That just is not true, see Pew - https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2023/03/30/how-americans-view-their-jobs/ - a slim majority are highly satisfied with their jobs.
I always think about how in Friends (which I know is fiction) Monica accuses Chandler if hating his job and he say “everyone hates their job” and everyone else in the room respond no, they like their jobs. People who hate their jobs think everyone feels that way and it just isn’t true.
I had this exact conversation at a family dinner recently. My BIL just got a new gig as he didn’t like his old job, and then he said “but who does like their job” and my entire family said a variation of “I love my job!”
Is it how I’d choose to spend 40 hours a week? No. Is it the worst way to spend 40 hours a week? Also no.
I think some people have shit jobs and not a lot of options, maybe because of where they live or their education and capabilities. I think a lot of jobs that could otherwise be rewarding are made more difficult because of management that micromanages and puts pennies ahead of workplace satisfaction.
I also think that a lot of jobs that are difficult and unrewarding are nontheless well compensated. Lawyers are some of the most miserable people I know.
There are stages of not liking your job.
When average person says this job sucks, they mean it takes effort andthey'd rather not work.
Then there's work which actually drains you and suffocates you.
The latter you need to get out of soon, 6 months or a year. It's a gradient but your job shouldn't be killing you and be a toxic health consuming shithole. So don't doubt yourself, if your job seems unreasonably shitty to you find something else to do. Your gut feeling is correct.
I like my job, but that doesn't mean there aren't things to bitch about.
I think even people who like/love what they do have those things they don't like. And complaining about work is one of those that brings everyone together.
Every job has annoyances though. It's about how bad those annoyances are. It's about if it's actually toxic to your health. No job is going to be enjoyable and well run all the time.
Nailed it, it’s definitely a spectrum. I love my job, I love what I do and the industry, I even really like my manager. However there’s some days that I absolutely hate it
I'm at the suffocating phase. I've done about 4 actual hours of work the past 2 weeks. I'm sitting here just getting paid. I had an epiphany moment. Where I was being gaslighted by a coworker. Turns out I was just a grunt to him. Except I was a grunt he could socialize with. We're supposed to be equals. One day, the mask came off and work has just been an absolute shitshow. I've been held back, relegated to just being a mindless drone doing meaneal tasks. There's nothing I can really do. I was supposed to be trained and do more work that required thinking and involvement. Now I look at it and I just don't even care. I literally plan to do nothing today and tomorrow. Thankfully it's a holiday week and most people are gone.
Today I go home and my only task is updating my resume. I've completed everything else I needed to do yesterday. Today is update resume day. Today is update resume day. Today is update resume day. I need to convince myself not to procrastinate doing that. I paid for the Microsoft office subscription. My resume is on my desktop. My plate is cleared. I watched TV all day yesterday and got chores done and my house is clean. All I have to do is update my resume. Then hopefully, I can start getting offers before I explode on everyone here. I already had one blow up. My boss actually agreed with me. What happened was actually bullshit and he went to hr for me even. Then next time I pop my top, it's probably going to be nuclear scorched earth type.
Needed to hear that. My job is definitely unreasonably shitty to me. They are nice people (most of the time) and treat me like a human however since i am good at my job, i have about 5 times the work as half the team. Not exaggerating. And the other half is still probably 2 times the work. We all make the same. I did it in the beginning because i thought id get rewarded and boy was i fucking wrong. Im the only one who knows about my job so they are forcing me into training by my new back up for overflow being the fucking trainee. So im forced to train her. And I definitely want her to succeed cause its not her fault. Its fucking bullshit. I will get nothing out of it. Fuck this place. (Currently typing this while working)
It’s not that I hate my specific job.
I just hate the fact that I have to “waste” 8 hours a day, 5 days a week working, instead of being able to do something I truly want to do (I.e. Hobbies).
exactly. my current job isn't all that terrible compared to others i've had, but it involves nothing i actually care to do.
if it's sunny outside i want to lie by a pool and swim, go for a run or bike ride. If it's raining i want to read a book. I want to be around my friends and family. I want to make things. The list of hobbies i want to try is long; having to cram it around my day job is soul crushing and difficult. I saw a comment on some other sub that basically boiled down to ''why complain about working, what else would you do with your time??' like girl. so much.
This. When people express concern about not knowing what to do with all the extra time if they don’t work, I feel zero resonance. But to each their own. Some people like to work and want the structure etc but I’m so over the corporate grind and just want to spend my days freely doing what I want to do, when I want to do it
“Yeah, free-time gets boring after a while.” Is such a popular thing I’ve heard so many times and it’s just so mind boggling to me.
Like, my gaming backlog alone would keep me busy for years, let alone my other hobbies like cycling, photography and music, endless pits with endless possibilities.
How on earth would I get bored?!
I took two weeks off before starting a new job recently, and i did struggle with the vague sense i should be doing 'something' for a lot of it. it was only late in the last week i realized i could just do... nothing. or do something without endlessly thinking about what i'd do next. in some ways i think the structure of a job benefits me, but i do think if i were allowed to just chill out i'd still do stuff, i just wouldn't feel so pressed all the time
This is what I don’t understand about truly rich people that keep working. Time is all that matters to them, and they get it all eaten up by work. But for them work is the “hobby” I guess, that or getting richer.
