I am a Plant Engineer with a large brown mail delivery company. I am in charge of keeping 8 buildings running across 3 states. I am on call literally 24/7. Often get calls at 3 in the morning and still have to be at work by 8. Have worked several 18 hour plus days. My nearest coworker is 8 hours away. I am often asked to cover for other coworkers when they are out for whatever reason.
Yesterday i was dealing with returning forklifts that we had rented to deal with increased volume over Christmas. Things were going slow so i was talking with the driver. We got to talking about my job and ended up talking about pay. Turns out he makes about $3 more an hour than I do. Now I am not mad that he is making that money, it's great for him. Though it made me realize how shit my work actually is. He told me that they are hiring at his shop and honestly tempted to take it even though it wouldn't be using the degree i worked for.
Been really hard to care about my job today.