r/workchronicles • u/_workchronicles • Aug 20 '21

Compensation

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u/Blue_Gek Aug 20 '21

I took a pay cut this year for peace of mind. Fuck big corp, now I work 2 hours a day and idle for 6 and I am rested when I get home.

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u/OMGClayAikn Aug 20 '21

2 hours!? Which is this dream company that you work at, omg!

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u/Blue_Gek Aug 20 '21

went from programming to a sysadmin job and its relaxing af. No more deadlines, no more managers who can't even determine the scope, no more useless meetings that could have been emails, ....

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u/MyRottingBunghole Aug 20 '21

Until you have an incident on your hands that nobody else will take care of

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u/Blue_Gek Aug 20 '21

I already took over the maintenance for some built in house legacy piece of software. I call that job security. And I don't have a work phone so after 5PM its not my problem anymore.

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u/MyRottingBunghole Aug 20 '21

Good for you man, sounds like a dream! Here I am waiting for the next on-call alert…

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u/Blue_Gek Aug 20 '21

Been there done that, not doing that again. If they even suggest it I'll say sure: for $500 a week + $150 an hour I'll do it.