I’m so burnt out and exhausted from return to office mandates. Other employees who do the same job as me work remotely and get paid the same amount. I have an hour and 15 min commute each way and don’t drive so I have to pay $80/round trip to Uber to work every day. My entire job can be done from home on the computer. I literally go to work and sit on zoom and Slack all day.
On Saturday my sink was leaking into the downstairs neighbors apartment (not an excuse it was genuinely happening) and I asked my supervisors if I could work from home so I could call a plumber and they said “that’s unfortunate but we can really use you in the office today.” Went into the office and literally sat there all day and DID NOTHING. They don’t give a shit about my plumbing problems just their bottom line and want to babysit me to just talk on Slack and no one talks to you or comes near you anyway.
Today i put my foot down and didn’t go into the office and am working from home even though they told me I couldn’t. Pray for me cause I already have a bunch of written complaints against me. I’m so burnt out and exhausted that I just don’t care anymore. I literally can do my entire job from home – the grown men just want me to sit there and look pretty and watch football with them (that’s literally what we do at work as I work on a sports podcast). My actual job can be done remotely on the computer. I’m so sick of capitalism and having to do this 5 days a week. I feel like I’m dying every single day. I can’t ever relax because I’m stressed about work 100% of the time.
No paid sick days, no vacation days, and took me a year to find this job and can’t find another one. Not looking for advice just venting but feel free to share advice if you do have any. This sucks. I don’t wanna do this anymore.
TLDR: Can’t find a remote job. Can’t afford to move closer to work. Commute/return to office is killing me physically and financially. Don’t wanna do this anymore.