I was at an extremely low stress gig for a few years, and I jumped ship to go full remote and to make more money. Im grateful for the opportunities and try to make the most of them.
Anyways the new job is def a lot more stressful and Im not as crazy about the work or the company. I think the new millennial thing to do is have a kind of existential crisis about emotional fulfillment and all that. But I have kind of made peace with the fact that….. it’s a job. I don’t get paid in fulfillment. I get paid money. I seek fulfillment elsewhere.
Dont get me wrong. I think most people are underpaid and taken advantage of by their employers. And if a job is taking a legit psychological or physical toll on you that’s not good. Im not giving a blank check for jobs to be shitty and draining. But I think it’s also worth keeping what a job is in perspective. You go to work to do stuff that adds enough value to a company that they pay you for it. If that happens to give you purpose and fulfillment that’s even better. But I dont know if its reasonable to be a baseline expectation.