Man considers leaving 6-figure front desk job because he doesn't 'fit in' with wealthy environment: 'I just feel like I’m faking it all day'

Do you feel like you're faking your personality at work?

Most jobs require some level of masking, especially customer service ones. You can't go around saying how you feel all the time because then you'd scare away all the customers. You have to pretend like you want to be there and that your true passion is selling children's clothing and that you aren't just thinking about what you're going to eat for dinner and what might happen on the next episode of Yellowjackets. All jobs ask for some level of pretending. Pretending you care, pretending you had enough sleep, pretending to laugh at your boss's cheesy jokes. We all do it, and we all kind of resent doing it. Maybe you have a job where you get to fully let your freak flag fly all the time, and I commend you for that. But then you have to ask if people are faking it for your benefit. 

The upside of doing this at work is that you get compensated to do it. You're not playing pretend for free; you're doing it for a paycheck and to further your career. This is the generally understood push and pull of adulthood. But certain jobs require more of you than others. Certain jobs make you feel more insane than others and require different levels of masking. It's up to you to decide just how much of that you're comfortable with, and just how much you can tolerate.