked for a small (30 people) company, mostly from home, where I couldn't fulfill my ambitions. Last week, I made the switch to another big company and got a 20% salary increase. However, compared to the first company, I didn't get any sort of first-day introduction, the front desk couldn't find me anywhere in the system and didn't have my badge, half of my accounts and access are missing, and I'm having trouble getting used to macOS and outside of our team of 6, I feel like nobody knows me or cares about getting to know me. I only need to be in the office once a week so there is no point in getting to know anyone else. I feel like whatever we need or produce just gets thrown into the void and we patiently wait until someone who I'll never physically see replies.

I feel like working from home has only been a downward spiral for me. Once I stopped giving a shit I was unable to make myself give a shit and it's not great for my mental health. I want to go back to the time when I cared about my work and felt proud of what I did, instead of torturing myself 8 hours a day to do the bare minimum because I don't care. No amount of money will compensate for my need to be excited about work.

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