There is so much truth here. Meritocracy and Natural Law in any sense does not exist in the workplace. There is no incentive to work hard when the game is rigged by feminism and political correctness in the corporate world as well as high taxes/student loans, it's just a waste of a life. I have multiple female managers earning 30%+ more than me and are barely competent but can play the office politics game so can survive for a long time here. Add that with literally weekly emails and meetings on diversity quotas etc. If someone doesn't work in the Corporate World, they wouldn't understand how bad things are. Best to save your money and get out ASAP.
My approach is to build a decent side business and then live a peaceful life in solitude.
Yes, so very true. And it isn't just about "its not fair", and it certainly is not fair, it is so much bigger than that. 30 years ago, boomers would say "well it isn't fair but we have to suck it up". We are so far past that point now.
I would be so happy if it was only just not fair, or someone incompetent got promoted and paid more than me. If I could still have some job security, and a decent paycheck, and be treated like a man at work, I would too suck it up and just live with it.
It is now that I will be expected to do my, and other's work, and at the same time know that not only will I be passed over, I will be the first to be let go due to being a white male. And if I am let go, I will be one of the last hired due to being a white male. And this is after I am treated like garbage by young women and other co-workers. Whether it is them giving me weird looks because I might be a threat, to them outright screaming and blaming me for anything and everything. In the office it isn't nearly as bad, but at my side gigs it is reaching levels I never thought to see, and I can sense it getting worse month by month.
If I were to actually speak up and defend myself, I would be likely to lose my job or at a minimum have a complaint filed against me. It matters not who was in the right, it is just another excuse to get rid of me and hire more diversity.
It is soul crushing. But it pays the bills and it slowly will buy me freedom from the migraines I receive and being exhausted and the other affects.
And the biggest reason of all to build wealth is that if it is THIS bad in 2021, how bad will it be by 2045. If I do have children, I don't want them to have to face this existence. I want to pass on as much to them as I can so they can avoid being treated this way. I am so blessed to be as old as I am, because the fact is that as bad as it is, I am at the end of this journey. So I too actually missed out on a lot of the worst of it.