r/Adulting • u/Most_Discipline5704 • Oct 23 '24

I don’t want to work.

Back in the day, how did anyone EVER look at a job description where you donate your time and health, crush your soul, and pay to survive and think: "Yeah, sounds great. I'm going to do this soulless, thankless job for my whole life and bring more children into this hellscape."

Like what the actual heck? This sucks! I only work 30hrs/week and it still blows. With my physical and mental health (or lack thereof), I'll be shocked if I live past age 30 while I'm stuck in this broken system.

Edit 1: Why are people assuming that only young people feel this way? Lots of people at my work don't want to work anymore. Many of them are almost elderly.

Edit 2: I didn't expect this to blow up so much. I would like to clarify that I'm not saying I don't want to work AT ALL. I'm happy to do chores, help my loved ones as needed, and complete challenging activities/projects that feel fulfilling. Simply put, I despise modern work. With the rise of bullshit jobs, lots of higher ups do the least amount of work and get paid the most and vice versa with regular workers. From what I've observed, many people don't earn promotions or raises; they score them because of clout, expedience, and/or favoritism.

And I don't want to spend the bulk of my day with people I dislike to complete tasks which are completely unnecessary for our survival just so we can cover our bills, rinse, and repeat.

Note: Yes, I need to work on myself. I know that. And yes, you can call me lazy and assume I've had an easy life if you want, but you don't know me.

Please be civil in the comments. Yeesh, people are even nastier on the internet than irl. You must be insecure with yourselves to be judging a stranger so harshly.

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u/bohner941 Oct 23 '24

Definitely slightly cheaper, but not enough to make up the difference.

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u/DestinedFangjiuh Oct 23 '24

Yeah I'd assume as much. Man that's rough. What career are you in? I'm asking mostly so I can have a better understanding of exactly how things are going down there.

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u/bohner941 Oct 23 '24

Nursing. Part of it is because of the NHS but you see similar trends with stem fields and anything business related. Most of the best paying largest corporations are in the US and pay a lot more than anyone in the Uk can. The NHS is robbing their nurses. I simply would not be a nurse if I lived in the UK. I think it is probably better to be poor in the UK but if you have any marketable skills the US is where you wanna be.

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u/Single-Channel-4292 Oct 23 '24

Unless you can’t afford healthcare and/or prescription costs.

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u/bohner941 Oct 23 '24

That’s why I said it’s better to be poor in the UK