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[–] 2 points 12 hours ago (1 child)

I used to complain to my dad about my truly horrible jobs, and he would always say something along the lines of “No one likes their job.” and treat it as if all jobs are equally bad, so I should stop complaining.

About six months after he retired he realized he had legitimate PTSD because his jobs were so awful, but he had to fully relax before he could even feel it. He’s a lot more empathetic now, but my current job is actually nice.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 hours ago

    Same story here.

    My parents had to step out of the shithole grind they'd been normalized to before getting enough perspective to have sympathy. And even then, they didn't have to deal with one million applications and a super intensely competitive job market with shitstain computer moderated hiring processes that we do. They had their career jobs by their late 20s. I didn't get mine until 35 and that was after a super long job hunt and crazy background check and living pretty near poverty level the whole time.

    My dad liked to think that me complaining about jobs meant I didn't want to work and jerk off all day. Nah. I wanted to be treated with human decency and not worked like a machine until I burned out, without much to show for it.

    Our work culture is dogshit.

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