Working 8-9 hours a day, 5-6 days a week, for 11 months just to scrape together one week of vacation where you’re still checking emails… this isn’t living. It’s systemic violence dressed up as normal adulthood.
Unless I’m working in an ER, working as a paramedic, or working as a firefighter, there’s no reason I should be expected to “thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.” Just fix the terrible management and stop running your office like a circus.
the craziest thing about being an adult is that you could go through the most traumatic night of your life and you'll just have to go to work the next day