Now, I didn’t come up with these reasons. I just ordered them. So, my contribution is just figuring out the priority. And, you may feel the order is wrong. That’s ok. Feel free to re-order as you wish.
My other contribution is to select my favorite 10. You may have 10 different favorites. That’s ok. Feel free to make a new list.
Here are my sources:
Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Not Get a JOB!
10. Are you into Lifelong domestication? (Pavlina)
Getting a job is like enrolling in a human domestication program. You learn how to be a good pet.
Many office environments don’t encourage creative thinking or positive energy. Instead, there’s lots of negativity among employees who feel powerless.
7. How do you feel about Begging for money? (Pavlina)
Do you believe that your life is supposed to have a purpose? That you’re here for a reason and that the world will be better off with you doing what you’re supposed to do? If so, who do you want to decide your life purpose—you or your boss? Beyond the industry you choose, you don’t really have much influence on your life purpose. Every task your boss gives you advances their vision of your life purpose, not yours.
5. Your money doesn’t go as far. (Kane)
4. You’re a pet at best, and a slave at worst. (Nuttall)
When your boss says “jump,” you say “how high?” Either that, or you later say “I’m here to file an unemployment claim.” They’re the one in control, make no mistake of that. So it’s really up to chance whether your boss wants to treat you as a slave, or has enough mercy to promote you to the rank of pet.
It takes a lot of effort to tame a human being into an employee. The first thing you have to do is break the human’s independent will. A good way to do this is to give them a weighty policy manual filled with nonsensical rules and regulations. This leads the new employee to become more obedient, fearing that s/he could be disciplined at any minute for something incomprehensible. Thus, the employee will likely conclude it’s safest to simply obey the master’s commands without question. Stir in some office politics for good measure, and we’ve got a freshly minted mind slave.
2. Having a job is way too risky. (Kane)
When you have a job, someone can take away your income just by uttering two words: “You’re fired.” This is happening more and more as companies crumble in the face of global changes in commerce.