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If so, what do you do for a living? I am just asking this question because it seems like everyone I know is so burned out and hating their jobs, which sucks because for anyone who works full time, has to spend the majority of our day there. My husband and I are both really struggling with our respective jobs right now. I went to college to become a journalist, but after three years in the industry, it was just paying the bills. Now I still work as a writer, but it is for this small Web-based company, and I feel like I took a huge step back in my career. I think my husband is on the verge of quitting his job too right now.
Anyone out there actually like what they do for a living? If so, what do you do?
I love my job! Well as much as I can "love" a job. I am a little burnt out right now just because I haven't had anytime off since before Christmas. I am a manager in a high end tabletop/decor store.
I like my job, I don't love it. I work for a large non-profit organization in admin, and volunteer resources. I have great co-workers though! My real passion is to work with seniors, and I think we're starting a new program in which I can work with seniors!!! I'm looking forward to that, so until then, I'm just liking my job.
I wish I liked my job, but I really don't like it. I hate being in an office, I hate sitting at a desk all day, and I hate not interacting with people. I really wanted to do hair & makeup, but I went the practical route, and now I'm doing accounting.
I love my job (most of the time). I do research for a major university. I travel, collect data, analyze, present findings, and repeat.
Meh. I like mine in that I work for a lovely and generous couple and my coworkers rock, and I am able to spend a decent amount of my day on Weddingbee =) Do I make enough money? No. Is it fulfilling? No. Do I hate it? No. All of this equals being good enough for me until I discover what I want to be when I grow up.
I know yhow you feel... both the FI and myself are pretty down about our jobs right now :(
I love my job. I work as a retail store manager at a prom dress store. Super high stressed and very exhausting this time of year but totally worth it.
I really like my job. My boss is really great (which makes a HUGE difference IMHO) and the work keeps me busy and somewhat stimulated.
There are some drawbacks, of course, but overall I like it. I'll have to move on from it eventually just because I don't make very much money and there isn't an opportunity for my income to ever increase substantially here.
There are days when I hate my company but I actually really enjoy my job. I'm an auditor for the corporate office of a major retail corporation. My job is to basically deal with all of the sales that are processed in our stores. I also investigate loss prevention issues involving our store personelle (and sometimes even other corporate employees - thats LOTS of fun!). You wouldn't beleive how many people think they can get away with the stupidest things. It makes my day to get them fired. I actually got someone fired on Christmas Eve a few years ago. The timing was a little sad but he was stealing from the company so the guy deserved what he got.
@missbopeep, I totally hear ya! That is the boat I am in. Just bored. My job isn't hard or stressful, it's just borrrring.
I thought I had everything figured out in college, but since graduating it is clear I have no clue what I want to be when I "grow up." LOL.
Glad to hear there are people out there who like their jobs! I think I just need to start applying for more stuff. It is just tough when both DH and I hate our jobs. Makes it difficult to shake it at the door at home. Wish there was more stuff available. If we didn't just buy a house I would want to look for stuff in other cities and potentially move, but that won't be happening anytime soon.
Love my job... physician here. I do, however, recommend 2 solid weeks of vacation each year!
I like my job. I used to LOVE it but changes in management have changed that.
I do fundraising for a non-profit/ I'm the office manager. At times, it is a very thankless job but I get the bonus of fundraising for the most amazing kids ever.
I work in commercial insurance on the underwriting side. There are days where I wish I could never come back and there are days were I am happy with what I do. But if there wasn't any trouble spots in any job I would feel bored and not challeneged enough.
I went back to school for a medical field career and yes I do love it!!!!!!!! I was hating the jobs I got after graduating college 2 years ago, so I decided to switch it up! Its scary but everything falls into place and is exciting when you find what it is you really want to do career wise, Goodluck!!
I just started working at my new job, but I enjoy it thus far. It's extremely hectic and chaotic at times, but I enjoy staying busy. I am a unit secretary at a psychiatric hospital.
I love what I do. . . I dislike who I do it for. I'm a social worker and get to spend a good part of my day working with families and helping children find permanency. The downside is that I do it for the government so there's a crazy lot of beurocratic paperwork and caseloads that are too high to really feel like I can spend the time with a family that they may need. The up side is that I likely make more than I would in the private sector, but I would probably like my employer more in the private sector. It's likely that after the wedding I'll start looking for something new. Right now I need the heavy loads of vacation that I've accrued.
