Enjoy your job?
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I have to say, since going self-employed in March, I have new found love for my job.
The actual day to day work is pretty much the same - spent the last 11 years working as a Consultant so was always out on different client sites anyway, but now I only have to fly my own flag...and get much better pay for doing the same thing!
No more office politics, and I was being pushed more towards line management, resourcing, etc. which is not for me.
For the record, I performance test IT systems.
The actual day to day work is pretty much the same - spent the last 11 years working as a Consultant so was always out on different client sites anyway, but now I only have to fly my own flag...and get much better pay for doing the same thing!
No more office politics, and I was being pushed more towards line management, resourcing, etc. which is not for me.
For the record, I performance test IT systems.
Love my job. Didn't realise how much I loved my old job until a company we bought merged with ours and stuff went sour. I started a new job (working for our main supplier) 2 weeks ago. Same amount of time traveling, but when I'm in, I'm at home instead of an office 50 miles away.
The industry is IT security sales, I am a pre-sales engineer for a Firewall vendor for those that know the business.
The industry is IT security sales, I am a pre-sales engineer for a Firewall vendor for those that know the business.
Justayellowbadge said:
Landlord said:
Hate the monotony, the impersonal nature of a big city, the commute, the fundamental futility of what I do -
Back when it were all fields round here, you were rather a funny b
d. Your boob jokes were far more entertaining than your existential angst.
Sort it.
elster said:
I have 3 little ventures that keep my daily life varied enough for me to keep enjoying everything.
However I'm not enjoying at the moment after having a few non paying clients due to them disappearing and going under. Which has left me struggling.
Make that a no, just had a contract cancelled, due to start next week. However I'm not enjoying at the moment after having a few non paying clients due to them disappearing and going under. Which has left me struggling.
Mainly assess the efficiency of underground water distribution networks and implement improvement projects. Money is good, get to work in a variety of countries, petrol is cheaper than water, but I can spend every week of a month away from home.
Overall I enjoy the work but the travelling can be burden on the family.
Overall I enjoy the work but the travelling can be burden on the family.
No I dont.
The only two jobs i have ever done which i enjoyed were: Running a Marine fish and Aquarium supplies/installs business, and subsequently being a picture framer. Pretty much everything else has to some degree not been a pleasant experience. That said - much as another poster commented - work is something i do to maintain my lifestyle and support the household, it has never been something i did for fun. I suspect people who have jobs they actually enjoy are very very few and far between.
I am a contractor, currently I am working in Bradford.
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The only two jobs i have ever done which i enjoyed were: Running a Marine fish and Aquarium supplies/installs business, and subsequently being a picture framer. Pretty much everything else has to some degree not been a pleasant experience. That said - much as another poster commented - work is something i do to maintain my lifestyle and support the household, it has never been something i did for fun. I suspect people who have jobs they actually enjoy are very very few and far between.
I am a contractor, currently I am working in Bradford.
R.
I used to enjoy my job but they keep extending my contract and my enthusiasm is waning daily. I thought I had an out come September but alas that is going to be extended till December. What makes it worse is that I live away from home and only return at the weekends. Still the day rate is exceptional so I shouldn't really complain.
AmiableChimp said:
I have to say, since going self-employed in March, I have new found love for my job.
The actual day to day work is pretty much the same - spent the last 11 years working as a Consultant so was always out on different client sites anyway, but now I only have to fly my own flag...and get much better pay for doing the same thing!
No more office politics, and I was being pushed more towards line management, resourcing, etc. which is not for me.
For the record, I performance test IT systems.
If I had written this post, the only difference would be the last sentence: For the record, I do Business & Enterprise Architecture Modelling.The actual day to day work is pretty much the same - spent the last 11 years working as a Consultant so was always out on different client sites anyway, but now I only have to fly my own flag...and get much better pay for doing the same thing!
No more office politics, and I was being pushed more towards line management, resourcing, etc. which is not for me.
For the record, I performance test IT systems.
A lex said:
I love my job.
In fact i'd go as far as to say I dont even consider it a 'job'.
Challenging, rewarding, great workplace atmosphere, relaxed (most of the time), slaves to bring us coffee and hot chocolate all day
As a bonus the pay me well enough and give me 43 days holiday PA. I love shift work as well.
Job: Air Traffic Controller.
"We force them down narrow corridors, thereby greatly increasing the risk of collision, while at the same time justifying the job of Air Traffic Controllers to keep them apart." - David GunsonIn fact i'd go as far as to say I dont even consider it a 'job'.
Challenging, rewarding, great workplace atmosphere, relaxed (most of the time), slaves to bring us coffee and hot chocolate all day
As a bonus the pay me well enough and give me 43 days holiday PA. I love shift work as well.
Job: Air Traffic Controller.
A lex said:
I love my job.
In fact i'd go as far as to say I dont even consider it a 'job'.
Challenging, rewarding, great workplace atmosphere, relaxed (most of the time), slaves to bring us coffee and hot chocolate all day
As a bonus the pay me well enough and give me 43 days holiday PA. I love shift work as well.
Job: Air Traffic Controller.
I just hope you are not posting this at work In fact i'd go as far as to say I dont even consider it a 'job'.
Challenging, rewarding, great workplace atmosphere, relaxed (most of the time), slaves to bring us coffee and hot chocolate all day
As a bonus the pay me well enough and give me 43 days holiday PA. I love shift work as well.
Job: Air Traffic Controller.
Engineer working in Nuclear R&D.
Sometimes I enjoy it sometimes it’s a means to an end and others frustrating and boring. The thing that has kept me here (it’s all I’ve ever know job wise give or take having different roles over the years) is the pay and T&C’s. Pay is good as is the annual leave, pension etc.
What’s frustrating is that allot of the job is keeping old buildings/plants which are well past their sell by date running and fire fighting, short sightedness from successive government policies has meant that from being a world leader in Nuclear Reactor R&D the next generation of reactors won’t be British designs.
The landscape has changed allot over the past 10 years and working with lifers who’ve had cushy well paid jobs all their lives can be frustrating. The amount of bureaucracy is a bloody joke and the amount jobs for jobs sake and old governmental pay structure means, I could take a pencil pushing role that you could train a monkey to do and still be paid the same.
It’s a very secure job though and I can’t see me doing anything else tbh.
Sometimes I enjoy it sometimes it’s a means to an end and others frustrating and boring. The thing that has kept me here (it’s all I’ve ever know job wise give or take having different roles over the years) is the pay and T&C’s. Pay is good as is the annual leave, pension etc.
What’s frustrating is that allot of the job is keeping old buildings/plants which are well past their sell by date running and fire fighting, short sightedness from successive government policies has meant that from being a world leader in Nuclear Reactor R&D the next generation of reactors won’t be British designs.
The landscape has changed allot over the past 10 years and working with lifers who’ve had cushy well paid jobs all their lives can be frustrating. The amount of bureaucracy is a bloody joke and the amount jobs for jobs sake and old governmental pay structure means, I could take a pencil pushing role that you could train a monkey to do and still be paid the same.
It’s a very secure job though and I can’t see me doing anything else tbh.
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