I'm curious as to how people feel about their current job/career. Me, I'm going to be honest. I hate my job. Which is why I'm saving up for college. What do I hate about my job? The long hours. Average day lasts about 19 hours. Required to work weekends. Very few days off. I've worked 37 consecutive days. Canada day was what broke that streak. And worst of all, the lack of organization. I like order where I work. Here, their is nothing but chaos. I'm told to do one thing, and they want me to do another. It is very frustrating, to say the least. But, the one good thing about it is the people their are good. Which is the only thing keeping me from blowing the place up.
Your job
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My dad would say "If you can't make a decent living working 40 hours a week then your in the wrong job." Gotta love the French, they do it in 35 hours a week.
Dude, your not a machine but your being worked like one. I strongly suggest greener pastuers (unless your working illegally in Canada). You know work to live not live to work.
Dude, your not a machine but your being worked like one. I strongly suggest greener pastuers (unless your working illegally in Canada). You know work to live not live to work.
I'm working legally in Canada. And I am trying to find some place better. Unfortunately, their isn't that much work to be found. Or, I'm looking in the wrong areas. And, here is the truly funny part. I work too much to find other work.
You sure seem to have enough time to be able to respond to this thread that you started during normal working hours.
Shouldn't you be working?
Shouldn't you be working?
I love my job. If I didn't... I'd quit and find one I enjoyed. It's worked like a charm for the first 4 decades.
Tough job...
When I was a driver way back when I use to work 16 to 19 hours a day 7 days a week and took maybe one day every 6 or 8 weeks off. Often though I had an hour or two between calls. Except during rush hours (shift change at SCs). During my down time I had to hang out at SCs. Our dispatcher didn't like us to go home in case we fell asleep or whatever. And of course it was good public relations for us to be hanging around SCs just to let the girls know we are there for them if they needed us. It was a tough job but...
When I was a driver way back when I use to work 16 to 19 hours a day 7 days a week and took maybe one day every 6 or 8 weeks off. Often though I had an hour or two between calls. Except during rush hours (shift change at SCs). During my down time I had to hang out at SCs. Our dispatcher didn't like us to go home in case we fell asleep or whatever. And of course it was good public relations for us to be hanging around SCs just to let the girls know we are there for them if they needed us. It was a tough job but...
There is always another job
I sometimes dislike aspects of my job. But overall I wouldn't trade it for anything else (except maybe retirement).
Working more than 44 hours a week is nuts, and even that is too many. If you have to work more than an average week to get by, you need to rethink your life style.
What kind of job do you have anyway. ?
I sometimes dislike aspects of my job. But overall I wouldn't trade it for anything else (except maybe retirement).
Working more than 44 hours a week is nuts, and even that is too many. If you have to work more than an average week to get by, you need to rethink your life style.
What kind of job do you have anyway. ?
It's not that I have to work such long hours because I'm a big spender, or in debt. It's that they require me to work long hours. And, if I refuse, I'm out of a job. Which, may be a good thing. I just don't want to waste my time again looking for another job. It took me a long time to find this damn job, and as much as I loathe it, it's better than not working at all. I think.
For the most part, I like my job.
It's just that in terms of the money, I feel like I am getting the short end of the stick. (And no, it' s not me, it's the profession.) I am underpaid for the level of effort I have to put in and the level of responsibility.
But the work is interesting and no 2 projects are the same.
It's just that in terms of the money, I feel like I am getting the short end of the stick. (And no, it' s not me, it's the profession.) I am underpaid for the level of effort I have to put in and the level of responsibility.
But the work is interesting and no 2 projects are the same.
