Poll: Do You Hate Your Job?

[Dave in Houston]

Ahhh....you probably run our software, Delta V?

I'm afraid our plant has no Delta V. We're all Honeywell.

But though I do a little bit of everything, the biggest part of my work is on multivariable control applications, not down in the DCS system.

 

[Wavex]

I like my job, but it's stressing me out...

what about you chunky?

 

[Norbert]

I work at Chick Fil-a. :thumbup:

 

[callmegandhi]

I love my job but my boss is a prick! :Flip:

 

[afpreppie04]

Where i work its 44 degrees (F) all the time, so its AC in the summer and it's warmer than the harsh NY winters.... guess i can't complain although i haven't been thru a winter here yet.... i'll let u know how it is in 5 months

44 is way too cold! If I can see my breath it is a bad sign. Unfortunately it does get colder here in the winter. It started just this week, dropped into the 60s. I had to pull out the long johns and fleece and wear them at work today. I look like the Michelin Man when it gets really cold. I have found over the years that my personal perfect temperature is 76*F. I need to find somewhere where it is 76 year round and I will be happy.

 

[Jblk9695]

44 is way too cold! If I can see my breath it is a bad sign. Unfortunately it does get colder here in the winter. It started just this week, dropped into the 60s. I had to pull out the long johns and fleece and wear them at work today. I look like the Michelin Man when it gets really cold. I have found over the years that my personal perfect temperature is 76*F. I need to find somewhere where it is 76 year round and I will be happy.

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[markersniffen]

I love my job--I run the graphics/animation department for a smallish in-house video production/broadcast facility at the University I graduated from last year. My boss is awesome...I've been working overtime on a big project that is due soon and he is always telling me to take time off and worries about me getting burnt out. Yesterday he told me to take a long detour home on the bike to relax. =)

 

[psnbye]

I really like my job, I just dont like some of the B.S. that goes with it. I drive a big 'ol concrete truck and I really LOVE being part of new constuction. I like the feeling of driving by a place ten years later and, "Hey, I brought all that concrete for that building!" (My kids kinda get tired of me saying that though sometimes!) And my boss is the greatest old guy I know, he's 83 years old and he drives all the equpment we have. The amount of knowlege he has still is amazing.

 

[yoshiki]

work in a bank, and i hate it. not cos i hate the job, i can take the mundane jobscope, facing 2 screens for 10+- hours a day. i hate it cause the environment is too rigid for me, i guess this applies to all big mnc. i like flexibility, thus i might be more suited in a slightly smaller organisation.

now the problem i am facing is, i am thinking of a career switch to probably procurement, without any relevant qualifications and experience. prepared to take a paycut, but i am not getting any luck.

 

[Capo79]

Hmmm... Can't say I hate it, and can't say I love it either.

I work for the government as an IT auditor, and have done so for the last five years. I have had the fortune to travel the world and meet the most interesting people you can think of. I coordinate **** between our country and other countries, I do capacity building work and stuff like that. For instance, I'm going to Barcelona, Spain in just a couple of weeks, and then I'm off to Pretoria, South Africa the week after. Still, at the moment I'm just bored. I don't know why I feel that way, because the job itself isn't boring, but it's allmost as if I don't feel the pressure anymore :ban: I also have a boss that really has no clue what so ever about my profession. He's satisfied when things get done, hence my days are quite flexible.

Right now I have two job applications pending, and THAT I'm excited about.

 

[boars]

I work in state gov as a web developer... the hours are so bleeding flexible... I sit in front of a pc all day, sure but I start and stop as I please... heck i go out for a run in the middle of the day along the river.

It's fairly mundane compared to the whole private sector though. The crazy people that work here keeps me... sane... or on the sanity level that I entered the place at...

At the end of the day though, the people (especially the management) within the team you work in is such a huge influence on all of the above... my manager is about 2-3 years away from retirement... but there's an election coming up and who knows what crazy arsed changes they'll make.

