My current employer once said to me, “I get the impression you work to live, not live to work.” Uh, yeah motherfucker.
me after reading this:
A boss once sat me down and said, I swear to fuck, that it was a bad thing that I was interested in leaving work on time. Like he said something like “I’m told that you like going home at the end of the day.”
I asked him what I meant. Like I point blank said “Are you saying I don’t work enough overtime?”
“…no,” he said, since we got in trouble if we worked OT. It was treated as a moral failing on our parts.
“So are you saying I should be working for free?” I asked. This is a trap question. It was a corporate job. Which meant he actually was limited in the shit he could pull.
“….no,” he grudgingly replied.
“So what is the problem?” I asked. And he had to admit that, technically, I had done nothing wrong.
But he tried to guilt me over LIKING TO GO HOME AT THE END OF THE DAY. After each 8-10 hour shift where I was allowed ZERO breaks, despite the law requiring I get a minimum of 15 minutes every 4 hours.
He also got pissed off that I was very open with telling people I had given my notice. I didn’t bad mouth the place. I wasn’t negative. I was just open that, yes, I was moving and had therefor quit.
GEE I FUCKING WONDER WHY I WAS SO EXCITED TO BE LEAVING.
Anyone who’s foolish enough to tell me that working is a privilege I should “live” for ought to be drawn and quartered.
I’m dead serious; people are dropping dead like flies because of overwork.
