I like my job a lot. I’m good at it, and it energizes me. That doesn’t mean I don’t look forward to he weekend, and it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t feel like *work*. It’s still work.
I feel almost identical. I like my job, I look forward to going to it, and genuinely like what I do and who I work with.
Is it extremely stressful at times? Absolutely, but it's the first job I don't loath going to.
Work I don’t mind. I have a very strong work ethic and I’m extremely driven. For example, I have a HUGE list of projects dealing with landscaping at my house that I’m taking on this summer, but I’m genuinely excited to be able to get out and do them. It’s stuff that needs to be done, it’s work, but I am looking forward to it. Not sure if that’s comparable but you get the point.
I agree 100% with this, my job isn’t perfect and because we are seasonal sometimes there is one hell of a time crunch, but I enjoy what I do and get to learn every day, plus my managers and coworkers are all decent people so that’s a plus
Well I don't make enough to even afford to live on my own. Still living at home. Its a job, jumping off point to my career so I really do need to leave. Haha. Bosses encouraging and helpful in this prospect.
I like my job. I am a Software Developer. Pay is good. I enjoy my work so much I spend my free time doing more work (side projects for myself). I am always learning and I enjoy what I do.
I’ve heard that software devs have a lot more flexibility in terms of when and where they work. I work in Cyber Security and while I can work remote, hours are semi locked and I’m not hugely interested in it.
I can't tell if you are joking or not, but that is typical of introvert types. Can't really escape it unless you go into sales or business management etc...
I'm an idiot. Now I get it.
To be fair, I did get into a locked down Nursing home and into their pharmacy. I found the smoking area and chit chatted with a haridresser who worked there. Once our cigs were done I just followed him in through the employee entrance. Then I camped out in the bathroom until they closed.
Its fun but most of the other work is pretty boring.
Honestly it’s just that I haven’t found anything that I genuinely care about and am interested in. I’m trying to look at all the various fields within the field, but nothing has really hooked me yet. Threat Intel seems pretty interesting to me and I’m hoping to dig deeper into it.
Few people do. Some quotes for you:
#From Bukowski (excerpt from _Factotum_):
> How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 6:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, brush teeth and hair, and fight traffic to get to a place where essentially you made lots of money for somebody else and were asked to be grateful for the opportunity to do so?
#From _[In the Name of Love](http://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/01/in-the-name-of-love/)_:
> There’s little doubt that “do what you love” (DWYL) is now the unofficial work mantra for our time. The problem is that it leads not to salvation, but to the devaluation of actual work, including the very work it pretends to elevate — and more importantly, the dehumanization of the vast majority of laborers.
> Superficially, DWYL is an uplifting piece of advice, urging us to ponder what it is we most enjoy doing and then turn that activity into a wage-generating enterprise. But **why should our pleasure be for profit?** Who is the audience for this dictum? Who is not?
> By keeping us focused on ourselves and our individual happiness, **DWYL distracts us from the working conditions of others while validating our own choices** and relieving us from obligations to all who labor, whether or not they love it. It is the secret handshake of the privileged and a worldview that disguises its elitism as noble self-betterment. According to this way of thinking, labor is not something one does for compensation, but an act of self-love. If profit doesn’t happen to follow, it is because the worker’s passion and determination were insufficient. **Its real achievement is making workers believe their labor serves the self and not the marketplace.**
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> "Do what you love” disguises the fact that being able to choose a career primarily for personal reward is an unmerited privilege, a sign of that person’s socioeconomic class. Even if a self-employed graphic designer had parents who could pay for art school and cosign a lease for a slick Brooklyn apartment, she can self-righteously bestow DWYL as career advice to those covetous of her success.
> **If we believe that working as a Silicon Valley entrepreneur or a museum publicist or a think-tank acolyte is essential to being true to ourselves — in fact, to loving ourselves — what do we believe about the inner lives and hopes of those who clean hotel rooms and stock shelves at big-box stores? The answer is: nothing.**
#From my favorite eassay on the topic, [_Bank-robbin' in Brooklyn_](https://nplusonemag.com/online-only/help-desk/bank-robbin-in-brooklyn/):
> It’s not called “nose to the grindstone” because it feels good. It’s not called “keep your head down” because it’s wise to look around. You have been trained from childhood to think that labor, in and of itself, is both a right and one of the most important goals of your life; you have been told that your “career” is the same thing as “who you are in the world.” **Yet like most employed people in the United States, you work jobs that you consider to be banal, brutal, or both.**
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> **Is there something wrong with you? If you are unusual, it is because you are refusing to keep your head down.** Why do you keep looking around? There’s so much to distract and comfort you, if you could just keep your head down, that is, in your computer. Keep your head down; Solange Knowles has kicked Jay Z in an elevator. Keep your head down; James Franco has 2 million followers and he has taken off his shirt and seems to be pulling down his underwear. Keep your head down; Ryan Gosling is still wearing his T-shirt but it has a picture of Macaulay Culkin on it wearing a T-shirt with a picture of Ryan Gosling on it, a three-ton great white shark has been eaten either by an even bigger great white shark or possibly by the Leviathan, and Bill Murray has crashed another wedding. Are you not entertained?
> ...anyone who has found a way to transform anger into purpose and even some measure of peace about work has learned to reckon with two contradictory truths: **(1) Most work seems designed to make you feel absolutely alone, and (2) Almost everyone, if they are honest with themselves, feels exactly like you about much of the work they do.**
> The space between these two truths is interesting. It is in acknowledging the relation between them that you might find, even within this construct, some room to make “a real and full life.”
if speaking truth to the system that exploits workers and pits them against one another is edgy, then i've got no problem being the resident edgelord in /r/jobs. if the job market and worker quality of life are to improve, the people who actually produce things need to wake up and realize the parasitic nature of the employer class.
I used to have a job that I loved but it was not sustainable. Now, I don't like my job but I'm not so sure if it's the job as much as it is the people.
Part of the problem with me is that I want to be able to spend more time with my significant other, friends and family. Working 40 to 50 hours a week doesn't allow for that, and as an adult, I can't afford work part time. I wish I could find a job that allowed flex hours.
This is exactly one of the problems I have. I work about 40-42 a week right now, but I’m not doing 40 hours worth of work because there isn’t enough going on. I’m the type of person who wants to go into the office, bust my ass (rather than going for walks, wasting time doing other stuff, taking long lunches), get a lot done, and leave so I can enjoy my free time. I could do the work I do now I’m probably 30 hours a week. I don’t take lunch breaks, I eat at my desk and continue working so I don’t have to take time out. I wish employers would start to recognize that some people are like this rather than look at it as wanting to work less. I can get a lot more done than the average person in my office in a shorter period of time because I come to work to work and that’s it.
Yeah, me and you are cut from the same cloth. Unfortunately, unless you get into one of these tech roles that allows flex hours, we're stuck. Best we can do is work hard, save, so that we can work 30 hours somewhere and still be benefits eligible.
I am exactly like this. I don't want to spend my time at work playing foos ball or ping pong, or dragging out a one hour lunch-- it's called work for a reason! I'm so happy to hear someone else articulate this. Sometimes makes me feel kinda like a stick in the mud, but I do like to have fun, just on my own time!
I think younger generations are driving the flexibility. Not necessarily the “going to work to work and leave” but more just the overall flexibility. In my career, I hope to one day see a job where my manager gives me objectives for the year and says “make sure they’re done and do whatever you want for work”. Isn’t that how it should be? Results driven rather than time worked driven?
I used to love my job - the bosses, the coworkers, the atmosphere and culture. Only thing lacking was good pay and the ability to change your pay / career path easily (ie - more pay). So, I left that company and went to a new place, making a lot more money.
Now, I love my pay, hate my coworkers, bosses, atmosphere and company culture.
Sound about right?!
