I just started my first new real job. HOW THE FUCK do people work 5 days a week...

I just started my first new real job. HOW THE FUCK do people work 5 days a week? I'm having trouble doing 4 days/9 hours a week. It's killing me over here. I'm going insane. Seeing my fucking colleagues smile all the time. These are not HUMAN BEINGS. No human beings can like doing this fucking job bro. If this shit was 3 days a week/8 hours a day. I can maybe get through it, but this shit is inhumane.

Let me give you some insight of those 4 days a week that I work:

wake up, brush teeth and wash/shower at 6:30 am

eat breakfast at 7:00 am

style hair at 7:30 am

leave house to go to work 8:00 am

arrive at work roughly around 9:00 am

work until 6:00 pm/18:00

arrive home at 7:00 pm/19:00

free time until 10-11pm/22:00-23:00

Except those 3/4 fucking hours are depressing as fuck. How the fuck can I enjoy those 3/4 hours when I know the next day I'm going to be miserable again?

I'M LOSING MY MIND. MY MIND IS SLIPPING.

What will happen in the future? Will I just lose my soul eventually and I'll just accept being a soulless husk of a human being? Is this what happens to everyone after a while?

Is anyone else in a similar situation?

I could see it being OK if you were doing something productive and making progress everyday at a reasonable working pace, or if you could just do something that you can shut your mind off on. My job however sucks cock, doesn't pay much and has only gotten worse.

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Jobs are you trading your soul and menial labor for shekels. Work doesn't have to be like that. Your work should be fulfilling. If it isn't, make a plan, something that gets you there.

dont know, dont care. im a neet.

When you have more experience doing the job it takes less effort and is more enjoyable.

What do you work? Also your time seems quite reasonable for what it is but i'm guess the actual work is killing you.

I work 3 and a half days a week or a total of about 25 hours and that's enough for me. I might bump it up to 30 hours but 40 hours a week is hellish. I don't know how people do it, I have to wake up at 4AM to get gym time in.

Quit.

You are too sensible and smart to tolerate this. I am talking from experience. I also feel like this when I work.

Find a part time job. Or a full time that you can enjoy.

And yes, you will lose your mind (and health) if you stay. I lost mine when I convinced myself that it was normal that I had to work in my dad's factory.

I was offered a promotion at my factory, 60 hours a week, 10 hours 6 days a week, and maybe you can say get it to at least save up NO THIS IS ALSO NIGHT SHIFT
From 7pm to 6am (with lunch) so even on my dayoff I would be up in the middle of the night unable to do anything
How does anyone even accept this shit in the first place? do they not know that is literally unhealthy for their bodies?

Will I just lose my soul eventually and I'll just accept being a soulless husk of a human being?

Didn't happen in my case, I just got more and more suicidal until I quit, then I found another job and repeated the cycle. Then I went back to NEET life while I started up a business. It's going okay but if it doesn't pan out I will legitimately go homeless instead. Waging is the most miserable soul destroying existence I've had to tolerate. Roaming around hobo style is uncomfortable for sure but a billion times more preferable, and also pretty exciting.

Roaming around hobo style is uncomfortable for sure but a billion times more preferable, and also pretty exciting.

as someone who is 32 and been neeting since i dropped out of high school, and whose safety net is about to be cut, this is probably what i'll end up doing. maybe living in a car if possible. i've tried the wageslave life in a factory and i last about a month before i was limping around from having to walk around on concrete floors 40 hours a week and barely getting enough sleep, dont know how anyone does it. you really have to give up a piece of your humanity to be able to do it. felt that way about every job ive ever tried.

I only ever worked one job my whole life. Retail. It was beautiful for a while as I was alone and had only older people around who were nice. They then hired two peers and they bullied me. Management didn't care to believe me. I quit and never had a job since. That was before COVID.

I'm 34 and I feel the same. My business is my final shot, if it doesn't work I'm going full hobo, either that or I eventually commit suicide. The trade off just isn't worth it. 40 hours of slavery just to barely afford the basics.

you really have to give up a piece of your humanity to be able to do it

I've tried hard not to be too negative on my fellow man but I can't do it anymore. 99.9% of people are just automatons, I bring any of this up to people and they just get that glassy eyed look and say shit like "it's just how it is", or "i like my job, i can't imagine not working" then spend all day whinging about their job or staring at the clock. I'm not the same as them, for better or for worse. Something in their genes just allows them to tolerate misery and hardship at higher levels it seems. That or they are terrified into submission over losing their comfort.

