Does nearly everyone hate their job?

noubliezjamais

A few mates in my school around my age (21) have finished college or are doing work placements in Ireland, UK, US etc..

Contrary to what I heard praents and teachers say, they all seem to love their job, then again most of these guys are genuises (got 520+ points) and are doing something in STEM fields.

But for normal, average people is work "tolerable"? My parents seem to hate their jobs and want to go back to their country as soon as possible and they still have pretty good jobs.

shesty

You are only just out of college!!! And it depends on "hate"!Do I love getting up every morning and grinding through work politics all day when I could be home with my kids doing what I like?Not particularly.(I have a STEM job, btw).But I don't outright hate it-mind you I like my current job.I have been in roles previously that I despised for one reason or another.It depends on a lot of factors.

jester77

I like what I do, wouldn't say I love it. I am happy to be out the door to see my kids in the evening.

You are still young and have lots of time to discover what you like doing. If you are going to spend up to 8 hours a day for 4 or 5 days every week working on something, then it doesn't make sense working on something you don't like.

Lux23

I enjoy my work, but I would still prefer to be doing other things with my time. A full-time job takes over your week, sucking energy from every other part of your life so for most people its one the one thing in our lives that we moan about the most. I think that's normal.

Dial Hard

shesty wrote: »

You are only just out of college!!!

Not even, he's only doing his Leaving Cert.

Most people will have worked in jobs they hated at some stage. The sensible ones get out of those jobs. Relatively few people absolutely love their jobs. The vast majority, in my experience, are generally neutral - they'd prefer not to have to work but realise that it's part of life and enables them to do things they would otherwise not be able to.

lalababa

Some people get energy from working depending on what suits them of course. I know afew people who need to be constantly working for whatever reasons. In years to come if we follow the big European influences , there should be less hours per week/ job shares and the like. If we go down the US route till be the opposite.

SFC1895

I hate my job more than life itself

fryup

jester77 wrote: »

You are still young and have lots of time to discover what you like doing. If you are going to spend up to 8 hours a day for 4 or 5 days every week working on something, then it doesn't make sense working on something you don't like.

yep it will effect your mental health..doing something for 40 hrs per week that you dislike

Cuddlesworth

noubliezjamais wrote: »

A few mates in my school around my age (21) have finished college or are doing work placements in Ireland, UK, US etc..

Contrary to what I heard praents and teachers say, they all seem to love their job, then again most of these guys are genuises (got 520+ points) and are doing something in STEM fields.

But for normal, average people is work "tolerable"? My parents seem to hate their jobs and want to go back to their country as soon as possible and they still have pretty good jobs.

Working for most people is a double edged sword. The work becomes routine and can be done with ease over time. That's experience leads to seniority and better wages but also boredom. So people begin to hate work.

rm75

Found work ok initially , but gradually over time lost interest. Plus i came to the gradual realisation that my managers were useless and i could do better.

Thankfully (i can say in hindsight) company closed and i got made redundant and decided to set up my own business. Can be tough sometimes but mostly i absolutely love it. Choose who i work with and when.

Only concern would be if everything went belly up , I dont think i could ever work for somebody else again.

Life's short, go for it. If you're young you've no obligations so should move around until you find something you enjoy. Once you get older it will be harder to change as you'll have family commitments.

_Brian

Sometimes love it, sometimes hate it, never ever take it seriously.

Snotty

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Working for most people is a double edged sword. The work becomes routine and can be done with ease over time. That's experience leads to seniority and better wages but also boredom. So people begin to hate work.

and the Peter Principle kicks in which makes people hate the job as they are not good at it but excelled previously.

Jim2007

noubliezjamais wrote: »

A few mates in my school around my age (21) have finished college or are doing work placements in Ireland, UK, US etc..

Contrary to what I heard praents and teachers say, they all seem to love their job, then again most of these guys are genuises (got 520+ points) and are doing something in STEM fields.

But for normal, average people is work "tolerable"? My parents seem to hate their jobs and want to go back to their country as soon as possible and they still have pretty good jobs.

No in general, people do not hate what they do for a living. They may hate certain aspects of the job or even the entire job from time to time, but it is not common to meet someone that hates their job and has done nothing change their situation over time.

It is probably different for you parents though, if they came here only for economic reasons. It there is a lot more going on than simply the job, they see it as something they have to do in order to go home at some stage, so they are not really settled in their new country.

messy tessy

noubliezjamais wrote: »

most of these guys are genuises (got 520+ points) and are doing something in STEM fields.

But for normal, average people is work "tolerable"?

Damnit. At 510 points I am only average.

NSAman

I love what I do. I created my own job. There are times that can be pressured and of course tensions run high, but this is tempered by the fact it is a temporary aberration.