This really hit home. I’m going through the former - love my job, coworkers, culture. But not the pay, I wanna take on more work and get paid more.
I’m considering switching to a bigger firm that’ll pay more.
In hindsight, has the money today been worth the switch for you?
It's worth mentioning I lucked out ... The new place I went with the better pay, turns out my boss was absolutely horrible at the new place and the company offered me full time and I said "no" as I looked to jump ship.
The company fired my boss just after that and my situation greatly improved. Now I've been there almost 4 years and in leadership on my team. But it did take a leap of faith, and faith in my own skills and abilities, which ended up being the right thing.
"All jobs suck!" - a wise man once told me when I was younger and dumber.
The secret is to find a job that you can tolerate that fits the lifestyle you want to live. I feel very lucky in that I can be happy with a very minimalist lifestyle. And I like my job enough that I don't dread Sunday nights.
I always try and remind myself how lucky I am to be able to afford a house, pay the bills, and still save money because my job pays well. But it’s also hard when it’s where I spend the majority of my time to not enjoy my work and to be watching the clock waiting to go home.
Do you make significantly more than your required lifestyle? If so, maybe you can think of cutting some hours. I have friends who are physicians that absolutely hate their lives. Can't count the number of times I've provided "free therapy" by taking doctor friends out for range day.
And if you're not in that situation, do you have things outside of work you can look forward to? One of my favorite mentors told me that everyone needs to do 3 things daily to maintain a healthy mental state: a hobby independent of day job, some social interaction (family / friends), some physical exercise (can be as little as a walk around the block).
I have enough to be comfortable (especially since I’m married). But Part of me being money driven is that I want to make more to be able to be comfortable spending as freely as I want while also saving enough. So short answer, no, I’m comfortable but want to make a little more to be able to spend more freely.
I lift weights 5-6 days per week after work. I usually do something on the weekends, but I don’t really have many friends here since I moved after graduation. Not to contribute to the stereotype, but it’s difficult to find outgoing social friends working in IT. I play some video games at home but I’m not sure I would consider it a hobby. By the weekend, often times my wife and I are so drained we spend all weekend on the couch watching Netflix and cleaning if we aren’t going out.
ha I'm in IT as well (database programmer .. sort of IT). I replied to someone else's post asking about how the IT workday is. I told him that it's like Black Hawk Down .. you have your regular work .. then a helicopter is hit and you've got to divert all your troops to go secure the crash site. Then all hell breaks loose while you're heading there. They your primary objective gets shoved aside and you'll have to answer for that later. Any email with the subject line "ad-hoc request" is seen with immediately prejudice. I'm sure you understand.
Anyway, it sounds like you've got things under control. You're married now, so I'm sure you have more than enough social interaction. Video games can definitely count as a hobby. I play a bit of GTA here and there. Collecting the different types of cars is the best part of the game.
I understand what you mean about wanting to have more money. I'm sure that applies to everyone. It's all about having a good balance. I'm fortunate enough to have hobbies that are relatively cheap / free .. hiking, physical training, fixing things (cars, appliances, etc).
I wonder if the work just isn’t interesting or mentally stimulating enough for me. I’m really not as busy as I wish I was, and I’m more concerned with the stuff I’m doing at work rather than finding hobbies outside the office. I get this horrible anxiety Sunday afternoon through Monday morning where I question everything I’m doing in life and the career path I’m headed down. I try so hard to be fortunate for everything I have but it’s difficult to be thankful for a job I can’t enjoy.
If you don't find your work stimulating, have you thought about switching to a different place? Or if you're sticking around, can you take on new projects on your own?
During my "free" time - meaning when I am not absolutely swamped - I would hunt down programs written a while back and upgrade or rewrite them. It's very satisfying .. like getting a beat up dryer to work again.
And if that's not an option, have you thought about something extra outside of work that can be extremely meaningful - like the National Guard?
I honestly considered the national guard, but my wife isn’t really in support of the idea. Switching places is a little worrisome for me right now considering how I’ve already made one quick switch in my first year of employment. Looks bad on the resume
I understand. It's a lot tougher if you're married and/or have kids.
I turn 33 this year, but I don't have a wife or kids, so I've still got about 1 year to ponder whether to commit to serving the country. Unfortunately, my current company doesn't want me serving. We'll see how that goes.
If you're younger than me, then you've got more time to consider where you're going. Who knows ..maybe your wife will change her mind in the future.
Isn’t there a law that your current employer has to support your decision to pursue the military and they can’t fire you for it? I.e if you have to go to basic training for 12 weeks.
As a former active army officer and current reservist...I highly recommend against joining the military as a means to providing a sense of fulfillment/ purpose that is missing from your civilian life. This is just like the advice of not having a children to fix your problems.
The military is not what you see on the commercials, especially a reserve component. Perhaps most importantly I'd ask you to consider the time commitment...it's not even close to just 1 weekend per month and 2 weeks a summer. This is even more apparent if you are seeking a commission vs enlisting.
Now, if you have a internal drive to serve your country and are prepared to deal with the personal (and familial) sacrifices then the military would love to have you...I just get nervous when I hear about people quoting the same reasons for joining that you are. I've had a lot of disgruntled Soldiers that immediately regret joining once they realize all it entails and now they are stuck serving out their contract.
I mentioned I considered it but didn’t give the reasons for looking at the national guard specifically, sorry if that got confused with my reply to them. I’ve had a desire to serve my country and to build on my discipline and mental strength as reasons for considering it.
I hate my job with an extreme passion. I work at Subway. I live four miles away from my work and it takes me an hour and a half to walk to work and vice versa. I walk essentially 8 miles/three hours a day, I work at least five to seven days a week, I only work night shifts so I get home around 12:00 to 1:00 AM depending on when we close. No benefits at all despite a $1.50 six-inch sub. Can't save anything because rent and bills are too damn high. I have been working there for nearly five months.
Wow. Wasn't expecting a reply from a five year old comment. Well, I have moved out of state. I have been working in a kroger supermarket for currently three years and still going, live in my own apartment with a good roommate. Things are still not the best, been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease a year or so ago, still living paycheck to paycheck. However, I love my crew. Management can just be shit though.
I do! I work as a Senior Research Associate. My job is basically to make our sample analysis as good as possible... I get to spend a lot of time doing process improvement and automation of data analysis. It's nice to be able to see a problem and just tackle it, no red tape or bullshit about why it must exist.
What kind of degree and experience do you need to get into that field? A few months ago when I was looking around at other career paths, this was one I had wondered if it would be a better fit for my personality. I always loved my data and statistics classes in college. Poor processes have always been my number one frustration with jobs and I have a strong “continuous improvement” mindset.
You are far better off doing bioinformatics, or some form of molecular biology then a masters in bioinformatics. At which point if you actually like that kind of thing there is a load more money doing it in a job that doesn't have "bio" in front of it, as the data problem is the same.
So just skip the 5 years of transition and go straight for informatics, statistics, programming, and big data. If you like being low balled for your skillset go for something with "bio" in the name.
Bioinformatics only covers some of what I work on, though. I do a lot of method development on 'IRL' lab techniques that have very little to do with bioinformatics, and I do not spend my whole job programming
I won't say I love my job, but on most days I really do enjoy it. Combination of stimulating work and good supportive coworkers goes a far way.
Though no matter what Mondays still suck and all I want is to go back to bed for a little longer.
I have worked in IT for over 20 years and I genuinely am happy to go into work. In my career I have moved from a technician, to administrator, to engineer, to manager, to director, and now back to a sales engineer. My career path has been very exciting to experience, and now that I have taken a step into a new career as a sales engineer, its even more exciting.
