9-5 Jobs Are Great Actually - How Money Works 

Nothing is better than a 9-5 with a good manager. Nothing is worse than a 9-5 with a bad manager.

The 9-5 isn't the problem. It's the commuting and bad management

Working as a software developer at a large corporate tech company I’ve realized the work does not matter at all. All that matters is you make your boss look good to his bosses when the time comes. In return he makes sure I get bonuses and raises. If I work hard but it’s not noticed it doesn’t matter.

The 9-5 40 hour a week job was great when there was job security, good wages, affordable living costs, a distinct boundary between work and free time and a comfortable retirement after decades of working. Even an unpleasant job can be tolerated as long as it facilitates a decent life. The problem is that almost none of those perks exist nowadays. So it's just an exhausting grind.

Says the man who left a 9-5 to run this RU-vid channel. ... If you're thinking about saying that he worked much more than 40 hours per week, stop. Notice that there are already 40+ replies in this thread. Read some of them. At least 30 of them are already saying the same thing. There is no discussion here, just 40 people all saying the exact same thing. This was a snarky joke and all of you missed that.

"Work your job to make your money, take that money to finance your hobby" That's what I heard.

The idea of simply not working until you're fired is just incredibly funny to me.

“People don’t quit jobs, they quit bosses” excellent point.

As a European, I understand why especially Americans are unhappy with the typical 9-5 job. Putting in a lot of hours, being asked to be available in your 'free' time, commuting, having a set amount of sick days(?!), and very limited vacation time. That is not a very great sales pitch if you furthermore aren't being paid that well. However, while hustle culture is obviously also desired and idolized in many places in Europe, I think a larger number of people are actually very content with the security and benefits of a traditional job. It should be a movement towards better workplace conditions; not necessarily a movement towards 'hustling' harder and taking on a lot of risk.

9-5 is actually 7-6. Counting the time you need to get dressed, commute (x2), plus if you have to do off job studying, off hour thinking about the job, dry cleaning/maintaining your clothing/equipment, etc, etc. how about the happy hours, obligatory social events to play the politics, time used to prepare/bring dish to potlucks, etc. Also, job hunting, onboarding, exit, career strategizing, etc.

Nobody makes me feel quite as comfortable in my mediocrity as you do. Thanks bro

I just left my restaurant manager job for a 9-5, and its been a breath of fresh air. I worked 10am-3am 5-6 days a week chasing the idea of being promoted to a cushy 6 figure upper management role. But sacrificing my marriage, my friends, my hobbies, and all my weekends wasn't worth it anymore. I make less money now but I'm infinitely happier than I was before.

The reason I don’t dream about being self employed, is because both my parents were self employed. Other than the top 1% of small companies, self employed just means working 24/7 for no guarantee of money, and usually for less than a 9 to 5. I rarely saw my parents during my childhood because they were worried about the bills being paid. During Christmas they were working, during spring break they were working, every day at 10pm they were working…all so that at the end of the year, they couldn’t afford Christmas presents. By the time they had regretted their decision they were in too far. How do you abandon a company you’ve spent a decade building? When you’ve just managed to break even with average wages? When your child has already grown up and moved out having barely known you? I think it’s incredibly arrogant that people think they’ll be the 1% of small businesses that goes public and sells for millions. Because the lower 99% are working twice as hard as you are in your day job too. Everyone thinks they’ll be a 1%er until they realize hard work doesn’t lead to success, it’s luck, market and clients, and none of them want the best for you.

After the covid lockdowns I realized I didn't actually hate my 9-5, I just hated the commute...

People that worked multiple jobs can tell you that 9-5 jobs aren't the problem, bad working environment is the problem (being it the boss, the company culture, the clients...)

It's not "You need to work to live" anymore, It's "You need to work to not die". These days it just seems like you work to work, because the 'live' part of the equation, as defined by things like a vacation, a house, a family, a retirement, seem less and less plausible. I would appreciate my 9 to 5's more if they seemed like they were doing anything other than keeping me in position to work my 9 to 5's.