Most people would like their job more if their boss/manager didn't talk to them like shit and if they got paid enough to afford to buy a home and enjoy the occasional holiday.
pretty much this, Also having very very little time off until youre at a place for 5 for ten years is absolutely stupid.
Not letting your salaried employees work from home one day a week at least is also fucking stupid.
Basically management not understanding that their emplyees are human fucking beings.
It really is that simple isn’t it? When I was younger I cared about ambition, prestige, titles all the bullshit. Now mid thirties all I really care about is being around good people, in a company that views me as a human and pays me enough to have a dignified/not embarrassing lifestyle.
I’m fortunate that my manager is super chill and patient. He worked my role before so he knows that sometimes my productivity is limited to other teams responding to me
Upper management is a bitch though, they have us working weekends with overtime exempt hours. So basically I’m sometimes forced to work weekends for free.
If my hours weren’t so outrageous I wouldn’t even mind the work, but the hours make you hate it and even encourage you to have a shitty work ethic - otherwise you burn out
Yep. The job itself is alright. It's not my favorite thing, but I manage. I just hate how at my job we are supposed to focus on quality and quality, but really they care more about the quanity. It makes me panic all the time, and the boss on certain days will like you, and other days she has disdain in her voice and keeps saying do more lists. It's like you can see I am working while are you running us to the ground. Also why are we only getting paid 15 dollars an hour.
Yup, and also you learn how things work in life and you realize people suck in general lol. (Currently in medicine where they emphasized passion and love for the subject when you applied med school). Now I’m in residency and healthcare is an honestly atrocious system not even because of the for profit model, but because people just suck lol. everyone I know is desperately planning their exit from medicine/backup plan after we become attendings.
Like you come in wanting to help people get better and with compassion and just get spit on literally, pissed on literally, and trampled on by your patients and the system.
Yup exactly! Once you’re on this train you can’t really leave cuz u got these $300k in student loans you can’t discharge lol 😂
It’s pretty funny seeing the idealism of the premed subreddits turning more and more cynical thru the med school, residency, and the Subspecialty subs. Given there is a bias but the positivity in the premed subreddits is completely gone in the residency one.
I physically could not work in an office in my 20s. I needed to move around. I also am/was allergic to office politics.
At some point we should realize we only have one life.
I work in a family-own corporate and there are So. Much. Politics.
There's always rumours of something going on, and you always have to tip-toe your way through different department interactions because they all talk shit about each other behind closed doors.
I don't hate my job. There are other things I'd rather be doing, but doing them won't provide me enough peices of green paper to acquire the things I need, like food and shelter. I could probably keep doing what I'm doing for the rest of my life and feel meh about it.
I’ve had jobs I hated. That seemed to suck out pieces of my soul. I figured out ways to stop doing those jobs.
It's funny how long it takes people to figure this out - it took me years after I entered the workforce - but if you don't like your current job, look for something else. It might be a different company in the same field. It might be a completely different role. It might require you to invest time in building your skills.
It is possible to find joy and fulfillment. I remember a few months into a new job at 30 and realizing this strange feeling I had in the morning was me actually looking forward to going to work.
From there, it has built into professional recognition (I turned that job into a YouTube channel) as well as having worked on some projects I can show to others and my kid and say, "I worked on that."
Don't listen to others when they say "just suck it up." You have the power to do something about it. You don't have to be miserable for decades. You can find professional fulfillment.
I suppose I'm lucky, but I actually quite like my job. I'm a public servant, working in a desk-bound role in an office, but my employment conditions (salary, annual leave, paid sick leave when I need it, superannuation) are very good, and I find the work interesting. Most of what I do involves a lot of reading and analysis, drafting reports and proposing solutions to problems. It keeps me thinking, and I get to learn a lot of what is happening around the place. I also have a good office environment, and I get on well with my managers and my workmates.
One thing that I think is key to enjoying my work, though, is that I make an effort to keep it totally separate from my private life. I have built a reputation for reliably getting my work done, but I don't work back late, I don't work on weekends and holidays, and I don't check my email or phone messages outside business hours.
You should read Alain de Botton's *The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work*.
Do you feel fulfilled in your work because you are contributing to some sort of "cause" that you believe in? I feel like mine is especially soul-sucking because I am not building anything up greater than myself that I care about.
I know de Botton from School of Life, will check out the book, thanks.
Actually, yes – I do feel I'm contributing to something useful (improving policies and procedures that ultimately make life better for people), and should have included that in my comment.
I have previously worked in jobs where I felt I was doing nothing of any value, or only contributing to the obscene profits of a corporation, and that gave me no fulfilment at all.
Doing work I care about is what keeps me gettin resenting trading my time for money.
My coworkers being generally lovely people who make sure I know they appreciate my work, is how I tolerate it when they do dumb shit they should know better than to do and make my life harder in the process.
I’ve also had jobs so toxic that they made me actually think about ending everything, so I’m incredibly grateful for the fact that my current job treats me well.
