I've been there a year and a half; it's my first job out of college. I'm happy to even have a job at this point, since I spent 6 months after graduation finding no work, until I got this. I'll probably leave in another year or so, but I wasn't just gonna quit after 6 months or a year just because the job sucks. That would just hurt my chances finding another job ("why did you only stay with this employer a year?" "Oh, they sucked" which the potential employer hears as "Quits if things get tough; badmouths previous employers"). This isn't some fast food gig where high turnover is expected- I was lucky to get a job straight out of college in my field with a job title and tons of experience (due to the lack of organization causing me to have to learn everything) that will help me get better jobs in the future. Plus I can actually start saving up some money (though those student loans and rent take a nice chunk out of my paycheck, so I can't afford not to have a job no matter how crazy it is)

Telling someone's "if you don't like your job, just quit" is terrible advice. My employer sucks (they do have really good benefits though which I didn't even know about until after i got hired) but it's not like I'm being harassed or something. And while the pay isn't what I should be getting for the work I do, even at one step above entry level I'm still making more than almost everyone else I know who is also a recent college grad with their first "real world" job.

tl;dr in my original post, I was just explaining the crazy IT/sysadmin environment I work in. Wasn't looking for unsolicited career advice from people who know nothing else about me or my living situation.