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At what point did you lose your 'passion' for work and realized it was flame?

For me it had to be when I realized how many companies are v...
talented codepig trailer park
  08/22/17
Second year of biglaw
stirring slate stage incel
  08/22/17
misspelled "day"
floppy school cafeteria
  08/22/17
Lol the second I started working an office job I died inside
nofapping frisky psychic corner
  08/22/17
hai me
green principal's office toilet seat
  08/22/17
but SALES
talented codepig trailer park
  08/22/17
17
Garnet Trump Supporter Forum
  08/22/17
LJL @ people that have a passion for their bullshit as self ...
green principal's office toilet seat
  08/22/17
So...you DON'T have a passion for discussing color codes for...
Shimmering internet-worthy chapel national security agency
  08/22/17
Try telling workaholics about how this is flame and it makes...
talented codepig trailer park
  08/22/17
Lol at this litfag. You mad you couldn't cop in-house lil br...
Mentally impaired bateful shrine headpube
  08/22/17
First job in HS
Impressive old irish cottage station
  08/22/17
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Indigo vengeful trust fund
  08/22/17
objection. assumes facts not in evidence
motley spot really tough guy
  08/22/17
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Cowardly Aqua Deer Antler
  08/22/17
The root of the word "passion" is suffering, so I ...
Splenetic Antidepressant Drug Institution
  08/22/17
law firms are kind of unique in the modern white collar worl...
Marvelous Chestnut Philosopher-king Set
  08/22/17
Agreed. I think most people in law firms are pretty blunt a...
Irradiated blood rage goal in life
  08/22/17
part of that is because they are all aspie to be fair. But ...
Titillating Up-to-no-good Lettuce Theater Stage
  08/22/17
They also have a vested interest in burning out most of thei...
floppy school cafeteria
  08/22/17
The attitude is very much, you're a professional, we expect ...
Marvelous Chestnut Philosopher-king Set
  08/22/17
...
talented codepig trailer park
  08/22/17
The sooner you accept this, the sooner your life can begin
Beady-eyed deranged jap
  08/22/17
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-21/people-st...
Titillating Up-to-no-good Lettuce Theater Stage
  08/22/17
this checks out. though for me having a kid was the moment ...
soul-stirring confused orchestra pit cuckoldry
  08/22/17
Realizing work is flame has been very liberating for me. I ...
floppy school cafeteria
  08/22/17
About 3 weeks into BIGLAW. Been that way ever since. 20 c...
brindle exhilarant quadroon alpha
  08/22/17
Haven't lost it
hyperventilating halford
  08/22/17
2nd divorce
Swashbuckling elastic band
  08/22/17
all one needs to survive is a passion for distraction in som...
Judgmental dashing regret
  08/22/17
3 months in. It's usually some old geezer who's been there s...
Excitant pozpig hominid
  08/22/17
The sooner you realize that there is no such thing as "...
charismatic mother
  08/22/17
...
talented codepig trailer park
  08/22/17
Before I ever started work
hairraiser zombie-like university
  08/22/17
Ah, starting out ahead.
talented codepig trailer park
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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:41 PM
Author: talented codepig trailer park

For me it had to be when I realized how many companies are very similar to each other culturally and nothing you experienced in the workplace was essentially unique.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045495)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:42 PM
Author: stirring slate stage incel

Second year of biglaw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045497)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 2:09 PM
Author: floppy school cafeteria

misspelled "day"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045733)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:42 PM
Author: nofapping frisky psychic corner

Lol the second I started working an office job I died inside

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045504)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:44 PM
Author: green principal's office toilet seat

hai me



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045531)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:51 PM
Author: talented codepig trailer park

but SALES

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045597)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:45 PM
Author: Garnet Trump Supporter Forum

17

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045534)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:46 PM
Author: green principal's office toilet seat

LJL @ people that have a passion for their bullshit as self important office jobs

chefs, athletes, folks in the arts, coaches and even some teachers i get. being senior vp of ibm biz development or tax dept is laughable though

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045543)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:48 PM
Author: Shimmering internet-worthy chapel national security agency

So...you DON'T have a passion for discussing color codes for budgets in some spreadsheet?????

