Do you enjoy your job?

TeddyTedson

Do boardies enjoy their jobs or would that rather be doing something else?
I hated my job, but people tell me I should stick with it, and it's a good job, ect. But for me it's soul destroying and my mind goes blank for the whole working day with boredom.
Some people say life is too short and you should work at something you enjoy or is this wishful thinking?



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Kylo Ren

I like turtles.

TeddyTedson

Teenage mutant ninja hero turtles?

Killer Pigeon

Lol at depressed Civil servants.

chicken fingers

Yeah I love my job, international travel, powerful and interesting cow-workers, interesting work, challenging jobs, I get to visit several countries a year (China next month) and about the same amount of vacations per year as a teacher and I save about the same as they earn each month. At 27 I am doing grand and hopefully by 37 I will be my bosses boss and doing even better.

BTW for the poll you forgot
4: I´m unemployed but I won´t work for less than 400€ per week because [some reason]

Sugar Free

For the most part, yes.

No...**** working for a living..

yep i sure do

amy21

Its ok i suppose, do get bored

swarm.of.bees

I like my job - what I do for a living. I'm becoming very disillusioned with the company I work for though. Although my understanding is that this is a common thing at the moment. Oh - I also don't rate my boss, which doesn't help

ilovelamp2000

chicken fingers wrote: »

Yeah I love my job, international travel, powerful and interesting cow-workers, interesting work, challenging jobs, I get to visit several countries a year (China next month) and about the same amount of vacations per year as a teacher and I save about the same as they earn each month. At 27 I am doing grand and hopefully by 37 I will be my bosses boss and doing even better.

BTW for the poll you forgot
4: I´m unemployed but I won´t work for less than 400€ per week because [some reason]

Impressive.

Where do you work ?

jimthemental

Hate it, tfi friday :mad:

hal9000

chicken fingers wrote: »

powerful and interesting cow-workers, interesting work, challenging

Do you work with that avonmore super milk company?

aliocroc

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Do boardies enjoy their jobs or would that rather be doing something else?
I hated my job, but people tell me I should stick with it, and it's a good job, ect. But for me it's soul destroying and my mind goes blank for the whole working day with boredom.
Some people say life is too short and you should work at something you enjoy or is this wishful thinking?7

I hate what i do but its the same, people say its a good job, stick with it blah blah blah! Im wasting away in the place though-im not motivated, i dont really care what happens to anything and the work i have to do i procrastinate over as its just such crap! im 3 1/2 years there and the place seems to be going backwards so, as of the last week, im leaving! I think i should like what i do so, June 2011 im outa there, im saving up to travel and then im off to change it up a bit, see what else i would enjoy in a new career/job somewhere else! Life is too short!!

4zn76tysfajdxp

I don't enjoy or dislike my job tbh. I'm fairly pleased to have one in the first place.

ARGINITE

It's great.

Dravokivich

i don't enjoy my job... but at the same time i don't hate it...

i come in, do my thing, get paid and fu¢k off...

Sanjuro

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Post count is now at 777

Thanks for keeping us updated. I dunno how we'd know otherwise.

kfallon

Not mad on the job but like the few people I have direct contact with every day!

FreudianSlippers

I like my job... it's pretty fun most of the time. There can be a lot of waiting around though, which is really boring tbh.

Vicxas

My job would be great if our major contract had a little more security.

Setun

I get to install electronic artworks in galleries and exhibition spaces around the Netherlands. Can't complain, although the work could be a bit more regular

BBDBB

I love my job

I cant believe I actually get money to do something I enjoy this much

its practically a crime that I take their money when I have this much fun

I find it so rewarding and fulfilling to use my skills and reap the benefits








Im a shoplifter

Dozen Wicked Words

Dislike my job, dislike the responsibility and stress but pays the bills which is all anyone can ask at the moment.

prinz

I don't particularly enjoy it but I'm getting trained and I will be out of here ASAP so turning up everyday is doable.

Ledger

i do enjoy my job.

