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[Vicetrailia]

I’m saying this because it wasn’t always like this. I swear 10-12 years ago a few big OT checks or a bonus would stack in my savings/investment account or help me plan vacation.

Now I don’t see anything, because my normal budget doesn’t pay for all of the extra shit that builds and comes up out of the wood work. If I wanna keep an emergency fund I always have to burn my OT/bonus.

And now my car insurance is going up a ton, I’ve already been shopping and changing insurers other years and holy fucking shit what is going on? I have a perfect fucking driving record, and a non-electric or luxury car, and I’m still getting blasted with higher costs that eat into my monthly savings more and more.

OT does nothing but help me throw a couple more buckets of water into an ocean. Also I don’t lifestyle creep as I make more, it’s the cost of living stealing everything, and the fact that I’m not moving up in income $12k a year or something.

I feel like rather than try to “get rich” I need to take my USD to a way cheaper country.

 

[KrakenIPA]

Yeah your right, it was 10 years ago when i realized overtime just wasn't worth it. Now I work my assigned hours and move on (give or take a few hours to set myself up).

A truckdriver I recently talked to says that the company clocked him in once he sat down in the driver's seat. That's wild.

 

[NecrosaroIII]

My coworkers swear by it. They try to eat that shit up. For my part, I try to stay as close to 40 hr a week.

My wife has a similar hourly rate that I do. However she regularly works 12 hours a day. Sometimes she'll work weekends. Because of this she makes almost 2x I do.

Maybe I'm just mediocre with no work ethic, but damn. I just don't care about my job that much. It's a way for me to survive so I can do shit I actually care about.