Are you looking forward to going back to the daily grind?

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Substantial-Safe209@reddit

buy some bitcoin, go on dark.fail, download tor, sign up for a marketplace, buy a few tabs of acid, welcome back to real life

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listyraesder@reddit

What a good little worker unit. It’s Stockholm syndrome.

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Have you given any thought to the possibility that some people find their work fulfilling? It's rare for someone to truly love their job. For those that do, good for them. They shouldn't be ridiculed for that.

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KnucklesRicci@reddit

Unless you’re doing something cool i honestly think loving your job and loving being at work is sad as fuck.

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No-Information6480@reddit

i completely agree. the most valuable things you have are your health and your time. Why would you want to spend your time at work when you could do literally anything else??!!

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somerandomnew0192783@reddit

Because some people enjoy what they do? I'm a software engineer, I get to spend all day problem solving and writing code, which I love. Before I was a software engineer I did this in my free time, so I'd still be doing it anyway even if I wasn't paid for it.

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No-Information6480@reddit

>Because some people enjoy what they do? I enjoy my job but I enjoy my free time more. you do you

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Banditofbingofame@reddit

You probably spend half your waking time at work. I can't imagine spending half my life on something that I hate. I think it's pretty depressing that others hate their life so much that they think others being happy is 'sad as fuck'

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Smart_Calendar4523@reddit

Congratulations on finding a job you enjoy. Some people will never have that, so we have to give up half our lives on something we hate. I don't think you being happy at work is sad, more that there are probably more people like me than you. We have to spend our lives working in jobs we don't enjoy, and then spend what we earn in our shit jobs paying our bills. It isn't really living, more waiting to die. I can only do that when the state allows it though - early check ours are *not* permitted!

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poppalopp@reddit

Judging by your comments in here, I think it might be time you look for a new job.

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Smart_Calendar4523@reddit

What would be the point? I've done a lot of jobs already, and none of them have been much fun. I accept it will never improve.

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poppalopp@reddit

Honestly just sounds like you’re depressed, mate. Like you don’t have to love your job, but you seem abjectly miserable.

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Smart_Calendar4523@reddit

I am yes, but so are many people. Such is life. There is no help available, mental health is not a priority for the NHS. Please don't suggest anything stupid like IAPT self referral; I've had the six weeks of bargain bin counseling and it made no difference.

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poppalopp@reddit

Wouldn’t dare.

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Smart_Calendar4523@reddit

👍🏻

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Banditofbingofame@reddit

You've hit the nail on the head, some people do like their jobs so calling those people sad is sad in itself. I don't think anyone is under the impression that there are some people who don't like their job out there, just no need to rag on those that do.

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KnucklesRicci@reddit

It depends. I don’t think it’s sad to love your job at all, but wanting to go because you’re bored/fed up with your ACTUAL like outside of work (which won’t be there forever by the way) is sad as fuck, yes.

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Banditofbingofame@reddit

But as the OP said it's not like that for the whole break just by the end where they want to get back, not because they love their work more than life but because of the routine and importantly that work is the platform to achieve certain goals.

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Brichals@reddit

I find people that moan about having to work are the most unhappy and dull.

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Smart_Calendar4523@reddit

Yes, I am unhappy that I have to give up half of my waking hours so I can earn money to pay for food and shelter. It seems completely pointless, I get no happiness from work nor from giving up the majority of what I make from it simple to rest and nourish myself ready for more work. I don't see the point in my existence if I'm totally honest, because all I do is work, sleep, or prepare to work.

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InspectionLong5000@reddit

You know what you need? To find a job you love.

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Smart_Calendar4523@reddit

There isn't one.

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InspectionLong5000@reddit

Not with that attitude there isn't.

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Smart_Calendar4523@reddit

No, there just isn't one. I've been working for twenty years already, I've done a range of different jobs. The only constant is that I didn't enjoy them, but that's work. You're not being paid to enjoy yourself.

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InspectionLong5000@reddit

>You're not being paid to enjoy yourself That doesn't mean you can't enjoy the work that you do. I don't _love_ my job. If I could not work I would. But I find the work I do rewarding and challenging, and I don't wake up dreading the day ahead.

