u/pallavkulhari
▲ 5 r/quit9to5
Jay-Z called it.
9to5 is how you survive. Honest, accurate, uncomfortable.
Pay the bills. Keep the job. Avoid risk. Please everyone around you. Don't deviate from how the average person lives.
Security doesn't provide fulfilment.
Security is just level 1 of the game.
You don't have to over-optimise for level 1. You don't have to achieve FIRE inside 9to5. You don't have to achieve FIRE for your next 7 generations.
The game changes beyond survival, but most people don't.
Solve for fulfilment.
u/pallavkulhari — 8 days ago
▲ 0 r/quit9to5
It got a salary. Weekends off. And a few allowed leaves.
Employers gave you some flexibility. Some more autonomy. Some pay rises. But can we call it full autonomy? No. So, is it slavery then? Again, no.
Think of it as a spectrum. Slavery on one end. Full autonomy on the other.
Every generation moved slightly further along it. Better pay, more flexibility, more dignity. The core reason: job-switching became easier, which forced employers to give you a reason to stay. But we are still far from the other end.
PERKS ARE NOT AUTONOMY.
They are incentives to stay caged comfortably. So, beyond macro factors, what can you actually do? How can you, as an individual, move towards full autonomy?
↳ Create more value than the average employee. Make the gap unmistakable.
↳ The fastest way to amplify value creation: learn to use modern tools better than anyone around you. These newer tools are often more efficient at problem-solving.
↳ When you create huge value for an organisation, the cost of replacing you becomes higher than agreeing to your terms.
That's when the employer will have to agree to your terms. That's how you move towards full autonomy.
Autonomy is not given. It is negotiated. And only the irreplaceable get to negotiate.
u/pallavkulhari — 24 days ago
▲ 1 r/quit9to5
This is the future of work:
↳ Payment for results, not hours
↳ Multiple income streams
↳ No rigid leave policies
↳ No meaningless work
↳ Work from anywhere
↳ Skills over degrees
↳ No fixed working hours
↳ More skilled freelancers
↳ Job titles losing relevance
↳ Projects over permanent jobs
People will value freedom and flexibility more than ever, let alone tolerating workplace toxicity.
Don't believe it? You're just being too pessimistic.
Many, including me, have already started building a life like this. And every day, more people are hopping on board.
u/pallavkulhari — 27 days ago