I have a law degree, and I had about twelve jobs so far. A few of them were really toxic. Especially if it was in the legal sector with a lot of stress and money involved.
I saw bullying, gaslighting, exclusion, discrimination, belittling, swearing, stomping on the floor like a child, high employee turnover, underpayment, fraud, burnout and depression, and tons of mental problems like narcissism, sociopathy and psychopathy.
After a few years I was crying every evening on the couch feeling dead, not wanting to live. I ended up in the psychiatry ward feeling like I was going to die, shaking and crying because of severe panick attacks.
I needed a year of therapy and especially since covid I have some memory problems now and lost all trust and motivation for any job whatsoever. I'm traumatized and was never really into all the commercial BS anyway. I never belonged there anyway.
I just drag myself from one part time job to the other, too tired to even apply for anything. I dont hear back anyway. I am actually considering giving up and just become the cleaning lady my parents warned me about becoming if I didn't study. Seems like a good life. Work part time, no stress. I don't want much anyway. You only get punished anyway if you try anything. Small businesses go bankrupt. Ambitious employees only get more work and no salary increase that can keep up with inflation. Thinkers get blamed for being slow and arrogant or sabotaging.
I had this idea of work as a child that it was noble, that you would just have the job and be ok, have a good life. Enjoy the job. But something happened, I read a lot of antiwork books and something really awful happened.
I am better now but I will never be able to actually enjoy one day of work because something took away all my energy and ambition. I find pride in housework and the perspective of having a family. I learned so much from getting by without a job. Found love and a lot of mental stability that no one can ever take away from me again. Actually, I am very happy.