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[-] Okokimup@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

People like work. We hate jobs.

[-] lingh0e@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

I used to love my job. I ran movie theaters. Not only was I good at it, I felt a great deal of personal satisfaction. I had fun going in to work. Then I got something I love more: a wife and kids. Movie theaters didn't pay the bills, and it required too many nights, weekends and holidays. If I wanted to make more money and spend more time with my family, I needed to find a respectable 9-5. It took me another 5 years of bouncing around jobs to find one that, while I don't love it it's not a job that makes me want to drive off a cliff.

My kids are getting old enough that, if theaters started offering respectable living wages for adults with families, I'd go back to the industry in a heartbeat.

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