Giving 100% in work

august12 · 21-04-2018 11:17PM

Ultimate Seduction wrote:

Obviously, if you want to be super successful you have to put in the hours, I'm satisfied with having enough for a home and education for my kids.

You definitely have your priorities right, these are the things that matter most in life, spending time with family, your children will have happy memories of times spent with you, a good work life balance is important.

screamer · 21-04-2018 11:21PM

Yep I do. I give it socks every day, foot to the floor for the time I'm in the office.

Gorgeousgeorge · 21-04-2018 11:22PM

I do my job no more no less. If a deadline is to be met i will meet it but i wont physically or mentally kill myself to achieve it

eeguy · 21-04-2018 11:26PM

I give 90% for work and 10% for self improvement.
There's no guarantees that one day my contact won't be renewed, the company might pull out of Ireland, or Brexit or Trump will f*ck something over.
So I keep my skills up to date and keep learning so the CV will be fresh if and when I need it.

Hotblack Desiato · 21-04-2018 11:27PM

Back when I was younger/stupider, I used to, not in the hope of salary increase or bonus because there was none, but in the hope of promotion.

I'm older now, have a family, have endured pay cuts and being shat on by the powers that be. I've been promoted as far as I'm likely to be, and to be honest as far as I want to be, really. I've got less than 20 years to go and I'll happily fill them doing as damn little as I can get away with. Which is turning out to be surprisingly little.

The employer has shown itself to not give a shyt about me, so I no longer give a shyt about it. It pays the bills, just about, and gets me out of the house but job satisfaction is near zero.

Vojera · 21-04-2018 11:28PM

I've burnt out before and I won't let it happen again.

I'd say I work at 70-80% capacity on an average day, and the extra 20% gets pulled in when we have a big deadline or unexpected emergency.

It's just not possible to give 100% all the time.

eeguy · 21-04-2018 11:30PM

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

. I've got less than 20 years to go and I'll happily fill them doing as damn little as I can get away with. Which is turning out to be surprisingly little.

The employer has shown itself to not give a shyt about me, so I no longer give a shyt about it. It pays the bills, just about, and gets me out of the house but job satisfaction is near zero.

Is that not really depressing, that you're gonna spend 40 hours a week for 20 years doing something worthless to you for a wage.

Would you not look for something else?

OldMrBrennan83 · 21-04-2018 11:32PM

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Wanderer2010 · 21-04-2018 11:36PM

eeguy wrote: »

Is that not really depressing, that you're gonna spend 40 hours a week for 20 years doing something worthless to you for a wage.

Would you not look for something else?

But if a job pays your way is that not enough? Why does it NEED to be more than that?

Hotblack Desiato · 21-04-2018 11:36PM

eeguy wrote: »

Is that not really depressing, that you're gonna spend 40 hours a week for 20 years doing something worthless to you for a wage.

Would you not look for something else?

No chance. Hanging on for the pension. Will jump off at 63 on reduced pension if I can at all afford it.

KaiserLu · 21-04-2018 11:42PM

I’m a Secondary School teacher. Work flat out from September to June- taking extra classes for Leaving Certs, giving feedback, prepping resources, believe in giving 100% for kids who want to do well. Collapse into bed most evenings.

June to August is lighter but I’m still working away on plans and resources. I never switch off tbh.

Love the work, love the kids, love seeing them achieve above their expectations. Makes it all worthwhile.

Hotblack Desiato · 21-04-2018 11:50PM

That's great KaiserLu, but might I ask how long you've been doing that, and how long you see yourself doing that?

Do you see yourself giving the same level of commitment at age 64, say? Especially as you know it'll have very little impact on your duties or pay, promotional opportunities for secondary teachers are very slim.

Some people claim to live to work, but in the end we work to live. Few if any of us would do it for nothing. Nobody ever lay on their deathbed wishing they'd spent more time in work.

Graces7 · 22-04-2018 06:01AM

reminds me of long ago university days when all this was discussed,

The real decision was that you either worked at what you chose and loved, ie a career/ vocation, OR did a mundane job and "lived" what you really sought and were in evenings etc

jester77 · 22-04-2018 06:23AM

I give 100% in that I plan my work smartly knowing what I will achieve without having to burst my balls or stay longer than 8 hours on any given day.

diomed · 22-04-2018 06:46AM

I took early retirement, and am retired twelve years.
All my working life I worked all hours. The result was more work piled on.
Don't be a fool. The more you do the less you are valued.

judeboy101 · 22-04-2018 07:01AM

Never go full retard

screamer · 22-04-2018 07:56AM

I must say I work hard when I'm in the office, and I never have to do overtime or work extra hours to catch up. My job is the kind that if I don't give 100 percent everyday I'll have to give extra after hours or whatever and that's a bad habit. So, I work full bore when I'm there. I have great job satisfaction, and I feel that I'm paid a fair days pay for a fair days work. I hope to move higher in the company even though I'm already in management.

bear1 · 22-04-2018 08:08AM

8inchplump wrote: »

Do you often give your absolute best in work, pour your heart and soul into a project or task. On Thursday and Friday I I spent about 18 hours solid on a single project which I've to present to Directors on Monday, It's a satisfying feeling knowing you've given 100%, I've been guilty in the past of half assing tasks or trying to take short cuts. It's much more satisfying to do a job a properly and give it everything, it's good for the soul.

