Hey everyone, been here for a while and figured this is as good of an area to post as any. Fair warning this will definitely sound like a "My steak is too juicy; My lobster is too buttery", type of thread. I'm 33 and feel like i'm burning out at my job. I feel like i'm about as high as I can go and just not really feeling fulfilled. It's a hard reality to face because, well, it's a great job. I am a lead in an area where I monitor equipment at nights for now, start cycles, troubleshoot stuff to relay to mechanics, otherwise kinda just keep to myself, watch videos, try to kill time from 6pm-6am. If you're into sitting around, it's really a sweet gig. But it's a huge mental load most days and feels like i'm not going anywhere with my life. All that said, I live in eastern NC, working for a pharma company making just at 6 figures. I know this is great for the area. It affords me, or afforded me the opportunity to do a lot of cool things before I had my son, build a shop, a house, a cool bronco, etc. Now with kids, my mental capacity is stretched even more and the burnout feels real. I do miss the days of working with my hands, doing mechanical things, being challenged, and feeling like the sky was the limit. I don't know that I have much desire to be a supervisor, considering in the business I work and how their structure is, I would lose money going from hourly to salary. A hefty amount, but that is the next step career-wise. For those who have been in similar jobs, do you just suck it up, make the money and just feel that exhaustion? I keep feeling the urge to break out on my own and do....something. But honestly it feels like the market for anything is so saturated, I would be taking a huge risk for a reward that wouldn't even be remotely comparable. I understand there is security in staying in a position like i'm at, but can also see the writing on the wall as well as far as the companies future not being 100% guaranteed and a possible restructuring coming in the future. I am under the impression that there aren't too many positions you can branch out to and be making this kind of money in eastern NC without being some kinda of high level manager or director, maybe that is an incorrect assumption. As I said, I am aware this will sound like complaining about a problem that isn't there, but It's a topic that's weighing on my mind recently and want to see what others think. I've thought about getting equipment and getting into land clearing/landscaping possibly, welding/repair stuff. I'm not sure. I have alot of interests, don't mind going and getting certs, but at my current exhaustion level, without a clear plan, most of it feels like wasted effort. Anyways, that's my vent/rant. Feel free to ignore me complaining about a good life.