How do you get bullied at work? Bullied at school I get, but who the fuck still bullies people at work? Is this an American thing?

It is a normal thing everywhere. There are a lot of narcissist manchildren emotionaly immature npcs everywhere.

My honest advice is just grind for like two years. Since you have no free time at all, just save all of your money. Every last fucking cent that you can including food. Eat rice and beans. exclusively use your spare time looking into ways to escape the rat race or pivot into a life style where you are the boss.

I work in IT Consultancy. I basically work in an Agile/DevOps environment where I have meetings with all different types of people almost every day, technical and non-technical, to implement IT projects in the company. I also other tasks like testing software and helping employees with their issues. It's at one of those Big Four Accounting firms. One of the reasons that motivate me to keep working is the good looking women I interact with all day. I'm not getting any younger, I'm going to be 28 soon. I need to find a fucking girlfriend soon.

I think in my mind I'm still a child who just wants to do things that I enjoy. Hanging out with friends, watching movies, listening to music, playing games, just doing whatever the fuck I want like when I was back in school. Having work dominate my life makes me feel like I'm missing out on doing things I enjoy doing more and thus I'm wasting my life away.

Here's the thing. I can imagine not being able to quit when you're 2 years deep into a job. At that point, you'll probably be too scared to leave since you don't know what'll happen afterwards.

I still live with my parents and I can stay with them as long as I like. What's your situation?

That or they are terrified into submission over losing their comfort.

its usually this. also because some people really cant handle their own minds and what sitting quietly does to them so they need to be constantly either working or looking at a screen

Here's the thing. I can imagine not being able to quit when you're 2 years deep into a job.

Wrong and depending on the job, two years in is the perfect time to get a new job. At least thats the advice I got from people in the tech industry 5 years ago. They'd switch jobs every 2-3 years because its easier to get another higher paying job with experience than it is to get a raise at your current company.

You get used to it, you structure your life in such a way that all the unpleasant stuff takes as little time as possible, and you spend all that time planning an exit strategy.
As for the smiling at work all the time? I'm one of those guys. The smiling is not for others, it's for myself. I didn't use to smile so much, so I like being "that guy" that smiles all the time. I also didn't think I could be nearly as sociable as I am now (I used to be a NEET shutin, and now I talk to almost a hundred people every day). Even if work sucks, I'm happy with how far I've come, and with how far I intend to go. So, in a way, I'm kind of reinforcing my own happiness by making it so happiness is a habit rather than just a fleeting emotion.

+ I'm planning my exit strategy, and I have enough saved up that, if one day I decide that enough is enough, I can just walk out and never look back. So of course I'm grinning like a retard all the time.

Question to all the NEETs here and all over the world: how the fuck do you do it?

Are we talking about welfare for years? But isn't the government on your ass 24/7 to force you to find a job or else they'll cut you off? Who pays for your food, your house, just everything?

Wrong and depending on the job, two years in is the perfect time to get a new job. At least thats the advice I got from people in the tech industry 5 years ago. They'd switch jobs every 2-3 years because its easier to get another higher paying job with experience than it is to get a raise at your current company.

People are comfortable leaving a place they're comfortable with to another place where they don't know anyone and everything is completely new? I thought humans hated change.

I live with my parents.

We eat as a household, I do most the cooking so they pay for all the food. They don't charge me rent. They also buy me clothes but I only buy clothes like once a year and its always the cheapest shit on amazon. My only expense is car insurance. I didn't pay for the car either, my brother paid it off and gave it to me when he moved to the city.

My parents gave me 10k when I turned 18. Since then my net worth has fluctuated but always ends up in the 5-15k range somehow. I pretty much never spend money though. I'm content with a computer and an internet connection.

This isn't permanent obviously and they'd really like me to get a job. I'm dreading it. I know that once I get a job, my life is basically over and there is only suicidal depression ahead.

