[ad_1] A microscope has been taken to why people have been left feeling depressed over a video depicting a man who would, on the surface, seem to ha
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A microscope has been taken to why people have been left feeling depressed over a video depicting a man who would, on the surface, seem to have a perfectly successful life.
Connor, the man behind the social media account hubs.life, has unwittingly drummed up controversy with a video series documenting his life as a 28-year-old university graduate with a normal 9-5.
He shows himself leaving in the morning in his business casualwear, driving to his office, tapping away at his laptop until his lunch hour – when he goes home and plays with his dog – before returning to the office, hitting the gym, showering, having an evening meal and a singular beer, watching TV, then going to bed.
One of his videos, captioned “life after college as a 28-year-old with a normal job”, was shared to Twitter this week where it has since been viewed more than 90 million times.
It was uploaded by a man named Mike, who said watching the video evoked a feeling of deep sadness.
“This video was so depressing that I started tearing up watching it,” he wrote.
Mike was far from alone in his reaction, with others too observing how grim an outwardly successful life appeared when compiled into a one minute video.
“I think the sense of anomie is from how he’s not living *toward* anything,” another wrote, with Mike suggesting Connor seemed to be “stuck in eternal limbo”.
A standout feature of Connor’s monotonous everyday life was his seemingly stale working environment which Senior Workplace Strategist from Amicus, Lisa Justice, said could explain why people had such a strong reaction.
An obvious lack of connection and meaning in someone’s life can make their existence seem pretty grim, she said.
“The sad thing about this video is that it’s an external view and they look like they’ve got everything, but without that human-to-human connection, life can look pretty empty,” Ms Justice said.
Workplaces devoid of interactions, rituals and positive management styles exacerbated the perception of a sad working environment, she added.
“The best workplaces have great rituals that bring people together with their team and whole organisation that celebrate successes and foster social connection.
“Those are the sorts of experiences that people really value, and what we find in our research is that it’s those things that people enjoy coming to work for.
“It’s not necessarily to sit at a desk and do individual work, it’s about connecting with other people and making work feel meaningful.”
She added the biggest reason people left their roles was due to poor management styles and not necessarily because they didn’t enjoy their job.
“Certain management styles are less engaging than others and there’s great research about people mainly leaving because of their manager rather than the work they’re doing,” Ms Justice said.
“Creating great team environments and having really good leadership styles is certainly.”
Based on what was observed in Connor’s video, it’s no surprise many employees prefer working from home over the office
A separate Finder survey from 2022 found only a trivial number of Aussies (3%) don’t enjoy working from home.
More than half of Australian workers feel more productive at home, according to a 2022 Finder survey, while 47 per cent enjoy being able to get life admin done.
Tackling household chores, having more privacy for things like phone calls and having the ability to care for children are among the working from home perks workers enjoy.
Almost one in four admitted to enjoying watching TV in the background while working.
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