If I did this I would immediately try to get a second job with the extra time and save like crazy.
this post was submitted on 14 Nov 2024
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Imagine figuring out how to get paid for nothing, and deciding to spend your days sitting on the couch watching TV instead of going out and living life.
What a wasted opportunity.
Or find a new job so you can save the entire salary, and then send in your 2-weeks just before yearly reviews. That way you can get ahead so you have less stress when you inevitably get cut off.
I don't get people like this. I'm currently underemployed and it's one of the worst feelings in the world. It's almost as depressing as being unemployed for me. I'd much rather be productive and have something to actually contribute instead of wasting my time and my life away.
Some people don't dream of, or need, labor. I know I don't. I have enough hobbies to keep me entertained forever.
I think the whole "still getting enough money to survive" really makes a difference in how the unemployed see themselves
Yeah same here.
I'm in a similar situation at the moment where my team is pretty unorganized, most employees are from an external company, and noone bothers to explain shit to me, even after I asked several times already. Plus, because of unenforced rules, it's basically 100% home office and noone is ever present, even if I go in the office. I COULD just do nothing and pretend like I'm working all of the time, noone ever contacts me anyway. But that would genuinely make me wanna die.
I'm already feeling super useless most of the time and try to chew through old legacy code to at least gain an understanding of the project. It's somewhat working, but it's tough to keep up my motivation. Overall I kinda oscillate between feeling useless and frustrated because I'm just not as productive as I would want to be as an employee.
Anyway, I'm already sending out CVs to other job offers. This is not the ideal life for me and I don't plan on keeping it going for longer than necessary.
yeah I am the same as you. I can't respect anyone who slacks that hard
I was in a position like this once. The first two or three months were great. TBH, I mostly played video games and cleaned the house. It felt like free money. By the six month mark, I quit to go to something else. It's surprising how mentally draining it is to just do nothing.
I think I took two things away from that experience: One, I think people generally have an innate need to produce something. We don't want to just sit around and entertain ourselves, we want to contribute. Two, I think the 40 hour work week isn't quite the right balance. Maybe 30 would be better.
One, I think ~~people generally~~ I have an innate need to produce something. ~~We~~ I don't want to just sit around and entertain ~~ourselves~~ myself, ~~we~~ I want to contribute. Two, I think the 40 hour work week isn't quite the right balance for me. Maybe 30 would be better for me.
It's good to learn from experiences, but it's not good to assume that your experience is everyone's experience.
Eh, I have kids, so I already have enough mental drain w/o my full-time job, so I think I'd end up catching up on things I've been putting off, like exercise, repairs around the house, etc.
In fact, I lost my job at the start of COVID and didn't start looking for a few months because nobody was hiring. I got so much stuff done around the house, and I was able to essentially home-school my kids at the end of one school year and the beginning of the next. I really enjoyed that, and I would totally homeschool my kids if I didn't need to work every day to pay the bills.
So yeah, I'd absolutely appreciate a 30-ish hour work week, especially if I got one whole day off instead of it being spread across 5-days.
Gah, a 4-day work week would be wonderful. I might actually work on my side projects.
Happens when you're not proud of what you're contributing to. Probably most workers, tbh.
2022
So, how did it go?
Don't worry Anon, I'm sure it'll work out.
Long ago I worked at Wal-mart's tire center while going to college and to get as many hours as I could they let me work with the overnight people after we closed at 7. In theory. The problem was the overnight managers never got told about this so I would just hang out doing nothing for 3 hours every night and getting paid. This went on for 3 months until I got a better job and no one ever questioned me about it.
Don't you still feel bad about defrauding Walmart for 180 hours worth of pay?
Cause I don't.
I do not.
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