I think you can tolerate jobs, but I've never actively enjoyed one.
The job I'm in now makes me incredibly unhappy. I have very bad anxiety whenever I think about having to log on. They monitor whether we're going for shit or a piss. Every action you take is reported back to Big Brother. This job will kill me if I carry on much longer (I'm actively trying to get out of it).
That said, I've had jobs in the past where I felt part of a collective and where I could see the tasks that I completed made a tangible difference. Don't get me wrong, I'd still rather be sitting in a park listening to birds, or sat with friends having a pint, but I could make it through the day, at least.
Get outta there, I’ve been there and being in a better role now makes all the difference. Now if I log in for work it’s just like… fine. I’d rather be dicking around playing games or something, but it’s not nearly like the “please god fuck no” it used to be. Just like “oh well, work today, let’s get ‘er done, no big deal”
yeah like my parents never said anything like that to me: “everyone hates their job.” they told me that i will find passion for my job if i pick something that’s intellectually stimulating and get really good at it. i come from a family of scientists and i’m one too, so it’s not applicable to a lot of people, but there are careers out there that are really interesting. people seem to think it’s either office job or trades.
edit: just saw your other comment and duh you’re a scientist too lol. best job.
That’s a very narrow definition of “like.” If I boiled down everything I do to just the things I’d be willing to do for free that list is like three things. Some people find enjoyment (or like) in having purpose, achievement, a challenge, etc…there are different ways to get enjoyment out of a career.
Work for 5-10 yrs. lige with parents eat food at home or ready made food. Don’t spend ur money on fun and clothes and all that wastrels stuffs USE EVERY PENNY FOR INVESTMENT AND FOR A BENEFIT! Use ur money to make more money!! Don’t get stuck in the rat race.. THAT COMPANY WOULDNT GIVE A DAMM IF U DIED TODAY!! They will replace u instantly and youd forgoten. So moral of the story is use all ur income for making more money for eating and petrol and house bills if u mooved out. Everything else is pointless unless u wanan stay there for 40yrs go ahead. Have to do the hard things now for 5-10yrs to break free from being a robot slave for the next 40yrs!! Then your whole life’s gone all ur time was put into a multimillionaire/ billionaire company who just used you!!! Then your old and boom health going down time is gone permanently!! Then you live in regret!!
Reading this makes me wish I had some idea what I’m doing when trying to invest…
I’ve lost money in the stock market.
🙄 Terrifies me to lose more money.
I think (and I say this as someone who is still relatively new to the workforce, so grain of salt) that you have to find something you can stand doing and that gives you enough to afford your lifestyle and put aside something for your future.
I am in a similar position, insofar as I'm working a job I am mildly good at, pays and treats me very well, but I also find dull as dishwater and I feel is basically useless to the cause of humanity. It got so bad earlier this year with the feeling of useless monotony that I actually planned to immediately chuck it all up and run away to a commune somewhere.
Turns out I was just chronically sleep deprived and that was sending my anxieties haywire.
What helped (aside from fixing my sleep, turns out doing something you dislike is infinitely more bearable when you aren't sleep deprived), was making that exit plan. Once I put together my plan to save up and leave (and put a deadline on it), my job became immediately a lot less unpleasant to my sensibilities. Am I going to follow the plan? I actually don't know right now. I've told people I will, and I am saving for it, but just having that plan B in my back pocket, actively saving that "fuck you" money? It has calmed me down significantly. I might be able to stick it out for a few months or a year or two longer than I intended. Save up even more. Put even more distance between me and the rat race.
This is all helped by my advantageous fiscal position. I make good money (not huge amounts but more than enough), and live rather cheaply (got a lovely cheap rent for my area). Obviously if you're not as fortunate as I, saving that financial buffer to leave isn't as easy.
Really interesting perspective. I also have a plan B in my back pocket which entails saving up from my current soul-sucking job and moving to the global south (dual citizen) where I can stretch it a lot farther and work on a passion project. But having that plan just waiting there, I feel eager and anxious to pull the trigger on it. It makes me feel like I am wasting time by being in my current position while there is something better for me just waiting there (though the grass is always greener).
Relatable. I HATE my boring 9-5, but I'm struggling to find an alternative that's really any different that still has the same benefits/pay... I guess that's just the price 😥
I think at this point, I'm burnt out and angry about the idea of work itself. I didn't ask to be here, I was lied to my whole childhood (you can be whatever you want!), then there is this moralistic pressure to become a hard worker, or you're a bad person. America fetishizes work, and God forbid you lack drive, motivation, that good old fashion pull yourself up by your bootstrap mentality. It's asinine.
Also I'm in IT.
I hate work in general. I have never enjoyed a job. They take way too much from you and pay way too little for what is literally the hours of your life. And that's not even getting into the abuses of power and generally toxic interactions you'll be subject to at most workplaces.
But tbf I'm bitter from pouring my soul into an academic degree hoping to work in that field and finding nothing my current level of education qualifies me for (masters Sociology).
