zombie watch

it is pretty difficult to hold a job that is not a careless 9 to 5 job but also not a job you spend your life at. on one side there is something like self-contained google empire with restaurants, shops, gyms, beauty salons. everything you may need is there for you to enjoy for free while staying productive. you never need to leave, you never want to leave. i wonder if they have dating services on premises. on another side there is a regular asshole 9-5 job at some crappy office where you can have plenty of time for yourself on evenings and weekends. still you feel unhappy because most of your day is spend doing routines you are far from enjoying. you want to make it interesting, you want to be involved. it is not easy to maintain sanity trying to do well at your job without going overboard. going overboard means getting brainwashed and being turned into a zombie. this process usually takes a while to work on you, and you often miss the signals. then it is too late, and you are unable to realize the transformation ever took place. here is the top 10 list of symptoms to watch out when suspecting you’re turning into a zombie at your place of employment:

10. you willingly accept relocation to help out your employer when it interferes with your own life

9. you give away your pet because your long working hours prevent you from taking care of it

8. you are so overwhelmed by the number of meetings and the amount of work that you don’t have time for personal conversations

7. you check your work mail at least 8 times on weekends

6. your idea of lunch is spending 10 minutes chewing dry food in your cubical watching cnn.com

5. emails about organizational restructure make sense to you

4. you’re holding off going to the bathroom until you hit the send button

3. re-reading 80% of your own business emails show you the sender must be taking a happy pill

2. you think of something related to your client or process during childbirth

1. you notice you’re starting paying attention at meetings