Do you enjoy your job?

[nupski]

i quite like my job, except on mondays when i'm hung over to fook lol

i work as a team leader/project manager, my team develops medium size software projects, it can be a bit stressful and some of the meetings i have to go to can be tedious, but i find it quite interesting most of the time. it pays the bills anyway, and allows me to get up to no good at the weekends lol

 

[Jonathan1990]

Yes mine is ok.

 

[PepeLePew]

I strongly disagree my friend.

When it stops working for me I'll let you know.

 

[Benny-Digital]

When it stops working for me I'll let you know.

I know I might sound a bit defeatist Pepe mate. Stop talking in bloody
riddles will ya and spill it

I'm a bricklayer and when the moneys good it's good £30-35k+ To earn that kind of wedge elsewhere (out of the construction game) I would no doubt have to pay for a college/uni course, then possibly take a cut in wages to start at the bottom of the ladder which I can't afford as I'm running a home, not to mention every bastard wanting years worth of previous experience. Thats if you're lucky enough to even get your foot in any door. Its desperate out there at the minute mate so you'll have to excuse me when I say I think your comment was a tad flippant.

 

[PepeLePew]

Ok hope this doesn’t meander too much: it’s basically what should go in to the white space in my CV

I had denied my natural mathematical ability to flourish as I hadn’t pursued it hard enough as a kid, even though I was ace at it and very logically minded; believing it not to be a “mans” job; or allowing my eyes to see the world of opportunities that actually existed; just lived life for the weekends.

I had a career going nowhere, being a labourer, hard graft, what I thought was an okay wage at the time, fairly good craic
But unhappy

I threw the towel in on labouring and went to uni in my late 20’s; had a ball; did reasonably well in studies; again didn’t see how to channel myself in to a career; just believed I would become an accountant; be boring, but be handsomely paid doing a job.
The yellow brick road and pot of gold did not transpire; I had missed the boat on graduate training; and started at the bottom of the ladder, and very slowly acquired different jobs and skills; as I had no driving ambition. Slowly climbed a tree; but I could see all along that I was helping the organisations do well as I generally outperformed most people. I wasn’t really content at this point. That was until I was ousted out of a job; completely out of the blue; although in hindsight I should have been more aware of the corporate shafting that was coming and could have easily taken them to court and kept the job; but I decided no, my life would have been made hell if had stayed.

So there I was, out on my ass and shaken by the experience; taking a knock to my confidence after 10 years of doing accountancy.
I knew I had good skills; and decided I was not going to give my all to organisation that would shit on me at the blink of an eye. But would give them to people that were more deserving. So turned my eyes to the NHS. I got my toe in the door; and people recognised my skills, commitment and abilities. I moved around a few jobs internally; polishing me off as a good all round accountant; and climbed quickly. And changed organisations with confidence. I’m still climbing and believe I give more and more as time marches on.
The NHS faces as tough a time as all government bodies at the moment. And whilst the government says it needs to cut the overheads and waste; it is only the likes of me that will help to identify those wastes, and help reorganise the services to run more efficiently. The government could do away with a lot more overheads and inefficiencies if it took some more control centrally and made it one NHS organisation, and then I would be happy for it to get rid of me; I digress...

I close my eyes and feel content that I am making the best use of myself where I am, proud to put all my efforts in to it, valued and with likeminded people; and for the main enjoy it .
I can’t choose the challenges I will face in life. But I can choose where I want to be when I face them; i.e. with a smile on my face

I sometimes wish I had good careers advice from family or school or anywhere down the line; but knowing how stubborn I was/am I’m not sure I would have listened to someone saying “do something with your life that makes you feel happy”.
I do sacrifice happiness for some reason or other at some points; but there’s no way I will do it knowingly for any length of time without a damn good reason.

No two people are the same; but this very much works for me. I’m sure we all have to find our own paths by trial and error. Sometimes it takes a push.

 

[PepeLePew]

Or

Act Your Way Into A New Way Of Thinking, by Rebecca Hanson

 

[Lozzie]

I feel sorry for you guys going through education now, effectively having to buy qualifications.

S

Don't feel sorry. I'm doing my degree now, and would still do it with the top up.

It's not debt in the fact it doesn't count when you apply for any credit. If you earn a low amount, you don't pay it back (people are not going to come knocking for it).

Besides, it's never been 'free', money isn't just pulled from fresh air - someone was loosing out. Why shouldn't the individual be responsible for their own education?
Either I pay a little bit through my BACS payments every month (like a tax)...or everyone will have to pay more. I'm not saying I wouldn't like it for free...but where would the ££ come from...probably me anyway, being taxed more heavily.

Statistically, I will earn more, and am more likely to have a job that I love. Plus, you can't put a price on being educated. Knowledge gives you choice.

