Foo - How much do you like/dislike your job??

I was curious about full-time people working rather than any summer/temp/part-time-while-in-school jobs like that. Something you do to make a living.

Thanks.

Full time. This is not my job, it's my career. Love it.

Full time. This is not my job, it's my career. Love it.

+1

Same here.

There are times when I HATE my job. Then there are times when I :love: my job. It depends on what is happening, how assinine the other side is acting, and/or what the judge rules on any given day.

I love my hobby all the time though.

I love the kind of work I do. The environment (co-workers and management) has its ups and downs.

We all at one time or another loved our work but the present economy is really changing corporate morality which makes any occupation have a suck factor.

I love my job! Does "stay-at-home-dad" count? It's more work than any job I've ever had.

I've said for years that I had the 2nd-best job in the company, 1st being CEO. Now, anymore, that just doesn't apply.

But I am able to do what I love, build things and work with my hands, and my reputation/respect within the store is sterling.

I just have issues with 'stupid', and they seem to pump it out of the HVAC....

I absolutely loved law school, but I don't care for practicing law. I might find it more tolerable if I was actually making decent money at it, but....

I am a public school teacher. I love teaching. Even the kids that are a PITA are okay most days. But the principal is nuts, and not in a fun way.

I'm an in-house tech support agent, supporting a bunch of work at home folks.

I'm, complacent with it.

Used to love it. They hired some A-holes that doing their best to turn it into their own version of "Survivor". They enjoy the politics and intrigue and seem to enjoy making what once a harmonious team of people into a drama center. These folks have placed their heads well up the bosses ass and are deemed perfect.

This is an office that went over 15 years without a single employee leaving it, now people get employed and leave asap. Several (including myself) are looking for suitable transfers.

I've been there 18 years and have 10 to go before I can do a full retirement. I was hoping to go the distance there, but I just want to get away now.

Oh, I love my city job! I hate the method this city department uses to promote. I recently transferred to a new office. As I was unpacking my gear at my new desk, my new manager (6 year wonder) came up to talk. He asked, since I have 19 years in and 6 until I retire, why I'm not at least a supervisor yet. I told him that I'm not a yes-man and I don't kiss butt...Guess I blew it with him too.
Ernest

I'm self-employed.

If I hate my job, I fire the boss and move him on to something else.

I never understood any one who enjoyed working. It just doesn't make sense to me. I enjoy having fun and doing things that I want to do but not working. I have a job now where I work when I want to work. The hell with 40 hour work weeks. I'll never do that again. I work 2 days per week now. It's not too bad. I don't think people these days realize that we work harder than our ancestors. Tribes in Africa in the old times only worked 25 hours per foraging and hunting for food. The industrial revolution has caused us to work even harder. I'm not talking about our grandfathers, I'm talking about our ancestors in like the 1600s, well before the industrial revolution. That's just my opinion. Do you guys think we work harder now than say someone in the 1600s?

I guess if you think about, we used to wash our clothes by hand. We used to do everything by hand. We still do to a certain degree, though. I would say the only technological device that helps me from day to day is the automobile and the clothes washer. The media says that we work less than our ancestors but I just don't believe that. In the 1600s, you might have worked on a farm but how many hours of the day were you actually working. It's one thing to milk the cows on a farm that you own and take a break every 30 minutes and it's another thing to work on assembly line for 8 hours and only have one 30 minute break per 8 hours.

Women have "careers'. Men have jobs. You'll learn one day.

I never understood any one who enjoyed working. It just doesn't make sense to me. I enjoy having fun and doing things that I want to do but not working. I have a job now where I work when I want to work. The hell with 40 hour work weeks. I'll never do that again. I work 2 days per week now. It's not too bad. I don't think people these days realize that we work harder than our ancestors. Tribes in Africa in the old times only worked 25 hours per foraging and hunting for food. The industrial revolution has caused us to work even harder. I'm not talking about our grandfathers, I'm talking about our ancestors in like the 1600s, well before the industrial revolution. That's just my opinion. Do you guys think we work harder now than say someone in the 1600s?

I guess if you think about, we used to wash our clothes by hand. We used to do everything by hand. We still do to a certain degree, though. I would say the only technological device that helps me from day to day is the automobile and the clothes washer. The media says that we work less than our ancestors but I just don't believe that. In the 1600s, you might have worked on a farm but how many hours of the day were you actually working. It's one thing to milk the cows on a farm that you own and take a break every 30 minutes and it's another thing to work on assembly line for 8 hours and only have one 30 minute break per 8 hours.

I don't think we work as hard now as people in the 1600's. I would come in at the angle that our jobs now de-humanize us and we really aren't really attached to what we do. My job for instance; for 10 hours aday, I do something that I have no care or thought about when I'm off duty. I do my job, people criticize and cuss at me and it doesn't touch me because it's not me or what I am when I'm off duty.

People that are self-employeed work harder and similar to the way people did in the 1600 in that they take pride in what they do. Their jobs is what they enjoy, it drives them and have a real purpose. Same with farmers who practically live at their jobs and constantly work to produce a living.
People in the 1600's were more craftsman oriented in that they made what they sold or traded. They made the clothes, tools, and watches that they sold. They made all the moving parts to watches, muskets and firearms that they sold. They stayed up nights figuring out how to improve on what they made and crafted.

The industrial revolution brought about the specialization of tasks and removed the craftsman. Now instead of
crafting an entire watch, you work in a factory where your job is to make the casing of the watch according to factory specs and that is your specialty. You are a Watch Case Specialist and proud of it. The next dude makes the hour hands according to factory specs (Hour Hand Tech), the next makes the springs and so on. The assembly department puts the parts together. One dude has a box full of hour hands and his job is to place them on the watchface according to factory specs and so on. The watch gets assembled.

