How many of you feel that you can be more productive if management gave you more control of what you do, how you do things, and when you do it? Especially if your job is in a cubicle with computers, and little face to face contacts with other people, does your management still make you sit at your desk from 9 - 5, or give you more flexible hours and even allow you work from home occasionally?
Do you like your job?
- Thread starter George The Curious
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Loved my job, it was the greatest. Before I retired I ran a microbiology lab, pretty much had my own way as I was the most knowledgeable person on staff, even the pathologist stayed out of business, well until I didn't get the required results on the proficiency test samples sent out by the ministry. If I had a good, logical thought out explanation for my error he was good with it as the proficiency test samples were to broaden our knowledge. The ministry was harder to please than the pathologist for that matter, you had to explain to them your error and promise to learn from your mistakes. Hospital admin decided to farm out the micro to a larger hospital lab (wooh, saved a whole $20,000/year doing that). I got demoted a couple pay grades as now I was just a grunt in the main lab so decided to take my leave after 38 years service. Living on the pension is fine but it doesn't pay the ladies, I have to save up my pennies for that!
Without getting too specific, I'm in the Entertainment industry. I only work part-time evenings, and Sunday afternoons, 4 days a week. I absolutely love it. I worked the same job as a volunteer for fifteen years at various venues, after work. I now get paid, very well if you consider the hours I actually work (as opposed to the hours I actually spend there socializing and such).
It is wonderful being King. Go where I want to go. Spend as little or as much as I wish. Being King is the best! GB
Me too. I run my own business in technology, and occasionally take consulting gigs. Today i received call from a head hunter trying to get my back to corporate job. I pretty much just asked her if any of her jobs allow me flexible times, and work from home, and let me use my own ideas. she still wont leave, so i told her, i make enough money on my own, not like majority of people desperate to have any job they can get. she was speechless.
My job making license plates is very fulfilling, but I fear my technical skills won't be transferable enough to allow a seamless transition into general population once my weekend release program has run it's course. Oh well, will likely just dust off the meth lab equipment and get back at er'. Gotta go with what you know and not be picky!
why save pennies if you can move to a 3rd world country known for its ladies and stay there until your dick would stop working
I would change tomorrow if I found something I really like and not just something I'm very good at; but I can't complain. :crazy:
Fortunately, I always loved my jobs throughout my working life. Whatever job I was in it was a process to get me to the next level financially and even intellectually. It got to the point that I can't learn anything else on the job training but left my job and started a new business. Now, I am bored from having too much free time on my hands every day at work! LOL. Work? did somebody just say work? Lol.
I love my job. It is incredibly interesting, very rewarding, intellectually stimulating, my colleagues are great, and it is rarely boring. It is intense at times and the hours are long ... 60 hours Monday to Friday is typical and I often bring home work nites and weekends, and I'm in the office many weekends. It pays well enough that I can hobby frequently.
I'm very fortunate.
I'm very fortunate.
'Yes'.
+1
"Find something you love to do, and you'll never have to work another day in your life."
I love my job, but I didn't until I "took control" of what i did rather than waiting to be "given more control".
Life is good.
KK
I'm the ultimate authority in charge my office, subjected only to the laws and operating procedures that exist because someone was hurt or worse. I love it. The fact that simply telling girls what I do is often a better panty remover than tequilla doesn't hurt either.
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