who likes their job

[DodgyGeezer]

I loathe my job with a passion! The company is, at best, poor and my 2 managers are (whilst nice people) totally st/ineffectual. "No blame culture"? I'm happy to give my all in the role (after all it's what I'm paid for) but they don't make it easy.

The upside is my team are great and working from home has been a (metaphorical) life-saver. Why don't I leave the job then? Simple, planning on retirement within the next 24 months and I can bear it for that length of time.

[Man of gas]

tori said:

Just picked up on this one. Despise my job in the NHS. As a tax payer I object to 1 manager per 3 employees, management meetings running to 3-4 per month at the expense of about £500 per meeting ( not including the loss of patient contact,) 20k worth of equipment rotting in a cupboard due to the inability to find and use appropriate facilities, perpetual "fudging" of figures/ waiting lists ( which are running into 1 year) etc., a culture of bullying, flagrant aggression, over management, beaurocracy resulting in my productivity being forcibly reduced by 30%. And the best part of it is that when I attempt to run by clinic as per guidelines, I will have patients threaten me ( usually the healthy ones who have no clinical needs) resulting in the genuinely ill being left to wait/ deteriorate. And then a meeting with management to "discuss my attitude"

Staff turn over is incredible, sickness through the roof and a manager who has increased working hours with the statement of " it's non negotiable"

This present government should be prosecuted

There are aspects of my job I love ( giving anaesthetics) but the politics of the NHS and the inefficiencies do my head in.
After 17 years as an NHS consultant I am leaving at the end of the year to be employed full time by a private hospital( brand new uk employment model)
I am so excited about working in state of the art facilities with huge financial resources for an organisation that uses clinicians to manage it

[marked1]

It would be interesting to see if any of the original posters still kept their jobs after 11 years

[Milkbuttons]

I like my job most of the time, I love the company I work for and the people I work with but I hate with a passion the hours I work and if I'm to progress up the ladder the hours will only get worse until I reach director level and progression also means leaving the company I'm at now as all senior management are lifers and won't be leaving anytime soon, I'm to scared to leave even with the assurance of my director I'm welcome back anytime if I move on and it doesn't work out. Great company!

[BIG MOLE]

I have a job that is well paid when compared to most and people tell me that it must be really interesting, and others that do the same enjoy it. I hate it.

It's not so much that I hate my job, but more that I hate going to work. I don't really think it would matter what did to earn a crust, in the end I would grow to hate it.

Maybe I just tell myself that to comfort myself and try to dismiss the fact that I didn't make better decisions when I was younger.

[Countdown]

My job bores the pants off me and workload is ridiculous at the moment.

However my boss is great, my team are great, it pays well, I get to travel lots, I can work from where i want and almost when I want,,and (due to the Industry) it is full of eye candy.....

I'm struggling to find the motivation to leave....

[toon10]

Nope, would stop working today if I could. Unfortunately I can't get anywhere near the salary and bonus doing anything else so I'll be a wage slave for the next 13 years or so.

[Cyder]

I'm getting paid for designing cars, I spent all day yesterday in a styling studio and have spent most of today discussing layout concepts that my team of engineers are working on.

It's stressful, tiring and frustrating, but when I take a step back and realise we're taking styling sketches and turning them into reality via all the hoops and headaches along the way it's pretty bloody cool.

[WolfAir]

I love my job.. yes i wish it would pay more but in the grand scheme of things i am very time rich. 4 on 4 off.. home with to drop the kids off at school and pick them up..
But i may have been looking at a gift horse in the mouth.. because things may change. I really really hope they dont..

[LeadFarmer]

I'm 49 and only in my second job since leaving school at 16. I haven't liked either.

Started my current job 25 yrs ago, with it having been my dream job since a child. Discovered in the first few weeks that I hated it, and always would. I remained because of the money and pension, and didn't have the skills/qualifications to get a different job with the same prospect. Always envied those who love their jobs.

Whilst there are some good people in my job and I've had some amazing experiences such as having been flown business class to the other side of the world a few times to work in hot countries I have generally hated my job, and I hate my employers. It's made me unwell at times, but having a family made me feel I needed to stay to provide.

Strange situation to have found myself in, but now I'm nearing the end of my time there, with retirement now a visible light at the end of a long tunnel.

Edited by LeadFarmer on Friday 18th June 00:38

[gangzoom]

Man of gas said:

There are aspects of my job I love ( giving anaesthetics) but the politics of the NHS and the inefficiencies do my head in.
After 17 years as an NHS consultant I am leaving at the end of the year to be employed full time by a private hospital( brand new uk employment model)
I am so excited about working in state of the art facilities with huge financial resources for an organisation that uses clinicians to manage it

Its sad to see intelligent, hard working people on 6 figure salaries with life long job security, one of the best pension schemes around, doing something that has real impact and effects on peoples lives get so disenchanted with the their employees they cannot wait to leave.

I love my job in NHS and I fathom at times to believe I get paid to do what I do, let alone the salary I actually get. The inefficiencies I see as a real chance to change. I spent the whole of yesterday with an IT company working on ensuring together the developing cycle of the EPR is heading in the right direction and will actually deliver an EPR clinicians can use and will like.

Good luck with the new role!!

Edited by gangzoom on Friday 18th June 05:09

[Muzzer79]

LeadFarmer said:

I'm 49 and only in my second job since leaving school at 16. I haven't liked either.

Started my current job 25 yrs ago, with it having been my dream job since a child. Discovered in the first few weeks that I hated it, and always would. I remained because of the money and pension, and didn't have the skills/qualifications to get a different job with the same prospect. Always envied those who love their jobs.

Whilst there are some good people in my job and I've had some amazing experiences such as having been flown business class to the other side of the world a few times to work in hot countries I have generally hated my job, and I hate my employers. It's made me unwell at times, but having a family made me feel I needed to stay to provide.

Strange situation to have found myself in, but now I'm nearing the end of my time there, with retirement now a visible light at the end of a long tunnel.

Edited by LeadFarmer on Friday 18th June 00:38

What do you do and who do you work for? (be non-specific if you wish, obviously)

I'm intrigued as to how someone can stay in a job for 25 years that they genuinely hate. Why not go somewhere else?

[Pit Pony]

Work. It's a necessary evil. Very few people don't have a hidden agenda. Cards on the table? Cut to the point? Bullst. Big companies have red tape and jobsworths, and small companies have nothing they should have. Tried to write a procedure yesterday in my current role. What happens to delivery notes ? You see that pile. They go thier. Why not a file? Why not scan them and store them electronically.
I've had 30 years of feeling out of my depth. Getting used to knowing nothing.

[Man of gas]

gangzoom said:

Man of gas said:

There are aspects of my job I love ( giving anaesthetics) but the politics of the NHS and the inefficiencies do my head in.
After 17 years as an NHS consultant I am leaving at the end of the year to be employed full time by a private hospital( brand new uk employment model)
I am so excited about working in state of the art facilities with huge financial resources for an organisation that uses clinicians to manage it

Its sad to see intelligent, hard working people on 6 figure salaries with life long job security, one of the best pension schemes around, doing something that has real impact and effects on peoples lives get so disenchanted with the their employees they cannot wait to leave.

I love my job in NHS and I fathom at times to believe I get paid to do what I do, let alone the salary I actually get. The inefficiencies I see as a real chance to change. I spent the whole of yesterday with an IT company working on ensuring together the developing cycle of the EPR is heading in the right direction and will actually deliver an EPR clinicians can use and will like.

Good luck with the new role!!

Edited by gangzoom on Friday 18th June 05:09

Thanks, I will let pistonheads know how it goes.
Trouble is, since I started the pay has been eroded in real terms by 35%, pension contributions have doubled and I can’t access them for another 7 years. I have also been taxed punitively on my pension contributions by decreasing annual allowance.
I didn’t sign up for that and now the only way I can take control and empower myself is to leave. Sad for the patients but fortunate for me that I have this opportunity

[markcoznottz]

Man of gas said:

tori said:

Just picked up on this one. Despise my job in the NHS. As a tax payer I object to 1 manager per 3 employees, management meetings running to 3-4 per month at the expense of about £500 per meeting ( not including the loss of patient contact,) 20k worth of equipment rotting in a cupboard due to the inability to find and use appropriate facilities, perpetual "fudging" of figures/ waiting lists ( which are running into 1 year) etc., a culture of bullying, flagrant aggression, over management, beaurocracy resulting in my productivity being forcibly reduced by 30%. And the best part of it is that when I attempt to run by clinic as per guidelines, I will have patients threaten me ( usually the healthy ones who have no clinical needs) resulting in the genuinely ill being left to wait/ deteriorate. And then a meeting with management to "discuss my attitude"

