Are you happy in your job?

whirlpool

I'm relatively happy in mine but it makes me anxious regularly, which makes me unhappy. Besides being lucky to have a job, are you happy in yours?

lahalane

On the dole. Ecstatic.

Mickey H

Very happy actually. Can't complain.

Gannicus

No I'm not happy in mine. Sometimes I'm out and out miserable.

I've been looking elsewhere but it would mean a decent pay cut, loss of my VHI and my pension being frozen. For those reasons alone it just isn't worth it.

wazky

So sick of it!

I sit around in a stuffy suit all day listening to my wanker boss from Mayo droning on, then go on a lash of pints before making "important" decisions.

Though I paid for all the election posters already so I'll run again for the job.

Tigger

My career is stressful but it pays enough so's I can live so I'm happy enough

woodoo

Mine is not to bad, little bit boring but i'm happy enough. I don't hate it anyway like i have with other jobs in the past.

smash

whirlpool wrote: »

Besides being lucky to have a job

I hate this media hyped bullsh!t quote!

FreshKnickers

Jayzus no I'm certainly not. I finished up at half four today.

tempnam

Used to like it. Things have gotten more stressful over the years as the business is struggling. Unfortunately this results in a severe drop in everyone's morale...

So I'm not happy - but not sure if it's the job or the environment that has me like this!

EdenHazard

i think happiness of a job depends on your superiors and peers. i just get depressed when i go into work seeing the manager. that is his life, for me its just a ****ty part time job to pay my way to a real job.

timthumbni

Work is the curse of the drinking classes. For sure. ;-)

I hate work only in as much as it stops me from doing other things I want to do.
Tis a certainty that on your death bed no one ever regrets spending too little of their lives working. Rather the opposite. This is 2013 people.

Gannicus

smash wrote: »

I hate this media hyped bullsh!t quote!

Couldn't agree more. The company I work for is a well established quite profitable multinational yet they have no problem "reminding" us of "how lucky we are" to have a job in the current climate. They are taking on these "interns" for the six month stint and replacing them with new ones, however they have also hired staff on 1 year contracts and hired a load of summer temps but they have not (to the best of my knowledge) hired anyone from the of hoards of interns that have come through the place.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Yes.

KeithM89

I work in a huge building with only 4 other people, its pretty great, today we played indoor tennis during lunch. It has long enough hours and working saturday mornings is a pain but there is a sweet shop just around the corner. :P

foxy06

Keith wrote: »

I work in a huge building with only 4 other people, its pretty great, today we played indoor tennis during lunch. It has long enough hours and working saturday mornings is a pain but there is a sweet shop just around the corner. :P

Sweet shop? They looking for staff??

KeithM89

foxy06 wrote: »

Sweet shop? They looking for staff??

Eh...I dont know.
Its tiny but it used to be my dream job :P

Lando Griffin

tempnam wrote: »

Unfortunately this results in a severe drop in everyone's morale...

Beatings should continue until moral improves.

Jogathon

Yes. I am very happy in my job, thanks. Now...to sort out everything else.

fathead82

I like my job but when you work with 250 other people,you meet your fair share of dickheads who seem to go out of their way to piss you off.

timthumbni

I've got plenty of mates who earn big bucks and think they are the bees knees but I have let them know in no incertain terms about a few things.

1. A big 4x4 means nothing especially in this country. Nice but they still sit in traffic like all the other proles.
2. Have a family soon. The number of rich hi flyers in their high 30s without children. Once you hv kids things change. Don't let it be too late.
3. You will die. Just like everyone else. You will get sick, you will experience tragedy and heartbreak, just like everyone.
4. Stop spending your most productive, healthy years doing overtime at the expense of your life.

The end. I could go on but I'm sure you get the picture.

A lot happier in this job relative to the previous one, at least what I do now is appreciated!
That makes it worthwhile (plus it's closer to home & the pay is better).

timthumbni

timthumbni wrote: »

I've got plenty of mates who earn big bucks and think they are the bees knees but I have let them know in no incertain terms about a few things.

1. A big 4x4 means nothing especially in this country. Nice but they still sit in traffic like all the other proles.
2. Have a family soon. The number of rich hi flyers in their high 30s without children. Once you hv kids things change. Don't let it be too late.
3. You will die. Just like everyone else. You will get sick, you will experience tragedy and heartbreak, just like everyone.
4. Stop spending your most productive, healthy years doing overtime at the expense of your life.

The end. I could go on but I'm sure you get the picture.

