Anybody else currently hate their job?

[Jurassic Shark 16,355]

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[Bespin Copilot 10,731]

Currently No, because today I had a promotion.

 

But, ask me again in few months!

[Jurassic Shark 16,355]

Good for you. Congrats!

 

Does this mean more money for buying CDs?

[Bespin Copilot 10,731]

46 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

Good for you. Congrats!

 

Does this mean more money for buying CDs?

 

Of course, that's my only goal in life, to buy more CDs!

[Naïve Old Fart 12,881]

I don't hate my job, but I wish I had more hours.

Most jobs, up here, are part-time, and finding another job that fills in the gaps is difficult, as employers want people to work approximately the same hours, on the same days.

[SilverTrumpet 652]

In the moment, no. In an hour? Maybe.

 

I know it's hard, but for those of you who do, do the best you can to have perspective. 

 

Of course, if it's really really bad all the time and it's not just that you're forgetting the good moments, MAKE A MOVE! You're in control of your life. 

[Disco Stu 15,517]

Hate's a strong word.   I neither love nor hate it.  Not a bad living, hardly ever have to work overtime.

[Jurassic Shark 16,355]

1 hour ago, SilverTrumpet said:

I know it's hard, but for those of you who do, do the best you can to have perspective. 

 

I know, it feels bad to complain when people have lost their jobs during the pandemic. But it's not getting any better, so...

 

1 hour ago, SilverTrumpet said:

Of course, if it's really really bad all the time and it's not just that you're forgetting the good moments, MAKE A MOVE! You're in control of your life. 

 

...I've been working hard to get my foot in somewhere else... I'll know soon if it's a success.

 

1 hour ago, Disco Stu said:

Hate's a strong word.   I neither love nor hate it.  Not a bad living, hardly ever have to work overtime.

 

Option added. Don't know if it applies to you.

[JoeinAR 1,957]

At this moment maybe. im working on a friday. Ugh. But i will take off December 22 as trade. 

I am in a training on Federal Grants. It has little to do with my job. Monday I will be back in love with my job. 

[Datameister 2,581]

About to resume my job from before the pandemic. I expect to have some frustrations, but overall I've really missed it and I'm looking forward to being back.

 

Some of the work I've done in the meantime has really tried my patience at times. I wouldn't say I've hated it, but this is almost certainly going to be a lot better.

[Ollie 1,375]

No but I’m ready for retirement.

[Jurassic Shark 16,355]

Me too...

[Naïve Old Fart 12,881]

Wha'?! 

I've got at least another good ten-to-fifteen years, in me!

I'd hate to retire. I wonder what to do, when I'm given a week's annual leave. 

[Jurassic Shark 16,355]

Just chiming in to say I still hate my job.

[Naïve Old Fart 12,881]

On 17/09/2021 at 8:04 PM, JoeinAR said:

At this moment maybe. im working on a friday. Ugh. But i will take off December 22 as trade. 

I enjoy working at Christmas, and New Year means absolutely zero, to me, anyway.

[1977 2,103]

My job has really improved significantly over the past few months so I'm happy. If you had asked me this in January I would have said I absolutely detest it. My role has changed quite a bit in that it no longer involves super-frustrating aspects that made it unbearable for me at the time.

 

Things can change suddenly and unexpectedly (although I suppose it depends on what it is that is specifically making you unhappy). However, it cannot hurt to look into other options if you really feel that you have no future in that space. I've learnt that there are always other opportunities even when it seems hopeless.

 

Hang in there Mr Shark.

[Jurassic Shark 16,355]

58 minutes ago, JTWfan77 said:

My job has really improved significantly over the past few months so I'm happy.

 

That's great to hear. 

 

59 minutes ago, JTWfan77 said:

However, it cannot hurt to look into other options if you really feel that you have no future in that space. I've learnt that there are always other opportunities even when it seems hopeless.

 

Hang in there Mr Shark.

 

Thanks for that, but as you know, a shark doesn't like to hang. Different opportunitets are being investigated, and wheels have been set in motion. Some way or another I think there will be improvement. Unless an expanded soundtrack release of Stepmom comes along, that is...

[Bespin Copilot 10,731]

I still love my job, the most satisfying part is that they now pair me with new employees, I teach them my job, well, the job... and strangely they give great feedbacks about me!

[Jurassic Shark 16,355]

3 minutes ago, Bespin said:

I still love my job, the most satisfying part is that they now pair me with new employees, I teach them my job, well, the job... and strangely they give great feedbacks about me!

 

Of course you love that you can make other people do your job. 

[Richard P 5,241]

Depends which hour of the day you ask me this question 

 

I work in software in the Cloud, meaning solving a lot of problems with technologies I've been using for the last week. 90% of the time this is rather fun, and the rest of the time... not so much. I would venture to suggest that if you're in this field and you're not getting monstrously frustrated now and again, you're probably not doing challenging enough work. (and you're also not learning stuff if you don't solve problems routinely)

[Bespin Copilot 10,731]

I'm working in Agile mode now... remembering how water fall was not as bad, finally!

 

Now we manage the managing... so much time lost...

[GerateWohl 6,473]

On 18/11/2021 at 10:46 PM, Jurassic Shark said:

Unless an expanded soundtrack release of Stepmom comes along, that is...

Would you buy it, if they published a shortened edition of Stepmom soundtrack? Maybe you could like that more.

