> For those who can afford it, quitting has become the ultimate form of self-care.
It makes for a good title, and it is true. If you think about it, it has always been the case.
If you can afford not to, why would you work for the man, right?
It makes for a good title, and it is true. If you think about it, it has always been the case.
If you can afford not to, why would you work for the man, right?
Edit:
For example, first job I just looked at
"You are:
Hungry, humble and smart..."
What other profession says nonsense like this, imagine saying this to a doctor or accountant.
Med students have to jump through an unimaginable number of hoops to prove that they will put up with anything because they are supposed to be hungry to save the world, humble in the face of nature, and smart enough to get a top percentile on a never-ending series of standardized admission and licensing exams.
By the time they're actually working in the field, it's: Did you fill out that insurance paperwork so the hospital can get reimbursed? Good, here's the next stack of paperwork to fill out so the hospital can get reimbursed ad infinitum. How fast are you seeing patients? Any more than 20 minutes is too long. We don't have staffing levels to support that. Nurses are over-ratio, but try not to kill anyone with a mistake.
This results in legally defensible treatment but not necessarily the treatment you really need.
Hopefully the system can fix itself.
As an introvert who would sometimes rather avoid the toll of socializing, I spent the first four years of my marriage unintentionally neglecting my wife and family because I saw people around me working 12 hour days and weekends to provide. So I did the same. The damage that “bringing home the bacon” mentality had on my ability to turn attention to the relationships I truly cherish is painful.
I’m working past it now and looking for jobs with more PTO and after-hours support strategies that aren’t “quick, let’s call Bob” for every fire. I hope you never hit the point I had to to turn things around. One quote that really turned things around for me goes like this:
> when you die, your coworkers will be upset for a time but your job will soon replace you. But the memory of your loss will be with your family forever.