Those in the Imperial Core will never understand that what they consider unbearable hardship and boredom is actually a life of luxury that the vast majority of people on Earth cannot even imagine.
The international division of labor is 1000x more important and impactful than the domestic one.
He's living the life. Literally the only improvement in his life is if he completely teleworks instead of partially telework from home, where he can save the <30 minutes driving to work plus gas money and have a 8 hour lunch instead of a 1.5 hour lunch. He even manages to avoid the pitfalls of labor aristocratic life (not really alienated because he has a married partner and a pet dog, not adversely affected by a sedentary lifestyle because he has time, energy, and money to go to the gym everyday, probably doesn't have a micromanaging shithead supervisor if he can get away with 1+ hour lunches).
People are getting baited by the sad music, his house being clean, and his sad expression. Please have the awareness of reading between the lines instead of taking everything at face value.