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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I did 15 years at a small company. There was always a big break just around the corner that never came because of reasons. We got out but damn did I resemble that mouse. Only difference is I avoided FB because I dreaded the thought of my peers doing better. Only now do I realize almost everyone was in a similar trap or stuck in a loop of new jobs. The few I knew that had huge breaks always went into the new job loop eventually.

[โ€“] MrJameGumb 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm right at that 15 year point and I'm starting to feel the onset of existential dread, or maybe it's just good old fashioned depression. I can tell it's time to get as far away from this job as possible but I'm just not sure what else to do yet lol