The irony is that, I turned my career as a youtuber into a 9-5 despite everyone wanting to become a youtuber to escape it (myself included). 9-5 lifestyle is actually quite nice. I get to enjoy my weekends without thinking about work.

Having grown up in a family of business owners and working in business banking as well as business insurance, I feel I am well qualified to speak on this subject. The dedication & sacrifice that goes into owning your own business is grossly misunderstood by many people. I'll state some of the advantages; you create your own schedule, you control your own salary, you get to take pride in something that is truly yours. These are all great. But most think that if you're the owner, you get to automatically buy the fancy car, go golfing everyday and sit in the back counting your money. In reality, it takes many years of endless work to get to this point. As the owner, you are always on the clock. You're not stuck at a desk from 9-5 but guess what, your responsibilities to the business and your employees is a 24 hour gig. You get the call when you're on vacation that your key employee is in the hospital because they got in a major car crash. Say you have 10 employees, thats not 10 mouths your feeding; thats more like 30-40 mouths your feeding. If you can't keep the business profitable, not only do you lose it all, but those who mean the world to you do as well. When the bank can't extend you any additional credit, there is nobody to run to. Nobody else is there to pick up the pieces. How about that beautiful house you worked to pay off? All of a sudden you're taking out an equity loan because your insurance company denied your $100k claim on a bull shit technicality. All of this and hundreds of other things are in play everyday and if you play your cards right and work your balls off for years, you can surely be successful one day. These are all examples of events/scenarios I have seen and dealt with both in my family and working with multiple business owners. Do not ever, discredit the benefits of a 9-5 job. If it pays ok and allows you to buy a home, save up a bit and enjoy yourself, you're ahead of the game because when you walk out that door, you're away from work and the responsibility for the time being. As the business owner, you are never away from it. Sorry for the long comment but this topic really gets me going.

My parents owned businesses while I was growing up. Made me want to never follow in those footsteps. I'm perfectly content working hard for someone else for a set part of the day, and then never worrying about it outside those hours.

"I want to start my own business so I can be my own boss" I thought this would be true, but after starting my own business I learned that that's an illusion. My new boss is my clients, and some of them are worse than any boss I had in the corporate world. If this is your main motivation to start a business, you're better off with a boss. Just try to find a good one to work for. EDIT: That's not to mention that the government becomes more of your boss, as well. You have to make sure you comply with all of their laws. Employees are shielded from most client demands and government regulations and tax codes by their bosses. I'm not saying it's not worth it, I'm just saying that you're going to need a better reason than being "your own boss"

There is more to life than working 9-5, trust me I know am retired now.

I tried the whole independent business/freelancer schtick a few years ago. Took me about 2 months to realize just putting in 8 hours a day and going home is so much easier. I spent almost a year stressed out of my mind just because I was working from home with no predefined daily schedule - there was always more work I still hadn't done! Then I went and got a 3-year degree, now I work in a clinic for 8 hours a day and go home with my mind at ease. Even moved out of the metropolis to a small mountain town to shorten my commute to 15 minutes.

One thing I want to see more of in society is longer weekends. I was working a 4 days on/4 days off work-schedule for the past three years. I never knew something like that was even possible. It went a long way towards giving me alot of free time to do what I wanted. That alone would be a game changer.

"Why are you doing what you're doing instead of one of these jobs?" -met with a blank stare by me, a doctor, that works way too many hours

I can't bring myself to throw my life away building someone else's dreams. MY BUSINESS WILL SUCCEED OR I'll starve.

9-5 is fine, but should be 4 days a week now instead of 5.

