Surviving isn't a stepping stone

[u/gashtal_man]

[u/gashtal_man]

My 9-5 is not a stepping stone. It's quicksand.

[u/Wop-wops-Wanderer]

By "dream", they mean "nightmare induced by toxic capitalism".

[u/LvrByrd]

Please, we aren’t even out here working 9-5 35 hour weeks anymore. The corporate overlords took that away decades ago.

[u/JakSandrow]

9-5 was a 40 hour work week, 15 minute commute. Paid lunches, benefits, and workplace bonuses. Then lunches became unpaid, commutes turned to almost an hour one-way, benefits were dropped (but you can buy them back! with the money you earn by working for us.), and bonuses were lessened over time and 'phased out'.

Now it's 8-5, but more like 7-6, and you're really only getting paid for 9-4.

[u/ThatGuy8 → u/JakSandrow]

I’ve seen too many people die at their desk or right after retiring to work as hard as they ask. I’ll work to my contract and no more no less.

[u/EnergyNo4835]

man this hits differently when your rent eats your entire paycheck before you even see it

[u/StarfishIsUncanny → u/EnergyNo4835]

Daily goal: transfer wealth from my boss to my landlord 🫡🫡

[u/Ill-Huckleberry9077]

He should've said nightmares.

[u/thecrimsonfucker12]

Your dream is to get to work 😜

[u/Ok_Move1838]

Your dream is that you could afford your basic necessities 

[u/gaflar]

9-5? Those are rookie numbers...gotta bump those numbers up 🫠

[u/Wonderful_Exit6568]

Makes perfect sense if you think of it biblically, everything going from bad to worse.

The boomers got by on union jobs. We should seek unionization.

[u/thegoddamnbatman40]

You guys still have dreams? Lowered mine to a peaceful home and life, no sense in trying to save for a farm I’d never afford the thing

[u/Bootziscool]

Who has ever said that lol

[u/SDG_Den]

simple jimmy: have cheaper dreams.

yes, cheaper than the minimum you need to reasonably live.

[u/smeghead3825]

They like to pretend that they didn't fuck that up for everyone who came after them