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Originally Posted by Bearcat
I think it's easy to get sucked in, even if you don't love your job or get large raises... if you take a lot of pride in your work, you may view it as a personal failure if you aren't able to complete all of your work (even if the workload is too much for one person)... or if people rely on you to get shit done so they can do their job, you don't want to let coworkers down or to be the bottleneck, which also points towards not wanting to be a target for layoffs and thinking working lots of hours means job security.
A lot of people work far out of scope of their normal responsibilities, too, especially if you've been promoted and people still ask you questions or have issues you can fix that were related to your previous position... so then if you'd a people pleaser, it never really crosses your mind to ignore those emails and requests, even if it makes you disgruntled.
Almost all of that comes down to open communication with leadership and a lot of people suck at that, too.
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Lol I relate to this, too.
Probably the most fun I had at a job was fast food. I just happened to be working with other really cool people I could talk to and joke around with. We'd close and then hang out in the parking lot for 30 minutes just talking about random shit.
It was tough, stressful work and I knew the pay was bad, but I busted my ass for the other people around me because they did the same for me and I didn't want to let them down. I took pride in it and definitely went the extra mile despite how looked down upon the job is.
I dont hate work, but I probably have different goals and values in life compared to a lot of you guys, and those things just don't align with busting my ass for Corpo when I know for a fact they will stab in the back at a moments notice despite my best efforts.