Part time job + creativity: I just wanna say that I'm now doing a 15 hour workweek with the addition of some design royalties and photography work and I'm actually going okay financially. This is huge to me, I didn't realize how much freedom a boring customer service job would give me. I'm blessed with low rent and a meaningful flexible company so I'm really priviledged, but I want to say I didn't think it was possible and now it turns out to be. I always abhorred the idea of a part time boring job thinking it would prevent me from persuing my creativity, but the emotional stability of a basic income and showing up every time at the same time meeting the same friendly people turns out to be such a big stabilizing factor that the sacrifice of autonomy and yes, being managed by someone who isn't very smart, makes it worth it so far. Contributing to something bigger than myself instead of doing self motivated stuff all day is nice.

I can nothing but agree. I work Transit Security in Germany for a sub-contractor of the DB (Deutsche Bahn) and let me tell you: it is hustle culture and long hours back to front. if you don't get to around 190-210hrs/Month you are deemed weird for not pulling hours on end. Honestly this is crazy! I am 22 and have been non-stop working since 18; I am already drained dry pulling constant 220hrs/month for approx 3 years - now I am starting to go low onto 168hrs (tariff minimum) and it feels amazing. I finally have time, space and energy to reflect on my life and personality and have quality time with my fiancé, which I couldn't do before. To anyone reading this: please don't do the same mistakes as I and many others did; respect your personal wellbeing and mental health above some cash on the bank or neat unnecessary stuff to buy. And also don't get scammed, working long hours for little pay; it should not be that way. (almost literally) Buy yourself some free time. I am changing employers for exactly that reason: regulated work schedules, more vacation, less back-to-back workdays, more me-time.

I'm the lazy person who only wants to do bare minimum so 9-5 sounds pretty good to me. Yet, I also don't think I or anyone else in these jobs are actually needed for 8h. I think even 9-5 can and should be more flexible and accommodating to the lifestyle of the employee. Yes, you can still go to your job, but does it have to be full 8h? Or can you start at 7 if that's more convenient? Or at 10 if you have an appointment in the morning? AS long as the job gets done, why do the working hours matter?

I will never listen to someone who is a freelancer or a business owner and would never return to an office job to tell me that working for yourself is not as good as it looks. I've heard this a billion time, and whenever I tell them why don't they just return to a 9-5 then? all of them come back to me with a blank stare and an "euEUHhh, I like what I'm doing". and here is what they don't fucking get. most people who work a 9-5 don't like what they're doing and feel they are meant to do something they like. Never, Never let anyone even this guy who I like to watch to tell you that working a 9-5 isn't a bad idea. If you believe it's not for you, It's not. Go do something else with your life.

9-5 can turn into 9-7 or 9-9 easily with incompetent/lazy coworkers/managers/staff or due to increasing workload (the more you know, the more you do). Also, getting dressed up for work and commuting to/from the office are additional “work related tasks” before even performing the real work. Companies should reward top performers to allow them to WFH more.

The problem with 9-5 is that it doesn’t pay enough for this economy for the majority of people

I am a 100% self taught no college debt software dev. My entry level jobs were decades ago. They weren't 6 figures back then but were still good. I can't really think of any other field where this is possible.

I think this is where I disagree with him. 9-5 sucks because there’s no flexibility and we know we don’t need to work so much to keep the economy working and we are worth way more the corporations then what they pay us

Influencers selling bullshit or not, 9 to 5 sucks as a life style. It gives the security of not starving, but no fulfillment and real reward.

You missed one point. Owning your own business you trade one boss for another. Clients are likely going to be much tougher on you vs a boss from a 9-5. You can't really pick clients for most businesses either, unless you want a flood of bad reviews.

Quiet quitting = fulfilling your work contract without offering anything more for free 😉

Holy shit this is my current dilemma right now. This video gave life to every anxiety ridden thought I’m having about employment right now.

It's shocking to me that people still don't seem to understand the issue. We all know money is power, and your telling me the most sure fire way to get money is to be the type of person who would sacrifice everything, including their mental health, to get that money? No wonder all the people with power seem to be corrupt or have a screw loose, the system literally forces that kind of person to the top. Isn't that a huge problem!? Not that I know what the solution to it is

For that "9-5 protects you" it really does. One of my coworkers had 3x the number of allowed attendance occurances before he was fired. One of my other coworkers is lazy, slow, and dangerous to everyone around him. He's been like that for longer than I've been employed there.

