I'm a Mail Clerk at the IRS, and I've been here for a little over a year now. I started when I was 19, and it's actually my first job. A lot of folk tell me that it's a really good first job financial wise. But I'm starting to see past the money. Maybe it's because the work is mundane and I'm stressed coming into and leaving work. Or maybe it's because I have a hateful manager whom I've reported for a legitimate reason, and tries to cover up their reports by firing people (there's a lot of corruption here). Is this the work lifestyle? My dream is to become a firefighter, but I don't even know if I can do that cause this job is eating away at my sanity day by day. I have a decent enough savings to live for a few months without a job, but I'm just scared to quit if things don't work out. Until then I guess.