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mamamia88
August 22nd, 2012, 06:04 AM
I am just curious what percentage of people out there enjoy their jobs? I am 24 and graduated in December. I am working part time while in college. While I don't really look forward to going to work i can tolerate it while i'm there. The only parts of the job i enjoy are the non job parts of the job aka chatting with my coworkers. I also genuinely enjoy when I'm able to help a customer out. But, overall I think that I could be spending my time doing something that I enjoy more. I'm not lazy I just haven't found what I want to do. What about you guys do you like your job?

oldsoundguy
August 22nd, 2012, 06:14 AM
When you find something you love to do, you may be surprised that, because you do it BETTER than most because you love to do it, you will get PAID a bunch more than you thought .. but it takes time and you have to try things out.

jbart0312
August 22nd, 2012, 07:52 AM
I am just curious what percentage of people out there enjoy their jobs? I am 24 and graduated in December. I am working part time while in college. While I don't really look forward to going to work i can tolerate it while i'm there. The only parts of the job i enjoy are the non job parts of the job aka chatting with my coworkers. I also genuinely enjoy when I'm able to help a customer out. But, overall I think that I could be spending my time doing something that I enjoy more. I'm not lazy I just haven't found what I want to do. What about you guys do you like your job?

If you don't like your job then you probably will become depressed and slowly begin to hate your life. Unfortunately, for alot of people, they get sucked into the whole hype that is attached to academia.

I am a contractor. Well I don't make millions of dollars, I like to fix things and take care of people. So I am pretty happy with the lifestyle.

If your working at a restaurant to pay the bills as you attend a fairly costly University, just remember, it only gets worse as you try and climb the corporate ladder. Because, there really is no ladder. It is just an illusion.

Find what makes U happy. This is the best advice. Money isn't the bottom line. Being in the right place at the right time is. That is priceless.

JDShu
August 22nd, 2012, 08:00 AM
When you decide to do something you love (and by love I don't mean a cursory "feel good" love, but more like a "I'm doing this if it kills me" kind of love) it actually becomes easier to find work because you care enough about it to get better at it and find out more about the field.

Finding what you want to do is the hard part.

frup
August 22nd, 2012, 09:55 AM
I like working in general, it makes the leave feel so much more rewarding!

I do understand how things can happen to make work miserable though. All miserable things can be solved though if there is a will.

I have some friends who have been unemployed long term. That's the most miserable thing to me.

Dragonbite
August 22nd, 2012, 02:17 PM
I have a good job, with a number of benefits and they treat me well. Unfortunately it is a smaller company so there is more inter-personal conflicts, pettiness and less mobility within the company.

My last job was with a larger (Medium sized) company that was very "family-like" and it paid me significantly less than my current location.

Both companies, though, are located where it takes me 45min-1 hour commute time and that is a drag.

I am also in a state of figuring out what what I want to do (stick with this for longer? change directions? complete change in career?) and weighing that with the current economy and providing for my family.

You are young and getting started. Yes the first few jobs may not be ideal, but they are preparing you and molding you for future opportunities. And don't feel like you are 'trapped' either.

I went to school for Flight, ended up graduating with a degree in Business Management specialized in Accounting, and am currently working as IT for a small financial company.

I was working in Accounting when the opportunity to switch to IT happened and my current job combines IT with understanding of Finance so my degree and experience gave me an edge over "just IT" candidates.

Enjoy the ride!

johnnybgoode83
August 22nd, 2012, 02:42 PM
I hate my job with a passion. Front line IT support is a hateful job because you take the flack from users for other people's **** ups. That and you have to reset the same people's passwords every day because they are too stupid to remember them.

I would go for a better job but, being from Northern Ireland and not having a degree, my opportunities are limited. I can't even do an evening course because of the hours I work.

FatFrog
August 22nd, 2012, 02:54 PM
I love the team I work with, including my supervisor, but I am dissatisfied with the day to day and the company as a whole.

sffvba[e0rt
August 22nd, 2012, 03:19 PM
I love work, I can sit and watch people do it the whole day.


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vexorian
August 22nd, 2012, 05:29 PM
Nobody likes doing his job. That's why people pay to do it.

Dragonbite
August 22nd, 2012, 05:52 PM
Nobody likes doing his job. That's why people pay to do it.

My wife likes her job (artist). She just doesn't like the marketing or invoicing (but does like getting handed the check :lolflag:).

psyclechick
August 22nd, 2012, 05:52 PM
I love my job, have done for the last 20 years :)

I love it so much, I also volunteer and do the same job for free outside of working hours!

jockyburns
August 22nd, 2012, 06:21 PM
I'm a joiner/carpenter by trade, but work as a handyman in a specialist dementia/nursing home and absolutely love my job. There's nothing really hard about it, doing general maintenance (lots of painting and changing light bulbs etc),,, But,, the best part of my job is the interaction with the residents. They are without a doubt a super group of special people. I work regular days and find myself going in at the weekends just to see our residents. I often stay on for an hour at the end of my shifts to sit with them , or perhaps play a few games of dominoes or cards with them I take my Yamaha keyboard in every few months and entertain them for a few hours.
It's probably the best job I've ever had. ;);)

KiwiNZ
August 22nd, 2012, 08:38 PM
Yes I do, I am a young retiree.

