How often do you enjoy your job?
Poll: How often do you enjoy your job?
Total Members Polled: 390
Discussion
I was a soldier, then when I left the army I spent a lot of time working around the world from the Bahamas to Russia. I've had to offer bribes at check points to being held at gun point, but I recently had a career change and now I find life dull and boring in compassion. I do have good days and boring days, same as most other places.
why did I do it? I got married and I only work 4 days a week but it's well paid. If it was not for the money or the amount of time off I get, I would never have changed careers. Personally I think if I had any normal job I would feel the same as I enjoy the feeling of risk and danger, apparently I have a type a personality.
I also struggle with working the Monday - Friday routine and I get bored easily so I need to keep learning new things or getting lots of variation which I don't really get now.
why did I do it? I got married and I only work 4 days a week but it's well paid. If it was not for the money or the amount of time off I get, I would never have changed careers. Personally I think if I had any normal job I would feel the same as I enjoy the feeling of risk and danger, apparently I have a type a personality.
I also struggle with working the Monday - Friday routine and I get bored easily so I need to keep learning new things or getting lots of variation which I don't really get now.
Edited by TLandCruiser on Thursday 17th December 22:40
Very little of my job I enjoy anymore. I am an auctioneer. I just tend to sell the same stuff every week so gets a bit monotonous. Obviously there are times I do enjoy it but unfortunately the minority of foreigners I have to deal with really do spoil it for me and some of my colleagues. This is not a racist post by the way. Just to add to keep the PC brigade happy the majority of them are very polite and friendly. As I said its the minority..
I do a bit of driving which I enjoy though not as much as I used to. If it wasn't for the decent wages I would have jacked it in a long time ago.
I do a bit of driving which I enjoy though not as much as I used to. If it wasn't for the decent wages I would have jacked it in a long time ago.
I worked offshore for 23 years and enjoyed most of it, but for the last two years I literally hated every minute of it. The whole game was buried in bureaucratic office knob bu**s
t and schemes. We had to follow hundreds of ridiculous policies, programs, reporting systems and suchforth, whereas the office knobs just laid back and did squat.
I was laid off two months ago (along with about 70% of the companies workforce) and have officially retired now. Peace and quiet at last.
t and schemes. We had to follow hundreds of ridiculous policies, programs, reporting systems and suchforth, whereas the office knobs just laid back and did squat. I was laid off two months ago (along with about 70% of the companies workforce) and have officially retired now. Peace and quiet at last.
I voted "never". If I'm busy it's because something has gone very wrong. Mostly because my clients are looking for a scape goat as a result of their f@ck up. Very stab in the back culture with stakes measured in either $$$ or lives. Some of the fk ups are as simple as not being able to count but the consequences could be very severe
If I'm not busy, I go crazy.
I'm looking for a new job
k ups are as simple as not being able to count but the consequences could be very severe If I'm not busy, I go crazy.
I'm looking for a new job
The advantage of doing contract work (I'm a full time employee but we do projects for customers, and sometimes, as now, that means working on a customer site), I tend to get a lot of variation, so if I get some work that I don't enjoy I know it'll soon end, and usually I end a job about as it starts to get less interesting.
HGV night trunking, so very repetitive, but I enjoy it none the less, until this time of year. It pisses me off, that I have to work Sundays/new years day evening shift because some old duffer ordered a pair of slippers or something, too late for Christmas. Roll on January, and back to normality.
I work in ICT and have done for almost twenty years now.
One of the good things about it is the variation available. I've been a programmer, technical project manager, technical support and am now the only IT bod for a manufacturing firm (which means I have to do everything until I get the time to recruit an assistant).
Allied to that is the fact that technology is constantly evolving so you have to keep yourself updated.
I came into this by accident after doing a couple of ste desk jockey admin jobs so I feel very fortunate to have found a career I enjoy.
One of the good things about it is the variation available. I've been a programmer, technical project manager, technical support and am now the only IT bod for a manufacturing firm (which means I have to do everything until I get the time to recruit an assistant).
Allied to that is the fact that technology is constantly evolving so you have to keep yourself updated.
I came into this by accident after doing a couple of s
te desk jockey admin jobs so I feel very fortunate to have found a career I enjoy.I went for less then 10% but if there was an option for less than 5%, I would have chosen that.
I can remember speaking with my GF after the old job finished and in the 6 months I was there, I could count the days on one hand that had been good. One was the first day, another was the last and the third was when Germany won their semi final.
