I don't disagree. Most people aren't loyal to a job, they are loyal to their stability and comfort provided by knowing exactly what they will have to do and what they get out of it.
Its that surge of "fuck it" that makes all that unworth it, and pushes them elsewhere.
I like my job. I cheer at the weekends of course but I don't begrudge my mondays.
I own my house, I eat well. I like my coworkers well enough.
If I were offered double to work somewhere else with similar conditions, I'd apply in a heartbeat. Money's money. No rage, despair, or hatred, just a fact of life.
There's the difference. You were being offered a job, you weren't applying randomly to places.
Especially as if there was a double pay version of the same job out there, and you weren't already applied to it, you either aren't qualified to get it or smart enough to have it. Rage applying "new jobs" are for movements to new companies, industries, or something far more diagonal.
Why waste energy by being emotional about work? For me, everything is a cold business decision, balancing the value of my time, how much money I need to live the life I want, and who I want to sell that time to.
Well I'm glad you are a perfect stoic being of unflappability who only exists on pure logic and is completely immune to stress. I'm sure that's very true and I'm proud of you.
For most, the comfort zone of what they know keeps them from recognizing their additional options, which requires a necessary shakeup to pursue. In this case, being willing to take a risk elsewhere becomes more worth the loss if it fails.
No one can avoid all stressful situations, but they can avoid compounding it with just a little applied discipline.
So, sure, valid criticism, I shouldn't have made it about me, but stress is a killer and I would urge everyone to at least try to compartmentalize. Not just in preventing stress from exerting a toll on your body, but also leading to bad decisions through emotional reactions and a rush to judgment.
The shake up works, of course, and it's better than accepting one's fate like an NPC, but no one ever gets ahead of the curve by just reacting.
I agree with you on all of that, as many people are far too loose with their emotions and stress, especially in regards to work. But I believe that properly applied anger, or even rage, is a greater tool than is given credit for.
Someone cooly looking at jobs will apply for ones that fit their criteria and generally keep the effort low, as there is low stakes involved. Someone doing so out of a frenzied desire to never set foot in that building again will be far looser with their stakes and pursue it with zeal and passion. Sure there is a risk of making a bad decision, but if your current job is driving you to such a place (or need advanced philosophical meditation to not reach it) than its unlikely the new job is that much of a step down anyway.
There is a balance between the two to find, but I find there are far more results in reality are born from not suppressing your emotions and instead letting them naturally motivate you further.
What kind of person applies for a new job and isn't motivated by rage, despair, or general hatred of their current one?
You should always be looking for the next job.
Your employer isn't loyal to you and you shouldn't be to it...
as my ex boss once said 'if you want loyalty, get a dog'
I don't disagree. Most people aren't loyal to a job, they are loyal to their stability and comfort provided by knowing exactly what they will have to do and what they get out of it.
Its that surge of "fuck it" that makes all that unworth it, and pushes them elsewhere.
Exactly, I don't consider myself too loyal just too lazy.
Greed?
I like my job. I cheer at the weekends of course but I don't begrudge my mondays.
I own my house, I eat well. I like my coworkers well enough.
If I were offered double to work somewhere else with similar conditions, I'd apply in a heartbeat. Money's money. No rage, despair, or hatred, just a fact of life.
There's the difference. You were being offered a job, you weren't applying randomly to places.
Especially as if there was a double pay version of the same job out there, and you weren't already applied to it, you either aren't qualified to get it or smart enough to have it. Rage applying "new jobs" are for movements to new companies, industries, or something far more diagonal.
Boredom?
I would file that under hatred, though less the burning simmer type and more the overall dislike.
Unless you are one of those who simply failing to apply for promotions that would challenge you proper, which yeah that checks.
Why waste energy by being emotional about work? For me, everything is a cold business decision, balancing the value of my time, how much money I need to live the life I want, and who I want to sell that time to.
Well I'm glad you are a perfect stoic being of unflappability who only exists on pure logic and is completely immune to stress. I'm sure that's very true and I'm proud of you.
For most, the comfort zone of what they know keeps them from recognizing their additional options, which requires a necessary shakeup to pursue. In this case, being willing to take a risk elsewhere becomes more worth the loss if it fails.
No one can avoid all stressful situations, but they can avoid compounding it with just a little applied discipline.
So, sure, valid criticism, I shouldn't have made it about me, but stress is a killer and I would urge everyone to at least try to compartmentalize. Not just in preventing stress from exerting a toll on your body, but also leading to bad decisions through emotional reactions and a rush to judgment.
The shake up works, of course, and it's better than accepting one's fate like an NPC, but no one ever gets ahead of the curve by just reacting.
I agree with you on all of that, as many people are far too loose with their emotions and stress, especially in regards to work. But I believe that properly applied anger, or even rage, is a greater tool than is given credit for.
Someone cooly looking at jobs will apply for ones that fit their criteria and generally keep the effort low, as there is low stakes involved. Someone doing so out of a frenzied desire to never set foot in that building again will be far looser with their stakes and pursue it with zeal and passion. Sure there is a risk of making a bad decision, but if your current job is driving you to such a place (or need advanced philosophical meditation to not reach it) than its unlikely the new job is that much of a step down anyway.
There is a balance between the two to find, but I find there are far more results in reality are born from not suppressing your emotions and instead letting them naturally motivate you further.