For background on this topic without getting too specific, I’m an engineer and I typically work in an office. I’m younger and haven’t been in the work force for long but working in office spaces is driving me insane.
Now I understand that work isn’t supposed to be super fun, but I’d like to at least be able to tolerate it. So far I’ve spent a couple years in offices and it’s been miserable. I enjoy what I do as far as engineering. I like the topics, I like the productive parts of what I do. But I cannot stand office spaces. They’re uncomfortable and depressing environments for me.
I feel like spending time working from home would be ideal, but I’d like to hear people’s thoughts and if anyone else has had this experience. Is it something you just get used to?
I’d suggest asking your employer if you can get some kind of flexible schedule agreement. For me, working in the office was never about the office itself, but the hours. The M-F 9-5 is a life-sucking drain that I never learned to tolerate in all my 30+ years of full-on adulting.
Once though, I worked a cubicle job where due to the nature of the work, I was able to work all my 40 hours in just 4 days per week and one of those days was only a half day. That consolidation of my personal time was enough to make me not loathe going in to work everyday.
If it’s possible for you to work four 10-hr shifts or maybe work less than 40 hrs / week, it might make a difference in how you feel