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Re:U.S. workers are among the most stressed in the world, ne... by SmellTheGlove on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @02:15PM (#27519335)
Sorry, I edited in that bit just now. But yeah, I agree with you. Hell, I work in tech and do okay, and yet the thought crosses my mind that things could go off the rails quickly. If I get sick, even my relatively good insurance means lots of out of pocket costs. Plus I can't work then, so I'll live on a fraction of my income since I have decent disability coverage. I'll be able to keep a roof over my head, but probably not a lot beyond that, which negatively affects my family - particularly my child, given skyrocketing education costs.

It's a weird place when you think about it. And yet most days I accept this as normal.

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Re:U.S. workers are among the most stressed in the world, ne... by necrotic_comp on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @02:19PM (#27519398)
yep - I second this. There's definitely a lurking thought about what'd happen if you're sick they find something or what happens if your landlord decides he doesn't want to rent your apartment any more, and now you have to move to a new neighborhood that's 30 minutes further away from work and less safe, or, god forbid if I had kids, in a worse district, etc. etc.

I've been working at a high level for 15 years now and I feel like I'm just barely making it out of the swamp. I have no psychological safety because a single bad decision or an incident of bad luck could completely derail my life.

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Re:U.S. workers are among the most stressed in the world, ne... by wolverine876 on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @03:55PM (#27520655)
> And yet most days I accept this as normal.

That is not a symptom, but the problem. People can normalize anything. You could normalize living like a medieval peasant - many people did. Smart people know they can just keep doing something and eventually others will accept it to a degree.

You deserve better.

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