Get a part time job like max 24 hours. Thats like 3 days a week. See if you can handle more than that after a few weeks, if you cant, just stay at those hours. Get a job for something youre decent at like maybe fixing electronics or working with numbers. Also make sure you get a job with lots of girls like at big retail stores. Youll be making some money and since you barely spend, you can save some money if things go bad down the road. I honestly think you might enjoy working if its low intensity and its only like 2-3 days a week, because you will have plenty of time to do things you really enjoy

Working 45 hrs a week makes me fucking insane. So fucking insane. I hate it. I remember in the eatly 2000s I could survive working 20 hrs a week with a roommate but now it take 3 jobs to support a 2bd apartment.

Haha buddy you don't even know. Every day I wake up and drag my balls across broken glass on my way to my 3 jobs. It's just how it is, toughen up buttercup.

OP, I wholeheartedly agree. The key is to get a "therapy job" instead of a "torture job."

Allow me to explain. Tons of jobs feel like torture. However, some jobs are like therapy. For example, working night shift security where you can do whatever you want, play video games all night, etc and you get paid for it. Another example is working at a very slow job like hotel night clerk. You can relax and browse Anon Babble, and you get paid for it.

"Torture jobs" like busy fast food and busy retail are absolutely awful. Another "therapy job" is English tutoring where most students just want to have a relaxed and enjoyable conversation. You're basically getting paid to socialize and free talk, it's awesome.

OP, think about Therapy Jobs vs Torture Jobs. Try to get a Therapy Job. I know it's much easier said than done but it's possible. Most people unfortunately have to work torture jobs their whole life, if that's your case you can at least do an online side hustle you enjoy when you get home, something creative that you enjoy and can potentially monetize.

The answer is: drugs.

Talk to anyone in a near minimum wage job and 70% chance they'll admit they're on some cocktail of substances which they take daily.

Weed and cigarettes being the optimum between how hard of a drug they are and how commonly used they are.

Also very common is benadryl, alcohol, advil, kratom, maybe opiates, etc.

Anecdotally I have heard that some minimum wage workers and upper management use coke or other stimulants to perform better.

(Not supporting drug usage, just saying this is how bad things are)

This anon gets it and it's ironically stupid how many people are actually on some kind of substance and completely lying about it, but giving everyone else the impression that they need to be 100% sober on the job the entire time.

Anti-depressants/anxiety meds are the same way. It's just something to fuck them up and make them feel good.

The only people who are sober on the job are the ones showing visible signs of being pissed off and stressed out.

Yeah I like your attitude. The thing is, people get gaslit and goading into taking the torture jobs, get told they need to suck it up and take it -- essentially so someone else doesn't have too. That's been 90% of my jobs, just being suckered into taking it so someone else doesn't have to help me with anything. I realized this over time, I'm being constantly told to take the suckiest job out of some misguided sense of bootstraping, not because they've done me any good.

And yes, you will lose your mind (and health) if you stay.

Definitely. I lost both and I learned I'll never allow another human being to talk me into taking a shitty job ever again. I have a choice and it's not "DUR U MUST DO THIS ONE YOU HAVE NO OPTIONS" with these gaslighting evil fucks.

You will always get bullied if you're not sociable

I hate having coworkers I just wish I could do the work then fuck off and go home

Yeah coworkers are a nightmare, my job requires me to travel and stay in hotels with them, so if I'm having a bad day at work with them -- I'm stuck with them for entire time too. No escaping. It's been torture.

but now it take 3 jobs to support a 2bd apartment.

How true is this?

F. My one year of waging out of 20 was tough and exposed me as an unemployable autist after all.
You basically have to find ways to break the day up. Take shit-breaks. Delay your lunch until after half-way, so there's less time on the downslope.
Yes, it is fucking stupid that people are still expected to work this much, given technology, automation and mass-outsourcing to slaves in the Far East.
We are LONG fucking overdue a UBI and Keynes' 15 hour work week in the West, but the satanic 'elites' will never allow it. Waging is control.

This is why we need socialism. I won't slave away to make some capitalist richer. I'll only work in a publicly owned industry for the betterment of society.

