How do you feel about your job?

Every afternoon around 3PM I begin to think about how much I just want to go home & how much I wish I had gotten the job at Best Friends. Now mind you I don't hate my job, but I certainly don't love it either. It's a J.O.B. - Just Over Broke, that's it. I know in the current economy I should complain, but I guess I just feel this strong pull to work for Best Friends. I can't explain it. So this afternoon I started to think about my friend who said she has never had a job she loved. I began to wonder how many people get up & go to work every day that don't really like thier job. Yes there are people I have known that enjoy their job. My dad does, my friends dad LOVED his job. So lets me know how you feel about your job.

I can honestly say I love my job. I never hate going in the morning, there are days when I want to leave early, but at the end of the day I wouldn't give it up for the world!

- For reference I work in a lab doing drug target analysis for neurological diseases.

I am required to work long days and often 7 days a week, even if on the weekend I only go in for 1-3 hours, it can be quite taxing.

^That sounds like the perfect job for anyone who is detail oriented and fairly patient.


I'm not working at the moment - I need to be but still have quite a bit of burn out from the last one.
The job was fine, it was the passive-aggressive lying boss that was the problem. Even the worst type of jobs could be dealt with if one doesn't have to work with terrible people.

I voted it's a job and it's ok with me.

Next year I'll get my degree so should be able to get one I enjoy more.

Saying that I love the people I work with.

Until 2 years ago i loved my job, but the atmosphere changed, not with staff but with the management.

I left after 31 years in December and went part time at my friends place in January and i love it!.

It's about 3 minutes by car to my office, and with working just 4 1/2 hours a day it means i get to do more things when i want, plus i get to spend extra time with the kids

I truly love my job, but there are times that the politics of middle management drive me crazy. I absolutely love being a surgical first assistant. I feel like I make a difference every day, in the lives of my patients. The surgeons I work with respect me and trust my judgment, and I have a lot of personal responsibility and autonomy in my practice. The only thing that I'm less than enthusiastic about, is the amount of call that I'm required to cover.

The job of General Surgery/Plastic Surgery Service Coordinator, on the other hand, is the frustrating and stressful part of my job. I have to research instruments and equipment for the surgeons, contact vendors, coordinate with the Sterile Supply department, and deal with the purchasing office and management about large and small capitol budget issues (which is time consuming, and often rather unrewarding.)

I really feel this is the job that I was meant to do. I can't even imagine doing anything else. I feel defined and connected to my job...almost like destiny.

I have two jobs, one as a receptionist, i love the work, the only downside of it is that a lot of patients are filthy and rude
The only time i dreaded going in was when there was a massive meow fight at work and i told my boss i was ready to quit!

On the weekends I am a waitress, love the job too gets me moving, love the regular clients too and i have so much fun because i mainly chit chat the whole time
I am a bit hesitant because our boss is giving us signs that we may close down by next year, I don't think i will work in another cafe again unless she is going to be our boss!!
I've experienced a few places and this one is so laid back and our team fits in very nicely. Infact I am on my way to work now

My job involved running the household, cleaning & taking care of my son and our pets .

It's not easy & it's a 24/7 gig but I wouldn't trade it for anything else in the world!!

I do miss my old job working in a horse barn, but I have all the time in the world to do that and you're only a mom to little guys for so long.

Originally Posted by Rosiemac

Until 2 years ago i loved my job, but the atmosphere changed, not with staff but with the management.

I left after 31 years in December

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I'm following in Susan's footsteps. I'm leaving my 30 year career in IT at the end of the year and I don't know what I'll do going forward. Things have been getting worse and worse over the last few years.

I hated my job up until the moment I made the decision to leave, now I'm 100% indifferent to it. I'll show up for the next 3 months to draw a paycheck and make feeble attempts from time to time to make it look like I'm actually earning that paycheck. People at work keep telling me to wipe the smile off my face.

I love my job but then I'm a pet sitter! What's not to love? I work 7 days a week 365 days a year (give or take a day) often for 12 hours a day but I get to love on animals!

I'm like that guy from the movie "Office Space". If you've seen the movie, that pretty much sums up how I feel about my job right now.

I love my Job im a bamaid and i feel so at home behind a bar its unreal

the stories you hear from the older fellas about how the country used to be and how they lived compaired to us, we have so much to be thankful for, then you get the lively atmosphere on a nighttime its a great mix

love it

Originally Posted by WellingtonCats

I voted it's a job and it's ok with me.

Saying that I love the people I work with.

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Same for me...my job is fine. I like my coworkers though

I work in a vet clinic and I like the work, it's just who I work for. I would much rather be working at a different clinic with people that I respect.

I am job searching everyday and have been for months, but this economy is tough. I get close to go into business for myself, and then get overwhelmed with the debt that would cause. But it just might be worth it!

I absolutely love my job ......I work in personnel.I find it to be challenging but also very rewarding.I love being able to help my fellow co-workers,whether it's a family crisis that they have or "my badge quit working",and we have an awesome management team.I have found that you're always gonna have a certain amount of b.s.no matter where you work,but I go to work every day and do my best and I leave with a clear conscience.I've been there for 23 years,so I guess I'm doing something right!

I love my job and am glad to have gotten where I am in my field - it's fun and challenging. There's always the days that drive you up the wall, but all in all, I do enjoy going to work and really couldn't see myself doing something else at this point in my life.

I absolutely hate it, and I can't do much about it until I get a couple of degrees under my belt. The only people more clueless and ignorant than those running the are the folks running the government. Cardboard cutouts could do a better job.

Many people have never learned the following truth, so think carefully about it.

The reason you get paid to work is that it's not always pleasant. If you didn't have the pay to hold you in place, the first time it got boring, or hard, or dirty, or whatever, you'd be out the door.

I always thought the greatest job on earth would be driving a truck for one of the drag-racing teams. But I've talked to their drivers, and they say that's only true for about half of the first season. After that, it's a job, too, and it can be a very hard one.

So, I have a job that was great until about a year ago, when we switched to driving nights and getting paid by the mile and the drop, rather than by the hour. Turned my life upside down, but it's still a pretty good job in the general scheme of things.

I love the line of work Im in. I love dealing with customers and the restaurant aspect of things. What I hate about my job is some of the people I work with and management. Our GM is two faced and in the same breath of saying something nice will cut you down like no tomorrow. Sometimes the cranky customers get to me and irritate me and when Im having a case of PMS it makes it worse and I just want to get out of there and run to the furthest possible hidey hole I have. Eventually I would like to move up to management because that seems to be more what I would enjoy.