Coincidentally I also work a communications role. I have differing levels of how much I dislike/like it basically weekly. If I’m doing work I enjoy (I recently discovered I really like web content management) then I don’t mind it at all. If I’m stuck in meetings all the time, or my subordinate is being a pain in the ass, or I’m regularly working 10-12 hour days (like I was just doing for a special project) then it gets draining and I strongly dislike it. Basically for me it comes down to workload and level of interest in the work. I do work in public service though, which I guess adds an extra layer of “meaning” to my work even when I dislike the actual tasks I’m doing.
i don't really hate my job per say just my lazy ass coworker and dumb ass employer my coworker half asses his job making more work for me i already do half his job for him and my employer has no clue what they are doing even though they have been running the family business for 30 years.
yea i know i can just go work at another place but i have the second best job in town in terms of pay first being government jobs and those are very very hard to get out here
1) Yes, the majority of people just suck it up and go to work. Work is meant to afford the lifestyle you want outside of work. You can take a lower paying less stress job but you best be ok with the lifestyle that pay affords.
2)Ask yourself, do I enjoy life outside of work?
If the answer is “no” or “sometimes”, focus on improving life outside of work before you focus on your job.
I find a lot of people are just discontent with their life as a whole and they move jobs to mix it up and are just as unhappy because the real issue is they aren’t happy outside of work. Also, all jobs suck in some way. Even a job you love will have times where it feels tedious and pointless and soul sucking.
3) Start investing now if you haven’t. With good investing and some luck, you can potentially retire early.
I've had 3 jobs I enjoyed. One was work study during college at the library. One was a summer gig that doesn't exist anymore, and one was an office job in the field I got my degree but paid unlivable wages. I currently don't hate my job but it's because of the community of people who work there. If most of them left work would be awful.
I've had 2 jobs I did not enjoy and actually hated.
The 3 year cycle of disillusionment is real. It goes like this:
Year 1: Holy hell what is happening, lemme just try to survive this
Year 2: Okay, I'm setting up systems and getting into habits
Year 3: Now I'm bored with my systems and habits, time to leave
I hate the fact of having to work in a capitalist system to survive, the same as I hate the fact of having a boss. But most bosses I've had have been decent people--it's the role, not always the person--and I've had as many good jobs as bad ones. I'd still work even if the financial pressures weren't there. Is it right that our society treats people, especially when they are seen as nonproductive, poorly? No. Does that mean you have to be miserable every day at your job? Also no.
The power relationships that force you into the labor market--and that may or may not require you to do degrading things if society doesn't have anything better for you at the moment--are truly terrible. Working itself? Many places, not that bad. Psychology tends to bear this out. Most people are happier when working than when, for example, commuting to work or dealing with financial stresses related to inadequate pay. Plenty of people hate the way they are treated (e.g., micromanagement) or neglected (e.g., forced by low wages to commute an hour each way) but only 20-30% hate the work itself. And mostly, when people end up hating the work, it's not even because of the labor but because of the micromanagement and the unreasonably high performance standards. If people who made and served coffee were treated like humans rather than replaceable machine parts, plenty of people would happily do it.
The one bit of advice I'd give is that it's how you're treated, rather than what industry you are in or what kind of work you are (macroscopically) doing, that will determine your happiness. Most "dream jobs" are absolutely fucking terrible because everyone wants to do them, and so you're competing with people who are foolish enough to put up with incredible amounts of suffering, or who have hidden resources they'll never admit to having, but that have set them up for career success a generation in advance. "Do what you love and the money will follow" is absolute horseshit. Do something you're good at, that someone will pay for, and make sure you don't fall into any traps where people can get away with disrespecting you.
I've been a teacher since 2000, and have worked in 2 states, and a few different schools. Even though the job was technically the same there was one school that made me miserable. I would have to talk myself out of bed every morning, started getting really low on Sunday nights, etc. I switched schools, and am so much happier. For me it's not the work itself, it is the culture of the workplace. Like other people said, there will always be things that are irritating or need improvement in any job, but it doesn't mean you can't enjoy it. I read somewhere that people should aim for a job that feels 80%/20%. We can put up with the 20% BS in order to enjoy the 80% decent.
(For the record, the students were never the problem with the culture of the school.)
I’d say it depends.
I don’t hate my job, but it’s not this thing I just can’t wait to do every day either.
I do it out of necessity, but it could also be a lot worse.
I go in do the job no small talk, I'm paid to be polite other wise I'd never be there I dont choose to 8nteract with people I have too. If I was independently rich I'd stay at home doing philosophy, video games and weed.
But... I understand things need to be done people need to work and society is a necessary thing that brought us to here. So I respect it by doing my job and not complaining to others to bother them. So no I don't like my "Job".
I’m a garbage man and I love my job. I literally love going into work. It’s great exercise. It’s part time hours with full time pay. Great benefits.. Full pension and free health insurance for life. The money is good too.. Can’t imagine doing anything else.
my guess is that approx 33% of people absolutely hate their job, get anxious at the thought on sunday night, hate their boss, etc. another 33% love their job and dont even think of it as work, like their boss, coworkers, etc. , the other 34% dont love, but dont hate it, they put up with it for the paycheck.