While you enjoy the hand crafted family heirlom watch that was handed down for 3-4 generations, some dude buys a factory made watch that breaks down after 3-4 years.

I really think people worked harder back in the 1600's 'cause their jobs was their lives. They were always at their work or thinking about it. Since they lived their job, there really was no vacations, leaves of absence or breaks. The craftsman worked until he passed away. His headstone had his name and occupation. Sometimes the craftsman's occupation became his last name. Now that's dedication to your work!
Ernest

Hate it...with a passion. I'm good at it, but still hate it. I think its due to boredom, having done this same line of work for nearly 20 yrs. Been as high as CFO and as low as staff accountant..

I never had a job I didn't love - although, there were several I wouldn't want to go back toooooo!

I'm now retired, so they were all "lifetime jobs," and, I had a lot of different ones - mostly within the same company.

Loving your job is a choice you can make.......

I never understood any one who enjoyed working blah blah blah..

The best job is the one you feel you are not working at.

I love my industry: massage therapy. I hate my job: Massage Envy. I'm shifting to a new full-time industry, going to be working for Aflac as of next week. I'm anticipating a heavy level of satisfaction.

The best job is the one you feel you are not working at.

Pornstar?

I like solving problems, or showing people what they need to do, and then moving on. Sometimes I get to do that, but not enough to suit me. It used to be that I could get a routine request done, on my own in 2-3 days. Now, it takes that long just to do the paperwork. That's "progress" :rolleyes:

I have a great job that most people would envy. I'm a little burned out though. I would really like to take some extended time off...like several years. :) Retirement looks like a long dark tunnel from here.

Love my job. I still can't believe I get to do this for a living. My coworkers are great.

I have a great job that most people would envy. I'm a little burned out though. I would really like to take some extended time off...like several years. :) Retirement looks like a long dark tunnel from here.

Burn out is a fear of mine with my current career path. I absolutely love what I do but I haven't had a day off in about 6 weeks.

Does Foo whackjob in residence really count as a job? They don't pay me.

Does Foo whackjob in residence really count as a job? They don't pay me.

you do an excellent job.

This concludes your annual review. Do you have any other comments before you sign it?

you do an excellent job.

This concludes your annual review. Do you have any other comments before you sign it?

I would like to conduct the ladies of foo reviews. My only requirement is that they sit on my lap. Who knows what will pop up with a review like that.

Burn out is a fear of mine with my current career path. I absolutely love what I do but I haven't had a day off in about 6 weeks.

Don't get me wrong. I can take time off within reason.

However, I've been in the work force since I was sixteen either part time/school or full time for almost 30 years. I'm worn out on the whole work thing. The concept of going another 20 plus years is not comforting either. I guess it beats the alternative.

I absolutely loved law school, but I don't care for practicing law. I might find it more tolerable if I was actually making decent money at it, but....

The problem with being an attorney is that you have to work with other attorneys who pay lip service to the law and the rules. A concientious attorney cannot make money practicing law. He devotes too much time per client and won't get paid for it. The courts won't see him often enough (because he can't handle as many clients) to get to know he's a great lawyer so they make rulings which hurt his cases and clients regardless of what the law says.

The solution is simple. Get rid of the bad apples. Application of that solution is where things get difficult.

I like my job...it's working I hate. I am so ready to retire (but alas not for another few years)...

I like solving problems, or showing people what they need to do, and then moving on.

+1

I do systems consulting and love it. LOVE IT! I could never go back to being locked in the same cube all day. I really enjoy seeing different people and working with a wide variety of networks. The changes and challenges are just right for my noisy mind.

I am a public school teacher. I love teaching. Even the kids that are a PITA are okay most days. But the principal is nuts, and not in a fun way.

My principal is OK. This time of year the kids can really get unmotivated. Otherwise it can be very enjoyable.

I'm self-employed and love my job. Oh, I see some improvements that I can make -- like attracting more clients. But overall, I love it.

Much better than the horrid retail job I had before I smacked myself upside my head and quit. Oh gods, I hated retail! With a passion! I don't even like shopping, why the devil did I ever think of working in the industry? I was obvious a combo of stupid and broke. Or maybe unimaginative and broke? Some mix of it.

Burn out is a fear of mine with my current career path. I absolutely love what I do but I haven't had a day off in about 6 weeks.

If I were you I'd take some vacation days and spend the OT cash buying nice new kitchen knives.

I can't complain about work because I am self employed. I volunteer more of my time than I do working to earn money. I hope to retire within the next ten years so that I can volunteer my energy and time much more than I do now.

Daytime: Server Administrator/Server-based software developer and "automation engineer" (That's what I'm calling myself...sounds good)
Offtime: IT consultant and/or photographer; depends on the day

it's a great life. now if i could graduate already, it'd be fantastic!

I like solving problems, or showing people what they need to do, and then moving on.

Composer Arthor Weinstein, when asked why he enjoys composing music, once said "Telling people what to do is its own reward."

I love working on my field. It's been my career for over 15 years. But I found myself a lot happier when I'm not working. And when I'm working, I really really wanna get the heck out. Ergo, I hate mah job, even tho I kinda like it.

... "automation engineer" ...

It's call "Integration" you noob :P and sometimes "Interfaces", with "XI" for leet short like:

Mr Crassic
XI Team

There...:thumb:

PS: You are not posting from ur job meetings again aren't you?

woops... double post sorry...

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