I deliver drinks to pubs, shops, etc. I just love being out and about in the truck, talking to and meeting people, it's only tuesday to friday, early starts but finished about 1 or 2 o clock on a friday so its grand

MIRMIR82

I'm bloody miserable in my job atm. Most of the people i directly work with are a shower of weidos.
The job itself is an 8 hour day- 1 hour a day is about all the work i actually have- we're very quiet and this depresses me no end.
If the OH didnt have a (fairly) decent job i'd be gone out of Ireland.
Feels like a monday in here everyday(even friday):(

DrumSteve

I do.

Minstrel27

I do not enjoy my job.
I do not hate my job.

Poll does not cater for this.

Paulj

Kinda surprised by how many people enjoy their jobs! Makes me think i should be moving on...

james098

I did when I had one

jester77

Yip, what's the point in being in a job you don't like. After all, apart from bed it is where you spend the majority of your time, so it should be something you enjoy.

kelle

I love my job. I enjoy patient contact, and I find the people I work with a great team.

It's just as well I do since I'll be sole earner, as my husband will be losing his job very soon

midlandsmissus

kelle wrote: »

I love my job. I enjoy patient contact, and I find the people I work with a great team.

It's just as well I do since I'll be sole earner, as my husband will be losing his job very soon

It might be a suggestion that people could say what general area they work in, if they don't mind?

Are you a nurse Kelle?

pow wow

I hated my last one and am delighted to be free of it!

<public sector btw>

D'Agger

Love my job - working in deskside support so doing basic computer hardware maintenance & networking but I'm just out of college and it's exactly what I wanted to start off doing.

Can do training through work to gain MS & Cisco certifications too so that's huge for me as I want to move into networking & security

Pace2008

I'm working in accountancy - not for much longer though as my company will be outsourcing the finance function to Asia, as is the trend these times of austerity.

It’s really a blessing in disguise as I’ve spend the last few years completely in my comfort zone, making an easy living but never having to move out of low gear. I wouldn’t say I’ve ever hated it, but nor has it ever been the right thing for me, and some time down the line a midlife crisis would probably be inevitable when I realised I was spending half my waking hours doing something that was tolerable rather than enjoyable. I’ve been living for the weekend the last few years, which is fine at this stage of my life, maybe even important overall as a facet of life experience, but it’s ultimately not an existence that’s conducive to sustainable happiness in the long-term.

It’s the boot up the arse I’ve needed, and the redundancy payment I’ll receive, along with the money I’ve been squirreling away, will more than cover my tuition fees when I go to do Science in Trinity this autumn. It’s coming out of my own pocket as I’m a dropout; I left my course in first year as I was a different person then, an immature prick and a damning example of the flaws in our free third-level education system ( I went to DCU because it was within walking distance from my house). I’m paying for my own education this time and, along with the lessons learned from the past, this will hopefully be a driving force to do my utmost to succeed second time around.

I think anyone else in a similar situation should bear in mind that your employment hours do make up a considerable chunk of your existence, and if you have any opportunity get out and do something you might genuinely enjoy, go for it while you’re young and before you get yourself into a rut.

MIRMIR82

jester77 wrote: »

Yip, what's the point in being in a job you don't like. After all, apart from bed it is where you spend the majority of your time, so it should be something you enjoy.

I dunno- to pay the bills

jester77

MIRMIR82 wrote: »

I dunno- to pay the bills

That's a poor reason. Your going to be working for 8-12 hours 5 days a week for around 45 years. That's a lot of bloody time, do you really want to waste all that time doing something you don't like just to pay the bills?

Napper Hawkins

I don't think I enjoyed any job I ever had, even the ones that paid well.

I'd love one now though.:(

Pace2008

Pace2008 wrote: »

It’s coming out of my own pocket as I’m a dropout; I left my course in first year as I was a different person then, an immature prick and a damning example of the flaws in our free third-level education system ( I went to DCU because it was within walking distance from my house). I’m paying for my own education this time and, along with the lessons learned from the past, this will hopefully be a driving force to do my utmost to succeed second time around.

Surely you only have to pay for the first year?
Do you have any ects credits completed from that first year as well? Might help you along in the new degree requirements-wise

KERSPLAT!

jester77 wrote: »

That's a poor reason. Your going to be working for 8-12 hours 5 days a week for around 45 years. That's a lot of bloody time, do you really want to waste all that time doing something you don't like just to pay the bills?

