So, a while back, a friend said that she was having a tough time at work, and I responded:I'm pretty sure that most people's relationship to work is an abusive one. Things like "work doesn't like it if I go out, so I can't be friends with you any more" and "work was bad for a long time, but yesterday it was good, so I think it's changed and we've
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1) The Boston job was abusive, but that was because of the personality of the employer, and as such was abuse at a personal level, not a job level. I don't think that the job dynamics etc that you describe quite matched the situation there. Nonetheless, the recovery period of 6 months was pretty apt. Of course, the first six months were spent extricating myself from the work, and the next six months recovering from the experience, but whatever. I stayed with it because the money was good, the learning experience was valuable, the work was generally interesting and meaningful, and I had a lot of responsibility. Something about duty-bound, too.
2) My current job is totally non-abusive. My employer recognizes that I am a valuable element of the team, with a skill set and attitude not easily replaced or replicated, and hence worth keeping on board through thick and thin. Also, the size of the company for which I work is sufficiently small that my labors have a pretty direct trickle-down effect to my bottom line. Thirdly, the work environment is way cool, and the work is generally sufficiently rewarding and important to be gratifying.
The handful of previous jobs (high school and similar stuff) weren't abusive at all. Perhaps this is because they were pretty low stakes for me.
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