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Waking up early for the fucking 8:30 AM meeting is the worst part of my life. I hate it.
sounds like easy money if you're paid that half hour to do nothing, basically
if you're salary, that's dumb af tho
ours is 8.37 every day, and management struggles to think of things to do at it.
Maybe it's time to start thinking about another job?
We need money to live, but there is no amount of money worth losing your happiness over. Sometimes it's better to sell the house, buy a good used Toyota, and take a pay cut to get a significantly less stressful job. Also make sure you are practicing self care. Eating well, taking time to yourself to enjoy the things you want to do, even if it's just sleeping.
And on that note, I highly recommend a Prius! They are amazing companions.
The fuck part of 830 is early? Enjoy your breakfast and shitting a home I punch in at 630. At least I do get paid for my morning dump and shit post session
This kind of "must be nice" reaction is exactly what the owner class wants: workers pissy at each other over how big their crumbs are, instead of at the perpetrators who feast on the bad situation they created.
Ok, but think of it in terms of normal start times vs needing to go in early, instead of the actual hour. If you usually start at 6:30 but had to go in for 6:00 for no reason other than a meeting that could have been an email, it sucks.
I used to have a 6:30 start time when I was younger, had an hour commute, and still had time for breakfast at home in the morning. It absolutely sucked and I hated it. Getting up for 8:30 start times still sucks if you're used to 9:00 start times.
That's a perfectly fair point, well taken.
Let's just say getting out of bed and leaving the house on somebody else's schedule to make somebody else money sucks in general.