Do you like your job?
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Do you not hate waking up to go to work?
Do you feel your soul leave your body as soon as you enter the building?
Do you feel your soul leave your body as soon as you enter the building?
Not really, but I don't really dislike it either. No more than I assume I'd dislike anything that isn't just free time. And I don't really dislike any of the people I work with, and the ones who start to annoy me are easy to avoid. Could do with it being a bit worse tbh, to give me the motivation I need to find something better. Which would be any job with a ladder I actually want to climb, really.
Having worked for some terrible workaholics in the past, I'm very thankful for my current job. My boss and managers stay out of your way and trust you to do your job.
As for the work itself: I can take it or leave it. It can be tedious. But I often get to work from home which is nice.
As for the work itself: I can take it or leave it. It can be tedious. But I often get to work from home which is nice.
My current office gives me way too much power and they'll keep doing it as long as I keep giving them unreasonably good results.
One day the streak will end, and when it does I'll already be in the air - flying to my next duty station with a fake mustache.
One day the streak will end, and when it does I'll already be in the air - flying to my next duty station with a fake mustache.
I've had a few dread days I've used sick days on but 98 percent of the time I'm good coming in and working. The job is the perfect mixture of chill and busy enough where the only thing I regret is the time I could be spending on other things. I've been in jobs where you have debates with yourself about coming in 20% of the time, and its a horrible feeling. I won't live like that again.
Quit mine a months time ago as I woke up every day, hating everything and wanting to kill people on my way to work. Now back to substitute work at a place I really love and when there's no work there... general unemployment, which I don't like much either
By Dark PhaZe Go To PostI've been in jobs where you have debates with yourself about coming in 20% of the time, and its a horrible feeling. I won't live like that again.
Current job is pretty nice. Wish it had better insurance and retirement benefits, but the pay is decent and I get to work from home 95% of the time. I'm left to my own devices which is both a blessing and a curse. Sometimes, I wish I was just a cog in a bigger machine instead of doing everything on a project once the contract is signed.
But I get to try knew things and still work with people so I'm pretty happy with it, overall. probably a 3/4 on a happiness scale.
But I get to try knew things and still work with people so I'm pretty happy with it, overall. probably a 3/4 on a happiness scale.
Now, there was a previous job that I eventually came to hate as I realized how they exploited me. Learned so much about what I do and don't want in a job from that place.
The actual job is exhausting but it's hard to hate it when you're being paid enough money to put your little sister through college and pay for her master's degree. I've been to places and experienced emotions I've never thought possible growing up poor! So yeah...suck my soul all you want!!!!
What I'm tryna say here is that the money gotta be damn worth it if its making you miserable 😂 imagine driving for almost 2 hours everyday to work...whew
(I work abroad in a drilling company)
What I'm tryna say here is that the money gotta be damn worth it if its making you miserable 😂 imagine driving for almost 2 hours everyday to work...whew
(I work abroad in a drilling company)
By Ciaran Go To PostWhat I'm tryna say here is that the money gotta be damn worth it if its making you miserable 😂 imagine driving for almost 2 hours everyday to work…whewIn that previous job I mentioned, my commute was almost two hours total each day. Nothing made me feel like my life was being wasted quite like that drive. If there was public transportation, I could have at least read a book or my phone or played a game or something. Unfortunately, I had to be the one driving, so it was listen to radio, music, or podcasts but unable to pay close attention to them due to focusing on the road.
By Kibner Go To PostIn that previous job I mentioned, my commute was almost two hours total each day. Nothing made me feel like my life was being wasted quite like that drive. If there was public transportation, I could have at least read a book or my phone or played a game or something. Unfortunately, I had to be the one driving, so it was listen to radio, music, or podcasts but unable to pay close attention to them due to focusing on the road.The roads to the rig are generally empty so sometimes I just use that time to FaceTime with my family, talk to my girl or listen to Prog music! (Dem 20 mins long songs innit)
And yes i do browse slaent while driving and twitter 😇
Sometimes you just gotta tell yourself chin up and wipe your tears with that money 😩💀
Yurt bragging about being a dangerous driver again
Lesson will be learned at someone else's detriment, I fear ¬¬
When I hear people say their overall commute is like 4 hours a day, I wonder how they do it. It'd have to be the dream job for me, or a definitely temporary thing.
Lesson will be learned at someone else's detriment, I fear ¬¬
When I hear people say their overall commute is like 4 hours a day, I wonder how they do it. It'd have to be the dream job for me, or a definitely temporary thing.
By Hitch Go To PostYurt bragging about being a dangerous driver againYou normally get compensated for that!
Lesson will be learned at someone else's detriment, I fear ¬¬
When I hear people say their overall commute is like 4 hours a day, I wonder how they do it. It'd have to be the dream job for me, or a definitely temporary thing.
The streets are literally empty i swer
It's quite boring for a software engineering job. The only positive is that I have lots of free time at the office which I currently use to further my knowledge, spam slaent and write master thesis.
