A job that makes you sleepless
By scheng1
@scheng1 (24649)
Singapore
April 28, 2016 10:27am CST
If your job is causing insomnia problem for you, would you keep the job?
I, for one, will not want to keep the job.
Even if I need the money to make a living, I still want my beauty sleep.
There is nothing more important than a healthy body.
I will have to suffer from the mistreatment of health long after I retire from the stressful job. I am sure my body will not be so forgiving.
The body will definitely want justice, and I do not want to spend my last days on Earth suffering from pain, and aches.
I do not pity those who can leave a stressful job, but choose to stay on because of the money.
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12 responses
@kaka135 (14994)
• Malaysia
29 Apr 16
I always had sleepless nights when I was working, not really because I couldn't fall asleep, it's that I was rushing to get my work done. I used to be very stressful at work, sometimes. I stayed, not because of money, it's because I like the job I did. Moreover, the stress actually didn't really come from the job, but from myself. If I can handle or manage the stress, it'd be fine. So, it's always me who need to learn. I am still learning to manage my stress especially when I am under work pressure, but I have improved quite a lot from the past years. 
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
30 Apr 16
@scheng1 It is true. I have experienced that too and sometimes I think if they still see us as humans or they think that we already transformed into a machine.
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
30 Apr 16
@annierose Yes, sometimes they are more concerned about work than us.
I think that is the bad part of capitalism.
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
30 Apr 16
@scheng1 We must know how to love our job. That is the only way we will not think that we are working because we love what we do. On the other hand, if someone is already bored with the job, he has always the freedom to go to another one unless he is still under the contract period on his present job.
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
30 Apr 16
@annierose Employment is always part of the free market.
I think when our skill is in demand, we can get more pay.
Sometimes money is not that important as there are other factors in play, such as the distance.
No point getting stuck in traffic for 4 hours a day when you can get a lesser paid job near your house.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
29 Apr 16
in the UK if you quit a job you are denied benefits for refusing to work even if the job was too horrible to be able to stay
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
30 Apr 16
@arthurchappell We never have it, so everyone has to save some money to prepare for a period of unemployment.
Our tax rate is low because of this.
There is no reason not to save when the tax rate is so low.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
30 Apr 16
@scheng1 that is quite dangerous - many will starve without some kind of welfare support
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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (18159)
• Torrington, Connecticut
28 Apr 16
I wouldnt stay, no job is worth your physical health
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@BenRyanLee (224)
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30 Apr 16
That's is why I am trying to be a pipe builder in a world of bucket carriers
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@pinkCardigangirl (587)
• United States
30 Apr 16
Hmmm I never thought about it before, but I think you made a good point. Staying at a stressful job may cause your health later.
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