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I used to work as a fraud analyst in a call center for a financial institution, salary was great and the benefits were quite generous. Management were dillholes and clients made me lose faith in humanity quite quickly and I wanted to cry every day before work so much I was burnt out from it. Now I work as nightwatchman for a vacation resort, make less money and not much in terms of benefits but I'm easy as Sunday morning and my partner enjoys being around me again. Plus, when you consider how much income tax more I was paying before, I'm not making THAT much less when all is said an done. I was always frugal in my lifestyle anyway, I don't drink or smoke, I don't play video games, I don't really go out, I learned to repair my own clothes rather than buy new ones and I don't like brand names, and I pay a mortgage rather than rent so I have money left after the 1st of the month. So I don't have an exciting and extravagant life, but I'm quite content.
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I’m jealous.
I’ve been working 60+ hour weeks (9-9 basically) and I’m neck deep in the rat race, and the politics of working at my level is killing me.
Once I’ve got my house mostly paid off I can’t wait to just work random small jobs and relax.
Well, I DO 70hrs weeks, in that I work 10hr shifts for 7 days. But then I'm off for 7 days. Today is day off 1. But yeah, I love that I work all alone and I basically make my own schedule; I have a few tasks to do but I do them when I want during my shift, and they take up about a 3rd of my shift, so the rest of the time I a) help dayshifters by doing some of their chores, and b) educate myself cinematically. cough
I had a job like that working nights and I enjoyed that schedule. When you had your off week it felt like a vacation.
I've been kind of going though the same thing in the last few months, with very heavy work weeks and a daunting amount of things to do. I'm currently looking for a new job opportunity that would give me a better life balance, even though I know that it'll probably mean a big decrease in income. But spending more quality time with the wife and kids really is worth it.
Like the other commenter, I'm a bit jaleous.
It definitely is worth it. And if you live around the Laurentians, my boss is hiring!
Haha, I'm in Montérégie, but thank you for the offer!