Does anyone else hate their job as much as my partner and I do? Are we in minority?!

Every single morning when we wake up, we lie in bed for 10 to 20 minutes just talking about how much we dread starting the workday.
For context, we are both engineers and make relatively good money over $390k combined in a LCOL area. I’m fully remote, which on paper sounds like the ideal setup. But despite the good pay and flexibility, I hate my job so much that I feel like I don't actually exist from Monday through Friday. My life feels entirely put on pause for five days a week, and I only actually "live" on Saturday and Sunday. The stress is just constant.
I know we’re in a privileged position financially, which almost makes it worse because it feels ungrateful to complain. But the daily grind is completely consuming.
Does anyone else feel like this? Are we in minority or actually most people hate their job??!

Posted Sep 25, 2026, 7:49 PM UTC

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