I was working a new role at a brand new site for a company. Working really hard, putting in a lot of effort, really trying to prove myself. I had 5 years of experience in the role, and wanted to move up in the company. Then my supervisor got one of her friends hired in the same role as me, he had zero experience, never done this before.... and they were paying him $10k per year more than me.

I decided right then and there, I was never, ever, going to give a shit about work there again. I got a pay raise to match what he was making, but it took like a year, and my yearly raises since then have been far under inflation. I do not give a shit. I wormed my way like a parasite into the easiest position there, doing as little as possible, entirely remotely. and I still feel like a give too much of a shit. If the job wasn't so easy, and the job market so horrible, I'd probably have left by now but, eh. I'm making more than most, while doing almost nothing. I can't really complain.

but oh boy was I fucking pissed.