sex is great but have you ever quit a job that was ruining your mental health?

[grumpygrannyquilts@mastodon.social]

@lucydev Yes I have. It was brilliant!

[netraven@hear-me.social]

@lucydev Only once almost 10 years ago and I'm still coming down off the high.

[rail@social.flufftech.net]

@lucydev no they actually fired me but I planned to quit anyway :3 so I also got pretty okay severance pay in the end

[catdragon@mastodon.world]

@lucydev found myself crouched next to a vending machine in the break room pretending I had dropped something to hide that I was crying.
No I literally found myself. Next day I came in with a bounce in my step, changed a few crucial passwords then walked into the office of the demonic entity that called themself manager and quit. Fuck you, fuck your deadline, fuck your project quit. Held up the passwords until the money they owed me cleared my account.
It was fucking orgasmic.

[rail@social.flufftech.net]

@lucydev but I still get anxiety from hearing the default slack notification sound ;333

[mattly@hachyderm.io]

@lucydev yes, it was good but mostly ruined by the fact that I had let it ruin my mental health for months previously

[nyanbinary@infosec.exchange]

@lucydev is it ace to stay in such a job for too long?

[lucydev@wetdry.world]

@nyanbinary i suppose a lot of things are nicer than sex if you're ace.

what is too long, anyways? I have total empathy with anyone unable to quit such a job because they can't just go elsewhere or quit without a plan b

[lucydev@wetdry.world]

@rail i get that from the ms teams call sound.

and jabber. Fuck jabber

[redsad@ohai.social]

@lucydev yup, a couple of times.

[byte@awawa.club]

@lucydev so, any job?

[lucydev@wetdry.world]

@byte my first full-time position wasn't that bad, luckily. i hope my next one is alright too

[draken@masto.nyc]

@lucydev
Several times.

[thejen@beige.party]

@lucydev Many times. It's glorious.

[debonairetoast@musicians.today]

@lucydev ever went to a meeting to get fired by such a terrible job, knowing they wanted you to be angry, to throw a fit, to cry, to yell... and you simply said "thank you" and gave them a speech about being free to pursue your own betterment and follow your heart to a more fulfilling career, and watched the life melt from their face?

chef's kiss moment, tbh.

denying a tyrant your energy when that's all they want more than anything is top tier.

[evin@gts.yujiri.xyz]

@lucydev no but i probly will soon

[stybba3019@mstdn.social]

@lucydev More than once.

[xenophora@mastodon.art]

@lucydev

Yes, and tragically it was the best-paying job of my entire life, but on the plus side: therapy exists and I'm not dead or in rehab. So...

[allinrep@social.spejset.org]

@lucydev As a matter of fact, I did. Twice.

[jonas_bostrom@mastodonsweden.se]

@lucydev I have once, it was an amazing feeling!