American corporate culture is insane but I guess you guys get paid well. I "work" a contracted 35 hours a week but 3, sometimes 4, of them are at home so I'd wager I do between 15-20 hours a week. all for 40k whilst living in London so I'm saving fuck all but I'm unlikely to have this setup if I move to a higher paying job.

I just started my first new real job. HOW THE FUCK do people work 5 days a week?

I'M LOSING MY MIND. MY MIND IS SLIPPING.

I had exactly same sentiment OP when I started my employment.
Welcome to the adulthood. Childhood and fun ended.

I've been bullied at almost every job I worked at. I'm agreeable and well-meaning so I get along with nice people, but around assholes I have no idea how to defend myself and eventually assholes always enter into my sphere and use my poor social skills to dunk on me and feel better than someone else. I'm an American yes, but I don't doubt this goes on everywhere.

After working 10 yrs I just became a NEET and gave up on it all, temporarily at least.

I've the exact same problem. I doubt there's a way to "Deal with it" unless you got leverage.

These are not HUMAN BEINGS. No human beings can like doing this fucking job bro.

You want the real truth? Ok, here is my brutal theory:
They have regular sex to boost their mood

On the rare occasion that I have sex, I am able to tolerate work and difficulties in my life much better. It relaxes me so much. I really believe that this is the answer. Notice how some of the older people in your workplace can be a bit moodier. I think that this is because they aren't having as much sex as your younger coworkers. The positive physical/psychological benefits from just having penis to vagina contact and then cuddling a little afterwards cannot be overstated.

anons hits late twenties, gets a job, and desperately starts looking for hagged out woman to be a beta bucks for

Tale as old as time

I could beat the shit out of most of these faggots but you're not exactly allowed to do that in the modern workplace. That's been my problem my entire life.

Have you tried threatening them? Or displaying some sort of belittlement in that regard? I feel as though that'd work wonders. Works for my friend and he doesn't look like a fighter.

Did you think that was profound
People generally couple up and get a job it's called growing up

Lmao no I haven't. I just seethe internally. I should stop being such a fucking pussy. It's just all the previous times I"ve been in those sorts of environments, I'm so scared of losing my job or looking like a crazy person for fighting back. But nowadays I give less and less of a shit and I'm financially OK enough that I would be fine with losing a job.

I just want to afford a gaming pc man. I can't think of any job I'd be good for. Got a CS degree just in time for the market to crap itself. Too slow and autistic for retail. Too weak for security.

let me stick my cock in your ass and I'll buy you a gaming PC

My friend works in CNC industry that's always bleeding for workers so he can get away with it. Fuck, he tells his supervisors to "go fuck themselves" as many times as it takes so they don't even bother him anymore. I'm not joking. That's part of leverage. He just tells me "What are they gonna do? Fire me? I'll have a new job the very next day. Fuck 'em."
I envy that shit.

what is the CNC industry anon? I looked it up but im not sure if its what you're talking about

hell yeah to your friend, living the fucking dream right there

mfw can't make change, scared of heights and bad social skills

It's so fucking over for me even with a degree and multiple relevant office jobs. I have no connections my entire education was a waste. I'm going to have to sell my house

i have sex every day and i have quit every job i have had with more than 20 hours a week
working 18 hours a week for the next month
the solution to both problems is fat older women with money

Couldn't tell you. I'm a neet and even I feel like there's NO time in the day to do anything.

I make some food, I do a few chores, then the day is over.

Double/tripple shift. 12 hours. Working on a line of machines that automatically cut wood - for example.

how many fingers does he have left?

All of them. As most of his coworkers. I did hear one of his colleagues lost/heavily injured (i don't recall) arm last year though. Can't work there no more.

arm is fucking brutal
lady at my old place lost part of her finger in a machine for folding and gluing envelopes cause she would clean it while it was on

I used to scoff/laugh at that shit when I was young. "How could that happen lmao?"
Until I worked in a 12hr shift towel folding wash factory. Got my arm sucked in trying to catch a badly folded towel. If I didn't have legs long enough to kick the "stop" button I'd literally have to jerk it with my left nowdays.
Shit's brutal when you do it long enough+sleep deprived.

I get bullied by literally everyone because i don't talk