Antiwork

To me those are the things I hate most. My dream job would be essentially something in which I'd solve puzzles all day and have enough money so I wouldn't have to cook or clean. What truly exhausts me is endless maintenance. It feels like that is 90% of life. Maintain your job, maintain your body, maintain your friendships, maintain your health, maintain your family, maintain maintain maintain. That is the thing that drains my free time. Is this normal or indicative of mental illness?

All over the years my work experience was from bad to worst: Finished highschool and parents couldn’t afford college so I went straight to work at 18 yo to rural works like vines and shit(bad paying job and you work on the rain and sun). Obviously I no one wished that for themselves, so after a 2 years and some money gathered (I payed my car and my license in the mean time) had enough money to go find a new job, and I did in a fiber company they paying was kinda high for an entry job (arround 1.200€ a month, consider this is Portugal and the average income is less than 1000€) But I worked Mon-sun from 7:30 to 23:00 So I obviously left that work,and not to talk about my boss who has anger issues: yells blames other and sometimes hit employees. Last year I went working…

I work for a very small landscape installation company, less than 10 people. My boss relies heavily on my skill set and we’ve had a hard time securing a group of reliable, capable people to grow the company with. I’m getting really burnt out and think I need a prolonged leave of absence, at least 6 weeks, to reclaim my life and get a sense that work is not all I live for. Is this a reasonable and normal thing to ask for? I realize that it will create a hardship for everyone else and it would be in their interest to just find someone to replace me. I guess I’m just wondering if I should prepare to try to negotiate for a leave of absence or just submit my resignation.

That's about it. I'm just curious if I can find out how much money the company I just started at makes yearly. I couldn't find anything online.

why is it that everyone who urgently hires is so darn picky? we have the experience you need. some of us need to work. at least try to consider us in your 'urgency'

I have decided to give my two weeks notice for my job, despite not having another lined up. I just can't take it anymore. Every morning I wake up and wish I hadn't. I cry myself to sleep every night just thinking about starting work in the morning. The excessive work pile and overtime (55+hrs) never ends. I'm sick of staying in this position just because I don't want society/family/coworkers to think that I am a loser or bum. My mental health is shot to hell because I've stayed this long. I can't take it anymore. I've gained 20+ pounds from the constant stress/overtime of this office job. I have been looking for other jobs for about two months now, and had a few interviews and one offer (though I declined the offer due to poor reviews on glassdoor). I'm planning on staying in an airbnb until I find a…

I’m a recent college graduate so I’ve never applied for full time salary positions before. I’m mostly looking at entry level office jobs. I have responsibilities to family/home that I balance much better when I work 4 days instead of 5. I want a healthier work/life balance and can afford to take a day off. I think I have an impressive resume and interview skills compared to other newbies in my field, but I’m not sure if asking for a 4 day week would immediately eliminate me during the interview process? Is that something I’d bring up after I’m hired? Any advice on navigating the full-time job world after college (in USA) would be great.