Yep.

The last few years are just to recover

That’s my entire working life right there

And in the latter, you've actually lost something you can't get back (pun not intended)

Over and above performance in a large corporation is a career disaster. All you're doing is raising the floor for what is "good enough" performance. And great performance very rarely generates a worthwhile return, for example, as a salaried employee working late over many weeks isn't going to result in extra pay or bonus that is equivalent to your normal pay (unless OT is paid). At best you'll get a tiny uptick in your annual pay increases or bonus. Instead, if you work for a large corporation, you need to decipher what result would be considered "good enough" and then work the absolute minimum to achieve to this, whilst keeping busy. That way you maximise your pay to effort ratio, achieve all your objectives and don't have capacity for anything more. P.s. I've worked in large corporations for 25 years, 15 of them as a manager. Take it from me, the last thing you want is be noticed as a high flyer. Your co-workers will hate you, your manager will pile more work on you while keeping you away from other internal jobs and promotions.

My "boss" just told me I'm adopted and then I resigned

*empty healthbar blinking* no im fine everything is alright :-D

Exactly. In America, you're not set up to win but to serve unless you're in the 1%. Then no matter how f*****g stupid you are, you fall up. Look at Trump and his kids. Lord almighty!

Or a phone call.

I am definitely stealing this. I can't believe it isn't higher

My last workplace: "We care about the wellbeing of our people so we've started a new initiative. We will get a bowl of fruit delivered every Monday." Yep, that free banana is going to make me feel SO much better about having a manager who bullies and gaslights staff.

Yup. If an interviewer is unhappy with your answer just ask "So what's the motivation of this company"

My last manager had the memory of a goldfish with dementia. I emailed EVERYTHING to her. If we had a verbal conversation I emailed a summary of it afterwards. An almost daily satisfaction was forwarding emails when she claimed I had/hadn't done something that she had/hadn't asked for. Although in hindsight a lot of her behaviour was probably deliberate gaslighting as she was trying to bully me into leaving.

Every. Single. Day. And I work from home.

Please! Let me shut off my brain and my ears.

We are burnt out even before starting working :(

This needs to be someone's signature line at the end of every email

After work it’s me time, no I don’t want to go to happy hour with my department, waiting 8 hours to leave and go see my cat

Yes.

Because capitalism has managed to individualize everything to a point most of us have internalized selfishness and loneliness as "human nature", and deeply believe life is just about everyone struggling against everyone - while the only reason our ancestors somehow managed to survive and make it through poverty and disasters until when we were born was a sense of community and solidarity.

This is why I'm not close to my family

Does anyone know of a job where you don’t have to work? I’m currently looking to change careers.

Do you suppose it might also be that, as we get older, we have a lot more responsibilities? People have kids to care for, maybe an older family member needs help, there are organizations that a person volunteers for, the dog needs to be walked, and so forth. I'm not sure we can lay all the blame on "capitalism."

I'd prefer Outlook emails over a phone conversation any day.

I also do. Remember that Malcolm quote : " You can't beat the system, but you can surely break it down".

And I head straight to the airport and buy a ticket to somewhere far, far away and just turn my phone off.

My hunter-gatherer skills suck so this is my only chance at survival...

See previous post about what depression looks like sometimes.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry boss. No, I wasn't on bored panda.