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Smart_Calendar4523@reddit

Great, congratulations of finding rewarding and challenging work. None of the jobs I've done in my career have offered that. You turn up, do what you're told, wait until it's time to leave, rinse and repeat for 50 years or so. I don't dread it, it just isn't interesting, stimulating or engaging in any way. But that's work, why expect it to be anything otherwise?

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flingeflangeflonge@reddit

Oh well.

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St2Crank@reddit

Yeah but life isn’t extremes, just because you’re not desperate to go back to work and hate time off doesn’t make you a moaner. I love my job, it’s great rewarding, feel like I’m doing some good, I’m well paid etc. but I love time off and if I had the choice at any point in time I would never be choosing to go into work.

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poppalopp@reddit

When I worked in nurseries, I loved my job so much. I had so many friends (they were all 3 years old but whatever) and it honestly hardly ever felt like work because I was just happy to be there. Now I work in HR. It is not the same.

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ZimbabweSaltCo@reddit

My friend’s boss is like this and it’s both very sad (in both senses of the world) and a bit scary. He purposefully lies about his hours so he can do unpaid overtime (was actually disciplined for this) and will work in the early hours of the morning or come into the office on his annual leave. Apparently he has no life outside the office and it’s become toxic because he expects *other* people to be like this too.

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InspectionLong5000@reddit

Nor sure I fully agree. For example I don't think teaching is a cool job, but I don't think it's sad for a teacher to love their job. I can imagine it can be very rewarding. Gardening isn't cool, but some people just fucking _love_ gardening. If you can get paid for doing that? Good for you!

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KnucklesRicci@reddit

Fair point. I think I just love my home and family too much like doing anything outside of being with them/my hobbies just feels like…work?

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Sterrss@reddit

Some of us don't have a home or a family, or at least not one to look forward to returning to.

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KnucklesRicci@reddit

But that’s my point, that’s sad. I don’t mean to offend anyone anyway it’s just my contribution. Happy new year!

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BedroomAcoustics@reddit

> Unless you’re doing something cool Cool is subjective, what one person may genuinely find interesting isn’t always what someone else will. I do share the sentiment though that work isn’t the be all, end all and having hobbies/interests outside of work is essential.

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iAreMoot@reddit

I’m an accountant and I love my job. I must be the ultimate sad fuck going!

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Aphantasia_Sucks@reddit

I totally agree with this. I love my job. A lot of people here sound like they do not love their job. These people are in the wrong job. Yeah easier said than done but it's possible. I didn't always like work because I was doing jobs that I didn't like. So I found a job I love and now I love my job. To me that's a good thing

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Smart_Calendar4523@reddit

> Yeah easier said than done but it's possible. It was possible for you. It doesn't mean it's possible for everyone though. Well done for finding a job you enjoy

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flingeflangeflonge@reddit

Of course it's possible for everyone. It might be extremely diificult and it might even be unlikely but it's certainly not impossible.

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Smart_Calendar4523@reddit

Brilliant, glad you've solved the problem for all the people out there unhappy in their jobs. Well done!

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flingeflangeflonge@reddit

Sorry, you're right - there's nothing you can do and no way out. It's sad that we still live in a medieval feudal system where you are not a freeman, and are merely a serf with no rights. But there we are - no point in fighting reality.

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Smart_Calendar4523@reddit

You're trying to make a point but what you've said is ironically pretty accurate.

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flingeflangeflonge@reddit

It's tragic that the poor since 1945 have had no possible way of escaping the trap of poverty. My poor father, born into generations of working class miners in a shithole Welsh valley town would have loved to have gone to university to study medicine and become a doctor. If only that had been not just possible but actively encouraged then he'd have been able to brreak out, buy a nice house, send all four children to good schools, and they in turn would have then been able to all have extremely comfortable lives and *their* children too. But alas, none of that happened because it wasn't possible. Instead, he just stayed in that shit mining town, moaning about his lack of opportunity and how impossible it was to ever escape the depressing reality of existence.

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Smart_Calendar4523@reddit

That's interesting, but not entirely sure it's relevant to pay, jobs and the cost of living in 2023. Thank you for the story about your dad though, and hope he gets better soon.