I can't wait to get stuck into my career, I know it will be good...I have no doubt. I am doing it later than most (I'm 27 at the end of the month)...but I've seen the alternative, and I didn't like it. I (personally) wouldn't be able to get a job I liked without a degree. The jobs I want, are degree dependant. Also, I'm not being a twat, but I'd like to earn a decent whack. Sorry, I'm shallow. But I don't want to have to struggle through my whole life.


You spend a lot of your life working and sleeping. So have a good bed, and a job you like, or in your free time you'll just be dreading work. And that is a shite state of affairs is it not.


xxx

 

[Benny-Digital]

Ok hope this doesn’t meander too much: it’s basically what should go in to the white space in my CV

I had denied my natural mathematical ability to flourish as I hadn’t pursued it hard enough as a kid, even though I was ace at it and very logically minded; believing it not to be a “mans” job; or allowing my eyes to see the world of opportunities that actually existed; just lived life for the weekends.

I had a career going nowhere, being a labourer, hard graft, what I thought was an okay wage at the time, fairly good craic
But unhappy

I threw the towel in on labouring and went to uni in my late 20’s; had a ball; did reasonably well in studies; again didn’t see how to channel myself in to a career; just believed I would become an accountant; be boring, but be handsomely paid doing a job.
The yellow brick road and pot of gold did not transpire; I had missed the boat on graduate training; and started at the bottom of the ladder, and very slowly acquired different jobs and skills; as I had no driving ambition. Slowly climbed a tree; but I could see all along that I was helping the organisations do well as I generally outperformed most people. I wasn’t really content at this point. That was until I was ousted out of a job; completely out of the blue; although in hindsight I should have been more aware of the corporate shafting that was coming and could have easily taken them to court and kept the job; but I decided no, my life would have been made hell if had stayed.

So there I was, out on my ass and shaken by the experience; taking a knock to my confidence after 10 years of doing accountancy.
I knew I had good skills; and decided I was not going to give my all to organisation that would shit on me at the blink of an eye. But would give them to people that were more deserving. So turned my eyes to the NHS. I got my toe in the door; and people recognised my skills, commitment and abilities. I moved around a few jobs internally; polishing me off as a good all round accountant; and climbed quickly. And changed organisations with confidence. I’m still climbing and believe I give more and more as time marches on.
The NHS faces as tough a time as all government bodies at the moment. And whilst the government says it needs to cut the overheads and waste; it is only the likes of me that will help to identify those wastes, and help reorganise the services to run more efficiently. The government could do away with a lot more overheads and inefficiencies if it took some more control centrally and made it one NHS organisation, and then I would be happy for it to get rid of me; I digress...

I close my eyes and feel content that I am making the best use of myself where I am, proud to put all my efforts in to it, valued and with likeminded people; and for the main enjoy it .
I can’t choose the challenges I will face in life. But I can choose where I want to be when I face them; i.e. with a smile on my face

I sometimes wish I had good careers advice from family or school or anywhere down the line; but knowing how stubborn I was/am I’m not sure I would have listened to someone saying “do something with your life that makes you feel happy”.
I do sacrifice happiness for some reason or other at some points; but there’s no way I will do it knowingly for any length of time without a damn good reason.

No two people are the same; but this very much works for me. I’m sure we all have to find our own paths by trial and error. Sometimes it takes a push.

Nice one Pepe

 

[Benny-Digital]

I'm still pretty much standing by my original comments for the time being though. I have my nvq's in bricklaying and I suppose i'm pretty good at it, plus it is a trade so maybe I shouldn't be so hard on myself and try to enjoy it more..

 

[Northern Star]

I would like nothing more than to go back to college and do some quals in something i enjoy....i simply cannot afford it. The cost of the courses themselves and losing full time pay would mean i could not maintain my household.

If i get my redundancy that would change things slightly but nothing is certain for me at the moment being one of the government worker currently in jeapordy

 

[PepeLePew]

I'm still pretty much standing by my original comments for the time being though. I have my nvq's in bricklaying and I suppose i'm pretty good at it, plus it is a trade so maybe I shouldn't be so hard on myself and try to enjoy it more..

I sometimes write down pros and cons of things when I feel I need to make a big decision.

 

[Benny-Digital]

I sometimes write down pros and cons of things when I feel I need to make a big decision.

Hahahahaaaa here you go mate.. Con, Its a crap job! Pro, It pays well

On a serious note though, if I wasn't surrounded by big morons talking about football, shagging and telling old work stories all the time I might enjoy it a lot more..

 

[Silky]

Im a Sparky, Prob love my job 75%-80% of the time, Come and go as I please. Wages are real good.

Im reaping the benefits of my trade now as its now my gateway to living a new life in New Zealand come Jan 2012.

Seems that people are struggling to get Trades now-a-days.

Like most of us, I have good & bad days but the Good far out weigh the bad.