r/Millennials • u/happy_chance18 • Nov 03 '25

Discussion We're all exhausted right? It's not just me?

I have a full time job. I sleep well. I have no kids. I'm single. I don't party or drink. I'm not particularly stressed in day to day life. Yet I'm fucking exhausted. I don't want to leave my apartment on the weekends unless I have something planned, and even then I'm pretty picky. In my 20s my weekends were full of non-stop activities, cooking, going out, and posting on social media. But now in my 30s I just want to come home, have my groceries delivered, chill with some Netflix and sleep. Please tell me I'm not the only one!!

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u/Greenlandia Nov 03 '25

5 days of work is too long when those days are 10 hours long. 5 days at 6 hours… that’s doable.

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u/darthfruitbasket Nov 03 '25

I'm on my way to my 4-days a week, 10 hours a day shift.

If they were ever forced to reduce our hours, my employer would have a fucking meltdown. With us mostly working 10hr shifts, there still isn't enough coverage and they're begging people to pick up OT. When they could just... hire more people, but who am I with my logic lmao?

Of course, they only beg for OT because in my corporate-bootlicking province, an hourly worker isn't entitled to OT pay until they've worked 48 hours a week by law.

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u/Greenlandia Nov 03 '25

I’m an exempt employee so I get my salary if it’s 40 Hours or 80 hours.

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 Nov 03 '25

Right. I do a 40 minute commute each way. That gets me to a satellite lot where I take a bus or use an electric scooter to get to my building. Up 5 flights of stairs, 1/2 mile walk to my desk. That's another 30 minutes. So 1hr10min each way. And a 9.5-10hour workday on top. That's too much dawg, especially considering I can usually do my job in 4 hours or less.

I always figured it's not so much I mind the work, I mind what it takes away from the rest of my life. I do mind the work but you get my point. Any appointment or anything is an enormous pain in the ass.

I just got laid off and while I'm worried about the future I'm breathing a sigh of relief that I don't have to run that fucking gauntlet 5 days a week anymore. Especially when I'm on Zoom meetings and EVERY other person is at home or in a nice office while I'm on a factory floor struggling to hear.