Current Events > Do you enjoy working at your job?

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On one hand, jobs can be brutal and soul consuming.

On the other hand, jobs often are the culmination of everything you did to get there, and it's proof that your past efforts were worth it.

Or it's a part ongoing effort to better yourself for the future (make yourself more marketable with skills/reference you pick up, etc etc).

On most days. But sometimes dealing with the public can be super emotionally exhausting.

i work at dollar tree in a rough neighborhood and I fucking love it

its like being in the middle of a terrible maelstrom but Im allowed to go absolutely apeshit and throw people out if they get out of line

Eh. It's not soul-crushing or awful, but I'm not enthusiastic about it either.

But if it's not the former, it's still worth it, though.

PHP coder, which is a gloriously awful language, and I love it.

Yes and I didnt even want this job. I was pressured into it by family cause I needed a job. Ended up falling into it over time. One of the easiest jobs I've ever had physically. Can be a tad stressful but that's mostly cause overtime. I mean it's stressful regardless but if I had more time off it wouldn't be as bad.

Its often frantically busy and stressful but I love it.

Not really but I'm good at what I do

Yep. First of the months are tough but I've been watching videos all day so it's never that bad.

Currently yes.
I am going to ask for more hours just after the track season ends.
Which means, I should ask tomorrow.

Yeah, I love what I do and Im pretty good at it.

I guess yes, but it's a different kind of enjoyment. It's a very challenging job that I honestly haven't developed the personality for yet, so I can't really say I've "enjoyed" a single second of it.

But a job that constantly puts me out of my comfort zone has given me a lot of things to be proud about, and I find a different kind of happiness in that way I suppose.

Yeah. It's still a job, but I enjoy what I do a lot more since changing jobs back in the spring.

I get to listen to music all day which is fucking great. It's a small shop, so I deal directly with the owner and don't have managers or supervisors. I take my lunch and breaks whenever I want and work on my own all day.

I voted yes even though unemployed

the thing is theres no doubt nepotism is a thing here so

but the counsil (village)accepts me for labor work which is my main experience in the workforce

I love labor work and enjoyed carpenter exceptionally

so yeah I just cant get a permanent job around here and defaulted labor in the poll

It's fine. I couldn't really ask for anything better. I do look forward to the day I no longer have to work, though.

OriginalPlain2 posted...

but the counsil (village)accepts me for labor work which is my main experience in the workforce

Where are you?

I'm in the Army.

This is the only job I've ever had.

I'm okay with working at it for the entirety of my career.

Once I've retired, I want to continue on working for the United States Federal Government.

There's nothing I can legitimately complain about in my job. I'm paid way more than I'm worth. But I'm also just bored.

I've been working for someone else lately. It pays more than my self-employed work (which I still do on the side though it's impractical these days and I'll give it up soon) but I just don't like working on someone else's time. The work itself isn't bad at all and I'm getting very valuable training on the job that I can use to make more money in the future but I still hate centering my entire day around the whims of someone else.

I went from having full control over my schedule, type of work, and workload to having someone control everything about the work I do and I fucking hate it. I would go weeks in between jobs if I wanted, taking as much time as I needed/wanted to re-charge or just do nothing if I felt like it. The daily grind fucking blows.

SiO4 posted...

Where are you?

In Alaska

I work at home doing excel spreadsheets while watching my stupid sports debate shows all day on YouTube.

It's freakin awesome.

OriginalPlain2 posted...

In Alaska

Oh, I didn't know they call them Councils up there.
Interesting.

My Grandfather served in WWII around the Aleutian Islands region.
His job was to de-detinate unexploded ordinance.~ I shouldn't even be alive.

Never had a job I liked tbh

i love what i do for a living, and the place i'm at isn't so bad

but i just plain hate working. working sucks.

Love it!

I don't have a job currently. Long story short had a work term, got Cancer had to do Chemo for 4 months, I'm Cancer free but still haven't found work. THAT SAID, I loved working at my work term. I learned a lot, and the people were so nice, not to mention that the pay wasn't bad for someone like myself just getting out of college. It wasn't amazing, it was only 16/h, but as someone whose worked retail for 11 years, where the min. wage is 14/h, I'll take the added experience.

I spend 6 hours a day surfing the internet. It's pretty great.

It pays well but no

When I get to do actual work, yeah. When I gotta do bullshit tasks that have nothing to do with my position, nah.

Love my current job. Dealing with some of the office politics kind of sucks, but thats rare. I work from home and basically set my own work time. I enjoy what I do and feel Im good at it.

It's okay. I get along well with my co-workers and managers, and most clients are reasonable and pleasant. It just isn't the right job for me, considering my education.

I hate it more than I can describe in words. I sell telecommunications. Internet, TV, landline phone plans, and cell phone plans. I don't get to pick when I take calls. They forcibly come through since I'm on a computer. Each time I get a call, there's a loud obnoxious *beep* sound. Each time I hear that *beep* sound, I die a little more inside...

I did enjoy my job for the most part, minus the higher up being dicks. Store manager is goatee though. But then I got robbed at the store and now I hate it here.

One particular days I have to drive to different locations. Over an hour away from my home base. I hate driving so much.

I wouldn't say I like it but it's not bad. I like the schedule, 12 hour shifts but I get two days off for every two days I work.

i don't have a job, so i guess

Yes

Glob posted...

Yeah, I love what I do and Im pretty good at it.

This

wackyteen posted...

I'm in the Army.

This is the only job I've ever had.

I'm okay with working at it for the entirety of my career.

Once I've retired, I want to continue on working for the United States Federal Government.

This but civilian. Other than minor annoyances here and there, I really enjoy my job and don't plan on working anywhere else unless I'm forced to for some reason. It's nice not having work being a source of stress for the most part

I'm a software developer and I love it. I'm 100% remote, which is great because I can drive my kid to and from school and make up hours at weird times (typically very early morning).

wackyteen posted...

Once I've retired, I want to continue on working for the United States Federal Government.

You will. Veterans preference for Federal jobs is huge.

Do I enjoy being chained to a desk, taking phone calls and getting screamed at by customers all day for the actions of others, seeing everyone else in the office getting to walk around and do whatever (and definitely not making enough money to justify it)?

Surprisingly I do not.

Requiem posted...

On the other hand, jobs often are the culmination of everything you did to get there, and it's proof that your past efforts were worth it.

I like this perspective and i think it plays into why people who put no effort into their careers are so whiny about their jobs

No, the workload is overwhelming