Do you like your job?

United States
February 7, 2010 1:44pm CST
So many people go to work just to go to work, to earn money, but how many people actually like their jobs? I will say that the job I have now other than DJ'ing, and yes, I love being on the air also, I love. I can go to work feeling sick, or down, and by the time I get home, I feel so much better. I have the kind of job that I can actually make a difference in so many people's lives. So many people out there just need a smile or a joke to alter their not so good of mood. And that I can offer them. I work in a parking garage at one of the local hospitals here in town, and there are so many people that I run into on a daily basis, they are dealing with an ill loved one, they are stressed over their jobs, and their lives, on top of dealing with a loved one that is in the hospital. And it is the very last thing they see when driving away from the hospital that can make their night or break their night. And that is why I always give them a smile and if able, I crack a joke to make them laugh. And that there is what makes my Job worth going to every day. What about you? Do you like your job? Or are you just there to do your job?
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29 responses
• India
8 Feb 10
hi.. everyone should love the job or the profession.. just for name sake or a decent salary is a waste.. you can't cheat yourself for a long time... so do and become what you wish..
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@wilulvme (40)
• United States
8 Feb 10
I totally love my job. I consider it a career rather than a job because i can see myself retiring from it. I have worked there for a little over a year doing customer service. I also am now in the mentoring program where i help train new hires and help other customer service reps in areas they need help in. The management staff is great. They treat me like a person and not just a number. The first company to where the open door policy is really open door. I can talk freely about anything and nothing is taken for granted. Hate to say it but sometimes i feel they treat me better than my own family. I look forward to going to work every day. The money is great, benefits off the hook, what more can one ask for.
• United States
8 Feb 10
They will have to drag me out, cause i aint going nowhere....
• United States
8 Feb 10
That is the type of Job to have there! Sounds like you will be there a very long time!
@ersmommy1 (12588)
• United States
8 Feb 10
I work from home. I get to be here with my kids. That's the best part. Yeah, I'd say I like my job. Wish the pay were as good as when I worked in an office, but I will take the trade off.
• United States
8 Feb 10
Sometimes the trade off is worth so much more than the extra money. And when you start thinking of how much you save... Daycare Gas Lunches/Dinners you would have bought Stress you don't have Health you save Years you add on to your life Priceless moments with your kids you really may not make that much less. I guess it really depends on how much less you make now but If I can work from home within the next 5 years I will be a very happy man. I have a 4 year old step son, an amazing fiance, and a little girl on the way and I would love to spend the day with them for a living.
@mjcookie (2271)
• Philippines
8 Feb 10
I am happy that you love your job, and I am even happier that you get to cheer people up with it. I had a job before in a fast-food restaurant, and I'm gonna have to say that I didn't like it because of the environment and the yelling managers. I felt really lonely because I just couldn't relate to my co-workers. Most of all, I found it unrewarding. Very empty. Like I was doing it just for the heck of it and the money. For me the most important aspect of a job is that you get to make a difference in people's lives. I wasn't doing it by serving fried chicken to people waiting in line. That is why my dream career doesn't have anything to do with logic or management or offices. I actually want to be a volunteer for humanitarian/environmental causes through my whole life. I think most people feel unhappy because they just do their jobs for the sake of money and making ends meet, and sometimes even when they try their very best to force themselves to love it, they still fail because the job itself is just not rewarding by nature, especially if it's a routine job. Having gone through that, I really feel sorry for those people, because that doesn't always have to be the case.
@mjcookie (2271)
• Philippines
16 Mar 10
DJ, thank you very mcuh for the best response.
• China
8 Feb 10
I love my job, it's full of challenges, though sometimes i have lots of stress, when i make it, i feel so good. I'd like to say, working is achieve the sense of success more than the money,cause i need not much money to live my life, i need the sense of success to fullfill my life goal.
• United States
24 Feb 10
We all have stress to a certain level whether it be at work, or home, or else where, it is how we deal with the stress that makes us or breaks us. I love your way of thinking!! Good deal!
@olthorpe (25)
• Netherlands
8 Feb 10
I work every day and I like it very well. Work is for your whole life, so it is important that you like it. If you do not like your work, change job. Or make some adventures.
• United States
8 Feb 10
A lot of people that is very hard to do since the economy is the way it is and so many out of work. I do hope things get better real soon.
• Netherlands
8 Feb 10
Yes, your true in this crisis it is better to keep your job until the economy has changed.
@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
7 Feb 10
I like my job most days, but today it was really difficult to sit at the computer even though I have two deadlines--one imposed by my boss and one imposed by myself. One is tonight and the other is 9am tomorrow. I've got the 9am one already done. The tonight one will wait til after I'm done with Mylot.
• United States
8 Feb 10
Wow, I do hope that you get second report done lol. Don't be like me and stay on mylot and forget about the second report!! LOL
• United States
7 Feb 10
I do like my job. I like the fact that I do have a chance to help out other people. I work with children. I'm teaching them how to treat others, how to walk, how to talk, how to play with others. All of that fun stuff. I do enjoy my job and I can't imagine leaving it.