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Aphantasia_Sucks@reddit

I'm autistic, I have other things too. I'm at a disadvantage because of that. I managed to find something I love, it took time but I got there in the end. If I can do it, I'm sure more able bodied people can too.

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Smart_Calendar4523@reddit

I'm sure some people can find something so enjoyable that they can happily work away at it from now until retirement. That's great, I'm pleased for them. Some will not though. That's because for some of us there is no enjoyment to be had being forced to give away our time for little to no money, so we will never be happy at work no matter what the job is.

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Aphantasia_Sucks@reddit

That's why I said some and not all

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InspectionLong5000@reddit

"If you love your job, you'll never work a day in your life." Good for you, dude. I'm finally in a position where I enjoy my job, wouldn't say I love it. But I'm happier now than I've been in a long time. It's a great feeling waking up and not dreading the day ahead.

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Aphantasia_Sucks@reddit

I have to love my job, else I wouldn't do it. I'm autistic with other things wrong with me so it's harder for me to enjoy something like a job. I have no staying power so I easily quit. I've found something that's changed that and I can now enjoy life and enjoy what I do because I'm doing something I want to do. It has taken me time and effort to get there but if I can do it, I'm sure others can too. Especially if they don't have what I have

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BennyAronov@reddit

There are many surveys that support the theory that the vast majority of workers literally hate their job. In fact the 2018 Gallum poll put this figure at 85%! 👇 https://news.gallup.com/opinion/chairman/212045/world-broken-workplace.aspx?g_source=position1&g_medium=related&g_campaign=tiles

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No-Information6480@reddit

>some people find their work fulfilling? it wouldn't be a grind then. it would be something they enjoy and look forward to.

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InspectionLong5000@reddit

You're arguing semantics. Besides, they literally stated in the post that they enjoy it, and look forward to it.

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No-Information6480@reddit

>You're arguing semantics. it's not semantics. words mean things. A job you enjoy is not a grind by definition.

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InspectionLong5000@reddit

He literally said he enjoys it. So that word clearly means something different to OP, as he was pretty explicit. So yes, you are literally arguing semantics.

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Banditofbingofame@reddit

Cringe Some people like their work and it has a positive impact on the world

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listyraesder@reddit

But to the point of getting frustrated by holidays? That’s not healthy.

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JohnMcAfeewaswhackd@reddit

My job is travelling the country and meeting new people. So yes, a few weeks of not travelling and not meeting new people can get a bit monotonous and dare I say it…frustrating.

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St2Crank@reddit

You could go travelling and meet new people in your time off though.

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JohnMcAfeewaswhackd@reddit

I don’t want to spend 3 weeks doing that on my own expense though. I want to get paid for it.

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St2Crank@reddit

Fair enough. But if you honestly can’t find something to enjoy for 5/6 weeks a year while you’re off work then I feel sorry for you.

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JohnMcAfeewaswhackd@reddit

I book my holidays in 1 week blocks and I can happily fulfill myself. Save your sorrow for people who judge strangers. Like yourself. I’ve had 3 weeks off for the festive period, now that’s coming to a close I’m recharged and ready to improve on my accomplishments from this year. How that makes you feel sorry I can’t imagine but maybe look for a job that gives you satisfaction.

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St2Crank@reddit

That sounds great, but what you just said there is different to what OP has said, and different to what you initially said about being frustrated while off work.

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JohnMcAfeewaswhackd@reddit

Yes what I said is different, it doesn’t make any of what I said untrue. I feel like you’re just trying to distract from your mistake of calling people you don’t know “unhealthy”

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St2Crank@reddit

You seem surprised that people have a different opinion of two different statements? One was saying that they feel frustrated being off work and just want to get back to work, the other was saying that they’ve just enjoyed 3 weeks off work and are recharged for going back to work. These are fundamentally different states of mind. I also didn’t call anyone unhealthy, you’ve got me confused with someone else.

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Banditofbingofame@reddit

Holiday is 5 weeks Work is 47 weeks. I'd rather do both.

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St2Crank@reddit

I can kind of understand that. Do not get these people at all who don’t like their holiday though.

