peenie 1,915 Posted April 20, 2010 A lot of people complain about their jobs. Some, like me, are underpaid or overworked or are bored, too stressed. I'd like to know if some of you love the work you do. If so, tell us about it and why. Thank you in advance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drobeski 3,061 Posted April 20, 2010 yes....way back, on my uncles cotton farm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TylerRoseFan 16 Posted April 20, 2010 I teach. I love it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peenie 1,915 Posted April 20, 2010 I teach. I love it. ok, so far, very good. i know you all are guys and tend to be to the point, but would you mind giving a little more detail please. do you teach high school, college? why do you enjoy teaching? dig a little deeper trf. you too drobeski. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlaHawker 24 Posted April 20, 2010 A lot of people complain about their jobs. Some, like me, are underpaid or overworked or are bored, too stressed. I'd like to know if some of you love the work you do. If so, tell us about it and why. Thank you in advance. You are not underpaid. In fact, my guess, you are way overpaid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peenie 1,915 Posted April 20, 2010 You are not underpaid. In fact, my guess, you are way overpaid. i am, i'm not making it up or simply complaining. hey, the door is right over there. if i don't like it, i can do something about it. i'm just stating facts. i don't make a decent salary but my daughter goes to college tuition free, so that makes staying here worthwhile. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peenie 1,915 Posted April 20, 2010 hand details! i need more details! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davebg 0 Posted April 20, 2010 I can honestly say that I truly enjoy my current job. Sure, there are the typical Dilbert-style headaches that you have everywhere and I think I'm overworked and underpaid, but I like what I do, who I work with (for the most part) and how I'm treated. Part of what I like about working at an agency is that, compared to what I'm used to in the corporate/enterprise area, things are very fast-paced. I measure my projects in weeks and days, rather than the years and months that I used to. This has had a direct impact on my work: 1- I have had to cut the fat and just focus on the best practices that fit in my new world, which is like a breath of fresh air. 2- I don't have time to get bored on a project. Instead of staring at the same screens and functionality for months on end, most of my projects are over before I realize they began. 3- I am almost exclusively supposed to prepare and manage test efforts...all testing is off-shored. So I don't have to suffer through the monotony of testing the same thing in 10 different browsers. I also work with a lot of young people. People here tend to be kind of hip and of a like mindset. Thus far I have only met one guy who I really just don't like. That's actually quite amazing, given my low opinion of the populace at large. Finally, the company just treats their employees well. The benefits here are OUTSTANDING (who else do you know who gets 16 paid holidays per year?) It's also the little things, whether it's laying out a spread of bagels every Friday morning or bringing in a barista to make custom alcoholic coffee drinks as a thank you one afternoon. Oh...did I mention the drinking? I don't think I've drank so much in years. We have afternoon meetings where, in addition to fruit, cookies, soda and water, we have beer and wine served. End of month? Time for timesheets...and a mini keg of Heineken. Every Friday at 5PM, my floor heads to the corner where we have a bar set up and someone serves a different classic cocktail every week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patriotsfatboy1 1,432 Posted April 20, 2010 I liked that job where I provided sexual gratification to the women at the Playboy Mansion. Then I woke up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peenie 1,915 Posted April 20, 2010 I can honestly say that I truly enjoy my current job. thank you for answering my question thoroughly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kilroy69 1,248 Posted April 20, 2010 I have had some pretty shitty jobs in my life but I have had some really enjoyable ones too. I worked at a IT recruiting company in A2 for about a year at the end of the tech bubble. I was by far the youngest.......and whitest guy in an all Indian (dots not feathers) company. The people I worked with were fannntastic people. Really. I blew my knee out and had to have surgery. I was on crutches for a few months. They gave me a cell phone(back when cells were not really common) and let me work from home. Before I started working there I thought people who made like 20-30 bucks an hour had it made. I was soon introduced to a world where people would laugh at you for offering them a 200 buck an hour 6 month contract. It was a blast while it lasted but boom goes the bubble and laid off goes the staff. I also got a job as an erosion control inspector for the county. It was a job that afforded me a lot of freedom. I had an office in the county building. I was in the office mon-fri 7-12. Once 12 hit I grabbed boots, safety glasses, a pair of jeans and went out to do inspections in the county. I seen my boss once a day usually. My boss got into a pisssing match with the county and got the program under I worked was moved. When it was moved they gave my job to a person in that department who had much more seniority than I did. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frank M 181 Posted April 20, 2010 A lot of people complain about their jobs. Some, like me, are underpaid or overworked or are bored, too stressed. I'd like to know if some of you love the work you do. If so, tell us about it and why. Thank you in advance. I work in the same field as you, peenie. I agree about the underpaid part. Why are you bored? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerkStore 13 Posted April 20, 2010 I don't enjoy it enough to masterbate into a tissue while at work or anything, if that's what you mean. