All these people saying “just find a job you like” sound very much like “just don’t be poor” takes. Sometimes you are where you are, and that’s what OP is asking about.
Because they’re not paying you enough to care; if you’re not worth a living wage to them, then there is no reason for you to do more than the bare minimum.
Why not be a good little worker, making barely enough to survive while the big wigs at your company are living the new Gilded Age? I think I’ll hold out for something better.
All these people saying “just find a job you like” sound very much like “just don’t be poor” takes. Sometimes you are where you are, and that’s what OP is asking about.
But if you are where you are, why not do a good job?
Because they’re not paying you enough to care; if you’re not worth a living wage to them, then there is no reason for you to do more than the bare minimum.
Just didn’t get caught not being the dutiful, terrified, cowed, pliable, wage slave that your local
gestapoclass traitorsmid-mgmt expects you to be…Why not be a good little worker, making barely enough to survive while the big wigs at your company are living the new Gilded Age? I think I’ll hold out for something better.