My work colleagues and staff are like family. I look after them all. We go to each other’s weddings, children’s weddings have bbqs and go for meals together. We all get along fantastically, except one... yes there is always one.

If you like what you do, work never feels like work.

mikeweed

See if this makes sense to you. Im a graphic designer and I love what I do but I hate my job! My current position is a soul sucking ****fest where everything is just churned out with no effort.

NSAman

mikeweed wrote: »

See if this makes sense to you. Im a graphic designer and I love what I do but I hate my job! My current position is a soul sucking ****fest where everything is just churned out with no effort.

Find companies that need actual design and something original. Our company has used young designers for graphic design in publishing and also webdesign, bringing things to a different market that were once staid and boring in a new graphic fashion.....

Our main graphic designer was like you, bored to death with a myriad of tried and tested ways of designing... we said "let rip" and he did... he now has his own company and employs 7 people.

GalwayGrrrrrl

I don’t hate my job. I work for the HSE in a specialised role. I hate certain aspects of it and don’t love all my fellow workmates but on the whole I get satisfaction from my work and like the cameraderie of the team.

elfy4eva

Its often a matter of perspective, I worked in retail and hated it to the point of depression, I work in manufacturing now and I like it, but I often hear folks moaning in work how its an awful job.

Try not to focus on what other people think and make up your own mind.

One piece of advice I would give is do not constantly compare yourself and your work/pay to your peers its a very bad mind frame.

skallywag

In my own experience plenty of people really like what they are doing, and would rather do what they are doing over doing nothing at all and still being paid.

If you end up in a career which has one day pretty much the same as the next, then of course you are going to end up just putting in the hours and waiting for the bell to ring at the end of the day. There are plenty of careers though where each day is very different from the one that went before, and the problems that you have to solve are unpredictable.

I often find myself asking 'what the hell is this, I have never seen something like this before, etc.', or 'OK, I did not expect that, what on earth am I going to do now' etc. If you are the type of person who likes solving problems and making new new things, then there are plenty of careers out there in which you can get heaps of work satisfaction, particularly in Engineering, Science, etc.

gordongekko

I like my job. I just hate my boss, oh and Janet but everyone hates Janet

Neames

I think when you've had horrendous jobs then when you find a decent one you really appreciate it.

I think many people look for too much from their job and that's unreasonable.

In my case I've had some really sh1t jobs so I look at my current job as interesting, very well paid, low stress working with decent nice people. Others working with me say how can you stick that job! It's all about context I suppose.

Mundo7976

Be lost without it. Was offered redundancy or position shift a couple of years ago, im still here, must be something good about it!!

Mundo7976

gordongekko wrote: »

I like my job. I just hate my boss, oh and Janet but everyone hates Janet

Theres a f(uking janet everywhere, bit(h..

skallywag

True, it is not just the content, the people which you are working with day in day out make a huge difference, as does having a boss who is reasonable and understands the challenges you face.

I think that quite a few people end up going into careers which looked good on paper for them, without really knowing what the day in day out mechanics of it will really be, and subsequently end up bored or disillusioned.

noubliezjamais

GalwayGrrrrrl wrote: »

I don’t hate my job. I work for the HSE in a specialised role. I hate certain aspects of it and don’t love all my fellow workmates but on the whole I get satisfaction from my work and like the cameraderie of the team.

Why do you not like your fellow workmates?

NSAman

noubliezjamais wrote: »

Why do you not like your fellow workmates?

Janet!

Infernal Racket

NSAman wrote: »

I love what I do. I created my own job. There are times that can be pressured and of course tensions run high, but this is tempered by the fact it is a temporary aberration.

My work colleagues and staff are like family. I look after them all. We go to each other’s weddings, children’s weddings have bbqs and go for meals together. We all get along fantastically, except one... yes there is always one.

If you like what you do, work never feels like work.

You're in the mafia arent ya?

Nikki Sixx

I think minimum wage jobs wouldn’t be loved by anybody. Some factory jobs could be mind numbing. With a qualification under your belt work can be more meaningful.

GalwayGrrrrrl

noubliezjamais wrote: »

Why do you not like your fellow workmates?

I said I don’t love them all. Some I get on with, some I try to avoid at break time. But that’s in every walk of life.

OMM 0000

In my experience it goes like this:

Work for a multinational or large company? Hate your job or find it boring.

Work for a startup or a small company (< 15 people)? Enjoy your job or at least don't find it boring.

There are pros and cons to both.

I felt "safe" in a multinational, but I was so unbelievably bored.

In startups I learn a lot, enjoy things, but it's hard to plan a few years ahead as there's always a chance your job will be gone in 12 months.