My work life: Once rigid now flexible

For the past five years up until last year November, my work life is one I describe as rigid. It was so stressful and to think that we experienced nothing like shift for my first job which I did for two years is even surprising that I got stocked working my ass out.

For my early days of working, I was employed in a firm that experience no shit making us to work from Monday to Sunday eight hours each day. Although I was not comfortable with the work having to do same thing repeatedly, not just that, my MD was the strict type and it wasn't easy at all. The only thing that kept me there was the fact the pay was good and I couldn't find any better than it. Because we run shift, whenever am observing the morning shift I resume by 6am which implies I have to be up before six to prepare for work while for the afternoon shift i resume by two close by 9pm. Honestly, it wasn't so easy. Fast forward to two years I got a better one. It was a 9-5 job and work only five days in a week which is cool than the first one. We observe public holidays and breaks despite the fact it was a private sector. Although I liked the work but we were stocked with a particular routine. We keep on doing same thing over and over again that sometimes going to work becomes a burden, you dare not do it your own way else every mistake will cost a slash of your monthly wages. We dare not miss a day out without coming to work or else your salary will go for it and that was how it was for us. As usual the only thing that kept me still working was the fact it was less stressful than the first job and with a better pay too.

A 9-5 work isn't easy at all, sitting in a spot and doing same thing repeatedly is the real stress. Because I know my pay would be slashed at the end of the month when I don't go I usually call in sick that way I could stay away from work that day.

Fast forward to this year again I got a remote job which am currently doing and I must say it has been the best feeling so far. Although I still live with my parents so I can't sleep the way I like and as a female child you need to be up to do the chores but the most interesting part is that after the chores I happily go back to hug my bed and without disturbance which is the best feeling anyone would pray for. So far my work-life has been a stress free one and am so loving it.

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