Quit calling it a 9-5. It's an 8-5 with an hour lunch and commutes. I have never started work at 9 and end at 5

So here you forget one thing about 9 to 5 jobs: they're meant for people who have someone at home to do the housework. Unless you earn enough to pay for someone to do your cleaning and cooking. You can use the weekend to do all your wash and everything else, but you won't have time to actually rest from the work week. And that's not counting on having children, who need extra time and dedication to raise. 9 to 5 simply cannot exist without sacrificing one person in the household (or paying a lot of money to outsource the -usually free- labor that needs to be done to run a household).

I just learned to live minimally, remind myself that life isn't that serious and focus on happiness and health.

Anecdotally, I've actually really liked my 9 to 5 job. I had a really good boss and a really good supervisor. They were really open to listening to ideas which I was full of as a 19-year-old. They would tell me when I had a good idea and they would tell me when I didn't have a good idea and why. My supervisor had decades of experience and a ton of connections and respect in the organization that I worked for. He used his experience to help me and my coworkers weed out good and bad ideas (he understood the business needs) and he used his connections and clout to help us execute on good ideas (office politics and knowing whose help was needed, and he was able to reduce human bottlenecks because people tend to do good by those they're friends with and he was friends with everyone). A 9-5 is great in my opinion the only issue I had was a lack of freedom since I had to go into an office but now there are so many remote jobs.

Ford, was hiring engineers/mechanics who would be considered college educated, and upper middle class. They deserved to be paid more in general, and Ford used this to headhunt the best in the buisness paying 2-4x what others would make. How? By paying them enough to afford to buy his vehicles/products he not had a consumer base that did not exists before.

It’s a little different for me, but I actually like my current job. After being self employed for 3 years, I really didn’t want to go back to a regular job. But I was in dire need of a steady income and affordable benefits. For me, it’s a good environment, and I have been doing very well. I’ve never been asked or expected to work overtime, and I have a very supportive management team, and a flexible schedule. It’s not a 6 figure job, but I’m on the way!

A lot of places don't fire you. They ignore you. Which means you are not getting the opportunities. But if you have worked out what is going on and you are beyond the point of caring, then rather than resigning immediately, it can pay off to go with the flow and accept the benefits of the situation you are in. Sad, so sad, especially when you see duds getting ahead because they make friends with the 'right people' who ignore their laziness/incompetence. C'est la vie, it is the way of the world. Thank you for the video!

I'll take running my own company and all that goes with it over, being a mindless, replaceable drone, simply living to make others above look good and happy, while having zero control over my own ship. 9-5 corporate jobs are only cool for a little bit. Mostly to make connections and learn the game early. After that, you find something you're truly passionate about that you can then monetize well enough to gain your freedom, flexibility, and time to live and do as you please. Some jobs are definitely better than others, but the sentiment is the same. I think most people are afraid to go out there and get and need another man telling them what to do, how to do it, and when to do it. It boills down to fear and motivation.

Watching this from the desk of my 9 to 5 and I agree!

9-5 is great... if you are interested in the work you do

It’s correct most people don’t have what it takes to be financially independent

I still quit my job was very toxic It was affecting me emotionally physically and mentally.

This argument for a 9-5 is so compelling. Its a good thing that I can always fall back onto a 9-5 if my future business dealings go terribly. The stability it brings is amazing. It can finance your life for the things that you enjoy more than working.

Which is why this platform is full of influencers who jumped ship at their 9-5 the second their channel became viable enough to support them full time 😂 suffice it to say, I disagree. Disadvantages lie on every path but not all disadvantages are equal.

Many people start business because they don't really have another option. For instance, in the country I grew up in, only nationals can be lawyers, doctors, accountants, etc. So immigrants would come looking for a better life and would start a business because they didin't have other options -- it was either that or very low paying menial work. So instead, they started opening restaurants, stores, distribution companies. I started freelancing because I just couldin't get a good job. Many business are built because the owners did not get jobs or were not suitable for the whole 9-5 schtick.

