Social IssuesFEB 8, 2022

40 Honest Tweets About Work Where People Said Everything That Was On Their Mind

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Author Annie Dillard famously said, "How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." So given the fact that the average person spends one-third of their adulthood at work, it's only normal they want to be happy there. Sadly, that's not always the case.

There are plenty of ways companies make their employees' lives miserable: lack of training and two-way communication, excessively strict policies, toxic managers, lousy wages, the list goes on. With their miserable job descriptions and offensive interviews, some organizations even find ways to get under people's skin even before they hire them.

Many of these disappointed folks turn to the internet to voice their frustrations. So in an attempt to recap today's job market and working conditions, we compiled a list of complaints we see online the most.

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#21 Every Manager Needs To Hear This

KylePlantEmoji

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Rao said that while we push our prospects of happiness into the future ('I'll be happy once I get a promotion, my bonus, the corner office'), we're missing out on the chance of happiness at work right now. "We don't recognize that we have tremendous control over our happiness."

#22 I Mean.... I Would

KylePlantEmoji

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#23 My English Teachers Favorite Line

Eren_atli

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#24 This Is Reality

sleepisocialist

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#25 Run Me My Money!

MissisAngele

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257points

To combat this barrage of negativity, Rao believes workers should stop labeling things as good or bad.

"The moment you say something is a 'bad' thing, you experience it that way," he explained. "You live your life in a constant cycle reinforcing itself." Rao rejects the theory of positive psychology which suggests that thinking happy thoughts will make them a reality because according to him, it's a form of self-deception. Rather, he suggests looking at situations as they truly are.

Just like the people behind these tweets.