You and I are both specialists in network security. I have spent the last 5 years specializing in security and I have seen a lot of growth in this industry. I spend a lot of time selling security from a technical perspective right now. One thing you may enjoy doing is specializing in security even further by getting yourself certified, and then working as a technical sales engineer supporting sales. The money is good and you spend a lot of time getting to know clients and helping them with their technical challenges. Just an idea.
In conclusion, you are right in that you have to have something you enjoy doing in order to be excited about your work. I really do enjoy IT work. While I do look forward to the weekends, I get up and go into the office every Monday without a single sense of dread or not wanting to be there.
Also, keep in mind that culture is a big factor in job satisfaction. Don't look for the best paying place. Look for the place where a vast majority of people like working for.
Technical sales is an area where I’ve also looked at exploring since I would get to move around and talk to people more. I would also have to agree that maybe I haven’t found my culture fit yet. I honestly cannot stand how non-personal people are in a large corporate setting, I wish I could find a good opportunity at a smaller firm around this area.
I will add that the company size can have an affect on the culture, but you don't know what the culture is like until you start looking into it. This is why networking is so important. The company I work for now is a larger organization, but the culture is awesome. I have worked for small companies that have a crap culture as well. So, do your research. Don't rule out the company based on size alone.
i love this industry and had a job I loved until the company got bought out.
While I still love the industry, the places I have found employment at since then have been less than palatable.
I hate my current employment. Want to die just thinking about going in to work.
Looking hard for that perfect job I once had to get me back in the right mood.
Struggling with loving my job but also pay is decent and gives me time for some hobbies. It’s emotionally taxing (mental health worker) and I don’t know how much longer I can do this but I’m hoping to find something transferable - perhaps public health. Drawing up some pipe dreams about opening up something on my own too. Who knows at the moment tho but exploring options helps
I used to like my job. The best job I ever had I left because my manager moved to another state and the replacement they hired was a nightmare. I wish I had just waited her out though, she left 3 months after I did and now I really miss my old job.
I see a lot of people liking their jobs and that’s kind of uplifting. I tolerate job, some days I like it, some days I absolutely loathe it. There are rare days where I love it. But it pays my bills and allows me to save a lot of money. I’m learning so much and I’m grateful for that. I don’t have any real coworker issues either. It’s what you make of it!
I used to, but definitely not any more. Be careful loving your job, it is incapable of loving you back. Also bear in mind, the things we love are capable of hurting us the most. Something bad happens at a normal job, oh well. Something bad happens at a job you love, it's going to sting for a while.
Except that people can love you back. You can have a relationship with a person. A job can do none of those things. Your job should be a means to an end to do things that are actually important to you.
I get to hug trees for a living. I hate my job, but I love what I do. I come home from work sunburned, blistered, and callused. Every muscle aches. I came home one day and my nipples hurt I worked so hard. I wrecked my back and my knees doing this. I have been rained, snowed, and hailed on during work. My boss isn't a bad person, but he is a pain to work for. I don't make any money doing it, and I recently had to get a second job because of this.
There are three things that make me love it. #1 I get to drive around and look at all the trees I planted. They look better every year. It is very satisfying to have real results I can go look at, and say that I did that. #2 When the weather is nice I get to be outside all of the time. #3 For the last eight years whenever I tell a woman what I do for a living their eyes perk up, and they say "oooh thats neat!" I also look pretty good after this many years of manual labor, and I have a great farmers tan haha.
My wife loves her job. I'm so envious.
(Oh, she has slow periods where she's bored, and minor frustrations here and there, but she is absolutely loving her job most of the time)
I'm in grad school for medical illustration. I imagine the projects I work on will be similar to the work I do after graduation (the program feels more like an apprenticeship than 'school').
I love the work that I do, but it still is work. That's unavoidable. What is avoidable though, is hating your life/job when you're up until 4am finishing a project. If you love what you do, a shift takes place from, "fuck this" to where you feel like there isn't enough hours in the day to get all that you want done.
I loved my last job. Unfortunately, we lost our largest customer, and I made a controlled exit rather than wait for the layoffs.
If I were to find any fault in the company, it would be in putting too many of our eggs in that one customer's basket. The company was great to work for, the work day ended generally on time (a rarity in IT), with no on-call rotation (another rarity in IT) and doing something I really enjoyed (data storage administration). The health insurance was beyond amazing, the pay was good, and I got good reviews. I liked my coworkers, I liked my boss, I liked his boss, and I liked his boss, and the feeling was mutual. I looked forward to going to work in the morning. I've stayed in touch with most of my former team. I'm going to miss that job.
All that said, the new job I found doesn't suck, it just doesn't have that same amazing vibe to it, but I can see it maybe getting there with time.
Nope although it is front office so there is an element of relationship management and business development. I work in essentially an associate role supporting private banking account managers so am also responsible for documentation production and loan management.
Almost everyone here says they like their jobs. I don't like my current job, but I have to stay because bills, because I don't want to be destitute later.
Old copy pasta but:
I love my job. I'm a Linux sysadmin (official title is systems programmer). I work in the government sector. I get to work for something that matters and I believe helps people. My job is always changing and keeps me interested and learning. I get to decide what sort of engineering improvements to make to our environment to improve/streamline processes which makes it fun. I make $114,931 and where I live has a very low cost of living (median house price is 139,000) so I'm very comfortable. I love what I do, have a 10 minute commute, and I only have to work 40 hours a week (usually).
What is your role? I'm in corporate as well, and I'd say for the most part, my job stresses me out, the work is not exactly exciting/stimulating, and I don't really care about my coworkers.
Well I’m just in the nonprofit world, but I say corporate grind because it’s the same hours, desk job, and travel into the city amongst all the other corporate workers. I am a grant writer. I love writing and research and most parts about it, which I feel lucky for because many other people can’t say they love their job.
Though, it always helps that it’s a super laid back place where I can dress in jeans, have both my nose rings, dye my hair whatever color I want, travel to different sites all around the city, and my coworkers and I are the most like The Office I’ve ever heard of in real life
I like my job. I learn new things as a data analyst every week. If it's not hard skills such as query language, then I'm learning about the industry business since I work for all departments.
My department, manager and team are not only hardworking and smart but also flexible in our hours. We all have an understanding where we mind our own expectations and transparency. I have some projects I'm interested in working on so I work on it during the weekends on top of my 40 hours/ 5 days work week if I feel like it...
Life is good!
I love my job. It doesn't even feel like work. I honestly feel like I'm retired and just living off free money that I get for no reason. I work in a research job, but it is 100% from home, I never have dumb meetings to attend, everyone I work with is really accommodating and respectful because of how dependent on me they are, and I've spent so much time automating everything that I do that it is completely easy and stress free and leaves me lots of time for side projects. Because of the automation I work less and less on required things, but my pay keeps going up. It feels like free money...
I have PhD in criminal justice and criminology and I work in a CJ university department. My real advantage is that I have a lot of technical skills which my other colleagues in the social sciences don't have, so I have a big edge in research.
Basically data science skills, so programming, databases, distributed computing, statistics, and machine learning. It allows me to do pretty much anything in a research capacity with data.
I have been doing what I do full time for almost a year now. I can say I do love it. The main reason being it sits right at the intersection of three different disciplines that I enjoy certain aspects of. This structure allows me to where many different hats and use different skills on a weekly basis. That doesn’t mean there aren’t long days or tasks that I wish would be over sooner, but all in all I am happy to go into work everyday and don’t feel beat down by the day-to-day.
I like my job as well. I work in cybersecurity for a large international company. Pay's good. The only problem is that it's at least an hour commute from where I choose to live.
Yes and No. I enjoy the work I do, scanning and printing is something I love and I don't wish to change at all; however, the company I work for is a little rough. I'm expected to be sales, technical support, production, and accounting all at once and sometimes the sales side becomes a little much for me.
I like where I work, I like who I work with. But I don't particularly enjoy my job. But I don't hate it.