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StopThatUDick@reddit

From my very personal perspective, you're absolutely wrong. What isn't healthy is spending an unnatural amount of time with family you find disagreeable, but cant disagree with. Being taken out of your usual - healthy - routine (wake, eat, exercise, work, eat sleep... whatever) and having it all thrown out the window because 'holiday commitments'. Being peer pressured by friends, family and work colleagues to drink far more than would ever be healthy. And to eat shit like chocolates, cakes, Christmas pudding etc the whole time. Spending money you probably cant afford on presents no one really needs. Or wants. Or rejecting all of this (which I'd love to do) but being labelled a Scrooge or a miser for it. I fucking hate Christmas. I love my normal life, and I want it back.

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Straw8@reddit

you tell both of them about this thread

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flingeflangeflonge@reddit

Edgelords Unite and Throw Off Your Chains

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BaseballFuryThurman@reddit

How Reddit of you. Shave yer neck.

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ClassicPart@reddit

Never change, Reddit. Or maybe do. Just a little.

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dorsetfreak@reddit

Yeah, I really like my job and my colleagues are excellent. That said I only work part time so there’s less stress and pressure anyway.

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Other_Exercise@reddit (OP)

Nice. What do you do with the rest of the time?

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dorsetfreak@reddit

A bit of voluntary/community stuff around food security and social isolation, a lot of gardening, exercise, general bodding about and going to the beach!

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Other_Exercise@reddit (OP)

Sounds like you are doing existence properly! Is it sustainable in a financial sense? I don't want to pry, but curious as to how the maths can check out?

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dorsetfreak@reddit

A bit of voluntary/community stuff around food security and social isolation, a lot of gardening, exercise, general bodding about and going to the beach!

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dorsetfreak@reddit

A bit of voluntary/community stuff around food security and social isolation, a lot of gardening, exercise, general bodding about and going to the beach!

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Trentdison@reddit

Absolutely not, been living a dream life these past few days as company shuts down during this week. I have so many other things I'd rather be doing if only I didn't need the money.

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onaboatman@reddit

Like what?

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Trentdison@reddit

Video games and other media, travelling, eating out, reading, take up some physical vocation.

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onaboatman@reddit

Guess so. I'm sort of in that position at a pretty young age, just very alone at the moment lol, every other person of about 30 is at work, I fell off the face of the earth for 10 years to get here just working all the time, and now, it's just, not quite anything yet I'm pretty bored of most media/books now, feels like it's just wasting away. Maybe I should get an expensive VR gaming rig, but how long would I enjoy that for. Hmm. Could travel, but I'm so alone.. I've got very fit in the last year since stopping working entirely..

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Trentdison@reddit

I would seek a regular sociable vocation, for instance if I got myself fit I'd do something like amateur refereeing. Twice a week would get you out working with others whilst helping you keep fit. Once I got bored I'd probably just volunteer somewhere too.

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No-Echo-8927@reddit

Yeah I quite like my job and the people there. I also like building things so I'm looking forward to getting back to normal.

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ay2deet@reddit

Wagie wagie get in cagie

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Bearwires79@reddit

I’ve spent all of December with my wife in Thailand having a great time. Flying back tonight and start back to work on Tuesday. It’s gonna take a few days/weeks to get back into the swing of the daily grind working from home. Sad times 😢

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porrig1@reddit

We got back from 2 weeks in Thailand on the 28th. Never had jet lag like it! Not back at work till Wednesday so hoping to feel ‘normal’ by then. I hope you fare better than we did.

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Bearwires79@reddit

I sleep on the plane for most of the flight so jet lag isn’t normally an issue for me luckily. I snore like a pig so if you’re sat next to me on the plane, that’s unfortunate 😂

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porrig1@reddit

I both envy and hate you in equal amounts! 😂 Only time I’ve ever slept properly on a plane was when I was on heavy duty painkillers after getting injured during a trip.

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Thesunismexico@reddit

No. In fact next year I will simply pretend to work. The people I oversee are all excellent workers. They can do their thing and I’ll do mine. Easy Street here I come!

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JohnMcAfeewaswhackd@reddit

Project manager?

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Thesunismexico@reddit

Yes.