Just because someone is in a job they dont like now, doesnt mean theyll be there forever....

I had a job that I loved, didnt even feel like work but things got bad and I was let go early '09, looked for similier work for months and couldnt find anything so now I sit in an office doin sh*t work for sh*t money, the reason.... Bills....

Wont be here forever though, just a stepping stone

fabbydabby

Love the way all this is posted during working hours!

parts of mine are really exciting and interesting, (R & D stuff, travelling to customers to comission equipment etc) and parts of it make me want to cry with boredom (it's usually 75% in favour of the latter).

I think the poll needs a "Sure it's grand I suppose" option because that's how most people feel i think.

I once worked for irish rail and i can tell you here and now that for 200k a year I wouldnt go back and do that job. It was...... misery.

Daragh86

I used to like my job when it was busy and I had real career prospects, but now that it's not busy and I have small, bas$*rd bits of work or no work sometimes it is an almighty pain in the rocks. I have a 90 miles round trip passing through 3 bas&%rd counties. I'm now facing a 3 day week which I have worked out to only benefit me by 10 euro a week compared to not working at all.

On a good note though I've decided to get out of this game and go into something I really enjoy, albeit costing 3,500 euro for education but hopefully long term will be worth it.

Only decision to make now, morally a really tough one, is to decide whether to work 3 days a week busting my balls all for an extra 10 euro a week or to take redundancy which will pay for my education and very necessary renovations on my house. At the same time I will be studying part time over two years.

So, yes I hate my job.

Columbia

jester77 wrote: »

That's a poor reason. Your going to be working for 8-12 hours 5 days a week for around 45 years. That's a lot of bloody time, do you really want to waste all that time doing something you don't like just to pay the bills?

What? Nobody intentionally picks a job they don't like, but a hell of a lot of people don't have that choice. Most are willing to be unhappy a few hours a day so that they can have hot water at home, put nappies on the baby, and have some food on the table. Are you saying you'd rather allow your family to go without than put up with a job you don't like?

drkpower

Almost every job has a substantial boredom/tedium quotient. Even rocket surgeons and brain scientists will tell you that.

The key is that the interesting, challenging stuff, when it does come along, really interests you and gets your adrenaline pumping. If it doesnt, move on, or else you will look back at a (working) life wasted.

Plazaman

Don't love it but don't hate it either, it's meh and I'm too old and underqualified to go anywhere else.

C'mon Lotto Numbers for feck sake..... must be going alphabetically.

KERSPLAT!

drkpower wrote: »

Almost every job has a substantial boredom/tedium quotient. Even rocket surgeons and brain scientists will tell you that.

The key is that the interesting, challenging stuff, when it does come along, really interests you and gets your adrenaline pumping. If it doesnt, move on, or else you will look back at a (working) life wasted.

Not exactly easy to just "move on" most people are lucky to have jobs whether they like them or not!

jester77

Columbia wrote: »

What? Nobody intentionally picks a job they don't like, but a hell of a lot of people don't have that choice. Most are willing to be unhappy a few hours a day so that they can have hot water at home, put nappies on the baby, and have some food on the table. Are you saying you'd rather allow your family to go without than put up with a job you don't like?

I know of plenty of people who chose their career based on earning potential and not based on something they would enjoy. They now get up miserable and come home miserable every day from work. So yes, people do pick careers for the wrong reasons and seriously regret it later. Plus it's not so easy to just change careers but the sooner you realise that this is not the career for you the sooner you can go about changing it. Changing a career at 27 is much easier than changing a career at 40 when you might have a family to support.

MIRMIR82

jester77 wrote: »

That's a poor reason. Your going to be working for 8-12 hours 5 days a week for around 45 years. That's a lot of bloody time, do you really want to waste all that time doing something you don't like just to pay the bills?

God!! you have a very romantic view of life....i'll give my notice in today so and lose my house, starve and freeze...but sure i'll be happy

Pace2008

bluewolf wrote: »

Surely you only have to pay for the first year?
Do you have any ects credits completed from that first year as well? Might help you along in the new degree requirements-wise

Aye, but "only" still seems a bit misleading when it's several thousand euro plus increased registration fees.

I deserve it for wasting system resources, in any case.