I like my job. Right now I am tired and slogging through, but I do generally find going to work to be pretty pleasant and my job to be generally interesting and rewarding.
I work in financial services... am learning the ropes of financial and retirement planning and work with a more experienced financial planner. What's fantastic about it is the autonomy, flexibility, challenge of figuring out plans, and getting to talk with people and help them figure things out.
My fiance also really loves what he does, though it stresses him out a lot. He's studying educational policy analysis which means he spends a lot of time analyzing data about school performance and competition within school districts / teacher labor markets / etc. It's very challenging and very interesting, but occasionally a little depressing. I think the grad school pace is a little too intense, but the work itself is great.
I do think a lot of liking your job or not has to do with the things you can't really figure out until you're in it, though - daily pace, people you're around, how good your boss is to work for.
I am in a blessed situation. I have a job that could be considered "seasonal" which allows me to make a whole year's living for us in about 3-4 months. My job runs through December-February/ March and luckily we got pregnant in January, making me due in October which will (hopefully) allow me to return to work in December. It's nice because right when I get annoyed with the job and the people it ends and then I find myself looking forward to it next year!
I LOVE what I do... but only because I left my high-stress, dramatic, gauntlet of a job in corporate retail to open my own small business (I operate one of the three locations a larger company has here in the city). I was making excellent money in corporate but the toll it was taking on my psyche, health and life outside of work was awful. Left that job on September 8th and am currently sitting in my gorgeous little store with tons of sunshine streaming through the massive windows, listening to great music and interacting with loyal and fabulous customers. I'm the boss, the employee, the janitor, the 'everything'... it's a one-woman show (sometimes two, but that's seasonal). I love it!
@entangled, I totally agree! It seems like it is easier to enjoy your job if you like the people you are around and who you work for in addition to the type of work you do.
I have been spoilied throughout my life and have always had jobs where I usually work with one or more of my best friends. Now that I have moved to a new city, I don't really know a lot of people. I thought I could make friends at my new job but I work with a bunch of people that are way older than me. They are nice and everything, just not "friend" material. I also don't get any benefits or paid time off at this job, which sucks. I haven't had a job w/o benefits in a long time since before college. I definitely miss those perks. We won't get to honeymoon for at least another year because of that unless I get a new job in the meantime.
eh .. i liked my last job, this one not so much. I almost tanked the interview when halfway thru i realized they were going to offer it to me.
My last job was for a multi-regiional department store company, that has since been bought out and i was laid off. but we ran the invesitigations of customer accidents and theft cases. I loved going to court and mediations. I really loved the people i worked with, we still meet once a month and communicate via email almost daily.
ugh i totally hear you. I went to school to be a photographer and now i am stuck doing photo editing at a desk all day. :( do i hate it? no.. but i dont love it. and i always thought id love my job. the money is good and i know i wont make anything close to it if i quit and tried to be a photographer either freelance or start my own business. i feel like ive let myself down- this is not the path i had thought id take :(
Yes, as a matter of fact I do like my job. There are a few parts, like department and committee meetings that I could do without, but in general, in my classroom, I am the queen bee! Plus during the summer I teach only 2 days a week and I get a minimum of 8 weeks vacation per year! I am a biologist and college professor.
Some days I get frustrated, come home and scream, "I quit! I can't do this anymore." Those days are few and far between though. I love what I do and appreciate that I'm lucky to have it when so many arts companies are folding, but a high amount of stress mixed with low pay takes it out of you sometimes.
I teach french immersion at the Jr. High school level. Although I do love my job, there are days where I want to rip my hair out and ask myself why I'm doing what I'm doing. It's only my first year though, so I'm told that it does get easier the longer that you do it. Certain parts, like seeing a difference in kids .. are really rewarding, but other parts, like crazy parents and correcting, can be so stressful. One day at a time :) My dream job though, is to be a photographer, and It's something I'm doing on the side right now. Maybe some day it'll be full time :)
I do love my job. I am a full-time teacher of 3 year olds at a private preschool/daycare center. Sometimes I get frustrated because it isn't EXACTLY what I have a degree in (teaching grades K-6), but I love it for different reasons than I enjoy teaching older kids. These are my babies. I get to spend 8 hours a day loving on some precious little kids. No matter how many bathroom accidents, temper tantrums, or times I have to ask a child to use "walking feet," I still get home and find myself smiling at something that happened during the day.
Don't get me wrong, the ADULTS I work with can sometimes be frustrating (esp. because we are all women which means lots of drama at times), but the rewards completely outshine the occasional annoyances.
I can never get tired of countless hugs and the "I love you" comments I hear.
I loved my job that I had before getting married - but that career path has been put on hold for a while, since we rather enjoy being in the same country.
I was doing religiously based humanitarian work in a developing world nation.
I work in the education field. I like some parts of my job, but not the people I work for and their lack of appreciation doesn't help.
I'm a lawyer, and I kind of hate my job. Some days it's okay and it is fulfulling when I get a good result for my clients, but overall it feels like my job is slowly eating away at me. I feel bad saying this because the people I work with are great, it's just the nature of the work. I can't quit because I need the paycheck... nothing I would actually enjoy doing would pay nearly as well. :(
I am glad to hear that there are lots of you who enjoy your work! It gives me hope that I will eventually find something I enjoy too.
@hisirishprincess, LOL about the job interview. I did that too. I thought about turning it down because there were already so many negatives I knew I wasn't going to like it. But I had heard that they were laying off people at my last job and I was the newest employee. I probably would have been the first to go. So this new job was just trying to stay employed so I didn't have too much of a choice.
@flyinpig3, I totally feel your pain. I honestly thought that after three years after graduating from college I would be heading toward establishing my career, but now everything is so up in the air. I used to have my whole life planned out. I've always been obsessive like that. LOL. Now that nothing is really certain, it's a little nervewracking!
I HATE my current job but I am currently working on trying to get a job that I am confident I will like, and quite possibly will love! Hopefully it actually works out!
I really like my current job, even though it's nothing like what I set out to do. I majored in Psychology & English in college with the intent of either writing or getting into advertising. I've always had a strong interest in graphic design as well. I'm a really creative person.
Right out of college I realized that I'd pretty much have to get a Master's in order to make any money at any of the above, and with money tight it just couldn't happen right then. I went straight into working mindless administrative jobs and HATED it. I literally had trouble getting myself to work each morning because I dreaded it so much.
When FI got a much higher paying job, I quit and came across my current job shortly thereafter. I work for a company that supplies Amazon & EBay, in the clothing division. I get to work from home, make my own hours, work as much or as little as I'd like, etc... It is GREAT, especially since we have a very sick puppy who needs to be watched 24/7, and down the road it will be phenomenal when we have kids. The only thing that seriously stinks is there's no benefits, but in a couple months I will be on FI's anyways.
I especially love all the clothing that gets delivered to my house - about 8 boxes a day containing 20 or so articles each. I get to go through all of it so I can see all the cute fashion trends :) Even better is that because part of my job is to list them, I know where they're going, what website, and how much they will be selling for. I can scoop up the deals before anyone else! It's great!
I love my job!
I guess I'm one of those lucky few who always knew what they wanted to be when they grow up.
Are there days where my job drives me crazy? of course! But it has nothing to do with the actual "job" more the people.
I'm a Intern Architect working my way towards licensure.
Graphic designer at an advertising agency (also freelance)...love the work...
Don't always love my co-workers (artists are freaking weird), the need to meet billable hours or clients asking for things to be "pretty".
Nope! not me! I am definitely in the burnt out sick of this place ready to walk out phase. boooo!
I hate it! I work for the Division of Welfare as a child support case worker. When a custodial parent applies for assistance for a child a case automatically opens up in our office and we have to pursue the non-custodial parent, get an order, and enforce it. It's a dead end job and I feel stifled and frustrated and to be honest, I'm getting really sick and tired of handling these cases with 24 year old Moms who have five kids, people who are Grandparents by the age of 35, meth addicts who keep having baby after baby because the other ones are always taken by CPS... It makes me sick.
I intend to go to graduate school - I'm taking the GRE next month and researching various programs. I can't stay here forever in this lowly job! I WILL GO CRAZY! :)
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