5:04 no. there is pretty much no career path that "guarantees" that you make a salary that gets you in the top 1%.

Having your own business doesn’t have to take as much time as the being a Dr or Engineer, eg 60 hours + per week. You can start small and with as little as 10-20 hours per week while earning money. You just have to find the right, low cost/initial investment business. Network and find the right people, you can’t build a business alone. I’m building my business now, sure it is taking longer but I get to spend time with my family and going on vacations.

better poor than a slave... after working 20 years in several 9-5s i can say they suck... you will never reach your dreams and will always be afraid of being unemployed... yet, life is so absurd a few years later after quitting my job i now feel financially safer, without debt and didn't have to work for it...

As an individual work for a large and profitable Tech company. Working 9-5 I make more than most doctors just by doing complex algorithms. It's a good gig especially while working remotely. The hours are more like 9-3pm. As a side hustle I run a media agency. Starting a side business while being fully employee makes it easier to no stress about money. I now make good money working part time. 9-5 jobs are get if you find a good culture.

My 9-5 is actually a 9-6 since we have a mandatory lunch break. Also, I spend 40 mins commuting in each direction. Also, I spend ~2-3 hours weekly ironing my clothes because I can't sit in the same pair of sweatpants for weeks at a time. Also, I spend more money eating at places near the workplace instead of cooking at home. So this turns my work week into 55 hours instead of 40 if without counting the overtime that I don't get paid for. I know I'm in the minority but the pandemic has treated me very well. I was able to work from home for the first time ever and saw the bullshit I was in. Now we are back in the office and it sucks. I haven't quit yet but I am considering it. I know many people have it way worse than I do. This is just my current situation.

I think most people wouldn’t mind working the 9-5 if they had good benefits: paid sick leave, paid vacations, decent healthcare packages, etc. My union job has all of those and it’s worth it to stay. Plus a CEO that actually does care about us (yes, he still makes too much money, but still, he appreciates us and listens to us).

It’s good to see another video on this topic from you, I’ve been echoing the same thing for ages now, everyone online talks about the entrepreneurial spirit but the employee life is, in more cases than not, a much better option

I think the problem with 9-5 or jobs in general is the underpay or the lack of disposable income they experience.

I want a 3 day , 24 hour week. That's the amount of work im willing to do without it sucking my soul . And i want 70k a year for it. Fortunately i am 46 and have the skills to get that. But it was a long road of sleepless nights and soul sucking violence.

Everytime I have quit my 9-5 I've been a lot happier. I work on my own side businesses or take on my own clients. But I work on my time. When I'm not in a 9-5 or working for clients, I'm building my business living frugally off the money I've saved up. A suburban house with a white picket fence isn't something that sparks a fire in me. Maccas run at 4am or the freedom of not having to be in a certain place at a certain time every day. That if I want the day off I can take the day off, and not have to deal with shitty bosses, colleagues, or the structure in general. That's A lot more appealing to me than a 9-5 I would rather live on less money, with more freedom, than earn more money, but give up my times to someone else for 10 hours a day.

This is the most intelligent word's I've heard.

Your video’s are always exceptionally good. You’re clearly a unique and nuanced thinker. Glad to have found your channel. You deserve every view you get!

What most people don't realize is that in the US people that can make a very good living in the trades. I paid $0 for training, and actually got paid to learn. It took about 12 months from a low level of residential construction to being able to fully design and build a complete home. The only thing you need to get an advantage over your competitors is show up on time and sober to get your foot in the door.

I think most people can put up with work they find meaningless if there's a clear path of progression and high pay, but most 9-5's don't offer that. You find yourself stuck with low pay, no path to progression, working to make someone else wealthy, performing tasks that often feel meaningless, ALL for no time to build a meaningful life outside work to make it worth while. Wake up at 7 - 7:30 to prepare for work, get home by 6/7, you have 2-4 hours each day of actual free time to decide what to do with... most people are tired and choose to rest, clean, take care of needed tasks. The happiest employees I see are those that have free time either through 4 10 hour work days and 3 days off, or 6 hour work days. The work isn't any different usually, but having time for life is a game changer.

