So disillusioned with the corporate "lifestyle"
I started my graduate job last year, so it’s probably so stupid to be posting this when I have 40+ years of my career left to go. But I feel so insanely disillusioned with my corporate job + lifestyle
The people in my team are in the office from 8 and will be online at 9/10 if it’s a busy project. I’m not even in a crazy finance job or anything, it’s deals. They’ll work through their lunch break and eat lunch and breakfast at their desks. Their time is taken up with travel and trains. Half the smiles and small talk and coffee chats feel so fake. I don’t want this to be my life
Sitting at a desk all day is so suffocating. Even small things like being unable to do an activity because it happens during the day makes me feel so stuck. It’s even worse in winter when the few hours of daylight are stuck inside and at a desk.
I know I still have the evenings/weekends to do stuff. But I can’t even properly enjoy them because I’m dreading going back to work the next day. And the amount of time spent at work and commuting vs free time is insane. Cooking/cleaning/chores alone takes so much time, what little time do you even have left to enjoy life?
I want to do something more hands-on and outside. I can’t imagine living like this when I’m 50. But which jobs pay as well as corporate? I’m no entrepreneur and I’ll never want to own my own business. I’ve never imagined a life outside of a corporate job and now that I have one I feel suffocated