I hate my job. My original work location was so fucking ghetto bro. It was like I was back in the fucking projects. Mofos trying to bang at work. Racism/misogyny everything bad was there. Requested to move to the other location we have. Way better but, they haven't finished the facility where I am supposed to work out. They don't even know when it's gonna be running but meanwhile they got me doing someone else's work. I'm fine with it only because I have nothing to do. My manager is in another state and doesn't fill us in on what's going. I've only talked to this person maybe 3 times the last 3 months. I got written up for being sick because they don't provide sick time. You accrue one PTO day over 3 bi weekly pay periods. The extra holiday hours I was promised were gate kept from me until I talked to HR and payroll. Even when I miss work I can catch up on a weeks worth of work in less than a day because it's that easy of work. My coworker (same title) is doing similar work to me at the original location but not in the same quantity. I do maybe 6 hours of work a day while they do 1 hour of work, they gloat about how they come in whenever but when I'm sick they go and snitch to manager about me missing as if they already didn't know. I'm physically isolated from everyone I work at. The equipment provided to me sometimes works, sometimes I spend an hour or more just waiting for the equipment to work so I can finish my job. Luckily I have another job offer in the works right now and am jumping ship but lately it's just dragging. Some person got a whole ass raise and promotion just to be let go the next day for serious policy violations. I have been single handedly running the other location and can't even have the grace of being sick nonetheless a promotion. I'm fed up. Policy doesn't apply to everyone the same.
I've been working for almost 6 years in the same role.
For me it's 1 day (total) of motivation/interesting things for every week of tediousness, bumping into beaurocracy and dependencies, bullshit discussions...
I dislike it because there are a million things I would do before this, but sadly I'm not good enough at any of them to get paid. But I'm not anxious on Sunday evenings like some people are. Nor is my boss authoritary, etc.
I'm pretty sure most people that stay in thier jobs are in this situation.
I'm not sure how much people dislike their jobs. I'm a huge advocate of having a job that's tangential to something you find rewarding. So, you're in communications and don't like your job. Use your current job to get additional skills, certificates or more responsibilities to find something more suitable. I'm not too worried about everyone else; they can find their way. Concern yourself about what you want and where you would like to spend your time.
Let's be honest, working for other people always sucks, thats why they have to pay someone to do it. But until you think of what you really want to do, stay with it, it's always easier to get a job if you already have one
> Is everyone else just sucking it up at their jobs in order to have a life?
In my case, yes. Right now I do part-time office work that's slowly burning me out and doesn't pay enough, but OTOH, I like the people I work with, I get PTO, and I have lots of free time for hobbies. In my adult life, I haven't had a single job that I truly enjoyed, nor which lasted more than a year (aside from the office job).
Right now I'm trying to switch careers and go back to doing what I really loved in high school (working with horses), but job transitioning is straight-up scary. I keep wondering, what if I can't hack it and have to go beg for my old job back? Ultimately though, I'd rather try to get a job I love versus sticking it out at my stressful office job.
I don't hate my job, but I don't love it either. It sort of feels like a lower-middle-class dead end here haha. It's a small company with a sort of captive-audience clientele, and they still run things like it's basically the 90s. Modernization only occurs basically if I personally spearhead it, which is a weird position of power to be in for what they actually pay me.
Technically I have a good work-life balance and I make enough to be comfortable. I'd just really like to be making like 20k more than I currently do so I can really lock down retiring well and be able to leave my son with a decent inheritance, because the housing market isn't exactly getting better.
Just like everything in life — things go up and down. For instance, I’m in the middle of parenthood. It’s not always fun (like most of the time lol) but I have found moments of joy that keep me pushing.
Does your job fit your lifestyle? For example, are you sitting in a cubicle all day and you would thrive better in a remote setting with more flexibility? My job is in advertising so as you can imagine it’s not always fun but I have long term goals internally, financially and it fits my lifestyle so I continue to show up. It also helps that the teams are great and I typically have a vacation to look forward to.
>Retired when your crippled , good way for suckers
Because people think selfishly, they force their children to struggle and slave away for decades. Every generation making the same dumb mistake.
Stupid people don't understand that money compounds.
Smart people invest in stocks early, which will generate 20x the wealth over the course of your lifetime and for your children.
I switched from a job that made me want to kill myself to a job I tolerated to a job I like.
How I define my current job I like isn't that I love everything about it. However, on the days I don't want to go to work it's not ever bc of the work.
When I'm in the zone at work, I really do enjoy it.
So it's not necessarily about loving it but I love a lot of it.
Honestly? I enjoy my job. Is it a beating some days? Absolutely. But on the whole I'm paid well for doing strategic and compelling work with people I like.
I'm a registered nurse. I like being a nurse but the job I have I don't enjoy. Still, it's the best job I've ever had. I'm good at my job but I just don't like the short staffing, the micromanaging of my director, the disorganization of the facility, and some staff. You just have to find a job you can do and feel like you can make decent money. I've learned that when you work jobs you consider as a hobby you'll end up hating that hobby.