Staff turn over is incredible, sickness through the roof and a manager who has increased working hours with the statement of " it's non negotiable"

This present government should be prosecuted

There are aspects of my job I love ( giving anaesthetics) but the politics of the NHS and the inefficiencies do my head in.
After 17 years as an NHS consultant I am leaving at the end of the year to be employed full time by a private hospital( brand new uk employment model)
I am so excited about working in state of the art facilities with huge financial resources for an organisation that uses clinicians to manage it

I bet you’ve got some stories to tell. What’s the worst inefficiency you’ve witnessed?

[Countdown]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Not a pensions expert but I think it's a combination of being in a very high paid job which also has a defined benefit pension scheme.

[Greenbot35]

The job i enjoy!

What i hate is travelling for 2 hours to collect a van (then either leaving a car in a city centre for upto a week while away or dragging a suitcase on a train to avoid risking my car) every journey is 2 hours longer than it needs to be its crazy.

Or the 2 cctv systems one for everyone and the special amazon WiFi remote camera to the busses phone pointing directly at you or moving about m.

Or the trackers with 2 cameras including cab camera on the van and phone app trackers.

Edited by Greenbot35 on Saturday 19th June 20:32

Edited by Greenbot35 on Saturday 19th June 20:36

[gangzoom]

markcoznottz said:

I bet you’ve got some stories to tell. What’s the worst inefficiency you’ve witnessed?

Inefficiencies is what needs to change, but the actual job satisfaction of the clinical work is second to none. I've had shifts where it makes an episode or ER/Casualty look tame, and given the pointless bickering thats goes on here the amount of total and utter trust random strangers you have never meet gives you just because of a what it says on your work badge is humbling and a real privilege.

I can remember one shift in vivid detail where I literally had someones beating heart in my hand....and we weren't n theater.....the best bit been that someone walked out of hospital alive!!

What the NHS needs to do is work out whats gone wrong in the management/leadership structure to mean the work force despite been dedicated, fairly well paid, and doing a job that actually gives massive satisfaction, feels totally ignored and let down by their employer.

Real or not, but I see more 'enthusiasm' from people at my local ASDA check out than in some parts of the NHS, and I highly doubt working at a check out is actually more satisfying than literally having someone life in your hands day in day out. Happy for people to tell me otherwise.

Probably the worst thing about NHS leadership/management is there doesn't seem to be any plan or urgency to try and improve the morale of the work force. Instead the focus is always just on numbers and figures, with a heavy push of regulators demands, its all stick and zero carrots .

Edited by gangzoom on Sunday 20th June 05:34

[Man of gas]

markcoznottz said:

Man of gas said:

tori said:

Just picked up on this one. Despise my job in the NHS. As a tax payer I object to 1 manager per 3 employees, management meetings running to 3-4 per month at the expense of about £500 per meeting ( not including the loss of patient contact,) 20k worth of equipment rotting in a cupboard due to the inability to find and use appropriate facilities, perpetual "fudging" of figures/ waiting lists ( which are running into 1 year) etc., a culture of bullying, flagrant aggression, over management, beaurocracy resulting in my productivity being forcibly reduced by 30%. And the best part of it is that when I attempt to run by clinic as per guidelines, I will have patients threaten me ( usually the healthy ones who have no clinical needs) resulting in the genuinely ill being left to wait/ deteriorate. And then a meeting with management to "discuss my attitude"

Staff turn over is incredible, sickness through the roof and a manager who has increased working hours with the statement of " it's non negotiable"

This present government should be prosecuted

There are aspects of my job I love ( giving anaesthetics) but the politics of the NHS and the inefficiencies do my head in.
After 17 years as an NHS consultant I am leaving at the end of the year to be employed full time by a private hospital( brand new uk employment model)
I am so excited about working in state of the art facilities with huge financial resources for an organisation that uses clinicians to manage it

I bet you’ve got some stories to tell. What’s the worst inefficiency you’ve witnessed?

I wouldn’t know where to start but believe me, if you if you can imagine it it’s happened. Although the system is guilty on many occasions patients also do their fair share of stupid things ;-)

[Man of gas]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Agreed but it is a very real problem for me regardless