Toiling yet again

Back to my usual topic of work restlessness. I have mixed feelings about my boss. I understand that he's created this company out of his passion for what he does. But it consumes him, and is his priority, and takes precedence over his own life and his family.

I like working with him and I like working for a small casual company, but lately his passion has been irritating me. All he ever talks about is how he wants his employees to make work priority, how everyone needs to be more productive, and all the while I'm thinking about the end of the day and the time when I can leave.

Even though he's never said it to me, I know he probably thinks I lack dedication, since although I put in a full eight hours every day, I rarely do more. It's not that I don't want to help, it's just that work is secondary to life for me, and I don't think someone like him will ever understand it.

He spends so much time trying to get people to share his vision, and while he's got a core group of people who are good workers, I know he wishes we were all more passionate, and that's where he's wrong. Perhaps he will find people willing to spend their days and weekends working with him, but I won't be one of them. Of all the things about work, his desire for more is what bugs me most. The fact that he doesn't seem to respect people's need for balance. I leave each day feeling guilty like I'm cutting out early, after working a bit over 8 hours, and that is a feeling I hate.

And to compound that, each day while sitting in the office I feel life slipping through my fingers. And I don't even have it that bad...