I don't want work to be my identity, I just want to do my work, writes Sadhbh O'Sullivan, who is tired of the millennial 'cool job'
I don't want work to be my identity, I just want to do my work, writes Sadhbh O'Sullivan, who is tired of the millennial 'cool job'
It seemed like unless you sought it out, an office job where you enjoyed your work and your colleagues, and were even a bit creative, was the rarity. Like a cartoon bear drawn to a pie cooling on a window, I sought out jobs and career paths that would steer me clear of a “normie job”. I worked for upstart marketing agencies, sincere ethical fashion brands, independent cafes and digital media companies that promised to shake things up and somehow always lacked an HR department or any clear career progression. There was something I loved in each of these jobs but there were problems too.
When I say “I’m normal here”, what I mean is that I’m a colleague first and foremost. I’m not in the odd position of having to reveal my past traumas to my colleagues for the sake of “unconscious bias” training, or spending so much time at work they know every intimacy of my life. Who I am outside of work is a distinct entity, and all the quirks and oddities revealed in intimate friendships aren’t lurking under day-to-day formalities.
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