I just need to vent a little bit and get some feedback from people outside of my friends and family. They love me unconditionally and I know they are never unwilling to listen, but I feel like a broken record lately and really can't find the motivation or make it better. I've really been feeling like an insufferable burden because of my pessimism and cynicism around this topic, so I figure why not unload it on some internet strangers and see what insight I can get from some like-minded people.
I work in big corpo and really really hate it on multiple levels. Everyone around me seems to either be blissfully ignorant or they have found a way to swallow their pride and just exist. I am having a lot of trouble doing that and it makes me feel like an unappreciative shithead. I'm in a good position, in a stable company with a lot of great perks and benefits, but I'm just not happy. I hate the industry, the culture, the work itself, but the people around me have been there for 10+ years, so there must be something I'm missing. Am I wrong for not being able to suck it up and cash my check?
Nope, you're not wrong. Corporate life is miserable, that's why Mike Judge keeps satirizing it with office space and the office. The people who are good at sucking it up and moving forward tend to stay longer and move up the ladder, making it more miserable for the rest of us. I use any opportunity I get to complain to my coworkers, it relieves stress and I learn a lot of others feel exactly the same. You're not alone and not missing anything, it's all ass.
Mike Judges content really isn't as hyperbolic as it first seems. In fact it's kind of selling the real thing a bit short. haha
Yeah before I got a job the office and office space were comedies, now they're almost like thrillers because it's so accurate.