Wed, Apr-01-09, 08:38
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Originally Posted by capmikee
Well if you put "overworked" in there, you could say that about anyone. I've had plenty of IT and help desk jobs and they've been quite cushy.
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Cushier than being a surgeon with a six figure salary? Did you do that as well? Anyway, I'm happy for your jaded work history; I too have worked both and seen nothing but people with little or no security, who fret constantly about their bills, their hours, the time away from their family and the stress of their job. In fact every IT company I've worked at since the 80's has been on a constant cycle of dropping head count and increasing workload per employee until they reach they're close to their breaking point. The fact that people in lower and middle income jobs are "overworked" is the rule nowadays, given the current economic environment, I don't see the trend reversing anytime soon.
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Originally Posted by capmikee
I've heard several times that happiness is only correlated with income up to a certain very low amount - a bit above the poverty line, I think - below which you have to constantly worry about basic needs. Once those basic needs are met (food, shelter, clothing), there is no relationship between income and stress.
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Really, I think that's ridiculous. It's the kind of fairy tale that someone who can take their children skiing in Vale, or to Disney World during the march break tells them self. Someone who has 3 cars in their garage, and savings enough to insure their children get a first class education, thinks "Oh, we have just as much stress as the poor, it's just terrible picking amongst these Ivy league schools darling, the decisions we have to make, the Cartier or the Rolex. Food, shelter, clothing indeed... yes heaven forbid if they need transportation, medicine, education, security, entertainment or any of the other niceties the rich take for granted, it may prove too "stressful" for them. Why they're probably better off not having a dentist, those visits are so stressful. Anyone who honestly believes that kind of crap should take their kids and try living in a trailer by the railway tracks, with one change of clothes and some government cheese to eat... Make sure you have a two hour bus ride to your minimum wage job, tell me then how stress free and happy you are.
In the immortal words of Sophie Tucker "I've been rich and I've been poor. Believe me, honey, rich is better."
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