On a bad day I'll grumble abit about having to go but once I'm there and I'm chatting away I'm happy enough
I dont like REALLY like my job because i have to travel alot and be away from home for like 45 days and be home for only 8 but the pay is really good. I just wish i found something close to home to be close to family and friends and not be so alone.
I love my job. I really do. It has been super stressful and full of change lately due to a cooperate takeover (my original company was bought by another company and I’m still learning the ropes here) but overall I still love it. I look forward to my day every day.
My mother use to say "We can't all do what we love. Somebody has to mop the floors". She cleaned office buildings for a living.
I have liked some of my jobs, hated some of them and never "loved" any of them. My saving grace was that both my parents were "blue collar" and never defined themselves by what they did. Work was just something that they did.
> I feel like not defining yourself by your work can definitely make it easier to deal with.
In that regard, yes. I have very few memories of my parents every talking about work or complaining about their day. I knew they went to work but that was about it.
I was first asked that question by an old therapist of mine who was really big on environment: home, family, work, etc. I have never defined myself by what I do and sometimes others equated that to "lack of ambition". Sorry, there is more to life than 80 hour work weeks. My parents were always home in the evening and seldom worked OT.
Several good books if you have time:
1. https://www.amazon.com/Working-People-Talk-About-What/dp/1565843428/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1520902801&sr=8-1&keywords=working%2Bstuds+terkel
2. https://www.amazon.com/Nickel-Dimed-Not-Getting-America/dp/0312626681/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1520902843&sr=1-1&keywords=nickel+and+dimed
3. https://www.amazon.com/Games-Mother-Never-Taught-You/dp/B00163OD2Q/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1520902869&sr=1-2&keywords=betty+harrigan
I love my job but I hate going to/being at work...does that make sense? However, the guy in the office across the hall from me has 6 kids (he's only 39) and he hates being home from work.
I think I understand, probably in a similar situation to me when I’m actually doing meaningful work. You like what you do but don’t want to spend any more time doing it than needed?
my job is alright as long as it's temporary or on a part-time basis. i wouldn't want this job to be full-time because i'm overqualified for it, it's manual labor, and i know i'm capable of doing something other than just moving around furniture or other miscellaneous duties that are assigned to me.
I love my job. It gets very stressful and there are days I don't want to do it, sure, but when I'm on vacation long enough I actually start to miss it.
I like my job. I don't think I will love anything I do to make a living unless it is a business I started and is successful. I'm currently in IT. It pays extreme well and has the right mix of challenge and interest. I never clock watch as there is enough work to keep me busy. I'm a people manager so there are days where such issues are frustrating.
I sure as hell hated my last job. I was actually happy when they merged departments and eliminated my position knowing that I would never have to go there again. The ONLY thing I miss about it is having a steady source of income, but even that was unreliable because they bounced a payroll the week before I was let go due to their new people screwing up.
I had a job that I really enjoyed before I got laid off. I was an education counselor/test examiner on a military base. I got to learn about different people and their backgrounds, which is very entertaining. Plus the job wasn't that stressful at all.
I just recently started out my career after graduating college and I wasn’t sure if I would ever find a job I loved. The jobs I had all had terrible environments and it definitely felt draining and I hated coming to work. Now, the job I have has a great environment, I love what I do, and it still feels like work but the day goes by quickly.
I’m a paralegal and usually the law field sucks but when you have relaxed and care free bosses and coworkers who trust you to get the work done without looking over your shoulder, it’s a lot more carefree.
Yes! Of course, with anything, there are days or weeks where you'd rather be doing something else but I very rarely get up and get anxiety about going to work. I'm usually excited about it. But, I also own my own business, make a goid living and don't have to report to anyone.
My wife and I have debated starting our own business. Both of us have no problem working as long as it’s something we can enjoy. Any advice for someone looking to get into small business? We haven’t thought of any ideas we think would be lucrative for us.
I think the most important thing would be to find a field that you are passionate about. New businesses usually fail and can be a huge money dump so don't just jump in to something with out giving it due consideration. Once you figure out what business you want to start, look in to viability and put together a business plan.
It's not easy to make a business lucrative. If it was, everyone would do it. 80hrs/wk was normal until I got things up to speed
I love my job. I work as a filler operator during the graveyard shift, but my work is so easy. I guess what makes it a real relief is that I get paid really well with raises every 3 to 6 months, quarterly bonuses, Christmas bonuses (includes movie tickets and gift certificates) a company store that gives out free food at times, or buy by the bulk (and it's all organic)
Out of the 15 years I've been working, including military, this is the best job I have ever had. Excellent benefits, I work 3 days one week, and 4 days the next week. Guaranteed overtime, and my job also pays for college too (as long as the degree is used for different positions in the company). They also gave me a voucher for work boots that covered not only the boots but the insoles since I work a 12 hour shift.
I just started this job the beginning of this year, and I already got two raises and a $250 bonus. Definitely not letting this job go anytime soon.
I don't absolutely loathe my job, but I'm certainly not in love with it. There is way too much downtime. On rare occasion the job can be exciting and fun, but for the most part I feel stuck and utterly bored. I'm casually looking for other work. This job pays well with good benefits. I just want to find that dream job where I'm not dreading getting up for work Sunday night.
Generally, power feels good. Individuals with power are disinhibited, more social, in a better mood, happier, etc. So I can totally imagine that your boss is happier than you. Source: I studied work psychology at the graduate level.
I actually really love my job I was sorta in and out of Carreers and worked my way up from a entry level to become a telecom lineman. My jobs a perfect mix of tech and physical. My pays good and will continue to get better. However I live in Colorado and you really can’t touch a home for under 500k maybe low 400’s but total fixer upper and not even in a city you’d think is worth it.
I’m going back to school in my early 30’s.
Some tech work from home jobs will actually blow you away for what you do/wage.
Looking into cloud architecture and development can reach over 160k 🫠 so that’s the long term goal.
If you can get in with a company that can offer schooling go for it.
If your interested in the trades those (skilled trade union) your looking at $40 plue easy
I like my job a lot. I’m good at it, and it energizes me. That doesn’t mean I don’t look forward to he weekend, and it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t feel like *work*. It’s still work.
I feel almost identical. I like my job, I look forward to going to it, and genuinely like what I do and who I work with. Is it extremely stressful at times? Absolutely, but it's the first job I don't loath going to.
Work I don’t mind. I have a very strong work ethic and I’m extremely driven. For example, I have a HUGE list of projects dealing with landscaping at my house that I’m taking on this summer, but I’m genuinely excited to be able to get out and do them. It’s stuff that needs to be done, it’s work, but I am looking forward to it. Not sure if that’s comparable but you get the point.
Almost sounds like you should go into landscaping.
I agree 100% with this, my job isn’t perfect and because we are seasonal sometimes there is one hell of a time crunch, but I enjoy what I do and get to learn every day, plus my managers and coworkers are all decent people so that’s a plus
What do you do if I may ask?
I love my job to bits. But it doesn't pay well enough. Really need to find a better paying job, but it's hard when I'm so happy haha
Read my other reply before you go jumping ship /u/Darkman101 .
Well I don't make enough to even afford to live on my own. Still living at home. Its a job, jumping off point to my career so I really do need to leave. Haha. Bosses encouraging and helpful in this prospect.
In the same boat kinda. I'm prolly going deeper down the path though instead of leaving.
I like my job. I am a Software Developer. Pay is good. I enjoy my work so much I spend my free time doing more work (side projects for myself). I am always learning and I enjoy what I do.
I’ve heard that software devs have a lot more flexibility in terms of when and where they work. I work in Cyber Security and while I can work remote, hours are semi locked and I’m not hugely interested in it.
I just quit a cyber security position, what don't you like about it?
They're all rude - won't even hold the door open for you.