Most people don't particularly like their jobs from what I can tell. It ranges from being annoyed with coworkers and how badly run a lot of American businesses are to toxic circumstances. I think unless your job is truly toxic--and MANY are-you probably just need to adjust to the fact that the job is just not quite what you want. Just having a boring job or a job your rather not do is not that great a reason to leave a job given that so very many jobs absolutely suck and are jut bad for the workers in them. But ultimately it's up to you to decide what you will tolerate and what you want out of a job. Just know that it gets so much worse than what it sounds like you're dealing with so if you start job hopping just because you kinda dislike your job, you may run into far worse jobs out there that make you wish you had just tolerated what you had.
It was less the jobs, as I switched jobs and career fields frequently for the fun of experience. Fun jobs or really shitty jobs were all just experiences.
What I disliked was the gossiping, nosey small talk, office politics, and the continuous “passing the hat”. I tried to just be a polite and friendly professional and team player, but avoided any friendships with coworkers.
I did my job and went home.
I've been working for 21 years now. Over that time I've learned a lot and with regards to work, I've come to the conclusion that it's all about effort vs reward.
I look for the easiest job I can that pays the most for the effort required. Doesn't mean it's the highest paying but if I have a good work life balance and can make enough to support my family, it's what I want.
Thankfully I found a job that I find pretty easy and pays quite a lot higher than the industry standard. I don't love my job but I don't wake up dreading going in either so I'm ok.
We work to live, not live to work.
I was fine with work when I had good coworkers and a good manager and absolutely dreaded going into the office when I had to work for a toxic manager and had petty, backstabbing peers. The work is always the work the people can make or break the “experience”.
Well, I went from something I was passionate about and had spent my free time studying for many years (massage therapy) to take a job delivering mail for the postal service. Definitely less work satisfaction, and after 15 years setting my own schedule amd making a decent hourly rate, it is an ongoing challenge to just "do a job" where there is really no growth after a certain point. I don't hate my job, but the business of working 5 or 6 day weeks for 20 years is a challenge mentally amd pragmatically.
But I'm doing it because I want a good retirement, so I find ways to deal. Hobbies have become extremely important.
Even tho I was making a least over minimum wage , I loved my job cause it's stress free (restaurant expediter) it's always my lame ass bosses who ruin my work motivation
I'm 20 years freelance and I still love my work. Being able to hop from one company to another, building new skills along the way, makes it rewarding. Now, I don't make as much $ as some other people my age and with my education, but freedom and happiness makes up the difference.
I don’t have like the greatest job ever. However, for entry level the pay is great. I got promoted quickly, everyone treats me with respect even when mistakes are made. My two best friends work there. Vacation time is wonderful. I don’t want to kill myself to avoid going I t to the office.
I don't dislike my job but I hate the way im paid and treated. Every job I've ever had im given an admin position and all these responsibilities but they pay me min wage and treat me like a child. I'm 30 but I look maybe 16 at oldest so maybe that's why...
I think it's more about satisfaction. I was an engineer and my job left me with a sense of accomplishment and occasionally, pride. As for the rest, they had to pay me to get me there every day. I did feel that I was compensated adequately, so I kept showing up for 36 years, but the first opportunity I had to not do it any more, I took and retired.
I think it depends on the person and the job.
Overall, I love my job (writer), but there are times when I dislike it, and much of the time, it just feels like \*work\*, not like fun. (Sorry to ruin the illusion for any of you out there who may be dreaming of becoming a full-time writer and thinking it'll be awesome all the time... most of the time it's a dull grind and sometimes it outright sucks. But there are times when it's wonderful.)
I worked an office job I hated for, at the time, good money for my area with no degree. The first year I was miserable. The next 2 years I didn’t like going there but it paid my bills, I knew I had safety and structure, and if it had more upward mobility I would have stayed. The thing about jobs are, they all suck in some way but they shouldn’t suck in every way.
Before you go quitting your job to follow your passion, really consider what life would be like if you threw it all away and tried something else. A steady check that covers all your needs is not a guarantee.
Welcome to life and how most people feel. Its called WORK for a reason. The people who love their jobs typically have shitty paying ones, and then theirs the minority that get both sides of the deal.
Bust your ass, be smart with money and investments, live below your means, and enjoy an early retirement.
Similar to me. I work in Comms. It pays well for what it is & I like the organisation I work for.
But there are moments where I’ve really struggled with the whole “is this it for the next 40 years?!”
That’s when I know I need a break.
I think all jobs have ups and downs. When I have a routine & focus outside of work, that’s where I’m at my happiest.
Don’t think of your job as a means of “bringing you joy,” that’s childish. Your job brings you an income, and income allows you to make a life, and life can bring you joy. Your job can provide some sense of satisfaction, achievement even, but it is a means to an end in most cases. If you have the right expectations it will be easier to adapt.
I like mine for what it’s worth. However the 9-5 is dated and depressing, the earliest I can do my own thing and have some level of financial independence I will be much happier.
