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“Why does everyone look so sad?”

I was on a Zoom team call when I got the above private message from my boss. I could give him a list if he had some time. A lot of time. Maybe because we're working in a dystopian nightmare, we can't pay basic bills, and we're being micromanaged to death. Maybe because half of the team was on this Zoom call from our individual desks in the office, which we could be doing just as easily from home. Maybe because the team is buried in work but the boss is droning on and on while saying absolutely nothing in this meeting. Maybe because the entire team is depressed because none of us have been able to find new jobs (we are all looking) Maybe because some of us should be looking forward to retirement in a decade or so, but have absolutely nothing saved.


I was on a Zoom team call when I got the above private message from my boss. I could give him a list if he had some time. A lot of time.

Maybe because we're working in a dystopian nightmare, we can't pay basic bills, and we're being micromanaged to death.

Maybe because half of the team was on this Zoom call from our individual desks in the office, which we could be doing just as easily from home.

Maybe because the team is buried in work but the boss is droning on and on while saying absolutely nothing in this meeting.

Maybe because the entire team is depressed because none of us have been able to find new jobs (we are all looking)

Maybe because some of us should be looking forward to retirement in a decade or so, but have absolutely nothing saved.

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