To ask if you’re in a highly paid job but do very little…

[Workbutba]

Do you feel uncomfortable or worried? I earn over 60k. I know this isn’t loads but it’s obviously decent. Some days I do very little. That said there are times I will work a whole weekend or very late night so perhaps it evens out. But on Wednesday for example, I sent two emails and had two calls and then had a bath and tidied the house. I used to feel anxious about it/job security and was always asking my manager for more work etc but they are relaxed and say it ebbs and flows, which it does I suppose. The company makes big profits generally.

Is this common? I now have a dc so I worry even more about job security. I have a friend in a different industry who earns similar in management and she has days she can be on the phone to me for 3 hours and it doesn’t matter. I wonder how common this really is?!

I get days, like today, where the only gap in my diary is 30 mins wide and have to rely on wrapping up meetings early in order to go to the loo.

Yet time to read and post on MN.

I think many many many posts on MN are entirely a figment of people's imagination.

Lol, ok, rude.

I can have more than one browser tab open, it's not a crime.

@EmpressoftheMundane you are, on the whole correct. However, I work in these areas and currently fit the criteria of the thread 😉

This suits me right now with the family, but I couldn't work like this forever, I need/want to achieve more from my day.

In the future I imagine that work will be seen as a privilege when so many roles are automated. I do wonder how long it will take us to acclimatise to this.

I’m fascinated @AntoinetteCurtain , can you say what you are doing now without outing yourself?

I’ve done all these roles. I’ve always found them to be very full on, no where to hide. Especially Supply Chain.