Are you happy in your job?

I would of course like to make more money, but I like what I do at my job and like the people.

Maintenance Mechanic, its ok most days, depending on what breaks lol

my hobby job is sitting dogs in my own home. I love it!! i do overnights and many dogs stay for quite a few days at a time. i get to meet awesome new dogs, and it helps me manage my need for animal hording. i have another job as an admin assistant that i do primary from home that i have a love/hate relationship with. But any job that pays me to stay away from the office is a keeper. lol

Yeah it's ok. I wouldn't say I love it, or it's what I ultimately want to do but I don't have any issues and it's far better than my previous job.

Left my job in retail last year, *kitten* hours (huge lack of sleep), barely above minimum wage, no opportunities for progression and half the year it was incredibly dull! May-Oct = fine/busy. The rest of the year with the exception of the week before Xmas and a few days over Easter, nothing. Some people loved getting paid to stand around, I'd rather be doing something.

Currently work in pensions, 9-5, weekends/bank holidays off, I always have work to do, half the commute, and opportunities for training/progression if I wanted it. I wouldn't mind a bit more pay but even that's more than my old job so can't really complain.

I love what I do.
I'm a wellness coach, personal trainer and aquatic fitness instructor. I'm self-employed, even though some of my assignments come from being employed by various organizations. I'm also a watercolor artist as a foil for all the people stuff I deal with.

darlswife wrote: »

Great question. I was a recruiter then employment coach for fortune 100 companies and have heard many responses to this question. I LOVED what I did. But, like @callsitlikeiseeit, who is in a similar role, it can have a burnout factor. I've been on disability for almost 3 years now and while I miss helping people, I don't miss the mental toll it took on me.

I've been doing this for almost 15 years......

totally,burned. out.

I have to FORCE myself to work every day, and hired a couple of writers to take over most of that. I try to only deal with the more complicated cases and revisions.

YES YES YES!! After 26 years of working for horrible companies, I finally got and LOVE my dream job. I have been a graphic designer for years. Now I am a graphics manager for a small print shop. I have never, ever looked forward to going to work. I love my crew, they are the best!!

depends which day you ask me. Overall I don't mind the actual work and I like most of the people. But sometimes we get dysfunctional political bullsh!t going on and it drives me insane.

I am looking for other opportunities but nothing has come up yet. I think it's time for a change.

I work at a university in the research office dealing with contracts and grant applications and general administrative boring stuff.

I have recently finished a teaching degree but have not pursued it as yet because hard to get work as a teacher and the pay cut is also pretty huge from what i am earning now... So I wait and wait and see what happens...

I'm a civil engineer for a power company and I love doing what I do. It helps that the company treats their employees really well.

Used to love my job. In the process of closing down a plant. Lot of people will lose their jobs, while those who remain will be picking up a lot of responsibilities until the actual closure. My job is not at risk, but the stress is great lately. Unfortunately, I couldn't go elsewhere and make the money I make here. So, I must stick it out until I don't want to deal with it anymore. Luckily I can retire this year if it gets too great, but I would prefer to work until 2019. I have a feeling that someone is going to plss me off soon and I'll just quit on the spot. Hope not, though.

I hate my job. I'm a cook, it's stressful and long hours with no breaks. I've been with my current company for over a decade and used to love the place despite it's flaws, but unfortunately our new management is terrible and has made me want to leave the restaurant business all together I'll never understand how they have people who don't know how to work in the kitchen running the place and tell us what to do....

I love my job because it's meaningful, there are many new things to learn, and I have the opportunity to develop my skills and become one of the few people in my country who can do this job. I'm a doctor in radiotherapy and oncology. Not well paid yet but I've got high hopes for the future

I run a restaurant, some days it goes well and we smash it and it's brilliant. Some days the staff act like children expecting me to fix their petty issues, some days the customers all treat you like dirt and the 60 hour Weeks can kill me at times. All I know though! It's maybe a 60-40% split at the mo... 60% of the time I'm happy

GorgeousNightmare01 wrote: »

I hate my job. I'm a cook, it's stressful and long hours with no breaks. I've been with my current company for over a decade and used to love the place despite it's flaws, but unfortunately our new management is terrible and has made me want to leave the restaurant business all together I'll never understand how they have people who don't know how to work in the kitchen running the place and tell us what to do....

Totally agree. If my kitchen starts to go down, I jump in and get them back on track as I'm just as strong as my kitchen manager on the front line! You need to understand foh and boh equally to run a place well!

I used to be passionate and excited about teaching. But after 23 years, I'm bored and burnt out. I have to stick it out for seven more years until I retire. I have too much time invested to walk away and lose my retirement.