Anyone else hate their job, but the money is too good to leave it?

I'm curious how bad it is, last 10 years what's been worse for you, your job or Tennessee football?

I feel you man. Thankfully my wife has a good job as well so we wouldn’t drown, just flounder if I stopped working. I’m trying to grind it out in my 30’s and 40’s so I can retire in my early 50’s and enjoy life. It’s tough some days, but I try to keep my eyes on the goal even when the pressure feels suffocating. I may be taking on too much right now but I want to do as much as I can for my family. I think I honestly just need a long vacation more than anything.

This whole post sounds like something an operator baw would write.

Source: I used to be an operator. Felt like that every single day. Luckily I was young and single so I quit. Hated everything about it except the money.

This really hits home. You are not alone.

I try to remember my job is just a job. It’s a means to an end and I do it everyday for my family to live a slightly above average life.

I let go from my career (paycheck, rat race) twice. Once unsuccessfully and the latter successfully.

My advice - get into something else while keeping current paycheck until earnings justify making a move

Reality - expect to sustain many months with no personal income to maintain cash... 9 times out of 10 it will require 100% of your time and holding a job will eventually hinder your ability to deliver

Pfff you should try hating your job and making shite money, that’s a real problem

Happiness, TRUE happiness, comes from helping others and being unselfish.

I love my current job and the money is really good but I just put in my two weeks notice the other day. I’ve been away from friends and family too long so I’m making the move back to Texas from Maryland. Taking a huge pay cut and career change but I’m hoping for a better quality of life. At my age and point in life I felt like this would be the last chance to make such a move and leap of faith. Life is too short

I don’t know what you do at your job but there are so many possible things about work or the work place environment that could cause a person to not enjoy their job. I did everything from oilfield rostabout to highly skilled industrial maintenance in my career but I worked at a physical pace that kept me from focusing on being happy in my job until I reached the best paying and least exhausting positions and those were the ones that ended up being less enjoyable and unlikeable.

There are so many company and government regulations that affect virtually every part of every job in America now that all the added paperwork and training and documentation make just being able to do your job a hassle. But when I’d get too stressed, I’d take several days off and I’d be better when I went back. Then when I retired, I actually missed my co-worker friends and missed the busy pace and really realized how good of a job I had and kinda wished I could go back part time but I got passed that and find plenty to keep me busy now.

If you like some things about your job and the pay is good, maybe you could take frequent 4-5 day vacation day breaks, PDO or whatever to give you time to get away to rewind. I had a friend that was in a situation like you described, he ranted and talked and threatened to leave so he stacked 5 of his 6 weeks of vacation and 4 PDO days with a 7 day split on his 12 hour shift rotation. I don’t know what all went on while he was of for 46 days but he was an hour early to work his first day back and wore his co-workers out telling them how glad he was to have a great job to come back to and how happy he was to be back. Something about being off a long time made him realize he didn’t have it nearly as bad as he had been thinking.

A few years ago in my old career I got to the point where I down right hated going to work. I dreaded Monday mornings. So I took the leap and did a career change to something completely different. Fortunately I’m making way more in the career field I switched to but after several years the newness started wearing off and the excitement of a new career went away. I will say I still don’t look forward to coming to work but it’s bearable compared to my last job simply because I’m making much more. I’ve come to the conclusion that work is just a means to make money for me. I’m not looking to build my career or move up. I’m perfectly fine staying in my entry level spot and the pay is good based on my responsibilities. It’s not the most glorious job but it pays the bills and allows me to do the things I want to do in life. Some people just don’t have the passion for their career and that’s me. The important thing I’ve learned is you might not ever find a job you love to get up and go to but you need to find something bearable. It’s not that I’m a lazy person. I can and do work hard at my job. I just don’t get a whole lot of fulfillment out of it and maybe that’s what you’re experiencing. I’ve learned to live with it and realize that there are tons of people that would love making the money I make. Like others said having a crappy job is one thing but making crappy pay just makes it that much work and that was my old job. Good luck