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JohnMcAfeewaswhackd@reddit

I can happily agree with what you said. A lot of your work is hands off, as long as you’re willing to accept that any and all fuck ups are your fault, even if they aren’t.

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Rexel450@reddit

I never left it, I worked over Xmas.

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Beonarg@reddit

LOL. I've been working all thru the chrimbo hols, otherwise the residents I look after would all end up Lord of the Flies like.

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No-Information6480@reddit

Absolutely not! Why would i look forward to the daily grind?!! The fact that it's called 'the daily grind' should tell you something. I'm living a life of quiet desperation. I don't want to be old but I can't wait to retire.

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Melodic_Arm_387@reddit

Yes, can’t wait, but I won’t be back until March when my chemotherapy has finished so more than returning to work, I’m looking forward to the end of chemo.

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JohnMcAfeewaswhackd@reddit

Good luck, I hope 2024 brings you health and happiness.

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Aphantasia_Sucks@reddit

Good luck and I hope all goes well for you

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stvvrover@reddit

No. In fact I’d rather feast on my own shit quite frankly

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dukesolinus@reddit

For the first time ever I’ve had to work between Christmas and NYE as I changed jobs in 2023. Tell you what, I didn’t mind it. Work was quiet enough to not worry about deadlines. I was working from home, so maybe that helped. But I actually didn’t dread it. Made the time off definitely cheaper as I didn’t have to find any open attractions in the area to spend money on.

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Ok-End3918@reddit

I work in IT and always volunteer to work over the Christmas period. Nothing happens and I can escape the usual office bureaucracy as nearly everybody else has booked time off. Gives me a good opportunity to do a bit of innovation and the 'fun' projects that normally don't get enough time. Then when everybody is back, they feel sorry for me and thank me for working over the holiday!

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JennyW93@reddit

I really was, but then I got made redundant a couple of days before Christmas, so there’s nothing to go back to. I really enjoyed my work

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clarebear-82@reddit

Been there. You new job then is find a new job, treat looking for a job you’re new full time job

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Smart_Calendar4523@reddit

I'm absolutely dreading going back to work because my job is completely meaningless, but I also get really bored and grumpy when I'm not at work because there's no structure. So I'm glad the holiday is finished as my wife and I spent it arguing with each other as we both hate being cooped up in the house for too long with nothing to do, but also not that glad as it'll be three months before I next have a day off.

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clarebear-82@reddit

I could have wrote this myself.

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Neat_Nebula3596@reddit

Sounds fucking awful, all of it

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Smart_Calendar4523@reddit

Oh well, at least we have a whole year until the shitshow happens again.

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Ok-Train5382@reddit

I think he was also commenting on you being married to someone you can’t spend time with without arguing

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Smart_Calendar4523@reddit

It's only when we have time off at the same time.

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katorias@reddit

Nah, I enjoy my job/profession but it’s not what defines me, I find life much more pleasant and fulfilling being around family and investing in hobbies. Fortunately I’m off until the 8th so no need to think about work just yet 😎

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clarebear-82@reddit

On the one hand I like the routine on the other I feel like I have a super size dose of the Sunday dread today. I imagine it’s also gonna be a hell of a lot worse tomorrow

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avid-software-dev@reddit

Yes actually, unlikely most I do enjoy my job and when I’m not working I do my job for myself as a hobby. I’m WFH so it doesn’t give me much more structure.

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Goochregent@reddit

No. I don't need wage slavery to oversee my day to day life. How the hell are you happy giving up so much time and agency to it?

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palishkoto@reddit

> I don't need wage slavery to oversee my day to day life Well, most of us need money to survive, so there's that. Even if you would give up work the moment you won the lottery, it's still possible to find aspects of your work that you enjoy (e.g. solving the challenge of a particular project if you work in even something generic like business development), or that you find fulfilling (e.g. aspects of the job in medicine, teaching, care, hell even something like hairdressing or beauty and making people feel good about themselves). I know even accountants who enjoy their job because they like feeling like they're helping people with small businesses and the like.

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Goochregent@reddit

Of course I too need money from work to survive, but in my opinion finding some pride in a pencil-pusher job like the one I have is just a coping mechanism for the reality that we must waste most of our waking hours doing this. Maybe if you are some freelance blacksmith/tradesman or something, I can see having pride in what you produce as logical. But most of us don't have jobs like that.

