Tl;dr I rant and bitch about my cool job.
I work as an International Recruiter for a university where I get paid 50K per year to either sit on my ass and do nothing or travel to foreign countries to stand at a table and answer questions. Much to my surprise, I hate it.
When I applied, I thought this would be my dream job. I love to travel and I wanted a job that paid me to travel. I do really enjoy the travel and meeting people all over the world, but most of the job is sitting in my office to answer emails and sit on zoom calls. Really, most of my job is spent watching youtube and wandering around the office.
The office part of my job could be done from home or remotely, but my boss insists I come to the office without giving any reason for it. My office is directly across from his, yet most of our communication is done via email. I have little to no motivation to be productive because of this reason.
My university has an HR form where I can be evaluated on if I would make a good candidate for remote work, but my boss refuses to even fill that out because he isn't required to. I told him about my productivity and mental health concerns, and he suggested I go to therapy. I went to his supervisor about this, and he suggested I look for another job (which I am).
I am looking into therapy, starting to learn other skills during my job and sometimes working on other projects to fill my time. However, I struggle to find the motivation to do much of anything most days.
Every now and then, I do get the opportunity to work from home. I happily complete my daily tasks and can fill my extra time up with yoga, meditation, cooking healthier meals, reading books and spending time with my pets.
Every now and then I will rant about this to someone who doesn't work in an office. I am reminded how great I have it that I can do almost no work most days and get paid for it. I have great benefits and a decent salary for where I live. I get to travel the world and collect the flight/hotel points with everything being paid for. It really does sound like a dream and I remind myself of this often. I don't know why I hate it and I probably won't last another year.
Anyone else here have a job they feel they should be grateful for, but aren't?