Politics in the Workplace
Is anybody out there?
Being surrounded by non-imaginative, anti-creative, technologically-complacent coworkers is becoming draining. I'm on an island of hope1 treading water from 9 to 5.
It wasn't always this bad--at least I didn't always feel this bad about my job. We do tangible good in the world. There is minimal micromanaging. The pay is OK with steady small percentage bumps. There are interesting technological problems to solve. You don't get cooped up in an office all day every day. There is a lot to like.
But, eventually, something shifted. Internally. Once I started learning to ropes I became part of the team, rather than 'the new guy' still learning everything he can. When you're part of the team you start to actually pay attention to what people say and do.
Do I really want to share my foreseeable future with people who think Obama spent $300 million dollars on a basketball court? It takes all of 20 seconds to disprove, and some of them even changed their minds when I did so, but that gets so tiring.
Zohran is a terrorist, people are eating cats in Springfield, 'illegals' are committing mass crimes, Seattle is a lawless wasteland, and literally anything else that is on Fox news the day before.
I've made efforts to remove doomscrolling from my life but then I get all the same bullshit from my coworkers and boss for 8 hours a day.
I need a new job. I want to find my people. My place. People who care, hope, and have empathy. People who extend, not ridicule.
I'm going make a study plan for a new certification and start working on it soon, possibly after the New Year. I will not be using our reimbursement program because I will GTFO as soon as I am done with it.
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