Heard a story recently about a man who lived to over 100, his reason for a long life was not to work your bollocks off and not to worry too much.

nacho libre

No. I can't lie, i envy those who look forward to going to work, i certainly don't.

Still i get to see some gorgeous looking women who live a life i will never have, but that's my own fault...

Renegade Mechanic

Well Im not un happy so thats good!

timthumbni

Btw I'm not advocating that people do not work. I'm just stressing the point IMO that people should not live to work, rather they should work to live. :-)

Copyright, I can't remember.

Now that I'm ageing a bit, the song cat in the cradle song feels apt.

boobar

Most of the time I'm happy in my job...it's interesting, pays well, not too stressful, short commute so all in all not too bad

timthumbni

timthumbni wrote: »

Btw I'm not advocating that people do not work. I'm just stressing the point IMO that people should not live to work, rather they should work to live. :-)

Copyright, I can't remember.

Now that I'm ageing a bit, the song cat in the cradle song feels apt.

Yes, work enough to provide what's important, anything over that is a bonus.
Too many people are working for that dream that's just out of reach and will never be happy because that can't achieve that!

EdenHazard

timthumbni wrote: »

Btw I'm not advocating that people do not work. I'm just stressing the point IMO that people should not live to work, rather they should work to live. :-)

Copyright, I can't remember.

Now that I'm ageing a bit, the song cat in the cradle song feels apt.

I think that's a state of mind though, we have commitments in life, we need to support families, kids etc. the important thing though is to realize what is important and never let it get in the way more than it has to. By living by this mantra to me it means waking up in the morning and embracing your workday for the challenges it brings and counting yourself fortunate that you are capable of doing so.

dd972

Work satisfaction I believe stems from the amount of control and ownership you have over your working day and of course, a decent income, a plumber on €50 or €60K a year is bound to be happier in his work than a grief monkey in a Call Centre who's micromanaged to f**k. lorded over by mongs on €4K more per annum and is at the arbitrary whims of Joe and Josephine Public giving out over why they can't work their new iphone when they haven't even charged it or found the on/off button.

The ****tier and more stressful the job the more someone should be paid.

RachaelVO

Was listening to the radio in work a while ago, and there was some dumb ass soul song on, and I said it was ****e, and someone said as a doss, did I have no soul... my answer was no that I apparently sold it when I took thiis job... needless to say I've left since. Great people ****e place to work

nacho libre

I tend to find those who are philosophical about work and stressing the importance of qualify of life are those who have enough disposal income to enjoy at least some of the finer things in life, whereas others with lower incomes can't, and often times it does seem like they live to work.

whirlpool

nacho libre wrote: »

I tend to find those who are philosophical about work and stressing the importance of qualify of life are those who have enough disposal income to enjoy at least some of the finer things in life, whereas others with lower incomes can't, and often times it does seem like they live to work.

Like when celebrities earning millions say things like "It's not about the money" or "I don't do it for the money." D**ks.

carol clery

whirlpool wrote: »

I'm relatively happy in mine but it makes me anxious regularly, which makes me unhappy. Besides being lucky to have a job, are you happy in yours?

I hate my job with a passion.

pauliebdub

I hate mine too, it's not that it's demanding or stressful or anything. I just feel totally bored marginalised and undervalued.

Specialun

Big Steve wrote: »

Couldn't agree more. The company I work for is a well established quite profitable multinational yet they have no problem "reminding" us of "how lucky we are" to have a job in the current climate. They are taking on these "interns" for the six month stint and replacing them with new ones, however they have also hired staff on 1 year contracts and hired a load of summer temps but they have not (to the best of my knowledge) hired anyone from the of hoards of interns that have come through the place.

By any chance is this company also a fruit??

Toto Wolfcastle

I wasn't happy so I gave it up. It was causing me anxiety and in the end I decided that my happiness was more important. I'm lucky that our circumstances allowed for it and I'm working on training in something completely different. One of the best decisions I've made.

losthorizon

I have been working for nearly twenty years and have had a variety of jobs in a number of different companies. And besides the time when I started working I have never been paid so little in real terms. However, I have never been happier in my work than I am at the moment. And that's so important. For everything - sleeping, energy levels, enjoyment of life, self confidence, sex, you name it....

gerbilgranny

dd972 wrote: »

Work satisfaction I believe stems from the amount of control and ownership you have over your working day and of course, a decent income, a plumber on €50 or €60K a year is bound to be happier in his work than a grief monkey in a Call Centre who's micromanaged to f**k. lorded over by mongs on €4K more per annum and is at the arbitrary whims of Joe and Josephine Public giving out over why they can't work their new iphone when they haven't even charged it or found the on/off button.

