Do you really enjoy your work ??

@sam8pro (376)
India
October 8, 2010 11:26am CST
Now be honest :) .... do you really enjoy your work ... or you are just doing it for the money and since there is no other option ... if you don't like it what do you actually want to do ... if you like your job plz tell what is magic ingredient there :) As of me i just find my job okaishh ... i work as an electronics engineer ...it has some satisfaction in it ... but i think i would prefer to shift to job with more managerial responsibility or one with more leadership role
9 responses
@maezee (41988)
• United States
10 Oct 10
Do I enjoy it? Uhhh, no, not really lol. I can't lie. It can be fun sometimes, can be terribly stressful and annoying other times, and doesn't pay as well as it should. But I try to keep positive (I DO keep positive) and try not to complain about it, because I know there are people out there who can't get a job, and so on. I definitely work for the money, but it also really just gives me something to do, and gives me something to take my mind off of personal things and issues going on with me. It's a distraction, shall we say? Anyway, if money were not an issue, I would definitely still work - I would just work LESS - maybe 1 or 2 days a week instead of 6 or 7.
@sam8pro (376)
• India
11 Oct 10
well yes .... money is the key issue because of money only i will continue to do what i do ... without that option ... i would not have worked in this stream thats why i want to find out a key to earn much more from internet so that i dont have to work under by bosses but just for me
• Philippines
10 Oct 10
Me? if i love my job? Nooooo. Because, yes,I am getting a good pay but look at the work I do. I work for 5 bosses plus one unofficial boss and I have tons of work which compares to x4 or x5 of the work and stress of others who receive the same pay as i do but have only 1 or 2 bosses! at first, when i was with another company in the same position as i am now, i thought it is about my low pay, but now that i am receiving a much higher pay and im still not happy, i realized it's the work and not the pay. I am hoping to get myself into business and stop working for another person. But i am thankful for my job, it provides for me and my family. That is the only reason why Im still here, i have a family to support and i have no business yet to compare to what i am receiving now. Im being practical, but doing something to get out of the rat race. it can be so tiring, so let us keep dreaming and aiming at getting that dream to realization, :) I know someone, who would say "i love my job, i love my job" but there will come a time, you just have to admit you don't and find something you really love. to those who love what they are doing, I envy you, but im happy you are doing what you love doing, :)
@sam8pro (376)
• India
11 Oct 10
well same thing i report to i guess lemme think to bosses in India and two bosses in US and the situation becomes really messy when one of them is a hard as* ... so much confusion and so much work ... sometimes it gets really stressful out here and i just feel like breaking apart thats what i did i just absolutely refused to go to the office on thursday and friday last week ... feeling very refreshed now ... and i am willing to go to the office today :)
@chiyosan (30183)
• Philippines
9 Oct 10
hmm okay.. i enjoy the place, the facilities, the ready coffee and the clean pantry, the clean toilets everytime!! the workplace as a whole... I enjoy my lunches, chatting with officemates and just simply hanging out 1 hour a day everyday... i enjoy those times... but the rest of the working day - 8 hours of work... well i would say i only enjoy doing it 50% of the time - i am almost always stressed with the other 50%.
@sam8pro (376)
• India
9 Oct 10
Well i can definitely empathize with you ... my work is on and off like these days it is the lean phase but i am sure its gonna come and gonna come hard and at that time stress will be more than anything .. i hate that time
• China
9 Oct 10
Honestly, I don't enjoy my work now as much as I just started working a year ago when I was full of passion and enthusisam. I'm working as a college teacher. As you know, a teacher has to be in the classroom most of the time everyday, facing students. It's fun in the beginning. You can meet various students and even make friends with them. But after a while, you'll probably get tired because students, especially boys, like to create trouble. They cut class, won't listen to you in class and talk loudly when you're teaching. These things sometimes drive me mad. But I'm not thinking of changing my job. The current job I'm engaging in is really a well-paid one. Besides, working as a teacher is suitable for me to some extent.
@sam8pro (376)
• India
9 Oct 10
Well ... i am sure you will figure out a way ... to calm these boys and other kids who dont obey ... well as far as i remember even i was a very pain in the as* kid for my teachers.. they also must have thought about me like the way you are thinking about your students :( ....
@advokatku (4033)
• Indonesia
9 Oct 10
Ooo of course I really enjoy the work I do. I love my job. Ever since high school, I had dreams of becoming a lawyer. And now, I've become a lawyer
@sam8pro (376)
• India
9 Oct 10
Lawyer Wow .... good going man :) ....its good that you enjoy your job and ofcourse you will its your dream man :) ... do well in it ...best wishes
@ebuscat (5935)
• Philippines
9 Oct 10
For me yes because I'm involve my mini business now at my own unlike the time I work with my boss.
@sam8pro (376)
• India
9 Oct 10
Agreed man ! .... nothing better than working for yourself ... more ownership hence more motivation and then success is more enjoyable :)
@kodukodu84 (1569)
• Malaysia
8 Oct 10
I'm honestly not very happy with my work. I'm working on a shift rotation and it's making me more tired than working on a normal hours. My sleeping time is always different and it gives me a sleeping difficulty because I guess my body and my brain are confused with the time. I also don't like going home at night and I actually prefer to just be at home at this time. But if I quit my job because I'm not happy with it, then I dunno how long it will takes for me to get another job, yet I will still have to keep paying for food, house, internet, etc I would love to find another job that will allow me to work on normal working hours and no shift, and I'm actually still trying. I hope I will find one soon.
@sam8pro (376)
• India
8 Oct 10
totally understand you man .... some of my friends have shift job and they also dont like it ... they miss the parties all the occasion .. generally its a hard life .. all the best in finding a new job !
@zuzh901 (37)
• Hong Kong
9 Oct 10
i hate my job so much, so i already resign my job effective on 5 Nov, 2010
@sam8pro (376)
• India
9 Oct 10
oh wow !!! btw what were you doing ... and now that you left it ..what are you plans ??
@DertyJ (192)
• United States
9 Oct 10
Well, when I first started my job as a worker in a seafood retail/wholesale store I really enjoyed it mostly because I made a lot of money because I worked a lot of hours. I made $7.50 an hour at first but then moved up to $8 an hour. It slowly started to get more and more boring but then we relocated and now it has become not as boring anymore. Plus working in the seafood industry has caused me to work also independently as a fisherman and shellfish digger so it opened more opportunities for me to make money so overall I would say I enjoy it, but I very much like the money!
@sam8pro (376)
• India
9 Oct 10
this is good .... so do you plan to open a restaurant in the future .... :) ..cause i see that you are really interested in your job and working pretty hard for it ... And ofcourse everyone likes the money man :) .. I absolutely love money !!!!!