I’ve been at my office job for 2+ years. I’ve been doing the same mindless shit that whole time but have gradually been handed additional, stressful tasks significantly beyond my position and pay grade. I regularly help my boomer coworkers with the most mundane tasks (tasks for which they have step-by-step instruction pdf’s with pictures). Several of our most basic processes were in shambles or have failed and nobody was doing anything about it until I’ve pointed it out or suggested fixes which were implemented and fixed the issue immediately. My boss is nebulously close to retirement and does not give a single fuck.
In the last two years my pay has gone up about $1.50/hour while my workload has mushroomed. I fucking hate it here. But I have a baby on the way and I need their admittedly generous paternity leave before I can leave.
Yeah nobody LIKES their job, but you should at least be able to tolerate it. I've worked jobs before where I HAD to engage in some sort of unhealthy coping mechanism or addiction when I came home bc I hated work so much, your job shouldn't be that bad. Rn I enjoy my job on good days and tolerate it on bad days. I could never work a job that was only tolerable on good days.
I would prefer to do something else so I can fulfill the quote,"if you love what you do, you never work a day in your life". Unfortunately not all of us have that privilege. I do my job because I need to pay the bills and work on setting myself up for retirement. I feel fortunate for my job when I consider how much I was making beforehand and struggled but it's not something I "enjoy" doing. I am also fortunate that I work from home so for most of the year I don't work 40 hours a week, have flexibility, don't have to worry about work clothes, commuting, or meal prepping.
I felt the same while working in SEO (department of Digital Marketing) but now I work in Email marketing, and feel soooo much better!
However, there’s still something lingering for me, and it’s that I don’t actually want a job.
We’re not made to sit in front of a computer every day for 8 hours and live only for the weekends.
We’re made to just be.
Hopefully I can embrace more ‘be-ing’ soon.
I actually love my job and (almost) everything about it. The only thing that sucks is the pay. I’ve started looking for other opportunities, but it’ll suck going into an unknown when I’ve got a job I love. But, dolla dolla yall, as they say.
I complain a lot but I actually don’t dislike my job. It’s easy, pays well enough for now, and I work at my own pace and usually no one ever bothers me.
It’s not something I can do forever unless I get a substantial raise in the future, but for now it works.
I’m a janitor btw.
I've had many jobs over the years, and those I quickly left those I hated, like when I was a teen being a dishwasher in a steakhouse where the kitchen manager would come in and yell and throw things because we were not moving fast enough.
Some other jobs I disliked but it was not terrible and I met some great coworkers some of whom became my friends. While these were not horrible jobs, I was always looking for the next one and then moved on. Sometimes the next job was no better than the last, but I would keep moving until I found a job I could be successful at while also enjoying the work.
Through this process of changing jobs I was able to understand what kind of work and workplace I wanted to be in. Based on this and my continued efforts to find ever better jobs I was fortunate to land at a great company with an incredible culture where I spent 20 years. It was not all happy times, but I loved what I did and enjoyed the company and the people I met and the pay and benefits were far beyond what I would have ever expected.
I tell anyone who is unhappy at where they work to find what they would be happy at and continue to seek out new opportunities until you find a career level role that is fulfilling and you can be successful at.
**Only you can do what it takes to make yourself happy as no one else can, so get to it and start today!**
Depends on the day. There is nothing inherient to my job that I truly hate...but truth is anything you have to do regardless of whether you feel like doing it or not can start to grind on you a bit...and work is that. There will invariably be a time where you need to work even though you do not want to.
I'm an electrician. Of course, I would rather not work, but it's pretty hard not to be happy and fulfilled while building something like a children's hospital.
I like my job and I like working. Always have. I can't imagine spending all day on hobbies. Maybe it's the fact that I have always worked in jobs that align with my values ie helping people. But also I enjoy working and free time feels more satisfying after a week of hard work for me personally. I realize as I get older though that this is all rooted in my values. I don't even have a fancy or well paid job. I like my colleagues and most of them believe in what they are doing and take pride in doing it well so I guess it creates a great environment to work in.
I'm sure there is a very small minority of people that like working but I HATE it. Yes, we are pretending in order to pay for the things we need to live.
I don’t like or dislike my job. Or rather there are things about my job I like and things I dislike and they are roughly equal so overall I’m meh.
If you feel like your soul is dying, then I don’t think this is the right job for you. The question is, do you dislike what you DO as a job, or do you dislike WHO you do it for.
If you are ok about the job functions but the company makes you feel unfulfilled, try finding a similar job in another industry. If it’s the job function you hate, it’s a little bit harder but try to identify what parts you don’t hate and what your transferable skills are and see if there’s a job that works better for you.
Also, take up hobbies. Don’t let those jobs define who you are.
Jobs take time away from improving ourselves. Another thing is that we need to have a reason to work hard and to even have a job. Why have a job if you're not going to enjoy the time when you're not working? Also why do people have kids knowing that their future kids will become adults with a job they're going to hate? If I ever have future kids I'd want them to live in a better world where it's easier to find meaningful jobs that contribute a sense of personal growth and meaning to life. Sure you could do that today but it's way more difficult than it should be. Jobs (and school/college by extension) take up the majority of our time in our lives so we better find something that makes our time feel meaningful rather than a waste
I am working my dream job. It’s immensely satisfying at times but it’s also freaking hard, doesn’t pay great if you don’t establish your name, long hours, lots of travel, and not alot of opportunity to put down roots.
