Work from Home

Having too much time at day jobs has always been a problem for me. I worked at standard 9-5 jobs for like a decade, I always finish work and wait around so that I could go home. The last full-time job kept me busy, I even worked during weekends, but the second the projects stopped, I was simply going to work and coming home without doing anything. Talked to the boss about making it a flexible job or give me more work (this was before COVID). He refused to give me flexible times - I guess he had to adjust after covid (*smirk*).

Thanks to the economic crisis, my freelance gigs started to dry up, so with desperation I started applying for full-time jobs.

I was surprised to find that with the fuel crisis, and post covid most of the companies were quite adamant about reporting to the office. The type of work I applied to can easily be done from home, but alas, without even trying out a trial period, they insisted on traveling to see their faces everyday a must. I really don't mind going a few days a week, if the salary covers the travel cost, but why on earth would I spend out of my pocket to go to work? One recent place offered me Rs.18K, yes, you read it right, Rs.18,000 per month, for a five day go-to-office job.

Other reasons I'm reluctant to go to office

1.Bureaucratic nonsense

 I'm one of those 'let me get the job done' type. I can't chat about personal issues, other people's gossip and all that jazz, frankly because I do not want to - it's a work place, people can use your personal information against you. For example, one HR manager specifically asked me whether I can join their 'lunch club' - criteria to join -  (a) eat a lot and (b) gossip. I have never been a part of mean girls club in school and I had no intention to play at these childish games. Fortunately there was one older gentleman of another religion who shared his wisdom about life, which allowed me enough space to avoid the lunch club during lunch :D

2. Party's/Weddings/ all that jazz

You tend to get invited to more social events when you go to work. Yes, those are important, but sometimes you get invited just because you work there - these are completely unnecessary and a complete waste of time. I'm very selective about what goes into my head, so I make sure to avoid places with gossip. 

3. Disturbances

At every workplace, I always get interrupted by some colleague who comes running to my desk with some gossip or some story when I'm deeply focused on the work at hand. This makes the work day completely unproductive for me and I often ended up taking work home.

4. The extra travel time

Spiritual growth is my priority in life. I like putting new information in my head about anything related to spiritual growth, when I travel to work and sit there doing nothing that is 10 hours spent listening to gossip and other nonsense.

This doesn't mean I'm some no fun office weirdo (maybe I am :D), well there have been some work places that we had the whole 'work hard, play hard' scenario. 

After years of being off full-time work, I am back applying for jobs thanks to the current economy. Let's see how things turn out. 

Until then, I work from home Heaven.