Speaking of a hippo...
Jan. 25th, 2005 03:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
captain_slinkyHippothetically speaking, of course...
Let's say you work someplace that you absolutley hate. Management treats you like cattle, you are extremely underpaid for what it is that you do, and what you do is (basically) tell old people that they are going to die penniless because the insurance company isn't going to pay the bills. You've been doing this job for around 2 or more years now, and your attitude towards your work at any given time ranges from "Kill me now" to "Bitter Tolerance". Underpaid, overworked, and miserable, with little or no opportunity for advancement short of someone dieing.
Let's say you also have a kind, caring, wonderful husband who keeps on telling you to just quit because it's not worth all the grief. Say he makes enough money at his job to go ahead and support you while you look for something that doesn't make you hate life. And since (starting Jan. 30th) he'll be making a substantial bit more than he was before, and since he absolutley loves his job and has great job security, there has been no time better than the present to take advantage of such an offer.
And let's also say that there's not one but *TWO* storage units FULL of stuff to list on Ebay while you're looking for a job, so there's always that for a bit of financial back-up.
So all said and done, hippothetically speaking, why in the WORLD would you continue to work at the place that you absolutely hate and makes your life miserable?
Let's say you work someplace that you absolutley hate. Management treats you like cattle, you are extremely underpaid for what it is that you do, and what you do is (basically) tell old people that they are going to die penniless because the insurance company isn't going to pay the bills. You've been doing this job for around 2 or more years now, and your attitude towards your work at any given time ranges from "Kill me now" to "Bitter Tolerance". Underpaid, overworked, and miserable, with little or no opportunity for advancement short of someone dieing.
Let's say you also have a kind, caring, wonderful husband who keeps on telling you to just quit because it's not worth all the grief. Say he makes enough money at his job to go ahead and support you while you look for something that doesn't make you hate life. And since (starting Jan. 30th) he'll be making a substantial bit more than he was before, and since he absolutley loves his job and has great job security, there has been no time better than the present to take advantage of such an offer.
And let's also say that there's not one but *TWO* storage units FULL of stuff to list on Ebay while you're looking for a job, so there's always that for a bit of financial back-up.
So all said and done, hippothetically speaking, why in the WORLD would you continue to work at the place that you absolutely hate and makes your life miserable?
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Date: 2005-01-26 12:34 am (UTC)Pride? Feelings of worthlessness and helplessness? The desire to be independant? I would rather work in the pizza kitchen in hell than to not work. I go crazy when I don't work.
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Date: 2005-01-26 01:29 am (UTC)Plus, hippothetically speaking once again, what if you planned on taking an extended leave of absense anyway eventually so you could be a stay-at-home mom? Such stress and hatred can NOT be good on a developing fetus, can it?
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Date: 2005-01-26 01:40 am (UTC)I find it generally safer, saner, and better if I line up a new job before quitting the one that's currently paying me.
But that's just me!
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Date: 2005-01-26 03:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-26 04:26 am (UTC)