I can remember speaking with my GF after the old job finished and in the 6 months I was there, I could count the days on one hand that had been good. One was the first day, another was the last and the third was when Germany won their semi final.
TLandCruiser said:
I was a soldier, then when I left the army I spent a lot of time working around the world from the Bahamas to Russia. I've had to offer bribes at check points to being held at gun point, but I recently had a career change and now I find life dull and boring in compassion. I do have good days and boring days, same as most other places.
why did I do it? I got married and I only work 4 days a week but it's well paid. If it was not for the money or the amount of time off I get, I would never have changed careers. Personally I think if I had any normal job I would feel the same as I enjoy the feeling of risk and danger, apparently I have a type a personality.
I also struggle with working the Monday - Friday routine and I get bored easily so I need to keep learning new things or getting lots of variation which I don't really get now.
Write a book then - good way to relive the more interesting days and it leaves a legacy for kids / future kids.why did I do it? I got married and I only work 4 days a week but it's well paid. If it was not for the money or the amount of time off I get, I would never have changed careers. Personally I think if I had any normal job I would feel the same as I enjoy the feeling of risk and danger, apparently I have a type a personality.
I also struggle with working the Monday - Friday routine and I get bored easily so I need to keep learning new things or getting lots of variation which I don't really get now.
Edited by TLandCruiser on Thursday 17th December 22:40
90%+ here.
Every day has the potential for something really interesting, and I've had some amazing experiences over the last ten years. There's opportunities to do lots of different roles (though that's getting harder as staffing levels shrink). I'm naturally a nosy bugger, so fairly well suited to the job. I'm currently on a great team, and I think that it's the people you work with as much as the type of work you do that makes work enjoyable. The constant stream of new challenges keeps me occupied mentally, so whilst the processes are often identical (and I currently do a lot of what might be termed paperwork), it's the variations, the constant learning and the pressure to get a good result that keeps things exciting. I think I probably need excitement to stay interested. I'm pretty much done with the physical excitement that roles earlier in my career provided, and now it's more the mental challenges that keep me eager and coming back for more.
I've always thought that life must be pretty grim if you dread going to work, and I left a previous career because of that Sunday evening feeling. I decided I was going to go and do something that made me happy, and so far (got another 21 years to go!) it's worked.
I'd happily jack it in if my numbers came up on the Euromillions, but other than that I'm quite content.
Every day has the potential for something really interesting, and I've had some amazing experiences over the last ten years. There's opportunities to do lots of different roles (though that's getting harder as staffing levels shrink). I'm naturally a nosy bugger, so fairly well suited to the job. I'm currently on a great team, and I think that it's the people you work with as much as the type of work you do that makes work enjoyable. The constant stream of new challenges keeps me occupied mentally, so whilst the processes are often identical (and I currently do a lot of what might be termed paperwork), it's the variations, the constant learning and the pressure to get a good result that keeps things exciting. I think I probably need excitement to stay interested. I'm pretty much done with the physical excitement that roles earlier in my career provided, and now it's more the mental challenges that keep me eager and coming back for more.
I've always thought that life must be pretty grim if you dread going to work, and I left a previous career because of that Sunday evening feeling. I decided I was going to go and do something that made me happy, and so far (got another 21 years to go!) it's worked.
I'd happily jack it in if my numbers came up on the Euromillions, but other than that I'm quite content.
What job??? As an accountant, my job is actually surprisingly enjoyable- probably because of the people I work with and the relaxed/flexible environment we work in. It's not exactly the most exciting though...
DJing and running my mobile disco company however, I love every minute of. Extremely enjoyable getting to play music I love, and it's a huge amount of satisfaction helping others celebrate special events. The fact I get paid for it is simply a bonus- I would still be doing it as a hobby at every opportunity even if there was no money to be made. It can be physically demanding lugging gear around, some long hours with late nights at weekends, and requires a surprising amount of prep work outside of the actual events (client meetings / lighting programming / music sorting etc), but for me it's the best job in the world!
The combination of both is an ideal balance.
DJing and running my mobile disco company however, I love every minute of. Extremely enjoyable getting to play music I love, and it's a huge amount of satisfaction helping others celebrate special events. The fact I get paid for it is simply a bonus- I would still be doing it as a hobby at every opportunity even if there was no money to be made. It can be physically demanding lugging gear around, some long hours with late nights at weekends, and requires a surprising amount of prep work outside of the actual events (client meetings / lighting programming / music sorting etc), but for me it's the best job in the world!
The combination of both is an ideal balance.
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