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I don't like working anymore. I'm over it.
Lost my passion for techy work things. All I think about now is hobby related stuff and where my next cycling trip will take me.
I'm considering discussing a 4-day week with my employers, but I need to decide if the associated 20% pay cut is workable for me.
Hmmmmm..... decisions....
You and me both. I'm leaving my job in IT and taking a break for a few months. Hoping the time off will get me back in the mood to find a new position. This was my second career, not sure if I'm up for a third. :p Only two days until I'm done...
Wow! I should pull my finger out
When I feel this way I get a new job. I tend to change jobs every year or so 😆. Helps to get a pay rise as well!
4x10 as mentioned is a good option too. But if you can afford to live with the pay cut, seriously consider it. Trading your mental health for money isn't a good deal if you will still have enough money to live.
I cut my salary by around 50% when I moved back from Aus in 2020. Changed industry (medical marketing to tourism) and have never been happier. Work doesn't feel like work most of the time now... I suspect you need a change h whether that's a new job or a new industry, "change is as good as a holiday" is a truism for a reason!
I've been considering a complete change.
I need a job I can leave at work and not think about when I'm home.
I'm an engineer in a senior position yearning for something simple.
Don't laugh, I did consider becoming a bus driver.
Honestly, just go do a course and get a bus licence, it shouldn't be too much of an investment. Then do that for a while, come back to IT when (or if) you feel like it.
I don't think that's laughable. Work that follows you home can be so mentally/emotionally all-consuming and I think it's pretty normal to fantasise about manual jobs with short, well-defined hours (and easy to forget they sometimes follow you home too, in the form of aching back muscles etc).
Did you get into engineeting because you were passionate about some aspect of it? @Axisential@lemmy.nz is right about some careers not feeling like work most of the time if you really enjoy them.
The reason I said don't laugh is because that's what most people do when I tell them that "... you'll be wasting your talent...". I should take Dave's advice and get qualified as a driver before I'm too old to be considered.
To answer your question, I was born an engineer so I can't stop being one.
But on the work front... my passions have changed.
Unless your talent is literally saving human lives (or your society made a huge investment in training you and hasn't recouped yet), I don't really buy the idea that you're obligated to do what you're best at. Because why? Do what makes you happy.
I hope you are able to make a switch that engages your passions!
Yup. Mental health.
Do 4x10 hours, no pay cut
I don't like working anymore. That's the problem.
I know how you feel.
Perhaps consider a change of careers? It's never too late to try something different (assuming of course, you're not under financial pressure or something). I've known many IT folks who moved into other fields, eg something adjacent like sales, project management, service delivery etc or something completely different, perhaps arts, trades or even business. Maybe take a break from work first, travel, meet people and have a think about what you'd like to do next.
Ya. No financial pressure. Just looking to slow down to make more time to play.
I've tried the 4x10 thing, it's pretty brutal, and I usually ended up exhausted and not really doing much all day Friday anyway.
Today was the outer Cavalli islands, lots of caves and archways to explore. I had my GoPro running, so hopefully I can make a decent video of the trip. I'm planning to see the southern islands tomorrow.
Nice! Looks like fun.
17km/h top speed? Wow! I'm assuming the sail gets you up that fast. The trip looks like a lot of fun!
A combination of the sail and a following swell, with me paddling as well.
Windows?
Yep.
I unplugged and restarted, it's running fine and now I can't seem to trigger it running slow again.
I had the issue last week, restarted, and it was fine from then. But what causes it to happen to start with? At the time it's running slow the CPU usage is low, RAM is fine, disk usage is low. I have been in MS Teams calls both times though. Will have to wait for tomorrow for more calls to test that on (doing it with the Teams Echo test call didn't trigger it.
An update, it seems if I unplug while in a MS Teams call, something happens and it goes slow and never recovers until I reboot.
Unplugging when not on a Teams call doesn't cause issues!
Anyone want to give me IT support? I got a new work laptop, it's supposed to be gruntier than my old one but if I unplug it everything grinds to a halt, applications all run at like 1fps.
I assumed something about a power plan but it's so bad after unplugging that it doesn't even recognise it's unplugged, and so I can't use the taskbar to set the performance. The power plan settings only let me set the screen brightness and stuff like that.
Help?