Curse of the comfortable job
Discussion
I'm wrestling with my thoughts.
For context I'm 35 and work in a technical support role for a large multinational company. It's a well paying job by normal standards think 120-150 only average at best for PH though! I've been in much the same role for 7 years now and can do it standing on my head, it requires on average a couple of hours work a day and there's no real path for promotion.
Now I feel incredibly lucky but it's dawned on me, do I want to carry on like this for 30 years? When I come to retirement will I look back and think what did I achieve? F all would be the answer. In the support role I can't have any real meaningful impact on anything. Would I feel like I wasted my life doing something that doesn't really matter?
Maybe I'm having a mid life crisis. Can anyone relate?
For context I'm 35 and work in a technical support role for a large multinational company. It's a well paying job by normal standards think 120-150 only average at best for PH though! I've been in much the same role for 7 years now and can do it standing on my head, it requires on average a couple of hours work a day and there's no real path for promotion.
Now I feel incredibly lucky but it's dawned on me, do I want to carry on like this for 30 years? When I come to retirement will I look back and think what did I achieve? F all would be the answer. In the support role I can't have any real meaningful impact on anything. Would I feel like I wasted my life doing something that doesn't really matter?
Maybe I'm having a mid life crisis. Can anyone relate?
If, IF, this is a serious post, then £150k for a couple of hours work a day and you're wondering if it's sustainable?
Only on PH.
F the work, just do it, suck it up, and spend the (frankly, huge) sums you are getting on paying the mortgage off within 4 years, and then living the high life, a new (very nice) car every couple of years, decent holidays, nice hobbies etc.
But a part of me wants to call first post bull-s
tteryness.
Only on PH.
F the work, just do it, suck it up, and spend the (frankly, huge) sums you are getting on paying the mortgage off within 4 years, and then living the high life, a new (very nice) car every couple of years, decent holidays, nice hobbies etc.
But a part of me wants to call first post bull-s
tteryness. The patience game is a funny one. I was at an employer for 10 years, ok wage, bonus yearly but it was becoming full of tossers so left.
Why are you thinking about 30 years away? Are you sure the company will exist? Have you saved enough if they go under, or you maybe do only another 15-20 years and go semi retired and part time doing something you want to diverse?
Why are you thinking about 30 years away? Are you sure the company will exist? Have you saved enough if they go under, or you maybe do only another 15-20 years and go semi retired and part time doing something you want to diverse?
On that kind of wage doing that little work you've got loads of options.
99.999999 of people do nothing significant with their lives and will be all but forgotten within 3 generations anyway. Either learn to accept that fact or try and do something about it if it's the kind of thing that bothers you.
99.999999 of people do nothing significant with their lives and will be all but forgotten within 3 generations anyway. Either learn to accept that fact or try and do something about it if it's the kind of thing that bothers you.
GS2 said:
I'm wrestling with my thoughts.
For context I'm 35 and work in a technical support role for a large multinational company. It's a well paying job by normal standards think 120-150 only average at best for PH though! I've been in much the same role for 7 years now and can do it standing on my head, it requires on average a couple of hours work a day and there's no real path for promotion.
Now I feel incredibly lucky but it's dawned on me, do I want to carry on like this for 30 years? When I come to retirement will I look back and think what did I achieve? F all would be the answer. In the support role I can't have any real meaningful impact on anything. Would I feel like I wasted my life doing something that doesn't really matter?
Maybe I'm having a mid life crisis. Can anyone relate?
A mid life crisis at 35 because you earn 6 figures for a part time job? If only we could all have it so tough For context I'm 35 and work in a technical support role for a large multinational company. It's a well paying job by normal standards think 120-150 only average at best for PH though! I've been in much the same role for 7 years now and can do it standing on my head, it requires on average a couple of hours work a day and there's no real path for promotion.
Now I feel incredibly lucky but it's dawned on me, do I want to carry on like this for 30 years? When I come to retirement will I look back and think what did I achieve? F all would be the answer. In the support role I can't have any real meaningful impact on anything. Would I feel like I wasted my life doing something that doesn't really matter?
Maybe I'm having a mid life crisis. Can anyone relate?
Seriously, if you're feeling unfulfilled then look for something else. However, what I would do in your position is get into some expensive hobbies
I am in a similar-ish position. Senior IT manager. Various changes have meant that we arent as busy as before and some days there isnt a great deal to do. Fridays for example no one has any meeting scheduled.
Its very unrewarding, but most of working in IT is. But I find fulfillment in other areas of my life. Work is work, its only purpose for me is to provide for me and my family. I turn up, do what I need to do and thats it, and if some days doing nothing is all I have then so be it.
I am still an escalation point and when it goes wrong its very much my responsibility to make sure its sorted, at times it can be very stressful. I take the quiet times as rewards for the times when the st has hit the fan and Im dealing with a major incident
Its very unrewarding, but most of working in IT is. But I find fulfillment in other areas of my life. Work is work, its only purpose for me is to provide for me and my family. I turn up, do what I need to do and thats it, and if some days doing nothing is all I have then so be it.
I am still an escalation point and when it goes wrong its very much my responsibility to make sure its sorted, at times it can be very stressful. I take the quiet times as rewards for the times when the s
t has hit the fan and Im dealing with a major incidentDoofus said:
They don't think you're crazy. They think you're lying.
Most likely because they havent been in the same situation. However if they think I'm trolling I am going to assume that is because they think it is a great position to be in and that I should stick it out. Which is helpful.I think the reality is more likely that if the job is only taking a couple of hours a day, that within a few years someone will notice. They will stop it happening, most likely with redundancy. These things don't last forever, they never do. Either make the most of it by keeping your skills relevant, or setting up something to fill your time when they sack you make you redundant
SteveStrange said:
If, IF, this is a serious post, then £150k for a couple of hours work a day and you're wondering if it's sustainable?
Only on PH.
F the work, just do it, suck it up, and spend the (frankly, huge) sums you are getting on paying the mortgage off within 4 years, and then living the high life, a new (very nice) car every couple of years, decent holidays, nice hobbies etc.
But a part of me wants to call first post bull-stteryness.
Easter holidays innit Only on PH.
F the work, just do it, suck it up, and spend the (frankly, huge) sums you are getting on paying the mortgage off within 4 years, and then living the high life, a new (very nice) car every couple of years, decent holidays, nice hobbies etc.
But a part of me wants to call first post bull-s
tteryness. 
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