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Lots of good points here, things have changed a lot in the work place. I worked for three companies until retirement, was salaried for all of them. I definitely worked a lot more than 40 hours per week and was 24/7 support for all except the last 10 years. I worked in IT for all of those years and because of my technical knowledge and problem solving skills, I tackled a lot of work that others didn't want to do. One big change what when IT allowed the MBAs to take over management. This created a ceiling that we could no longer cross and hindered our output because there was no one I could go to for advice. Around this same time, companies started reducing benefits (combine sick/vacation days into PTO, eliminate pensions) and executive pay soared.
Then the offshore hiring started and executive pay soared again. The MBAs referred to IT people as code monkeys. Most thought what we did was easy, mostly because I made it look easy.
Never really worked from home much until 2020, at first I would struggle to maintain focus however I always got my work done and always found extra work to do.
Anyways, I'm glad to be out. Now the only issues I have are dealing with the SS office and the finance companies to get my 401Ks into an IRA.
I do understand the younger generation not wanting to work themselves to death. I watched my father toll in a job he despised and then die at 52.
I guess the other thing that I struggle with is figuring out what I want to do when I grow up. Ever since I was 15, I have spent my time doing for someone else. It's a different mindset that I'm not used to thinking about what I want.
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