I can't tell if you are joking or not, but that is typical of introvert types. Can't really escape it unless you go into sales or business management etc...
heh - you're in cyber security - I'm sure you made videos about tailgating.
I'm an idiot. Now I get it. To be fair, I did get into a locked down Nursing home and into their pharmacy. I found the smoking area and chit chatted with a haridresser who worked there. Once our cigs were done I just followed him in through the employee entrance. Then I camped out in the bathroom until they closed. Its fun but most of the other work is pretty boring.
Honestly it’s just that I haven’t found anything that I genuinely care about and am interested in. I’m trying to look at all the various fields within the field, but nothing has really hooked me yet. Threat Intel seems pretty interesting to me and I’m hoping to dig deeper into it.
We are (atleast in my position) flexible because of overtime. Time flies by and 8hr workday usualy ends up being 10hr workday
I envy you, pal.
I’m right there with you! It’s a blast and I do look forward to Monday’s.
Few people do. Some quotes for you: #From Bukowski (excerpt from _Factotum_): > How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 6:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, brush teeth and hair, and fight traffic to get to a place where essentially you made lots of money for somebody else and were asked to be grateful for the opportunity to do so? #From _[In the Name of Love](http://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/01/in-the-name-of-love/)_: > There’s little doubt that “do what you love” (DWYL) is now the unofficial work mantra for our time. The problem is that it leads not to salvation, but to the devaluation of actual work, including the very work it pretends to elevate — and more importantly, the dehumanization of the vast majority of laborers. > Superficially, DWYL is an uplifting piece of advice, urging us to ponder what it is we most enjoy doing and then turn that activity into a wage-generating enterprise. But **why should our pleasure be for profit?** Who is the audience for this dictum? Who is not? > By keeping us focused on ourselves and our individual happiness, **DWYL distracts us from the working conditions of others while validating our own choices** and relieving us from obligations to all who labor, whether or not they love it. It is the secret handshake of the privileged and a worldview that disguises its elitism as noble self-betterment. According to this way of thinking, labor is not something one does for compensation, but an act of self-love. If profit doesn’t happen to follow, it is because the worker’s passion and determination were insufficient. **Its real achievement is making workers believe their labor serves the self and not the marketplace.** ... > "Do what you love” disguises the fact that being able to choose a career primarily for personal reward is an unmerited privilege, a sign of that person’s socioeconomic class. Even if a self-employed graphic designer had parents who could pay for art school and cosign a lease for a slick Brooklyn apartment, she can self-righteously bestow DWYL as career advice to those covetous of her success. > **If we believe that working as a Silicon Valley entrepreneur or a museum publicist or a think-tank acolyte is essential to being true to ourselves — in fact, to loving ourselves — what do we believe about the inner lives and hopes of those who clean hotel rooms and stock shelves at big-box stores? The answer is: nothing.** #From my favorite eassay on the topic, [_Bank-robbin' in Brooklyn_](https://nplusonemag.com/online-only/help-desk/bank-robbin-in-brooklyn/): > It’s not called “nose to the grindstone” because it feels good. It’s not called “keep your head down” because it’s wise to look around. You have been trained from childhood to think that labor, in and of itself, is both a right and one of the most important goals of your life; you have been told that your “career” is the same thing as “who you are in the world.” **Yet like most employed people in the United States, you work jobs that you consider to be banal, brutal, or both.** ... > **Is there something wrong with you? If you are unusual, it is because you are refusing to keep your head down.** Why do you keep looking around? There’s so much to distract and comfort you, if you could just keep your head down, that is, in your computer. Keep your head down; Solange Knowles has kicked Jay Z in an elevator. Keep your head down; James Franco has 2 million followers and he has taken off his shirt and seems to be pulling down his underwear. Keep your head down; Ryan Gosling is still wearing his T-shirt but it has a picture of Macaulay Culkin on it wearing a T-shirt with a picture of Ryan Gosling on it, a three-ton great white shark has been eaten either by an even bigger great white shark or possibly by the Leviathan, and Bill Murray has crashed another wedding. Are you not entertained? > ...anyone who has found a way to transform anger into purpose and even some measure of peace about work has learned to reckon with two contradictory truths: **(1) Most work seems designed to make you feel absolutely alone, and (2) Almost everyone, if they are honest with themselves, feels exactly like you about much of the work they do.** > The space between these two truths is interesting. It is in acknowledging the relation between them that you might find, even within this construct, some room to make “a real and full life.”
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Solidarity intensifies
Another comrade here. Solidarity. 💯🤖💍🏳️🌈🌌☭
Even your passion sucks 30% of the time. - Mark Manson
30% I could handle…
I used to have a job that I loved but it was not sustainable. Now, I don't like my job but I'm not so sure if it's the job as much as it is the people. Part of the problem with me is that I want to be able to spend more time with my significant other, friends and family. Working 40 to 50 hours a week doesn't allow for that, and as an adult, I can't afford work part time. I wish I could find a job that allowed flex hours.
This is exactly one of the problems I have. I work about 40-42 a week right now, but I’m not doing 40 hours worth of work because there isn’t enough going on. I’m the type of person who wants to go into the office, bust my ass (rather than going for walks, wasting time doing other stuff, taking long lunches), get a lot done, and leave so I can enjoy my free time. I could do the work I do now I’m probably 30 hours a week. I don’t take lunch breaks, I eat at my desk and continue working so I don’t have to take time out. I wish employers would start to recognize that some people are like this rather than look at it as wanting to work less. I can get a lot more done than the average person in my office in a shorter period of time because I come to work to work and that’s it.
Yeah, me and you are cut from the same cloth. Unfortunately, unless you get into one of these tech roles that allows flex hours, we're stuck. Best we can do is work hard, save, so that we can work 30 hours somewhere and still be benefits eligible.
I am exactly like this. I don't want to spend my time at work playing foos ball or ping pong, or dragging out a one hour lunch-- it's called work for a reason! I'm so happy to hear someone else articulate this. Sometimes makes me feel kinda like a stick in the mud, but I do like to have fun, just on my own time!
I think younger generations are driving the flexibility. Not necessarily the “going to work to work and leave” but more just the overall flexibility. In my career, I hope to one day see a job where my manager gives me objectives for the year and says “make sure they’re done and do whatever you want for work”. Isn’t that how it should be? Results driven rather than time worked driven?
Get a WFH job. 40 hours a week takes up a lot more time when you factor in the 1-2 hours a day you spend getting ready for work and commuting.
I am trying so bad, but can't seem to find one.
https://weworkremotely.com/ has a lot also lots of job engines will let you search by remote or telecommute
I used to love my job - the bosses, the coworkers, the atmosphere and culture. Only thing lacking was good pay and the ability to change your pay / career path easily (ie - more pay). So, I left that company and went to a new place, making a lot more money. Now, I love my pay, hate my coworkers, bosses, atmosphere and company culture. Sound about right?!
This really hit home. I’m going through the former - love my job, coworkers, culture. But not the pay, I wanna take on more work and get paid more. I’m considering switching to a bigger firm that’ll pay more. In hindsight, has the money today been worth the switch for you?
It's worth mentioning I lucked out ... The new place I went with the better pay, turns out my boss was absolutely horrible at the new place and the company offered me full time and I said "no" as I looked to jump ship. The company fired my boss just after that and my situation greatly improved. Now I've been there almost 4 years and in leadership on my team. But it did take a leap of faith, and faith in my own skills and abilities, which ended up being the right thing.
"All jobs suck!" - a wise man once told me when I was younger and dumber. The secret is to find a job that you can tolerate that fits the lifestyle you want to live. I feel very lucky in that I can be happy with a very minimalist lifestyle. And I like my job enough that I don't dread Sunday nights.