I have been working in federal law enforcement for years. 60+ hour weeks, constantly changing shifts/days off, months away from home living out of hotels, insane overseas trips to extremely questionable locations, 6 months at a residential training academy in New Mexico, on call 24/7 with an agency issued phone, laptop, and car. I often wonder what the average 9-5 office job is like.

Have to disagree a bit, remember business don't create jobs they create systems... They'd love to have a minimal staff but someone did something illegal and now we need 100 checks to ensure it doesn't happen again... So the blame is on the 1% who tried to screw the system and lost

Ya know what's better than spending 40 hours a week creating excuses for an exploitative bureaucracy in exchange for a third of what you need to survive? Working 20-30 hours a week in the privacy of your own home to make everything you need to survive with your own hands, plus a little extra to share with your neighbors. Which is how most of the world lived through most of human history.

People that hate office cubical horror should really see how warehouse workers and harder jobs get by.

I work with lawyers everyday and I would not trade my “9-5” paycheck for theirs. They work an insane amount of hours in order to make the money they do. The ones that make it to Partner work the insane hours and their reward is only to get the chance to work even more of those hours.

1:59 listen folks. 9 to 5 is for you to take care of the basics. 6 to midnight is for you to get ahead. The weekends are for you to get ahead.

A decent paying 9-5 job is very rare these days. The job we get is 9-7 on paper and at times it becomes 9-9 without even any extra pay!

You work so you don't have to, you have one steady income then use that one steady income as the bedrock for more, that's what people don't get, it's a bedrock to build off not a permanent thing that's how you use it today. Now there will be long hours, long work. Though you pull double, I write on the side of studying for a successful career, I plan on working through a bachelor’s then holding two jobs. I will by age 40-50 be a millionaire, and then be more of a millionaire.

My dream is to literally wake up go to the gym, shower, eat breakfast. Go to work, do the bare minimum, go home, see my wife and kids. Travel on weekends because I make close to six figures. I never worry about healthcare or inconsistent pay, or working mindlessly for years for free trying to be self employed. So tired of struggling everyday. Can’t wait to graduate college and live stress free because money is not an issue, my social life will get way better with money since I already built those relationships, I now just want to experience the beauty of life with them. Man I can’t wait to work the 9-5. Anyways I feel better venting lmao

I'm not convinced by the arguments in this video. Nobody has to be tricked into thinking 9 to 5 jobs are shit by influencers, it's a conclusion that anyone who has ever worked one will have quickly reached all by themselves. They provide stability and security for people with families to feed, and that does have a lot of value, but it comes with a heavy cost to your mental health. The wasted hours, the office politics and the knowledge of how pointless your job is are all pretty much guaranteed to make you hate your life. What this video underestimates is the value of freedom. Along with the obvious benefits of flexibility that come with working for yourself there's a fundamental difference in how the work itself feels. Often people working for themselves actually make less per hour than they would at a 9 to 5, and have to work more hours overall as a result, but they don't mind as productively working for 10 hours voluntarily feels infinitely better than being mandated to do BS you hate for 8 hours. People may return to a 9 to 5 if their business fails or can't provide enough income, but hardly anyone returns if they don't have to and most people count the years until they get to stop doing them. That speaks volumes.

Recently got my 8am to 4pm position after working 2nd shift from 12:00 pm to 11:00pm for 5 years. couldnt ask for anything better.

I personally think that a generic 9-5 for the average joe is great is you have a good manager, good pay, good benefits, good colleagues and a reasonable amount of flexibility.

For me, 9-5 is nice as long as the employer treats employer right. Being compensated properly, benefits present, management understanding boundaries between work and home. Dont talk work on the weekends save it for monday! My job right now sucks, but if I can find a boring job that I can hang in it, or just a work that all workers are treated with respect and dignity. I'm all for it. Just not with bad bosses who exploits employees...