Kantis
August 22nd, 2012, 08:38 PM
Where are the "sometimes" and "kind of" options? It's often not just a simple yes or no question. I'm a personal assistant, so my job varies and changes along with the lives of people I assist. Sometimes I hate it with the fury of a thousand supernovas (especially bodyguard duties), but more often I'm stupefied that I'm actually PAID to do what I do (like spending an hour explaining a comic strip in the day's newspaper).

BrokenKingpin
August 22nd, 2012, 08:46 PM
I am a software engineer, and I quite like my job. I love coding, and I like the people I work with. There definitely aspects of my job that I do not like... such as the crazy deadlines we have, some of the corporate ********, and the useless IT department. But as long as I am coding, I am happy.

effenberg0x0
August 22nd, 2012, 09:35 PM
I hate it, it kills me a little every day. It's pointless and I have already proved it to everyone there. Unfortunately, I seem to do the job very well and they keep paying me despite my constant efforts to get fired and my attempts to just leave :\ And I haven't managed to make a living out of job #2 (FOSS-related) yet.

Regards,
Effenberg

Duncan J Murray
August 22nd, 2012, 10:56 PM
'Like'?

I think there is a continuum between the dull but chilled and the challenging but stressful. I think somewhere along that line are people's perfect job. But there are jobs which are both dull AND stressful.

Most people I know would quit there job if they won the lottery. On the other hand a job probably keeps you out of trouble (see the case recently of the heir to the tetrapak fortune and his wife - they would probably have been better off a lot poorer and having to work!).

When I started working for proper (as in full time), it felt terrific - finally after years of being a useless student, I could finally do something that people appreciated and paid me for. That feeling has worn off after a few years, though!

drawkcab
August 23rd, 2012, 05:03 AM
I teach philosophy and I love it.

mastablasta
August 23rd, 2012, 11:08 AM
But there are jobs which are both dull AND stressful.


that's my job.

and i tried to find something else but no one was too interested into me. it's a strange situation here were they hire mostly family or friends, or friends of family. well i gues that is everywhere but here you can't go 2000km and hope they need a professional not a relative or friend.

i am not lazy, in fact despite going over sales target by 20% or more each month in this economy state, no one really apprieciates that. note that since i usually do not meat the clients face-to-face, i need to "massage" them over email only or occasionally phone. i don't get any bonuses for extra work. so slowly i stopped making the extra effrot. now i will just reach the target or not even that. it doesn't really matter since there is no malus either (great huh?). as long as i spend 8 hours a day here they seem to be happy. better to focus on my familly and their needs instead.

when i started it seemed like a descent starting job and i always thought i will have opportunities to be promoted (quite a big company). but sadly those oportunities were reserved for (you guessed it) relatives and friends.

need to find something else...

rudeboyskunk
August 24th, 2012, 05:08 PM
I teach ESL at a university in South Korea. I teach for 12 hours a week and have office hours for 8 hours a week, meaning I work for 20 hours a week. I have Mondays off. This is actually more work than most ESL university instructors in Korea (however, public school and academy teachers work full 9 hour shifts Mon-Fri, and I get paid nearly the same amount).

I don't care much for teaching (I'll be attending grad school starting in March so I can start my real career), but I would definitely say I like this job. Just doesn't satisfy my expectations of life, and the paycheck isn't enough for a family.

bouncingwilf
August 24th, 2012, 05:52 PM
I voted yes but maybe that was because I'm retired !

Old_Grey_Wolf
August 24th, 2012, 09:14 PM
At the companies where I have worked, I have had a lot of choice in what I do. I am in the IT field. IT covers a lot of things. If you want to design systems, integrate products together to implement the design, test the system, or support users of the system after it is ready for users; then you can do that. You may need to try several of those in order to find what you enjoy most.

I don't know what the degree is you are working on. I would hope it would offer you the choice of carriers being creative, implementing, verifying, and sustaining. For example: in the field of psychology those could roughly be equated to, research (creative), therapy (implementing), psychological testing (verifying), and counselling (sustaining).

lykwydchykyn
August 24th, 2012, 10:30 PM
I like my job.

I don't think "like" has to mean "every moment is ecstasy", but overall I'm satisfied that it's what I'm doing with my work life.

Part of it is having a great boss who's laid back and doesn't care how you do the job as long as it gets done. I think if I worked for a control freak, it wouldn't be near as enjoyable.

JayKay3OOO
August 24th, 2012, 11:36 PM
Live for the weekends so I can tear up the mtb trails or find some peak to climb.

Need money to pay for hobbies, running repairs and ofc the ever present fuel. have to work. End of. My job does not define me. Computers just happens to be something I can do. Like computers? No way!

alan21276
August 25th, 2012, 12:11 AM
Every job has up's and down's, peak's and trough's, pro's and con's, swing's and roundabouts e.t.c.....

It's all about getting the balance right, overall I do love my job but if you asked me the same question on a bad day then I may give a different answer.......but hey, that's life.




I like to sit on the wall.....me.

I'm an Engineer.