Is it okay to be content?

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I earn around the average salary for the UK. I enjoy where I work, there's good perks and my colleagues are all lovely. There's flexibility in the role with working home two days a week.

Recently went for an internal management role and didn't get it as I was lacking knowledge in some areas. I looked further into those areas and it bored me to tears. It kind of reinforced that I'm happy in my current role.

So, the TL;DR, is it okay to not want to climb the ladder?
 
Are you content? Then yes, absolutely.
Long ago I realised that for me, I'm at a level where I'm happy and have no need for additional stress and to go with that, money. Not always what employers or other people want but that's not my problem :)
 
The only time that ‘being content’ is bad is if you know you’re slacking, being complacent or ‘treading water’ without aim.

If you’re spending a long time working, which you probably are, it might as well be towards something you’re proud of or working towards some sort of development.

But deciding to be comfortable is generally OK.
 
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Yes it's ok. I have it so good at work in my current role that there is no benefit to go for internal promotions. I could get a 10-30%ish pay rise depending on the role, but the additional responsibilities and other changes would have a bigger negative impact on my work/life balance that it's not worth it.
 
Nitefly said:
The only time that ‘being content’ is bad is if you know you’re slacking, being complacent or ‘treading water’ without aim.

If you’re spending a long time working, which you probably are, it might as well be towards something you’re proud of or working towards some sort of development.

But deciding to be comfortable is generally OK.
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Omg your so wrong.

I'm a senior whatever... I couldn't care less about my job, I delete emails, I ignore calls, I always log off on the minute.

I spend at minimum 3 hour a day doing what I want.

A short day is done by 10:30am, a medium day is 11:30am, if I work till 1pm that'd a long day.


Factoring in my 1 hour walk, 30 minutes kettle bell exercises/pushups and sit-ups.

Factoring in preparing dinner.

Factoring in dishwasher etc

Factoring in 3 hours of PUBG with my collection of online buddies during work.

And guess what, they keep giving me payrises lolololololol.



You just gotta be good at playing the game my friend.
 
BUDFORCE said:
Omg your so wrong.

I'm a senior whatever... I couldn't care less about my job, I delete emails, I ignore calls, I always log off on the minute.

I spend at minimum 3 hour a day doing what I want.

A short day is done by 10:30am, a medium day is 11:30am, if I work till 1pm that'd a long day.


Factoring in my 1 hour walk, 30 minutes kettle bell exercises/pushups and sit-ups.

Factoring in preparing dinner.

Factoring in dishwasher etc

Factoring in 3 hours of PUBG with my collection of online buddies during work.

And guess what, they keep giving me payrises lolololololol.



You just gotta be good at playing the game my friend.
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Playing games..... no thanks.
 
BUDFORCE said:
Omg your so wrong.

I'm a senior whatever... I couldn't care less about my job, I delete emails, I ignore calls, I always log off on the minute.

I spend at minimum 3 hour a day doing what I want.

A short day is done by 10:30am, a medium day is 11:30am, if I work till 1pm that'd a long day.


Factoring in my 1 hour walk, 30 minutes kettle bell exercises/pushups and sit-ups.

Factoring in preparing dinner.

Factoring in dishwasher etc

Factoring in 3 hours of PUBG with my collection of online buddies during work.

And guess what, they keep giving me payrises lolololololol.



You just gotta be good at playing the game my friend.
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Until it all comes crashing down and your next job won’t be anywhere near as forgiving.
 
Ayahuasca said:
Until it all comes crashing down and your next job won’t be anywhere near as forgiving.
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Yup but, enjoy the gravy train whilst you can.

I mean it's been nearly 6 years.

But your right, the next one might be a nightmare, but then you can still play the game, or just move on.

Life is too short my friend, you might be dead tomorrow.
 
It's also all that work really hard, be the best you can, be proud of what you do.

Keep on that conveyor belt...keep on the hamster wheel, whilst the people at the top (who couldn't give a **** about you) are getting filthy rich and doing all sorts of wrong.
 
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My opinion is that i think it just depends on if you are happy with the time at work and time not at work balance.

It's a difficult journey jumping from ship to ship just trying to tick all the boxes that you want from a job. With uncertain times that do appear decade to decade, it's sometimes best to just say screw it and stay content until you're not. As @BUDFORCE says, it could all end, but you'll just get another job anyway cause you have to.

Unless you have a plan or goal that doesn't fit, you get paid, and that's the point. I have no job satisfaction now, but screw it whatever, for the time being i'm just coasting through.
 
RobDogDog said:
I earn around the average salary for the UK. I enjoy where I work, there's good perks and my colleagues are all lovely. There's flexibility in the role with working home two days a week.

Recently went for an internal management role and didn't get it as I was lacking knowledge in some areas. I looked further into those areas and it bored me to tears. It kind of reinforced that I'm happy in my current role.

So, the TL;DR, is it okay to not want to climb the ladder?
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I’ve had to reach my mid fifties before I’ve realised I’m content and all the things I chased and managed were more exciting in my head than they were in reality. Three bedroom apartment in the med, my own business, a couple of properties, they all bring levels of stress and discontent of a different kind.

I’m now mortgage free, I too can work from home three days a week (went back to working for someone) but I’m happy in my work and I spend my spare time with hobbies I like to try
 
BUDFORCE said:
Omg your so wrong.

I'm a senior whatever... I couldn't care less about my job, I delete emails, I ignore calls, I always log off on the minute.

I spend at minimum 3 hour a day doing what I want.

A short day is done by 10:30am, a medium day is 11:30am, if I work till 1pm that'd a long day.


Factoring in my 1 hour walk, 30 minutes kettle bell exercises/pushups and sit-ups.

Factoring in preparing dinner.

Factoring in dishwasher etc

Factoring in 3 hours of PUBG with my collection of online buddies during work.

And guess what, they keep giving me payrises lolololololol.

You just gotta be good at playing the game my friend.
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I’m not sure if this was a soft troll, but I genuinely don’t know which part of my post you are saying was wrong.

I said that if you are working long hours, you might as well be getting ‘something’ from it (rather than sitting around ‘doing nothing’).

If you are working short hours / easy and are still mentally satiated, then good for you.

I wouldn’t be able to play games during my core job work hours. But that’s the path I’ve chosen.

With all of that said, there is an element of game playing when ‘favour’ is what’s needed for career promotion.
 
In the grand macro sense I guess there is a problem with being content - our entire economy is built on consumption so if more and more people (and I speak as someone doing similar to you with the aim of leaving the workforce as quickly as possible) don’t aspire for better paid jobs so they can spend more money on x,y and z then yes we will have a problem.

On a personal level, of course not - and people would probably be a lot happier with their lot by just changing their perspective.
 
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