6 hour workdays would honestly make so much more sense in so many fields. Most people just don't have the ability to think at a high level for 8 hours straight and most jobs don't provide 8 hours of work. Cutting hours by 25% (without cutting wages) would probably make no difference at all to most companies bottom line.

My complaint was that "management" always tried soooo hard to make the work I loved soooo miserable. LOL

Quiet quitting should be the default attitude for any minimum wage job

I was lucky enough to bag in my first job as a web developer working remotely because of the pandemic. Now every employer that demands in office work is a hard pass for me.

I’m not against 9-5 jobs. I’m against 9-5 jobs that don’t give me enough money to retire.

I work a 9-80 schedule and I love it! 9 hour work days Monday-Thursday with one Friday being 8 hours and then the following Friday off for the day. Having a three day weekend every other week is so nice and staying one extra hour per day really isn't bad at all!

Easy to get into office work through IT... no degree needed. Project Management is another one that doesn't require a degree (again, especially in IT.) Business Analysis is another good one. The hardest part if you are on the outside and want to get in is learning the language so you know what different things mean. If you can find a mentor, they should be able to explain things, and it's not too hard from there. Some practical tips for anyone who has watched this and feels hopeless after the "drop 100k on a degree" segment. There's really no need, I got in from a working class background. The hardest part is really finding a mentor and learning the stupid names for things.

I sacrificed the best years of my life for this and it did not pay out. My regret is I did not develop enough healthy relationships, or pursued a family of my own. The Career can always come later, but all these other things can't.

When most people complain or hate their jobs, it's usually because the work environment sucks. The solution is easy, find somewhere less toxic.

What’s the point of working a 9-5, busting your ass for 10-15 years , like you said those individuals in those high income industries lost relationships and have no life, where’s the freedom to enjoy that money……. Where as with a business you bust your ass for the first 5-10 years and you can let your foot of the gas a bit, enjoy a little freedom when you want, I’m not saying you don’t have to work, you just don’t have to work as hard has you did in the beginning…….

I'm so glad there's more work from home jobs. I live in New England where the weather is often really bad and sometimes I can't drive to the office.

I hope everyone has a chance to love their job at some point. I hated my job as a CSR for 9 years but stomached it because the benefits and were great and it was union. Now I’ve finally moved to a different job within the same company as a clerk for the same pay and we work 6:30am-3am and I can finally say I love my job, once it’s 3pm, whatever it is isn’t my problem lol

This whole channel is basically just doing the opposite of what the “gurus” do. It’s appealing to the other half of people, I’m willing to bet this channel makes more money than the average 9-5

This guy definitely took the blue pill. As a small business owner, I can tell you it is very difficult and there are day I wish I was just an employee, but at the end of the day it’s mine. Point is, there are pros and cons on both sides, and if you can have gratitude where you are, life can be sweet.

The 9-5 isn't the issue. It's the cost of living, with low pay that bothers me. It's the 10-12 hour shifts, with mandatory over time that bothers me. (Labor that wears you down to the point where you are now spending "extra" money/and or insurance on healthcare, and other things to help upkeep your body.. More so than one would normally have to, of course without "extra" pay). It's the hour plus commute (one way) to find a decent paying job, that bothers me. (Which means you now have to own a car and all of the expenses that come with one, or take public transportation... in which, can be It's own beast).

I would love a 9-5. I've been working minimum 10-12 hour days my whole adult life. It sucks. Be at work for 7am, now I work at 6am.

Start by working for a business, learn how the business works, then after a few years start your own business and you'll have a higher chances of success running your own.

Honestly the idea of 9-5 started getting a bad name for itself when all the gurus was using it to sell their courses. Here in Aus im working afternoon shift with people that came straight from the morning work for extra cash. Ofcourse a business sounds good but its not for everyone so hard work still better then day dreaming or scrolling tiktok