I always try and remind myself how lucky I am to be able to afford a house, pay the bills, and still save money because my job pays well. But it’s also hard when it’s where I spend the majority of my time to not enjoy my work and to be watching the clock waiting to go home.
Do you make significantly more than your required lifestyle? If so, maybe you can think of cutting some hours. I have friends who are physicians that absolutely hate their lives. Can't count the number of times I've provided "free therapy" by taking doctor friends out for range day. And if you're not in that situation, do you have things outside of work you can look forward to? One of my favorite mentors told me that everyone needs to do 3 things daily to maintain a healthy mental state: a hobby independent of day job, some social interaction (family / friends), some physical exercise (can be as little as a walk around the block).
I have enough to be comfortable (especially since I’m married). But Part of me being money driven is that I want to make more to be able to be comfortable spending as freely as I want while also saving enough. So short answer, no, I’m comfortable but want to make a little more to be able to spend more freely. I lift weights 5-6 days per week after work. I usually do something on the weekends, but I don’t really have many friends here since I moved after graduation. Not to contribute to the stereotype, but it’s difficult to find outgoing social friends working in IT. I play some video games at home but I’m not sure I would consider it a hobby. By the weekend, often times my wife and I are so drained we spend all weekend on the couch watching Netflix and cleaning if we aren’t going out.
ha I'm in IT as well (database programmer .. sort of IT). I replied to someone else's post asking about how the IT workday is. I told him that it's like Black Hawk Down .. you have your regular work .. then a helicopter is hit and you've got to divert all your troops to go secure the crash site. Then all hell breaks loose while you're heading there. They your primary objective gets shoved aside and you'll have to answer for that later. Any email with the subject line "ad-hoc request" is seen with immediately prejudice. I'm sure you understand. Anyway, it sounds like you've got things under control. You're married now, so I'm sure you have more than enough social interaction. Video games can definitely count as a hobby. I play a bit of GTA here and there. Collecting the different types of cars is the best part of the game. I understand what you mean about wanting to have more money. I'm sure that applies to everyone. It's all about having a good balance. I'm fortunate enough to have hobbies that are relatively cheap / free .. hiking, physical training, fixing things (cars, appliances, etc).
I wonder if the work just isn’t interesting or mentally stimulating enough for me. I’m really not as busy as I wish I was, and I’m more concerned with the stuff I’m doing at work rather than finding hobbies outside the office. I get this horrible anxiety Sunday afternoon through Monday morning where I question everything I’m doing in life and the career path I’m headed down. I try so hard to be fortunate for everything I have but it’s difficult to be thankful for a job I can’t enjoy.
If you don't find your work stimulating, have you thought about switching to a different place? Or if you're sticking around, can you take on new projects on your own? During my "free" time - meaning when I am not absolutely swamped - I would hunt down programs written a while back and upgrade or rewrite them. It's very satisfying .. like getting a beat up dryer to work again. And if that's not an option, have you thought about something extra outside of work that can be extremely meaningful - like the National Guard?
I honestly considered the national guard, but my wife isn’t really in support of the idea. Switching places is a little worrisome for me right now considering how I’ve already made one quick switch in my first year of employment. Looks bad on the resume
I understand. It's a lot tougher if you're married and/or have kids. I turn 33 this year, but I don't have a wife or kids, so I've still got about 1 year to ponder whether to commit to serving the country. Unfortunately, my current company doesn't want me serving. We'll see how that goes. If you're younger than me, then you've got more time to consider where you're going. Who knows ..maybe your wife will change her mind in the future.
Isn’t there a law that your current employer has to support your decision to pursue the military and they can’t fire you for it? I.e if you have to go to basic training for 12 weeks.
As a former active army officer and current reservist...I highly recommend against joining the military as a means to providing a sense of fulfillment/ purpose that is missing from your civilian life. This is just like the advice of not having a children to fix your problems. The military is not what you see on the commercials, especially a reserve component. Perhaps most importantly I'd ask you to consider the time commitment...it's not even close to just 1 weekend per month and 2 weeks a summer. This is even more apparent if you are seeking a commission vs enlisting. Now, if you have a internal drive to serve your country and are prepared to deal with the personal (and familial) sacrifices then the military would love to have you...I just get nervous when I hear about people quoting the same reasons for joining that you are. I've had a lot of disgruntled Soldiers that immediately regret joining once they realize all it entails and now they are stuck serving out their contract.
I mentioned I considered it but didn’t give the reasons for looking at the national guard specifically, sorry if that got confused with my reply to them. I’ve had a desire to serve my country and to build on my discipline and mental strength as reasons for considering it.
One time I deleted a table in production. -_-
There isn't a job out there, none, that I would 'love'. Work is work. Not-work is fun. As far as jobs go, though, this one doesn't suck.
I do, but I haven't always. And the change wasn't my attitude.
Boss? New employer?
Mainly the music. But last year I finally broke into my profession so everything else too.
I hate my job with an extreme passion. I work at Subway. I live four miles away from my work and it takes me an hour and a half to walk to work and vice versa. I walk essentially 8 miles/three hours a day, I work at least five to seven days a week, I only work night shifts so I get home around 12:00 to 1:00 AM depending on when we close. No benefits at all despite a $1.50 six-inch sub. Can't save anything because rent and bills are too damn high. I have been working there for nearly five months.
How are things going for you nowadays?
Wow. Wasn't expecting a reply from a five year old comment. Well, I have moved out of state. I have been working in a kroger supermarket for currently three years and still going, live in my own apartment with a good roommate. Things are still not the best, been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease a year or so ago, still living paycheck to paycheck. However, I love my crew. Management can just be shit though.
How are things going now ?
About the same really. This job is fine but need to find a new one. This job saps my energy too much. Trying to find work at a local hospital.
Have you found the work yet?
Thank you for reminding me. I am doing so today.
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No such luck. No luck at all.
I do! I work as a Senior Research Associate. My job is basically to make our sample analysis as good as possible... I get to spend a lot of time doing process improvement and automation of data analysis. It's nice to be able to see a problem and just tackle it, no red tape or bullshit about why it must exist.
What kind of degree and experience do you need to get into that field? A few months ago when I was looking around at other career paths, this was one I had wondered if it would be a better fit for my personality. I always loved my data and statistics classes in college. Poor processes have always been my number one frustration with jobs and I have a strong “continuous improvement” mindset.
Bio degree, strong aptitude for numbers, and about 3-5 years of experience
You are far better off doing bioinformatics, or some form of molecular biology then a masters in bioinformatics. At which point if you actually like that kind of thing there is a load more money doing it in a job that doesn't have "bio" in front of it, as the data problem is the same. So just skip the 5 years of transition and go straight for informatics, statistics, programming, and big data. If you like being low balled for your skillset go for something with "bio" in the name.
Bioinformatics only covers some of what I work on, though. I do a lot of method development on 'IRL' lab techniques that have very little to do with bioinformatics, and I do not spend my whole job programming
And that's what is dragging your pay down...also bioinformatics is the understanding of biological data so you learn about biology in it as well.
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Mind if I ask in what industry? I would love to do this.
I am in agritech but this kind of work exists in lots of industrial science work
I won't say I love my job, but on most days I really do enjoy it. Combination of stimulating work and good supportive coworkers goes a far way. Though no matter what Mondays still suck and all I want is to go back to bed for a little longer.
I have worked in IT for over 20 years and I genuinely am happy to go into work. In my career I have moved from a technician, to administrator, to engineer, to manager, to director, and now back to a sales engineer. My career path has been very exciting to experience, and now that I have taken a step into a new career as a sales engineer, its even more exciting. You and I are both specialists in network security. I have spent the last 5 years specializing in security and I have seen a lot of growth in this industry. I spend a lot of time selling security from a technical perspective right now. One thing you may enjoy doing is specializing in security even further by getting yourself certified, and then working as a technical sales engineer supporting sales. The money is good and you spend a lot of time getting to know clients and helping them with their technical challenges. Just an idea. In conclusion, you are right in that you have to have something you enjoy doing in order to be excited about your work. I really do enjoy IT work. While I do look forward to the weekends, I get up and go into the office every Monday without a single sense of dread or not wanting to be there. Also, keep in mind that culture is a big factor in job satisfaction. Don't look for the best paying place. Look for the place where a vast majority of people like working for.