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045565)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:50 PM
Author: talented codepig trailer park

Try telling workaholics about how this is flame and it makes for an interesting argument

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045585)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 2:09 PM
Author: Mentally impaired bateful shrine headpube

Lol at this litfag. You mad you couldn't cop in-house lil brej?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045729)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:47 PM
Author: Impressive old irish cottage station

First job in HS

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045557)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 3:55 PM
Author: Indigo vengeful trust fund



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34046767)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:51 PM
Author: motley spot really tough guy

objection. assumes facts not in evidence

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045599)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:51 PM
Author: Cowardly Aqua Deer Antler



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045604)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 1:53 PM
Author: Splenetic Antidepressant Drug Institution

The root of the word "passion" is suffering, so I feel that many of us have a great deal of passion in our work.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045617)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 2:02 PM
Author: Marvelous Chestnut Philosopher-king Set

law firms are kind of unique in the modern white collar world, in that they don't cram a lot of Rah-Rah Go Team! crap down your throat. This chick I know works for a company with a stuffed animal mascot that "travels" from department to department every month. When it's you're month your department all takes a picture with the stuffed animal and - not flame - writes a paragraph about what XYZCorp means to you. (The animal's name is XYZie of course).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045674)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 2:05 PM
Author: Irradiated blood rage goal in life

Agreed. I think most people in law firms are pretty blunt about how much the job sucks and they are just doing it for the money. Even rainmaker partners.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045694)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 2:09 PM
Author: Titillating Up-to-no-good Lettuce Theater Stage

part of that is because they are all aspie to be fair. But yes it was nice that no one pretended that it was anyone's dream job

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045727)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 2:12 PM
Author: floppy school cafeteria

They also have a vested interest in burning out most of their new employees in 3-5 years and then harvesting a fresh crop, so it's not exactly coming from a place of honesty and good will.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045757)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 2:24 PM
Author: Marvelous Chestnut Philosopher-king Set

The attitude is very much, you're a professional, we expect you to act like professionals and deal with it. Lawyers are self-driven workaholics so it works.

If you tried that in 98% of office situations it would be chaos.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045889)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 3:54 PM
Author: talented codepig trailer park



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34046763)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 2:06 PM
Author: Beady-eyed deranged jap

The sooner you accept this, the sooner your life can begin

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045703)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 2:07 PM
Author: Titillating Up-to-no-good Lettuce Theater Stage

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-21/people-start-hating-their-jobs-at-age-35

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045711)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 4:57 PM
Author: soul-stirring confused orchestra pit cuckoldry

this checks out. though for me having a kid was the moment the switch really flipped. little dude seems so much more important than the relatively insignificant shit i deal with day in and day out. if i could not work and just hang with him all the time i would do it a f'n heartbeat.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34047262)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 2:16 PM
Author: floppy school cafeteria

Realizing work is flame has been very liberating for me. I used to wonder why I could get away with slacking sometimes and not others, and think my supervisors were, with few exceptions, supersmart workaholics. Now that I understand that they're all as mediocre and depressed as me and have basically developed different strategies to fake it with their peers and supervisors, it allows me to be a lot less anxious minute to minute and day to day at work. It's also hilarious to realize that this is how normal people think of work, and only aspie lawyers think they're "rigorous scholars" who earn every penny they make with the force of their intellects.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045795)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 2:17 PM
Author: brindle exhilarant quadroon alpha

About 3 weeks into BIGLAW. Been that way ever since.

20 consecutive years of education in preparation for a "real" career, and 3 weeks into it I realized it was all flame and completely unhealthy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045810)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 2:19 PM
Author: hyperventilating halford

Haven't lost it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045826)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 2:23 PM
Author: Swashbuckling elastic band

2nd divorce

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34045877)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 3:55 PM
Author: Judgmental dashing regret

all one needs to survive is a passion for distraction in some form, really

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34046771)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 4:00 PM
Author: Excitant pozpig hominid

3 months in. It's usually some old geezer who's been there several years who complains to you about how shitty the organization is under the guise of showing you the ropes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34046822)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 4:24 PM
Author: charismatic mother

The sooner you realize that there is no such thing as "passion" for 99% of jobs out there, the better. The lower your expectations are on deriving meaning from your job, the better. To make good money but also have time to spend outside work with friends and family is the "passion."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34047015)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 4:53 PM
Author: talented codepig trailer park



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34047233)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 4:59 PM
Author: hairraiser zombie-like university

Before I ever started work

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34047271)



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Date: August 22nd, 2017 6:47 PM
Author: talented codepig trailer park

Ah, starting out ahead.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3708690&forum_id=2#34048024)