The ****tier and more stressful the job the more someone should be paid.

You've described my job:(

I'm at the basic level of the public service - probably could have got promoted had I stayed in my original (again public service) job, but gave it up for motherhood. No regrets about that. Returned to the workplace at age 35, (17 years ago) and had ups and downs in my current Department. Had 6 good years doing something to which I was suited, but staff shortages mean people were moved around etc. The long commute and the stressful environment - and very unhappy workplace - have me asking myself 'Is this what my life has amounted to?'

mattjack

Bobblehead Panda wrote: »

I wasn't happy so I gave it up. It was causing me anxiety and in the end I decided that my happiness was more important. I'm lucky that our circumstances allowed for it and I'm working on training in something completely different. One of the best decisions I've made.

I'm all for people giving up work for unmanagable stress and anxiety , a friend of mine got what he thought was a decent managerial type position in a freight/cargo business.
His doctor intervened in the end telling him no job could be worth what he was suffering ... stress , loss of sleep/appetite , inability to wind down and socialise,crazy hours and targets that were impossible to meet.

After six months he broke his contract on the advice of his doctor.

sea_monkey

dd972 wrote: »

Work satisfaction I believe stems from the amount of control and ownership you have over your working day and of course, a decent income, a plumber on €50 or €60K a year is bound to be happier in his work than a grief monkey in a Call Centre who's micromanaged to f**k. lorded over by mongs on €4K more per annum and is at the arbitrary whims of Joe and Josephine Public giving out over why they can't work their new iphone when they haven't even charged it or found the on/off button.

The ****tier and more stressful the job the more someone should be paid.

This, i used to love my job. Then they decided we needed a manager. He spends his day shadowing us, telling us to do things which we do everyday and know when to do them and how to do them.

Will probably quit soon.

Femme_Fatale

Yes, I like my job thankfully.

timthumbni wrote: »

Have a family soon. The number of rich hi flyers in their high 30s without children.

But not everyone wants to have children. And not everyone in their 30s is in a relationship.

Galwayguy35

No I hate it.

Mulumpy

Have two full time Jobs and both p*** me off with the stress that comes with them but cant give up either.

whirlpool

Mulumpy wrote: »

Have two full time Jobs and both p*** me off with the stress that comes with them but cant give up either.

That's rough.

Wacker The Attacker

I'm not happy and I don't have a job.

roosterman71

Have a job. Pays OK so can't really complain (could get more somewhere else though). Wouldn't say I like my job anymore. It was good, I was running the show in my area, but a re-org has basically reduced my role to skivvy, with more responsibility (different type though). A load of outsourcing then to India means trying to train those lads up, who feck off once their trained and the cycle starts again.

Need the impetus to get out really. Good points are its close to home, and the crew in my team and teams around me are great craic so it makes the day go quicker.

Starscream25

Handed in my notice 5 months ago,absolutely hated my job, out on the look out for another.

krudler

Nope, stress, dealing with the public, micromanagement, company decisions that seem to be implemented purely to piss customers off and make staff lives harder (I'm convinced there's a department whose sole role it is do this). Wages are pretty crap.

It's my own fault though, it's easy to fall into steady pay and a routine and hard to want to drag yourself out of it, applied for other jobs but it's mostly all the same type of stuff. I was off all last week and am infinitely happier not being there.

Wanderer2010

If im honest, my job is not that stressful and has a lot of perks. But am i happy in it? Not really, the only thing I enjoy about my job is the cash and maybe the time off, but the people I work with and the managers, a lot of them are 100% company people, which mean they live to kiss a$$, play the drama queen to get what they want, stab you when your back is turned and just generally bitch about people who are not identical to them, there are some real d!ckheads in my job and spending almost 9+ hours a day with them can really get me down and as such I lack motivation, never socialize with them and just do what I need to then get out.

Office politics are not my thing at all, sadly they seem to be most peoples things and someone like me who just wants the cash and get out is punished for not playing the game. But my cash keeps me going as it allows me to have quite a decent life outside of work.

King Hearts

timthumbni wrote: »

Work is the curse of the drinking classes. For sure. ;-)

I hate work only in as much as it stops me from doing other things I want to do.
Tis a certainty that on your death bed no one ever regrets spending too little of their lives working. Rather the opposite. This is 2013 people.

How is the year 2013 relevant?