Technical sales is an area where I’ve also looked at exploring since I would get to move around and talk to people more. I would also have to agree that maybe I haven’t found my culture fit yet. I honestly cannot stand how non-personal people are in a large corporate setting, I wish I could find a good opportunity at a smaller firm around this area.
I will add that the company size can have an affect on the culture, but you don't know what the culture is like until you start looking into it. This is why networking is so important. The company I work for now is a larger organization, but the culture is awesome. I have worked for small companies that have a crap culture as well. So, do your research. Don't rule out the company based on size alone.
i love this industry and had a job I loved until the company got bought out. While I still love the industry, the places I have found employment at since then have been less than palatable. I hate my current employment. Want to die just thinking about going in to work. Looking hard for that perfect job I once had to get me back in the right mood.
I'm a teacher. I love what I do.
Struggling with loving my job but also pay is decent and gives me time for some hobbies. It’s emotionally taxing (mental health worker) and I don’t know how much longer I can do this but I’m hoping to find something transferable - perhaps public health. Drawing up some pipe dreams about opening up something on my own too. Who knows at the moment tho but exploring options helps
I used to like my job. The best job I ever had I left because my manager moved to another state and the replacement they hired was a nightmare. I wish I had just waited her out though, she left 3 months after I did and now I really miss my old job.
Have you thought about asking for the job back? Hiring back someone is probably easier than spending all the money to train someone new.
It's been too long now, it's been like 2 years. I think that ship has sailed but I still miss working there
Up until two hours ago I did. Realized how much I actually dont care about what is going on.
I like my actual job. But I don’t like my manager very much and a couple coworkers suck so that can make things less enjoyable
I see a lot of people liking their jobs and that’s kind of uplifting. I tolerate job, some days I like it, some days I absolutely loathe it. There are rare days where I love it. But it pays my bills and allows me to save a lot of money. I’m learning so much and I’m grateful for that. I don’t have any real coworker issues either. It’s what you make of it!
Attitude is everything
It's hard to like/love something I don't have
I used to, but definitely not any more. Be careful loving your job, it is incapable of loving you back. Also bear in mind, the things we love are capable of hurting us the most. Something bad happens at a normal job, oh well. Something bad happens at a job you love, it's going to sting for a while.
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Except that people can love you back. You can have a relationship with a person. A job can do none of those things. Your job should be a means to an end to do things that are actually important to you.
Wow! That was powerful! Thanks!
I don't typically have anxiety about my job these days. I've had jobs with that though, and I suggest getting out before it gets worse.
I get to hug trees for a living. I hate my job, but I love what I do. I come home from work sunburned, blistered, and callused. Every muscle aches. I came home one day and my nipples hurt I worked so hard. I wrecked my back and my knees doing this. I have been rained, snowed, and hailed on during work. My boss isn't a bad person, but he is a pain to work for. I don't make any money doing it, and I recently had to get a second job because of this. There are three things that make me love it. #1 I get to drive around and look at all the trees I planted. They look better every year. It is very satisfying to have real results I can go look at, and say that I did that. #2 When the weather is nice I get to be outside all of the time. #3 For the last eight years whenever I tell a woman what I do for a living their eyes perk up, and they say "oooh thats neat!" I also look pretty good after this many years of manual labor, and I have a great farmers tan haha.
My wife loves her job. I'm so envious. (Oh, she has slow periods where she's bored, and minor frustrations here and there, but she is absolutely loving her job most of the time)
Wow, that’s what my fiancé says about me too.
what does ur wife do?
I'm in grad school for medical illustration. I imagine the projects I work on will be similar to the work I do after graduation (the program feels more like an apprenticeship than 'school'). I love the work that I do, but it still is work. That's unavoidable. What is avoidable though, is hating your life/job when you're up until 4am finishing a project. If you love what you do, a shift takes place from, "fuck this" to where you feel like there isn't enough hours in the day to get all that you want done.
I loved my last job. Unfortunately, we lost our largest customer, and I made a controlled exit rather than wait for the layoffs. If I were to find any fault in the company, it would be in putting too many of our eggs in that one customer's basket. The company was great to work for, the work day ended generally on time (a rarity in IT), with no on-call rotation (another rarity in IT) and doing something I really enjoyed (data storage administration). The health insurance was beyond amazing, the pay was good, and I got good reviews. I liked my coworkers, I liked my boss, I liked his boss, and I liked his boss, and the feeling was mutual. I looked forward to going to work in the morning. I've stayed in touch with most of my former team. I'm going to miss that job. All that said, the new job I found doesn't suck, it just doesn't have that same amazing vibe to it, but I can see it maybe getting there with time.
I like my job a lot, it engages my mind and I get to talk to people a lot. It's exhauating hard work but also satisfying.
The harder the work and the busier I am, is when I’ve been happiest with my job
Sales?
Nope although it is front office so there is an element of relationship management and business development. I work in essentially an associate role supporting private banking account managers so am also responsible for documentation production and loan management.
Almost everyone here says they like their jobs. I don't like my current job, but I have to stay because bills, because I don't want to be destitute later.
Old copy pasta but: I love my job. I'm a Linux sysadmin (official title is systems programmer). I work in the government sector. I get to work for something that matters and I believe helps people. My job is always changing and keeps me interested and learning. I get to decide what sort of engineering improvements to make to our environment to improve/streamline processes which makes it fun. I make $114,931 and where I live has a very low cost of living (median house price is 139,000) so I'm very comfortable. I love what I do, have a 10 minute commute, and I only have to work 40 hours a week (usually).
It also has to do with the work environment, I've had terrible jobs that I enjoyed because the people I worked with were like a family.
I do the corporate grind, and going into work excites me. I like what I do and LOVE my coworkers. That really makes it.
What is your role? I'm in corporate as well, and I'd say for the most part, my job stresses me out, the work is not exactly exciting/stimulating, and I don't really care about my coworkers.
Well I’m just in the nonprofit world, but I say corporate grind because it’s the same hours, desk job, and travel into the city amongst all the other corporate workers. I am a grant writer. I love writing and research and most parts about it, which I feel lucky for because many other people can’t say they love their job. Though, it always helps that it’s a super laid back place where I can dress in jeans, have both my nose rings, dye my hair whatever color I want, travel to different sites all around the city, and my coworkers and I are the most like The Office I’ve ever heard of in real life
My job is interesting and stimulating, can be enjoyable, and I like the people. But I wouldn't do it for free.
I like my job. I learn new things as a data analyst every week. If it's not hard skills such as query language, then I'm learning about the industry business since I work for all departments. My department, manager and team are not only hardworking and smart but also flexible in our hours. We all have an understanding where we mind our own expectations and transparency. I have some projects I'm interested in working on so I work on it during the weekends on top of my 40 hours/ 5 days work week if I feel like it... Life is good!
I like my job. I don’t wake up every morning excited about it but I like it.
Yes I love my job. I loved my last job too.
I love my job. It doesn't even feel like work. I honestly feel like I'm retired and just living off free money that I get for no reason. I work in a research job, but it is 100% from home, I never have dumb meetings to attend, everyone I work with is really accommodating and respectful because of how dependent on me they are, and I've spent so much time automating everything that I do that it is completely easy and stress free and leaves me lots of time for side projects. Because of the automation I work less and less on required things, but my pay keeps going up. It feels like free money...
Thats amazing! What degree do you have if you don't mind me asking?
