Page 1 of Who else here does their job well...beause it pays the bills (ie:NOT beacuase you enjoy it)?

Just wodering who else, on here, doesn`t actually "enjoy" what they do for a living.


I, basically, don`t like the job I`m in (I work in IT distribution by the way for one of the countrys last, fully English owned distributors by the way....one of our largest customers is DSG - Dixons Stores Group for those who don`t know) but cannot think of anything that I could start afresh that would pay my mortgage - let alone the rest of the bills inherent with "having a life" (by the way, I`m not hugely extravagent - I own a 32" Tosh TV, Tosh 520 player etc and am 28 years old with a wife and two cats - pretty normal I think).


I know that a lot of people will post their love for their job - good, I`d love some ideas :D :D - but I`d love to hear that I`m not alone :/


Rob

I hated my last job with a passion...so much so I ended up not doing anything which got me made redundant. Now I work for a different company doing much the same job, but loving it...go figure???

BTW, I think this should be in the General Forum

Well, it could be worse, Rob! You`re better off than most people your age (relatively few 28-year-olds can afford to buy their own home these days) - and lots of lonely, single blokes would envy your married lifestyle. So I wouldn`t bring on the violins just yet. ;)

As for me, I really like my job - the work is enjoyable, I get on pretty well with everyone - but on the flip side, the pay isn`t brilliant and I can`t afford many of the luxuries that I would like. (Owning my own home, for example, is in the realms of fantasy at the moment!)

I`m not sure if I would tolerate a crappy job for more pay, though. My love life, and my social life outside work, are not much to write home about right now - so I probably need the job satisfaction a bit more than you do. Swings and roundabouts, as always.

Mike

I have just started a new part time job. I dont think i will like it long term but it is ok for now as it is new. I am only doing this job because it gets me out of the house for 16 hours a week and keeps me a bit more active than i would be.
The reason for this is because i look after our son full time as the wife brings in a decent wage, it would have been silly for her to give up her job.
The job i do is not the best in the world . I clean toilets in tescos . and the offices too.
5.30 - 8.00 in the morning. Its job but someone has to do it. :(

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`The job i do is pretty 5HIT, but it is PI55 easy`


Carefull, I watched the Friends Re-united programe the other night (CH5)
and this bloke put on there how bad his job was,
his boss logged on and he got the sack.


" AIN`T IT COOL "

I work fot an IT dept in the NHS, and it`s soul destroying. I came from the private sector where things seemed to get done, try to change anything here and you get "Well we`ve always done it this way".

Unless it`s a government target nobody is interested, and even if it is a target it gets done in the minimum amount you can get away with in the last few weeks before the target deadline.

Thankfully I`m leaving tomorrow, to start as the ICT Manager in a school.


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Carefull, I watched the Friends Re-united programe the other night (CH5)
and this bloke put on there how bad his job was,
his boss logged on and he got the sack.

Prospective employers have been known to check details of FR, to get a idea of the prospective employee as well. :o

"Great chunks of my past detaching themselves like melting icebergs"


Bigger on the inside

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Prospective employers have been known to check details of FR, to get a idea of the prospective employee as well.

It works both ways of course - if you find out that your prospective boss was the school bully, you might not want to work for him after all. :)

Mike

Carefull, I watched the Friends Re-united programe the other night (CH5)
and this bloke put on there how bad his job was,
his boss logged on and he got the sack.

duly noted......ty...although it is a bit of a pun... ;)

This item was edited on Thursday, 26th February 2004, 15:47

To be fair, do your employers know you as `Hairyhaggler? ;)

I used to work for the home office, which was a decent, fulfilling job. But the funding for our project came to an end and the only lateral transfer i could get was to a crap posting. That conicided with the mrs getting a promotion to assistant editor for central news south. so we moved to oxford.

I now work for an evil multinational pharmaceutical company (you`ll be happy to know i dont work very hard. In fact im bringing the place down from the inside ;) ). I hate it, to be honest, but it pays the bills. Im always on the look out for something new and im considering trying to become an IT lecturer. Mainly because i like the sound of my own voice and know a lot about IT..........