Is a 9-5 really that soul crushing?

[Entropy Fan]

It's the fact that a job steals the best hours of the day for 5 days every week till your old or get wealthy that's hard to stomach

 

[ColdCutKing]

Rush hour traffic and prep turns 9-5 into 8:00 - 6:00 unless you're lucky enough to get a job with a short commute.

All the well paying jobs are in metro areas with horrible overpopulation and overpriced housing so you probably commuting to your job.

Dealing with office politics cacs, c00ns, lames, incompetents, and other assorted weirdos at the work place is draining on a psychic and energetic level which is worse than physical labor.

You're never compensated properly for what you produce or the productivity you bring so lack of fulfillment will arise at some point.

Having to spend even more of your already limited time mingling with coworkers you don't like at bullshyt events just to fit in and be labeled as a team player. Not doing so stifles your career growth.

Dealing with power trips and egos when everyone is working in the same office.

You spend your day adding money to some dudes bank account while you get the leftover crumbs and supposed to be happy with that.

Dealing with the HR minefield while interacting with women, gays, and weirdos at the workplace. They count as minorities for AA quotas and companies prefer to keep them around rather than black men so if you say one wrong thing or make someone "uncomfortable" it's your ass.

Sound like you never held down a 9-5 before If you did you would know how soul crushing it is and why there is consensus among almost everyone regarding them.

If you get a good job you really love then you hit the lotto you're in the top 10% of people working.

Statistically speaking though you're probably in the other 90% and doing that shyt simply so you can keep a roof over your head and eat.

Give it time bruh you going to get the full experience soon enough

 

[FSP]

I'd say 80-90% of a job is the people you work with.

If you work for someone who runs a real chill ship then working 9-5 will feel like cake and money

If you hate your coworkers/bosses you will want to go hop the fence by 10 am each day.

If your job is flexible and big on personal freedom your 9-5 might not even feel like work at all
my boy does free lancing and remote work and he's at home all day in his PJ's "at work", "working"

If you work labor or doing something that requires doing a lot of repetitive little tasks the length of time can feel a bit draining, even though it's the same 9-5, plus the lack of personal and intellectual freedom doesn't allow you to grow other than doing the exact task you're hired to do, makes your free time more spare thus the 9-5 will actually feel like it's taking a higher toll on your daily life, also being annoyingly closely supervised can make you miserably stressed

TLDR; Get a job you like, or have plans to work for yourself

 

[Malta]

So whats the other real alternative? practically every job that pays you good gonna require you put hours into it everyday whether its your business or trade or whatever, and not every job is really the same.

Figure out a way to passive income and don't feel the pressure to keep up with the Jones

 

[JordanwiththeWiz]

Any wage job suck over time. The only people who enjoy their jobs forreal work salary jobs.

 

[Malik1time]

I'm in nursing school so nurses have 12hour shifts I think it's great but im Afraid down the line when I have kids I won't be around so much

 

[Geek Nasty]

Soul crushing compared to what? Being broke as a joke and living with your momma?

I'll take that 9-5 any time over that noise. Nothing wrong about dreaming or pursuing some GOAT career where you hang out in the club a few hours a night but the majority of us have to grind.

 

[BrokePhiBroke]

Yes....

But what really makes a 9-5 fukked up is the lack of respect.

The bullshyt.

Most importantly to me tho is having to "wait" to take a descent vacay and the shyt lasting a week after you done busted your ass year round.

fukk this shyt.

 

[Diondon]

Most businesses operate in the red the first 4 or 5 years. So without a steady source of income, you're shooting yourself in the foot.
Build your business on the side
Then when you get it popping, be on some fukk a job shyt.
And to answer the OP yes I love my career. And yes I got other sources of income on the side.

 

[Cynic]

People who complain about a 9-5 never had to work a 6-6 night shift. They never had to work manual labor, they never had to work in factories and warehouses with immigrants that can't even speak English. I would kill for a 9-5. shyt I'd kill for a permanent job period. You don't know how lucky you are

Get into business then "mate" .... I personally couldn't do 9-5.... I hate office politics
and don't like being told what to do day-in day out

 

[Quiet Magician]

Contrary to popular Coli opinion... a lot of people like their jobs & a lot of people love their jobs...

Not everyone who has a 9-5 is miserable...

That's bull and you know it.

A small percentage love their job, most people do it to get the bills paid and keep busy.

 

[Cynic]

Most businesses operate in the red the first 4 or 5 years. So without a steady source of income, you're shooting yourself in the foot.
Build your business on the side
Then when you get it popping, be on some fukk a job shyt.
And to answer the OP yes I love my career. And yes I got other sources of income on the side.

if you get into business to be like "most".... that's where you'll end up.

 

[Kokoro]

Yes....

But what really makes a 9-5 fukked up is the lack of respect.

The bullshyt.

Most importantly to me tho is having to "wait" to take a descent vacay and the shyt lasting a week after you done busted your ass year round.

fukk this shyt.

Yup

Lack of respect from not only people more well off than you but also the managers of said 9-5. lts really awful

Like you said you bust your ass year round, then as soon as you make a slight fukk up (we all make mistakes) or need a break, then they just forget about all the work youve put in. Ungrateful

 

[BrokePhiBroke]

Yup

Lack of respect from not only people more well off than you but also the managers of said 9-5. lts really awful

Like you said you bust your ass year round, then as soon as you make a slight fukk up (we all make mistakes) or need a break, then they just forget about all the work youve put in. Ungrateful

I done legit work from 9-5 it varies but I count an 8 hour shift a typical 9-5.

My biggest problem is that I feel like I wasn't just put here to work my life away with minimum good times. I understand responsibilities and such but come on smh

 

[International Playa]

To be honest, I dont mind that at all. I can understand if its a job you absolutely hate, but I dont get why people just abhor them all period. I've heard a lot of "fukk a 9-5" and "itll drain your soul" but I'd say I enjoy them (non-physical labor of course, but if you work out enough you can get used to that quicker anyway). I mean think about the hours, you wake up early enough to embrace the whole day, and you get off before night time usually. If you got things you wanna do on the side you have plenty of time to nap before the next day starts (say you get home 6 or 7, 3-4 hour nap and its still 10, unless traffic is real bad for you). And if what ever you do has you up to like 1-3 in the morning, that nap or period of rest before will make your sleep at that time easier to have while having to wake up in a smaller time frame. And from what I can tell most 9-5 jobs have a basic learning curve where you can get the hang of things within like a week or a month. So what really so bad about one?

Add on top of that a nagging wife, 2.5 kids & a pet. You wont have time to nap lol

You also cant quit your job at that point. You got mouths to feed