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One-Digit@reddit

I am a tradesman and I have to deal with so many dumbasses and entitled customers that I don’t even care about the work I do. Don’t get me wrong, I do good work, I just don’t give a fuck about it, after it’s done, and feel zero sense of accomplishment. I’d rather be at the gym or creating music. I used to enjoy it, when money was worth something; these days, I just feel like a slave.

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Goochregent@reddit

Its hard to accept and admittedly probably an unhelpful mindset (since it doesn't change our reality) but I see it the same way. Just a dispensable part in society's mechanisms that can be changed out and thrown away. Likewise, I just clock out and enjoy the time I don't need to work and get my agency back. I think that's still a pretty positive way of looking at it.

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beneyh@reddit

Yes. I throughly miss the international travel of my work and the places I get to visit

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Aphantasia_Sucks@reddit

Yep, can't wait. I really enjoy my job and Christmas is an inconvenience to me because I'm not religious, don't have kids and to me anyway is a waste of my time.

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YchYFi@reddit

Been back since Wednesday. What's this holiday you speak of?

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Remote_Echidna_8157@reddit

Same. Bunch of rich part time Redditors who don't know how good they have it

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YchYFi@reddit

Lol. I've been downvoted for saying the same thing others have. It is a weird redditor morning.

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WonderfulAd8599@reddit

Well OP, I enjoy my job but I don't like going to work. But then if I didn't need to be there, I wouldn't have a job. Oh well.

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newchaptersnewverses@reddit

Nah. And I WFH.

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bandersnatch999@reddit

Lol same

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Steveh444@reddit

I don’t want to go back to work. This is the only break of the year when everything at the company shuts down which means my site is exactly how I left it. There won’t be things that have been done wrong or a lazy assed stand in leaving things until I get back meaning that the first few days back are a real pain. I still don’t want to go back though.

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_patriciabateman@reddit

The daily *grind* for *what?* This term was invented for individuals who wished to better their lives and become financially free. Not for someone attempting to cope by pretending to like slaving away 9-5 for someone else’s dream. Break free from the chains, and redefine the grind to mean what areas of your life are you working on that *directly* benefit you?

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Business-Estate9239@reddit

Yeah tbh I prefer daily life and "normality". The kids are also off till the 8th here and next week will be tough finding things for them to do.

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West_Yorkshire@reddit

I never stopped :(

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eyesorecozza@reddit

I have a fulfilling and challenging job (working with young people) so I don't mind getting back to that but not looking forward to setting the alarm clock again and getting up in the dark and the cold (Scotland FYI).

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Praetorian_1975@reddit

Getting away from ‘family’

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FebruaryStars84@reddit

Christ, no. I’ve been thinking ‘argh, only x more days before back to work’ since about Boxing Day.

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Tough_Grapefruit5237@reddit

Routine of life: exercise, regular dog walk, cooking proper meals. Yes, looking forward to having that back but have enjoyed the break. Routine of work: absolutely not.

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ExcitementNo6837@reddit

Yes, I'm looking for better opportunities, less work, higher skill for more pay. Building a base of hand picked companies etc to target for opportunities. Getting my name out there, hopefully the grind will turn out fun. Lack of energy is what holds me back. If you don't like the grind, there are different things to try!

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MagpieMelon@reddit

I am! I've spent the last three months being underemployed and before that I did shift work but I start a 9-5 job on the 15th and I'm excited to finally have some stability and a routine.

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blacknightcat@reddit

I am absolutely not looking forward to returning. I took 2 weeks off in December due to stress and regretted returning pre-Christmas. I’ve been having stress dreams about work during the festive break and I fluctuate between ‘I can do this, I just need to set firmer boundaries’ and ‘I absolutely cannot do this, it’s going to be awful.’ Safe to say, I’m looking for a new job.

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kbm79@reddit

I dont mind per se. Not looking forward to the first day back, that slightly sick depressed feeling of a holiday over. Takes a while to get back into it. Only last a day mind.