As a big negative, I travel an hour to work and an hour to home :(
As a big negative, I travel an hour to work and an hour to home :(
Like my job quite a bit, fucking hate the project I'm worked by on though. Love the company I'm with though. ESOP is bad ass
Yeah where i work is 100% ESOP, its pretty nice.
I mostly like my job, it's basically what i wanted to do since i was a little kid.
I mostly like my job, it's basically what i wanted to do since i was a little kid.
Never much cared for the field I was in, had its ups and downs of stress to extreme stress, I switched up for more laid back place that I ended up disliking almost as much.
Unemployed currently but I'm in a very enviable position of not NEEDING to work ATM, I'll probably land a part time office gig in the near future so I can live more comfortably.
Unemployed currently but I'm in a very enviable position of not NEEDING to work ATM, I'll probably land a part time office gig in the near future so I can live more comfortably.
By diehard Go To PostYeah where i work is 100% ESOP, its pretty nice.
I mostly like my job, it's basically what i wanted to do since i was a little kid.
Really makes you proud of company results and who you work for on top of being a huge bonus to retirement as an adder to the standard 401k.
Corporate Life.
It's ok. Really all about the benefits tbh. One of the few remaining places, especially after the recession, where you get a 401k and a pension plan. Multiple people in my group have been with the company longer than I've been alive and it's primarily for that pension.
Election season had me side eying quite a few folks tho...
That said I've been thinking more and more about how I can work for myself. I got levels I need to hit and it's not gonna happen in a corporate job unless you on that ladder to the top.
It's ok. Really all about the benefits tbh. One of the few remaining places, especially after the recession, where you get a 401k and a pension plan. Multiple people in my group have been with the company longer than I've been alive and it's primarily for that pension.
Election season had me side eying quite a few folks tho...
That said I've been thinking more and more about how I can work for myself. I got levels I need to hit and it's not gonna happen in a corporate job unless you on that ladder to the top.
Changed my focus and way from work and (9-5) career slowly and now mostly working from home. Needs my social fix desperately after work hours, but at least it is with people I don't have to be forced to interact with.
Not really but I hate work in general.
I enjoy what I do and I like a good 65% of the people I work with
I enjoy what I do and I like a good 65% of the people I work with
I could not imagine having a better job that isn't the stuff of fiction. My hours are fixed, my boss is hands-off, my team has more bright spots than dark ones. Just got a 25% raise as my company moved me to exempt status along with a 5% increase in bonus potential. And that's BEFORE our annual reviews, but that's where we get a weaksauce 3% raise no mater what (unless you suck, and you end up with a `1%). I work hours that I like doing work that I enjoy and that nobody else cares to do. I also have a certain power that none of my peers have, and that I can discipline their teams for accuracy and there's not much they can do about it to protect them.
As a student I'm doing a parttime job. Had some not so interesting jobs in the past but now I work at a hifi store and I love it. It's less than a 5 minute walk from my house, so that's a great start. Got great colleagues. And while at work I can listen to music all day, work with people and great audio systems.
I love what I do purely because I control my earnings, which has allowed me to do and go to some places i could only dream of. Having a fixed salary is now so alien to me I don't think I could do it anymore. I love the buzz, the sales aspect, being commercially aware etc and the perks are stupidly good. As long as I can justify it I can take a client pretty much anywhere or to anything of my choosing. Incredibly hard tho but yeah all round all good
By Kidjr Go To PostAs long as I can justify it I can take a client pretty much anywhere or to anything of my choosing.
it's alright.
i had worse before.
just too comftable to stay and too scary to begin something new because if i left i would change careers.
i had worse before.
just too comftable to stay and too scary to begin something new because if i left i would change careers.
I moved on the last Friday of December 2016. I had given in my 2 week notice prior to that. It wasn’t a small decision. But when you buy a house 110 miles away it was my only option. For the past 7.5 years I had been with the same non-profit working in the IT department. My pay had gone up gradually each year. While the job was easy for the most part, it was getting to the point of being mundane and not challenging. There wasn’t any room for growth. Yes, I could get my hands on different cellphones, tablets, and network equipment from time to time, but there was something missing. I couldn’t use my grad degree in management there. Small projects would come my way, but my manager would still be the top dog there. There wasn’t a chance for my title or role to become IT Project Manager or something like that. All I could do is become a “Sr.” technician and that’s the ceiling. Other depts. would see promotion and title changes. IT? nope!
After a moving further North and taking a month off, I started and active job search and 2 weeks in, I was hired for something that is completely different for me. What I do now is in the project managing/coordination realm for a privately owned company. Pay is a partial step back, at least initially, but there’s an opportunity to move up the ranks. It’s re-invigorating to be doing this now and there’s potential to grow into other positions down the line.
I’m happy to not be going through the motions like before.
After a moving further North and taking a month off, I started and active job search and 2 weeks in, I was hired for something that is completely different for me. What I do now is in the project managing/coordination realm for a privately owned company. Pay is a partial step back, at least initially, but there’s an opportunity to move up the ranks. It’s re-invigorating to be doing this now and there’s potential to grow into other positions down the line.
I’m happy to not be going through the motions like before.