Full-time marketing employee with 10 years' experience works 3 hours a week, refuses to work for longer: 'I view work as a distraction to my actual life'

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  • A representation of an employee closing her eyes and resting her head in her hand while sitting behind a laptop, with a colleague working in the background
  • I only work 2-3 hours per week at my full-time job

    I have been in marketing for almost 10 years now and I simply don't care to put any effort in anymore. I have been at the same company for about 3 years now and they pay me okay money. I could always use more money but I constantly contemplate if it's even worth it to leave because of how easy my job is right now.
  • I work "full-time" and make about $75,000 basically doing nothing and working probably a total of 3 hours out of the 40 hours in a week. I scheduled some social media posts, recycle email marketing campaigns that we've used for the past few years, reply to a couple of emails a week, use Al to come up with new strategies, and basically scroll on Reddit / my phone for several hours a day.
  • My boss is incredibly hands off and I am able to hit my KPIs by doing the absolute bare minimum. I get a very generous PTO policy and I probably take two plus hour lunches per day where I just run errands that I need to get done for my personal life which is quite honestly my priority.
  • An employee working at her laptop in an open-plan office
  • I do not care to climb the "corporate ladder" anymore. All I want is to be able to live comfortably while working the least amount possible. Having been in the industry for almost 10 years, I should probably be making significantly more money but I don't want to leave for another job because I fear that a new job will require me to actually work.
  • I have a performance review every year and this past year was probably the least I've ever worked and I still got outstanding performance appraisals across the board from my team and my boss.
  • To me, working is not a priority in life at all. As long as I can pay my bills and live my life comfortably and be able to do the things that I like to do, I do not care what my job is and don't really care what they pay me as long as I can survive. To be honest, I now view work as a complete and utter distraction to my actual life. It is very inconvenient
  • that I have to go sit in an office 5 days a week for 40 hours. And I honestly do not know or understand how people who actually work for 40 hours a week get anything they need to get done in their life done. There simply is not enough time in the day or in the week to do any of my personal things like
  • grocery shopping, spending time with my partner, scheduling and going to appointments, working out, and hanging out with friends.
  • If I was not able to get a bulk of my personal things done during the work day, my entire life after work would be me just doing things that I have to do rather than spending that time doing things that I want to do and enjoy.
  • An employee wearing glasses as she works on her laptop in an open-plan office
  • Noell_Karen This is kinda the dream and I don't think you need to confess anything. You hit your KPIs, you got great reviews. The system is working as designed.
  • whateveratthispoint_ I'd find it aggravating to be stuck at work all day.
  • mikerichh Keep it going as long as you can. So many companies wear employees down to the point of burnout and don't pay them enough. You are lucky
  • MrWolf327 If I was you, I would avoid having written proof that your job is redundant and unnecessary
  • SuperX_AtomicKitten Now just convince them to let you work remote and you'll be good to go!
  • Overconfidentahole You're not wrong. That sounds like my dream job. It's not always about the rat race. Being comfortable and having a work life balance is much more important and you'll look back and be proud of yourself
  • Particular_Buddy_165 marketing is a joke i always knew our marketing department did nothing all day long

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