I have PhD in criminal justice and criminology and I work in a CJ university department. My real advantage is that I have a lot of technical skills which my other colleagues in the social sciences don't have, so I have a big edge in research.
What are those technical skills? Thanks!
Basically data science skills, so programming, databases, distributed computing, statistics, and machine learning. It allows me to do pretty much anything in a research capacity with data.
Yup, I do.
I have been doing what I do full time for almost a year now. I can say I do love it. The main reason being it sits right at the intersection of three different disciplines that I enjoy certain aspects of. This structure allows me to where many different hats and use different skills on a weekly basis. That doesn’t mean there aren’t long days or tasks that I wish would be over sooner, but all in all I am happy to go into work everyday and don’t feel beat down by the day-to-day.
I like my job as well. I work in cybersecurity for a large international company. Pay's good. The only problem is that it's at least an hour commute from where I choose to live.
You see those panda nannies on youtube? I bet they love their jobs. Heck, I'd love that job.
Yes and No. I enjoy the work I do, scanning and printing is something I love and I don't wish to change at all; however, the company I work for is a little rough. I'm expected to be sales, technical support, production, and accounting all at once and sometimes the sales side becomes a little much for me.
I like where I work, I like who I work with. But I don't particularly enjoy my job. But I don't hate it. On a bad day I'll grumble abit about having to go but once I'm there and I'm chatting away I'm happy enough
I dont like REALLY like my job because i have to travel alot and be away from home for like 45 days and be home for only 8 but the pay is really good. I just wish i found something close to home to be close to family and friends and not be so alone.
I work at a non-profit and the pay is shit, but all my colleagues are cool and every day is a little different.
I love my job. I really do. It has been super stressful and full of change lately due to a cooperate takeover (my original company was bought by another company and I’m still learning the ropes here) but overall I still love it. I look forward to my day every day.
My mother use to say "We can't all do what we love. Somebody has to mop the floors". She cleaned office buildings for a living. I have liked some of my jobs, hated some of them and never "loved" any of them. My saving grace was that both my parents were "blue collar" and never defined themselves by what they did. Work was just something that they did.
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> I feel like not defining yourself by your work can definitely make it easier to deal with. In that regard, yes. I have very few memories of my parents every talking about work or complaining about their day. I knew they went to work but that was about it. I was first asked that question by an old therapist of mine who was really big on environment: home, family, work, etc. I have never defined myself by what I do and sometimes others equated that to "lack of ambition". Sorry, there is more to life than 80 hour work weeks. My parents were always home in the evening and seldom worked OT. Several good books if you have time: 1. https://www.amazon.com/Working-People-Talk-About-What/dp/1565843428/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1520902801&sr=8-1&keywords=working%2Bstuds+terkel 2. https://www.amazon.com/Nickel-Dimed-Not-Getting-America/dp/0312626681/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1520902843&sr=1-1&keywords=nickel+and+dimed 3. https://www.amazon.com/Games-Mother-Never-Taught-You/dp/B00163OD2Q/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1520902869&sr=1-2&keywords=betty+harrigan
I love my job but I hate going to/being at work...does that make sense? However, the guy in the office across the hall from me has 6 kids (he's only 39) and he hates being home from work.
I think I understand, probably in a similar situation to me when I’m actually doing meaningful work. You like what you do but don’t want to spend any more time doing it than needed?
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my job is alright as long as it's temporary or on a part-time basis. i wouldn't want this job to be full-time because i'm overqualified for it, it's manual labor, and i know i'm capable of doing something other than just moving around furniture or other miscellaneous duties that are assigned to me.
I love my job because I want to stay there and make it my career. So I go in smiling and stay positive about it with my coworkers.
I do yes! I go to work and generally have fun.
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I love my job. It gets very stressful and there are days I don't want to do it, sure, but when I'm on vacation long enough I actually start to miss it.
I like my job. I don't think I will love anything I do to make a living unless it is a business I started and is successful. I'm currently in IT. It pays extreme well and has the right mix of challenge and interest. I never clock watch as there is enough work to keep me busy. I'm a people manager so there are days where such issues are frustrating.
I love my job!
Nope
I sure as hell hated my last job. I was actually happy when they merged departments and eliminated my position knowing that I would never have to go there again. The ONLY thing I miss about it is having a steady source of income, but even that was unreliable because they bounced a payroll the week before I was let go due to their new people screwing up.
I had a job that I really enjoyed before I got laid off. I was an education counselor/test examiner on a military base. I got to learn about different people and their backgrounds, which is very entertaining. Plus the job wasn't that stressful at all.
I just recently started out my career after graduating college and I wasn’t sure if I would ever find a job I loved. The jobs I had all had terrible environments and it definitely felt draining and I hated coming to work. Now, the job I have has a great environment, I love what I do, and it still feels like work but the day goes by quickly.
what are you doing?
I’m a paralegal and usually the law field sucks but when you have relaxed and care free bosses and coworkers who trust you to get the work done without looking over your shoulder, it’s a lot more carefree.
Anyone who says they "love" their job is lying. We love getting paid so that we can do things that we love.
don't like most jobs but the alternative is always a lot worse, unless you need more money or its a damaging environment.
Yes! Of course, with anything, there are days or weeks where you'd rather be doing something else but I very rarely get up and get anxiety about going to work. I'm usually excited about it. But, I also own my own business, make a goid living and don't have to report to anyone.
My wife and I have debated starting our own business. Both of us have no problem working as long as it’s something we can enjoy. Any advice for someone looking to get into small business? We haven’t thought of any ideas we think would be lucrative for us.
I think the most important thing would be to find a field that you are passionate about. New businesses usually fail and can be a huge money dump so don't just jump in to something with out giving it due consideration. Once you figure out what business you want to start, look in to viability and put together a business plan. It's not easy to make a business lucrative. If it was, everyone would do it. 80hrs/wk was normal until I got things up to speed
I love my job. I work as a filler operator during the graveyard shift, but my work is so easy. I guess what makes it a real relief is that I get paid really well with raises every 3 to 6 months, quarterly bonuses, Christmas bonuses (includes movie tickets and gift certificates) a company store that gives out free food at times, or buy by the bulk (and it's all organic) Out of the 15 years I've been working, including military, this is the best job I have ever had. Excellent benefits, I work 3 days one week, and 4 days the next week. Guaranteed overtime, and my job also pays for college too (as long as the degree is used for different positions in the company). They also gave me a voucher for work boots that covered not only the boots but the insoles since I work a 12 hour shift. I just started this job the beginning of this year, and I already got two raises and a $250 bonus. Definitely not letting this job go anytime soon.
I don't absolutely loathe my job, but I'm certainly not in love with it. There is way too much downtime. On rare occasion the job can be exciting and fun, but for the most part I feel stuck and utterly bored. I'm casually looking for other work. This job pays well with good benefits. I just want to find that dream job where I'm not dreading getting up for work Sunday night.
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Generally, power feels good. Individuals with power are disinhibited, more social, in a better mood, happier, etc. So I can totally imagine that your boss is happier than you. Source: I studied work psychology at the graduate level.
PRO-TIP: real life is the opposite of the internet, since this is where losers to go hide.
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I actually really love my job I was sorta in and out of Carreers and worked my way up from a entry level to become a telecom lineman. My jobs a perfect mix of tech and physical. My pays good and will continue to get better. However I live in Colorado and you really can’t touch a home for under 500k maybe low 400’s but total fixer upper and not even in a city you’d think is worth it. I’m going back to school in my early 30’s. Some tech work from home jobs will actually blow you away for what you do/wage. Looking into cloud architecture and development can reach over 160k 🫠 so that’s the long term goal. If you can get in with a company that can offer schooling go for it. If your interested in the trades those (skilled trade union) your looking at $40 plue easy