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juggernauts 0 Posted April 20, 2010 I work in the same field as you, peenie. I agree about the underpaid part. Why are you bored? You guys work in higher education? What field? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peenie 1,915 Posted April 20, 2010 I work in the same field as you, peenie. I agree about the underpaid part. Why are you bored? i'm not bored, i was just giving some examples of dissatisfaction. i get to use the computer at work so that makes me very happy! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frank M 181 Posted April 20, 2010 You guys work in higher education? What field? Science. I'm in test development. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juggernauts 0 Posted April 20, 2010 I truly love my job or maybe more correctly so where I work. The people in my office are fantastic and the entire community is really cohesive. The students are awesome. The mission is fantastic. I don't really LIKE asking people for money, but I enjoy hitting my goals and succeeding. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peenie 1,915 Posted April 20, 2010 You guys work in higher education? What field? i work in a pathology lab. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GutterBoy 2,899 Posted April 20, 2010 Science. I'm in test development. You're the positive control for new AIDS tests? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NewbieJr 541 Posted April 20, 2010 LOve my jobs. Both of them. For teh day job, I'm well-payed with great benefits and a very laid back work environment. As a DJ, I get to hang in bars and have my drinks paid for. Always at least a handful of stunningly hot chicks at every gig. I would DJ for a third of the money that I charge, but I don't tell me clients that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeshushu 51 Posted April 20, 2010 I know running Elisa's can get boring. I hate it too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peenie 1,915 Posted April 20, 2010 Always at least a handful of stunningly hot chicks at every gig. guano newbie, are you ever tempted to cheat on your wife by these hot chicks? why or why not? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GutterBoy 2,899 Posted April 20, 2010 guanonewbie, are you ever tempted to cheat on your wife by these hot chicks? why or why not? No. Because he's gay. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NewbieJr 541 Posted April 20, 2010 guanonewbie, are you ever tempted to cheat on your wife by these hot chicks? why or why not? Tempted, yes. Why? Because I'm a man and love women. And I've been with the same one for 17 years. Cheated, no. Why? Too much to lose. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peenie 1,915 Posted April 20, 2010 Tempted, yes. Why? Because I'm a man and love women. And I've been with the same one for 17 years.Cheated, no. Why? Too much to lose. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Strike 5,538 Posted April 20, 2010 Cheated, no. Why? Too much to lose. What, the wife is an expert at frosting your tips? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GutterBoy 2,899 Posted April 20, 2010 Too much to lose. Like what? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NewbieJr 541 Posted April 20, 2010 Like what? Wife, house, kid, reputation (small town). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GutterBoy 2,899 Posted April 20, 2010 reputation (small town). You would actually gain some cred, people might stop calling you faagot and your wife "beard". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NewbieJr 541 Posted April 20, 2010 You would actually gain some cred, people might stop calling you faagot and your wife "beard". good one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SUXBNME 1,499 Posted April 20, 2010 Owned part of a skateboard shop in my teens...Last job that I liked *insert unemployment joke here* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Recliner Pilot 61 Posted April 20, 2010 LOve my jobs. Both of them. For teh day job, I'm well-payed with great benefits and a very laid back work environment. As a DJ, I get to hang in bars and have my drinks paid for. Always at least a handful of stunningly hot chicks at every gig. I would DJ for a third of the money that I charge, but I don't tell me clients that. A while back when I called you out for scamming the system while collecting unemployment your story changed to "I didn't get paid forDJ'ing". Now all the sudden you make a pantload doing it. Your story changes faster than an Obama promise. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frank M 181 Posted April 20, 2010 You're the positive control for new AIDS tests? Wow. Funny. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voice_Of_Reason 0 Posted April 20, 2010 I just got promoted to head fry guy. Yeah, some poor geek lost his job, but I'm picking it up while also handling my previous position, sesame seed bun fluffler. Seriously, I have good days and bad days. Everyone does. I highly doubt someone loves their job all the time. Sure someone could love it most of the time, but there is always something to deal with. Most days, I'm content to be where I am Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frank 2,305 Posted April 21, 2010 hand Just checking in to see how many posts before somebody made this joke...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mmmmm...beer 807 Posted April 21, 2010 Although it's a bit physically and mentally challenging I really dig my job. I can't see myself doing anything else for quite awhile. I do sneakery stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nobody 2,670 Posted April 21, 2010 When I was in college I worked as a janitor at a healthclub. I could work out and play basketball as much as I wanted and met a lot of cool people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ens189 1 Posted April 21, 2010 I get paid to 4x4 off-road, ride ATV's, ride horses, chase people up mountains, and get to do all these things with little to no supervision and make a damn good chunk of change to do so. Being a Border Patrol Agent is a damn good job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites