I don't mean my job is driving me insane. I mean that North American work culture is driving me insane. We forfeit so much of our lives to work and bullshit work culture, and everyone seems perfectly ok about it. Specific issues that seem to be perfectly acceptable:
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At minimum, we work 8 hours a day for 5 days a week. Add in 1 hr of commute to work and 1 more back home, that's 10 hours. You are likely dedicating more hours on a work day to your job than anything else.
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Minimum wage should scale with average S&P 500 or large cap company CEO or c-suite total compensation for the previous year. Walmart's CEO made 50% more in salary, stock option, bonus, etc combined last year? So should minimum wage. Minimum wage shouldn't just let people survive. It should let people live.
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There needs to be WAY more paid vacation/personal days. 2 weeks of vacation a year is downright pitiful. There are 52 weeks a year, but it feels like people suffer through 50 of them just to make it to the 2 good ones.
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Jobs that should be remote still aren't remote. Just let people work from home, dammit. The entire idea of seeing people work just promotes optics, not productivity. I hear people spending an hour to get to work and another to get home. That's another 10 hours a week gone.
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Speaking of commutes, jobs will expect you to magically live at a standard already. They can expect you to own a car, cell phone and/or computer while offering you unlivable wages.
It just seems like everyone is trading too much time for not enough money and it's normalized. It makes me feel like I'm crazy for wanting things to be better.
Thank you for reading my rant.