Sick of the corporate world...
Thoughts_Arrive
Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
I've been in the corporate world for almost 3 yrs now.
And its taking a toll on my stress levels.
All I've seen is back stabbing, jealousy, rumours, vulture like behaviour and greed.
A sniff of blood and they are all over you like sharks.
You work with the worst lot of people imaginable and question yourself daily, wtf am I doing here, is this what it's about for the next 40 year until retirement?
What to do with myself....
Learn a trade, do a music course, try hard to join a band/start a band?
Lost don't know which direction to go, but never back to corporate world I reckon.
Looks like my university studies were a waste of time.
And its taking a toll on my stress levels.
All I've seen is back stabbing, jealousy, rumours, vulture like behaviour and greed.
A sniff of blood and they are all over you like sharks.
You work with the worst lot of people imaginable and question yourself daily, wtf am I doing here, is this what it's about for the next 40 year until retirement?
What to do with myself....
Learn a trade, do a music course, try hard to join a band/start a band?
Lost don't know which direction to go, but never back to corporate world I reckon.
Looks like my university studies were a waste of time.
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Make sense? Just figure out what makes you happy and do it, dude.
I doubt you get it being lets say a plumber, electrician, painter....
Thanks for the advice
So do you teach art at school?
Or do you paint/design?
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
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military rank and file sucks big time...
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
that's why I could never be in the military....I speak my mind too much....can't learn to shut my big mouth!!! Plus I'm a bit too much of an individual!!!! lol!
Well, thank you for the compliment! Somehow I doubt it's the breeding that you are after, rather the act that gets the breeding happening?! lol!!!
But breeding could be a result of the act of practice
then be a plumber, electrician or a painter if that will make you happy...
redrock is right, work is just work, that's why they call it work and not happy-fun-time...stop questioning yourself, don't take things personally, don't repeat any gossip as it will come back to bit you in the ass...and take time off to enjoy the things you enjoy...
work does not define who you are...work allows you to enjoy the things you want to enjoy in your time off...just do the best you can and stay out of the bullshit that flows at every single job out there...
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
If you're lucky enough to own your own painting/plumbing/what have you business, then yeah. The only bullshit you hear is from your own internal monologue. But all the trades you mentioned are union trades. And if you think corporate rhetoric is full of bland people who perk up at the chance to backstab, you don't know anyone that's ever been in a union.
Just kidding...
I have been in the corporate world for 20+ years and I have seen things and people who would turn your stomach. I have been sabotaged when I got seriously ill, been lied to, cheated, talked about and lied about. I somehow made it to a pretty senior position and I did it with integrity. If you don't let the system change you, you can make it on your own morals.
I don't think that's necessarily true. Some jobs are truly soul-crushing. I've never seen anyone unhappier than my ex at her current job. The company has been so awful that even in the worst economy in decades, they've had a dozen people out of a company of about 60 choose to quit within the last 6 months. Several people there have developed ulcers and my ex nearly developed an ulcer in her EYE due to this place. That's beyond just normal work reality.
Also, as much as I bitched about waiting tables, I was happier with that gig than I ever have been at any office job I ever held. Sometimes it's not as simple as just "suck it up, it's work and all jobs suck." That's not quite true, some make you more miserable than others.
Its called work for a reason- no one likes it but we all have to do it to get by... the corporate world is just that -crap- but remember Karma is a bitch. What someone does to you it to will happen to them 10 fold. Why dont you just be the positive one in your work enviroment and help spark a change.
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I don't disagree...I was speaking in general terms...and I've had sole crushing jobs and I've learned from it...mostly, it's what you make it, as well as when it's time to go, it's time to go...
my point is no matter what job someone has, there will be parts that just plain suck and parts that don't...if one lets the just plain suck parts consume them, then they will be miserable...
if one is in a hellish job, they have options...when I was working one of my many hellish/stressful jobs, I quit in my head, did the best I could while I was there, and looked for other employment...
I don't understand what you a disagreeing with...
I contend life and work can be two very separate things...if one has a stressful job that doesn't need to spill over into their life...just because I had a shitty day at work, it doesn't ruin my evening...
No but to work for the weekends becomes depressing after a while. To work for two lousy weeks of vacation is a sucker's life.
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Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
I get 3 weeks...
No, no, no... I make it through a little better because I get 22 vacation days, 10 sick days, and 12 paid holidays. A total of 44 paid days off a year. So I do my best.
its called work, i love and hate my job. But I am glad its a small comppany so all I have to deal with is being underpaid for my skills, which is better than all the backstabbing crap of larger companies. If you ever want to catch up for a beer or 12 and chat about this, drop me a line.
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Oh hell no. I wasn't saying that running a business was a walk in the park. Just that you don't have to worry about coworkers selling you up a river. My old man ran his own business for years and scratched and clawed to put food on the table for the first couple of years. I admire anyone that starts from scratch and makes it.