[Jurassic Shark 16,355]

5 minutes ago, GerateWohl said:

Would you buy it, if they published a shortened edition of Stepmom soundtrack? Maybe you could like that more.

 

I'm listening to that right now! In fact, it couldn't have been shorter.

[GerateWohl 6,473]

Skip the first track. That makes the listening experience much better.

 

For me Stepmom is somehow Williams' Thomas Newman score. Therefore, I like it. 

But for such discussion I am as usual in the wrong thread.

[Jurassic Shark 16,355]

Stepmom discussions know no boundaries.

[Deacon Blues 67]

I quit my job after realizing I slowly started to hate it, coupled with anxiety of whether I would lose it during lockdown.

[Sweeping Strings 3,381]

Since I returned to the office in July, I've been 'in' Mon - Fri on a until-lunchtime-only basis but with no reduction in salary. So can't really complain. 

Have made clear that if the return of more staff requires me to go back to also working afternoons, I'll be happy to do so ... I mean, I'll probably bitterly resent it but it's best to cover your ass innit?   

[Naïve Old Fart 12,881]

2 hours ago, Sweeping Strings said:

Since I returned to the office in July, I've been 'in' Mon - Fri on a until-lunchtime-only basis but with no reduction in salary. So can't really complain. 

All the more time to pop into Forbidden Planet at the fag end of Shaftesbury Ave., and pick up that 4th Doctor scarf you've had your eye on 

[Deacon Blues 67]

Applied for a job at the post office as a pushbike postie and got a callback. Keeping my fingers crossed.

[Jurassic Shark 16,355]

What's up, @Edmilson? I see you joined les miserables.

[Naïve Old Fart 12,881]

I have had every single shift planned for the remainder of February cancelled. I have no more forthcoming work. I am, effectively, unemployed.

 

 

(edit)

What's confusing, Shark? I'm a bank staff worker for the N.H.S. I go where there is a demand. No demand = no work. Q.E.D.

[Sweeping Strings 3,381]

The 10-year lease my work has with the building in which we're currently housed comes to an end in April, and we're moving (we've to be out by 17th March). 

Being the onsite Premises and Facilities guy in this circumstance is about as much fun as you'd think (I would love to tell you that shortly after 8 am this morning I wasn't walking around the office counting all the sets of desk drawers and all the chairs in order to add the figures to an inventory I've been tasked with completing, but I'd be lying).  

[Jurassic Shark 16,355]

Sounds like fun...

[bruce marshall 1,968]

Shark has a job?!

.Oh, right, snow plow operator.😜😁😉

[Positivatee 327]

I don't hate my job. 

 

I hate my customers. And most of my coworkers. And my salary. And my hours. 

 

But I don't hate my job. 

[Jurassic Shark 16,355]

Positive as always!

[crocodile 9,634]

Last option. It's a combination of boredom and frustration. 

 

Karol

[Jurassic Shark 16,355]

I wonder what a certain president with increasing popularity would select in this poll...

[JoeinAR 1,957]

I just finished a massive risk analysis that I started in October. Then I helped my coworker who was auditing travel. It goes without saying you do not charge govt money for alcohol purchases.

Sometimes work is fun.

[Naïve Old Fart 12,881]

Ok, folks, it's official. My job is the shitiest job in the entire world. I don't just hate it, I loathe and detest it. I hate it so much that if they fired me, I'd thank them for it. I could cope with the physicality of it, if it wasn't for the fact that the team has not accepted me. This is the most demoralising part of the job. I'm tolerated at best, and either ignored or patronised, at worst.  Because of this, I feel tired and worn out, both physically and mentally, and unable to give my best. It's a real horrible situation, and can't wait to find another job.

[Bespin Copilot 10,731]

We tolerate you too, hang on!

[Naïve Old Fart 12,881]

Just as I thought: no respect from my offspring 

Thanks, Bes!

[Jurassic Shark 16,355]

Hang on, Richard. I'm sure they'll tolerate you if you shut up about Goldsmith and Planet of the Apes.

[Naïve Old Fart 12,881]

I'm sorry to say that most - if not all - of the staff wouldn't know a Goldsmith score from a hole in the ground.

[Brundlefly 2,401]

I really love my job right now. The working climate there is the paragon of how it should be in every working environment. The level of trust, freedom and autonomy is extraordinary - if you get treated that well and respectfully you just won't exploit that level of trust and finish your work to the best of one's knowledge and belief. I'm spoiled for every job that is to follow.

 

Hoping for a future job market that makes more people say what I just said.

[Jurassic Shark 16,355]

1 hour ago, Brundlefly said:

if you get treated that well and respectfully you just won't exploit that level of trust

 

I'm sorry to say that's not true in general, based on bitter experience.

[Naïve Old Fart 12,881]

I've done it. I've just quit my job.

I simply could not go on, like that. All is not lost, however, as I have an interview for another job, tomorrow morning.

As always, I'll keep you updated; off the record, on the qt, and very hush hush 

[Jurassic Shark 16,355]

4 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

I've done it. I've just quit my job.

I simply could not go on, like that. All is not lost, however, as I have an interview for another job, tomorrow morning.

As always, I'll keep you updated; off the record, on the qt, and very hush hush 

 

Great to hear you've got another interview. Just don't reveal during the interview that you've already quit your job.

[Naïve Old Fart 12,881]

Will do...or, rather, will don't 

[bollemanneke 4,321]

Does receiving nothing but rejections to applications count too?