re: Do you enjoy your job/career?

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I want a change from my company since they operate lean, lean, lean, LEAN. And my workload can’t be actually done by one person. So it really kills motivation. I won’t work 80 hours a week, because even then the job still couldn’t be done the way it needs to. So I pick my battles and let the other shite go. Local management knows the deal. But the routine internal audits are stupid - they’ll write up a bunch of findings on shite I already know aren’t done. I’ll tackle those action items between now and the next audit. And the next audit, they’ll find the stuff that I had to drop to accomplish the action items from the previous audit. Super motivating.

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My job is the internal auditor. I’m essentially a professional tattletale. Nobody likes a tattletale and we run so lean that there is no one to socialize with. Most days feel pointless making sure everything stays on track but having no role in the process. The company has been changing up our systems for a couple years now and it absolutely limits my confidence in my work and my ability to report back down to the people I hold accountable and that was the only job satisfaction that I had.

I like my job. I have a very flexible schedule, little oversight, and have great clients. Don’t get me wrong, I find plenty to bitch and complain about but that’s just my nature. I wouldn’t trade this job for the world.

I keep showing up for work and my employer keeps paying me. If one of us stops, the other will too.

I go to work everyday (that I work) with a smile on my face.

A career that you can use your natural aptitudes, feel a sense of accomplishment, have fun, and make a living will keep you happy.

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I keep showing up for work and my employer keeps paying me. If one of us stops, the other will too.

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That’s how I see it. I definitely don’t love it and dread some days, but it sure beats unemployment. I’m rather new at this job (six months) and I have to say, that the people are great and the organization has delivered upon everything that they said they would. I have no room to complain.

Do I save the world every day? Hell no.
Do I save the organization every day? Hell no.

I try to be a good employee and they pay me every nickel that they agreed to when I signed the dotted line.

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used to work for a group when I was at ML that supported several front office trading groups. Those groups had longer hours but nothing close to this which is just extreme hours at least 8 days a month in a row


IB is a bit different. I’ve had plenty of stretches of 8am-3am Friday, Sat, and Sunday’s. A bit more senior now, but everyone will tell you, it’s not the hours in and of themselves that are the killer — it’s the unpredictability and the “being on” 24/7.

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Yeah...

frick that BS.
That's how you die of a heart attack at 42.
If you are wired up that way, more power to you.

I will be honest, I could not work for someone who expected me to jump on a phone call/text within minutes during off work hours, (a lot of weekends my phone gets turned off Friday evening and turned back on Monday morning.) Nor could I work on an assembly line. Some people can, but not me.
I would go insane in either situation.

2 1/2 years ago I worked in the corporate world for a bank. Long story short, after my wife had a miscarriage I walked in my boss’ office and told him I quit. Wasn’t going to waste another day being a cog in a machine.

Started my own business and I love every day. Of course there are bad days and tough work, but I love what I do.

I don’t particularly care for the people that I work for, but I love the work that I do.

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Do you enjoy what you do for a living? Or is it a drag to wake up each morning and go to work? What factors are most important to you to determine happiness at work?

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I used to work for the United States Post Office. I hated it because I was being mistreated for 3 and half years. I was very lucky to get out of that place alive! Too bad I was never able to recover and I was so messed up and I never got a chance to sue the Post Office. I didn't know what was going on and was lost and confused . I was told I had 180 days to file a law suit. I was trying to focus on my recovery and went back to school but ended up quitting school because I was never fully recovered and couldn't keep up with everything. My life has never been good before joining the Post Office.

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I will be honest, I could not work for someone who expected me to jump on a phone call/text within minutes during off work hours, (a lot of weekends my phone gets turned off Friday evening and turned back on Monday morning.)

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We have a development series where some high ranking executive will give a lecture on how they “made it” after graduating from HBS or Wharton and play up that having no work life balance was a good thing because it’s good service to the clients.

One of them bragged that he has perfected his work life balance by learning to not work on his commute and the other talked about she takes off Sunday afternoons and makes dinner every night for her family.

My manager has been signing on at 5 AM every work day including days off for like 3 months.

I’m overtime eligible and I got told by a more senior manager to cut back working so much when I’m actually working much more than they think. It’s just tiring. I’m sick of ruining any sort of healthy lifestyle for this job

This week:
Sunday: 7PM-11PM
Monday: 9AM - 2AM
Tuesday: 9AM-3AM
Wednesday 9AM-1AM
Thursday 9AM- 9 PM(when I got told

After tomorrow though the hours should drop down to typical 9-6 for the next few weeks until the cycle starts back up again