• United States
8 Feb 10
I do understand why you like your job. It is a very rewarding job. I myself do not think I could do your job lol. I am just a bit to old and my nerves wouldn't be able to take it. But I do admire those that can and do work with children. For they are our future.
@coffeeshot (3783)
• Australia
8 Feb 10
Well I have been living on a farm out in the middle of no where for the last year and work was hard to find there. It was nice to have a break from work while I studied but not having much money was horrible. I have moved back to the city and started my first week of work last week. I am so grateful to be working again so I do love my job. Employment is something too many of us take for granted.
• United States
24 Feb 10
Congrats on the new Job!! And yes employment is taken for granted, a lot of people think that they are secure in their jobs, and a lot of companies are closing down. I am glad that you found work!
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
7 Feb 10
I am a in home aide for a family member, though I get paid from the state. It has it's ups and downs of course, but overall it's a great job. I also live with the family member, or rather my husband and I do, so I suppose that's where the ups and downs come in. Either way, I can't complain too much about it, no seriously, I can't! lol!
• United States
8 Feb 10
I can see your point there, but hey, if things are working for the most part, why fix what isn't broken right? Good luck to you!
@HansonFan (1653)
• United States
7 Feb 10
I have a summer job that I just adore. I work at a water park in between school years and this coming summer will be my 6th year, 4th as a supervisor. I practically live up there because I love it so much. If its my day off I am usually up there swimming. I would not say the job is what I love the most, but the people. I enjoy helping visitors have a great day and my coworkers tend to become a second family. This is where i met my best friend. I know at least three couples that met there and ended up getting married. There are even a family group. Father, nephew, and his son and daughter all worked there. Its an amazing place and I am sad that this will probably be my last summer there.
• United States
8 Feb 10
Wow, that does sound like an awesome Job! And it is great too that co workers are like second family, that does help out a lot.
• Hong Kong
8 Feb 10
i will be liking my job because now i still don't have a job in aviation but if i finish my study in those kind of job i will be proud of it..
• United States
8 Feb 10
That is awesome! Good luck with your studies!!
@kaylachan (68508)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7 Feb 10
I was one of those people who did their jobs for the money. If I didn't earn a paycheck i would have quit a long time ago. Though I seriously considered it for as long as I possibly could. But, Geoorge my partner, stopped me each and every time. I later found out or realized he only did because he liked those couple days a week where he had the entire apartment to himself even if its for a couple of hours. I think George resents me because I lost my job. And, no I didn't quit, some discriminative idiot decided I wasn't worth it. ugh....
• United States
8 Feb 10
I am so sorry to hear about all that happened, I do hope that you find another job soon so that things can be back to normal for you. good luck.
@liannejc (56)
• Philippines
7 Feb 10
I quit my job coz it gave me no satisfaction anymore. I stayed because I thought it could make any difference but things were better said than done. It was a fraud thing. No regrets though since I did realized few things in life.
• United States
8 Feb 10
I am sorry that is was a fraud thing, in cases such as these, you live and you learn.
@Rtlsnk316 (1197)
• Mexico
9 Feb 10
To tell you the truth, I'm not satisfied with my current job. The company I work for has several legal and economical issues, my payroll is being held up almost for two weeks already, some money is owed to me from last year and things don't look to bright in the near future. But I'm still hanging on there, at the same time looking for some other job opportunity, even if I don't get same payment or near what I'm making here, which isn't that much kind a think of it.
@23uday (2997)
• India
24 Feb 10
hi friend, I don't like my job because i working in BPO company. I hate my job and i getting bore working as BPO side. As my actual field is to go either software field or networking administration field.Presently no jobs in my country for networking administration side and software side. have a good day.
• United States
7 Feb 10
My job is alright. It's a part time college kind of job. I work in retail. But I want to get up into the corporate offices doing design work for the same company. That's my goal. But I basically just go to work to do my job. Nothing else.
• United States
7 Feb 10
I am hoping that you reach your goal in a very timely manor. It sounds very interesting, good luck to you.
• United States
7 Feb 10
I am a dishwasher and i hate it. I have a dumb boss that has no clue how to run a restaurant and yet i have to do every little thing he tells me to do. i get paid $7.25 and hour and i dont stop working. But being a Dj sounds like the best job ever haha.
• United States
7 Feb 10
I have worked in the restaurant business before, and I have to agree with you. I didn't like it either. Being DJ is fun and rewarding, I love it lol but it doesn't pay the bills this I do in my spare time and no pay. I hope that you find a job soon that you will enjoy.
• Philippines
16 Mar 10
i work at an airline company as a duty manager during night shift and i must say at first i didn't like my job because i was put in that position right after i graduated from college w/o any experience whatsoever. when i work, it would always look that i know a lot because im a manager, but actually i don't know a thing or two about the maintenance jobs of aircraft. but after 1 year in my job, i already found a liking to it. it's as if i'm already anticipating working right after my days off.
• Philippines
16 Mar 10
i work at an airline company as a duty manager during night shift and i must say at first i didn't like my job because i was put in that position right after i graduated from college w/o any experience whatsoever. when i work, it would always look that i know a lot because im a manager, but actually i don't know a thing or two about the maintenance jobs of aircraft. but after 1 year in my job, i already found a liking to it. it's as if i'm already anticipating working right after my days off.