I did this.
I spent 1.5 years developing and seeing through a project to the betterment of the team and the company.
What did I get out it? Frustration, lack of any sort of well done from management and no award that was promised to me.
Never again for this company.

TPD · 22-04-2018 08:37AM

I always try to make sure that whatever I give at work is given within my contracted hours. I don't mind doing the odd late evening if its crunch time, or the odd trip abroad without extra pay, but generally if I can't finish my work one day I'll leave it for the next. And if that's happening a lot, the place needs more staff. I've known a few people in different jobs who'd stay 2 hours extra each evening, and from what I could see, didn't get any more done.

Coffee Fulled Runner · 22-04-2018 08:38AM

I do as little as possible that I can get away with. It's just a wage to support my lifestyle.

bilbot79 · 22-04-2018 09:33AM

Once your getting an equal sense of recognition and reward it's good. If not it's draining.

stateofflux · 22-04-2018 09:52AM

My Satisfaction in work is inextricably linked to whether im being paid and how much extra im getting for Overtime

Satisafaction while working for free is for deluded suckers

Galwayguy35 · 22-04-2018 10:44AM

I do what is asked of me for the 8 hours I'm in work and do the job to the best of my ability but when I see the useless tosser near me doing fook all for the same money and getting away with it it's not an incentive to go the extra mile.

Masala · 22-04-2018 10:50AM

I slways gave 200% to the company anf only 2 yrs ago got a major jump in salary to €80k. Still working at 200% and recently was told by the head of HR"sure that's a great salary ... there not much more increase you could get on that"!!!

Well that was a great kick in the teeth..... in effect telling me no more increase coming my way. So have dropped back in my effort. If I am not gonna get rewarded for same.. am not gonna kill myself any more. Have dropped work emails off my phone, change my voicemail to advise I away til Monday to avoid weekend called and even took some holidays recently that would never been considered before.

WHIP IT! · 22-04-2018 11:00AM

People whose whole identity and feeling of self worth is linked to their job absolutely perplex me.

Do they even know themselves? Do they know what moves them, turns them on, gets them on the edge of their seat?

I always feel that people who "live for their work" are really just missing something in their personal lives...

I've had good jobs, bad jobs, high paying jobs, sh*t paying jobs, worked with people who are friends for life, worked with people who I hope I never see again... and it was all pretty much the same. I don't give work a moment's thought as soon as I step outside the door to leave - and I really don't understand anyone being any different.

Wanderer2010 · 22-04-2018 12:15PM

WHIP IT! wrote: »

People whose whole identity and feeling of self worth is linked to their job absolutely perplex me.

Do they even know themselves? Do they know what moves them, turns them on, gets them on the edge of their seat?

I always feel that people who "live for their work" are really just missing something in their personal lives...

I've had good jobs, bad jobs, high paying jobs, sh*t paying jobs, worked with people who are friends for life, worked with people who I hope I never see again... and it was all pretty much the same. I don't give work a moment's thought as soon as I step outside the door to leave - and I really don't understand anyone being any different.

Work is a crutch or sticking plaster for many people and their lives- some people use weekend work and overtime as an excuse not to return to their unhappy home life. Others have very low esteem so the temporary and very conditional "thanks" they get from workmates and bosses is enough for them to push themselves to the very limit just for people who don't even think twice about them. All sorts...

Experience_day · 22-04-2018 12:17PM

The bonus does make me wonder about the extra effort sometimes... seeing as you lose half in tax when the time rolls around you're like eh...

KERSPLAT! · 22-04-2018 12:38PM

I work an 8 hour day, I'd like to think I'm productive for most of that time bar a few minutes browsing here and there. Any free time I have is usually spent researching/learning something I don't know in the hopes of making tasks a little easier!

KERSPLAT! · 22-04-2018 12:40PM

sugarman wrote: »

I do what they pay to do, no more no less.

If you start to do "favours" and unpaid over time to get additional work done, it can become a slippery slope of being taken for a ride without any reward or benefit.

I know too many people, myself included, who's 40hr a week job turns into 50-60hr. At first you don't mind, you think you're being the good guy. Trying to make a good impression. Trying to get a shoe in for a possible promotion etc.. but the reality of it is management are the ones getting the thanks and recognision for your work. They leave 5pm on the dot every day. They're off having drinks with friends in the evening while you're still stuck in the office. You come in on a Saturday, they're off playing with their buddies.

You're knackered all day every day and only get a Sunday to yourself and all you want to do is sleep. Then rinse and repeat for the new week.

You live and learn with these things.

I think there's a balance. I get paid for overtime so its easy for me to say I don't mind doing it. There's a difference in saying yes all the time and choosing a time that suits you to say yes. Be the good guy sometimes, not all the time

Stonedpilot · 22-04-2018 01:09PM

Giving 100% is fine if its a personal project. Someone elses feck that. You will only be disappointed when they arent impressed with it. Same managers who have done nothing but sat on their arse and expected 100% only to go meh when you do.

Giving 100% in work

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