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DiscountNuggets@reddit

Yeah I’m looking forward to it. I love my job, literally just my hobby that I get paid for. My team are great. I enjoy a bit of structure to my week. That doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy my time off though. I’ve had nearly two weeks off now. I’ve done my hobbies, decorated a room, seen all my friends and family, drunk a bit too much. But I’m ready to go back.

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blacknightcat@reddit

What’s your job, if you don’t mind sharing?

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funkymoped40@reddit

I've managed to bag myself another 6 weeks off due to a displaced fracture of the fibula. Amazing how much you miss working when you can't go lol

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Spottyjamie@reddit

Strangely yes

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KnucklesRicci@reddit

Imagine that. I enjoy my job but I find it hard to imagine WANTING to not be free and wanting to be working. Sad as fuck.

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Greggy398@reddit

I mean if I could have my salary and not work that would be great lol. Though saying that I really like where I work so I'm not exactly dreading going back.

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InspectionLong5000@reddit

I'm not looking forward to it, I absolutely love doing nothing. But I don't shudder at the thought of it - I enjoy my job, it's challenging and rewarding. I absolutely fucking hated my last job. This time last year I'd be dreading Tuesday.

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Still_Guide_1494@reddit

Having a job you hate is the worst thing ever. If you hate your job you effectively hate your life.

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rogeroutmal@reddit

I took redundancy so taking a year off as of January, best Christmas ever.

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No_Abbreviations3963@reddit

Delete this

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contemplating7@reddit

I try to not take time off work between Christmas and New year. It's a quieter time at my work so it makes sense to work then and keep things ticking over. I took time off in the run up to Christmas so I could feel relaxed for Christmas and have everything done. The other people in the team were probably more busy and stressed about getting things done in time to be off between Christmas and New year.

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ComadoreJackSparrow@reddit

No. My department has been behind since September after both our instruments were down for two weeks, and ever since then, we've been having method issues on the HPLC, meaning that each sample has to be run multiple times until we get a coherent result. In the last three months 3 senior members of my department, one being the manger, have left and as of the 2nd of January I am the most senior member of the department with 4 months of experience. I don't know what the fuck I'm doing. I've been watching my resting heart rate and stress on my garmin watch slowly creep up since Thursday.

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TheRealPatrick79@reddit

The last few days have been like being retired, and I love it. Pottering about, taking time to do little jobs, going for lots of strolls, complaining about young people. Honestly, it's wonderful. Only 24 more years to go until I can do it for real.

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JedsBike@reddit

Yes because I’m self employed and have no real work for 3 months. But the kids are driving me nuts!

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Accomplished-Bank782@reddit

I like my job, but this Christmas has been exhausting (older relative ended up hospitalised on Christmas Day, hospital dr failed to prescribe the drugs keeping a terminal illness more or less manageable and they ended up briefly psychotic, complaints, distress etc) and I don’t feel like I’ve had a break at all. So I’m glad that in my case at least I’m staying at home until the kids go back to school. I have a full week when I do go back so I need a bit of actual rest time!

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Els236@reddit

I didn't get any Christmas break and was shifted for Xmas Eve, Xmas Day, Boxing Day and now I'm back on my 4-on for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. I spent a grand total of about an hour with my partner across all 3 of those days combined, as we were both working. Certainly changes things from when I worked in manufacturing and had almost 14 days off to go visit family/go on holiday somewhere.

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Gullflyinghigh@reddit

Fuck no, dreading it. I'm more than capable of setting a routine or aiming for goals myself without the need for work to do it for me. If anything, the utterly pointless shite I get paid for just takes away from things I'd rather be doing.

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palishkoto@reddit

I've already been back this week. Looking forward to it might be a bit strong but I've hated the periods of my life where I've been out of work, so I do at least appreciate having a routine.

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BazookaWaffle@reddit

I really enjoyed finishing work for the year, Christmas was brilliant and meeting up with friends the next day. My husband has worked nights throughout so although I have my children, it’s very difficult to keep them entertained all day, every day. So I’m with you, roll on Tuesday, I can get some space and use my brain again. Happy new year to you all!!

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imminentmailing463@reddit

Absolutely not. I don't mind my job at all, but being off work is always better than being at work.

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