Seems every time we get close to finishing our project work which is sorting stuff out from the last election, they change it all again. It's like how dogs piss on poles to mark their territory, except it's the politicians pissing on us and making us change everything to some new scheme... if only because the last person made it that way. Can't have that, gotta be seen to be cutting red tape or some such... by adding blue and green tape. Twice the tape, twice the efficiency in the cut? :Flash:

 

[Capo79]

I work in state gov as a web developer... the hours are so bleeding flexible... I sit in front of a pc all day, sure but I start and stop as I please... heck i go out for a run in the middle of the day along the river.

It's fairly mundane compared to the whole private sector though. The crazy people that work here keeps me... sane... or on the sanity level that I entered the place at...

At the end of the day though, the people (especially the management) within the team you work in is such a huge influence on all of the above... my manager is about 2-3 years away from retirement... but there's an election coming up and who knows what crazy arsed changes they'll make.

Seems every time we get close to finishing our project work which is sorting stuff out from the last election, they change it all again. It's like how dogs piss on poles to mark their territory, except it's the politicians pissing on us and making us change everything to some new scheme... if only because the last person made it that way. Can't have that, gotta be seen to be cutting red tape or some such... by adding blue and green tape. Twice the tape, twice the efficiency in the cut? :Flash:

I'm trying to figure out where you're from, and I'm possibly a retard that don't understand "Oo-su-to-rar-ee-ah" Austria?? :ban:

 

[degake]

I'm trying to figure out where you're from, and I'm possibly a retard that don't understand "Oo-su-to-rar-ee-ah" Austria?? :ban:

I bet he's an Aussie :ban:

 

[boars]

I'm trying to figure out where you're from, and I'm possibly a retard that don't understand "Oo-su-to-rar-ee-ah" Austria?? :ban:

haha, it was intentionally a bit silly and vague... don't take it to heart.

Also capo, I like your "Viking spirit" bit... it reminded me to put some Viking beer in the fridge

I bet he's an Aussie :ban:

Was it sounding out the letters that gave it away or the iced coffee? I can feel a thirst coming on... must be time for a beer. :thumbup:

I had a vegemite sanga for lunch today and all I can think about is bbq.

 

[Disco]

Did someone mention BBQ

 

[degake]

Did someone mention BBQ

I want some BBQ please!!! :BLAA:

 

[Humperdinkel]

I work in state gov as a web developer... the hours are so bleeding flexible... I sit in front of a pc all day, sure but I start and stop as I please... heck i go out for a run in the middle of the day along the river.

It's fairly mundane compared to the whole private sector though. The crazy people that work here keeps me... sane... or on the sanity level that I entered the place at...

At the end of the day though, the people (especially the management) within the team you work in is such a huge influence on all of the above... my manager is about 2-3 years away from retirement... but there's an election coming up and who knows what crazy arsed changes they'll make.

Seems every time we get close to finishing our project work which is sorting stuff out from the last election, they change it all again. It's like how dogs piss on poles to mark their territory, except it's the politicians pissing on us and making us change everything to some new scheme... if only because the last person made it that way. Can't have that, gotta be seen to be cutting red tape or some such... by adding blue and green tape. Twice the tape, twice the efficiency in the cut? :Flash:

With the election on its way I think you boss may get the ar$# even earlier

 

[FIZZER6]

Other than being underpaid...I can't really complain for the following reasons:

1. I actually HAVE a job in a 10% unemployment economy

2. I have a 6 mile commute that I can make in 6 minutes flat on the FZ6 with no traffic lights and only 2 stop signs. :thumbup:

3. I can go home for lunch to let my dog out and do a few things around the house

4. I make my own schedule at work 95% of the time, I set my own deadlines on projects!

5. When I travel for work the company buys my steak dinner and microbrew!

 

[boars]

With the election on its way I think you boss may get the ar$# even earlier

There's a lot of pushing towards getting people in high paid positions to quit... the issue with it is they pay people out large amounts of money to do so. He's been here for 30 years or so... since he last got paid to leave. haha.

His pay out would be huge.

If I was him, I'd be grabbing one and running... fishing and beer! Seriously.

Honestly not sure why he hasn't... but sort of glad he hasn't ... the currently likely contenders for his replacement... no thanks! My work enjoyment will likely plummet when he leaves.

 

[Capo79]

Also capo, I like your "Viking spirit" bit... it reminded me to put some Viking beer in the fridge

WTF... Icelandic beer made in Australia?? Now, that's a contradiction :Flip: