re: Do you like your job?

love my job.

good coworkers, good salary, good working conditions, i like the field. small mom and pop company without a lot of bureaucracy.

is it perfect? nope. i have to travel a lot and miss things with my kids on occasion. but on the flip side i like alone time in the car and getting to see a lot of the state and nation i would not otherwise have ever seen.

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quote: That's not a good way to live

Your high horse. Come down from it.

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But he's right. Maybe not about the guy he replied to (you gotta do what you gotta do when kids/wife depend on you), but there is nothing more heartbreaking than seeing someone resign themselves to misery.

Short term? Yeah I get that. My first job after undergrad was pure shite and I wanted to cry every other day driving to the office. But I sucked it up for a year becuase I didn't want to look like a job hopper and I was planning to go to grad school the following year.

You gotta have a plan to get out of a bad situation. To answer the OPs question, that is how you cope. It's sad when people wallow in a terrible job and do nothing to change the situation.

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Well, if I could collect a paycheck without having to go to work I would

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Millions are doing it. I look at their lifestyles and often wonder who the stupid one is, him or me.

Nope. Just got off the phone with the boss and quit today. Got plenty of cash saved, and I've been given a few offers I've previously refused, so I'm not all that nervous. Got 2 weeks left, and then I'm heading home, at least for a while.

Don't know if i like it enough to be gone half the year. Contemplating going back to my old job and being home every night

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this is a timely thread...and I seem to be in the majority when I make very good $$ but am completely unsatisfied.

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Yeah, had the same thought. My life is just 100% consumed by this job moving around the country all the time. Have to say I've gone into a funk recently and know I've got to get out of here. Don't have family, a mortgage, or even pay rent, s I don't really owe anyone anything except myself, which is making this an easy decision.

love my job

For all of the people that say they love their jobs, how about naming what your job is?

I like my profession... not necessarily my job EVERY day.


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Bar/Restaurant Management (generally high-end)

I do. I feel lucky and blessed. They pay me well. I like the people i work with. It is technical work that is challenging and that i can be proud of.
i worked hard as a kid to ensure that I would be in such a place.
I work as an engineer in a large semiconductor.