Don’t Let Someone Tell You That You’re Lucky Just to Have a Job
“You’re so lucky to have a job right now, just be grateful!”
NO.
While I’m a huge advocate and practitioner of gratitude, I’ve talked to many job seekers whose friends and family (and society in general) are making them feel guilty for not just being “happy to have a job.”
It’s as if a job itself is the end all be all in life — and having one means you should be complacent.
Meanwhile, these folks are being forcefully pulled away from their families back to offices, experiencing toxicity and abuse from managers, commuting hours every day, and one woman was actually scolded (and threatened with termination) for taking time to tend to her sick parents in a different state.
Mind you, she could have just worked remotely from her parent’s place.
There was no legitimate reason she needed to be at the office.
These are all stories I’ve heard in the past couple of months.
Here’s the thing:
The moment you convince yourself you’re lucky to be abused in a toxic environment is the moment you give up your agency to change the situation.
You are the only one in the drivers’ seat of your life, not your parents, siblings, friends, or society.
If your intuition is telling you to get out, don’t listen to these people.
Start forging the path to make the change
And with 39% of adults considering resignation if their employers aren’t flexible about work, a lot of people are going to
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