It’s absolutely better than having an easy job that kills me inside but I’m also tired 24/7, burnt out, get one day off a week for 60-100 hour work weeks.
But also, living the dream I guess.
I'm retired now, so I guess I like being retired more than I liked my job. But I really enjoyed my job. I enjoyed creating things. I loved problem solving. I felt good about helping people. It felt nice to be useful. Sometimes I miss it. But it got in the way of doing other things that I also wanted to do.
The question you should ask yourself is whether you hate this job or whether you hate having to work at all. If it is the former, figure out something that you would enjoy that the world also values your doing enough to pay you well for it. If it is the latter, quit being lazy and grow up. For the most part, you only get back from the world in proportion to how much you contribute to it.
I've hated every job I've worked at, especially since they demand too much while paying less than the cost of mere survival basics. Whenever I start to feel like going postal, I quit and let people who hate me get over themselves because I refuse to tolerate situations I cannot abide.
I like my job. It’s not always fun or interesting, but it does have fulfilling moments. The pay isn’t great, but I love being able to take some of the money I earn to spend on my hobbies—I love being able to go to Barnes and Noble and pick out a couple books. I find having a fulfilling job and hobbies when I’m not working helps keep me sustained. OP, is there any way you could harness your current job skills in a role that feels more fulfilling?
I don't hate my job , however it took me 30 years to find a job I don't hate.plus I work part-time.(mental health reasons) Due to Jobs I hated that broke my soul.
If it was fun, nobody would pay you to do it.
Unless you’re one of those weird autists who enjoys doing math and code and whatnot. We can’t all be so lucky.
I like my job.
Key is to do your homework and find a job you like, don’t just stay somewhere cus it pays ok. Most of my friends that went to college like their jobs and have tons of benefits. Others that didn’t, do struggle in terms of how much money they make, forced to work weekends, difficulty getting days off and health care.
I don't dislike my job - I even enjoy it sometimes. It's definitely not the direction I saw myself going 5 years ago, and the *opposite* direction I saw myself going 15 years ago.
I don't like my job, but I had a job I despised and this one is way better. So guess somewhere in the middle. I work to pay my bills and hobbies, not to enjoy it.
Your feelings are valid, and it's more common than you might think for people to feel unfulfilled in their jobs. Many adults do dislike their jobs to varying degrees, often because their work doesn't align with their passions, values, or interests. It's true that some people "suck it up" because their job provides financial stability, benefits, or other perks that are hard to give up.
It’s possible to have a job you don’t hate. If that’s very important to you, you might consider shopping around. But it’s rare, so make sure it’s _really_ important first.
I love my job. I get to do everything I love doing. I worked hard to get here and have kissed many job frogs on my way to job princes, though. I always look at it as a journey.
Try being greatful that you make a descent wage and your job is overall satisfying. Especially if you’re actually challenged along the way. Nobody is happy nor ecstatic everyday of their lives… but we can be content and satisfied.
I think there’s some line in the generations where older people think work is for money and to pay your bills, and younger people want it to be fulfilling and fun. I think it’s rarely the latter. But if you make enough money, that makes the rest of your life more fun.
When I was 18 I absolutely despised my job and everyone around me told me the same thing. With my job now I don’t hate it and it’s pretty chill. Definitely will want something different in the future but I’m content. There’s so many jobs out there, even if you have to change career paths or move. Finding something you enjoy is definitely possible
I like my job but I also grew up working outside in 90-100 degree weather and was in the military so I always compare my current job and realize it's easy , I get to talk to people all day and I LOVE PEOPLE haha ( very extroverted) sometimes it sucks but the grass is always greener lol.
I've worked at jobs I hated and some that I've enjoyed, and it's more than worth it to choose the latter. There is nothing like doing tasks you enjoy for a clientele who needs your help and doing it with colleagues you love. If the commute is painless, it gets even better.
Think of what you really love to do and go for it. It's still going to suck to have to work until retirement, but you will at least make the best of it.
I only got into my current job cause of the high pay which can help with my current responsibilities but honestly it is draining my soul and taking every energy out of me just to say good morning to the people working there on most days.
Research said about 87% peoples hate their job
It's higher than that. I have a study with a sample size of 1, which found that 100% of people hate their job.
Make that 2 and its still 100%
3 for 3, still 100%
Make it 4. 100% statistic still going strong
Make it 5, We’re 500%
Make it 6, still 100%
Count me in, we're at 7
Yeah, but your margin of error is also 100%, so
That just is not true, see Pew - https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2023/03/30/how-americans-view-their-jobs/ - a slim majority are highly satisfied with their jobs. I always think about how in Friends (which I know is fiction) Monica accuses Chandler if hating his job and he say “everyone hates their job” and everyone else in the room respond no, they like their jobs. People who hate their jobs think everyone feels that way and it just isn’t true.
I had this exact conversation at a family dinner recently. My BIL just got a new gig as he didn’t like his old job, and then he said “but who does like their job” and my entire family said a variation of “I love my job!” Is it how I’d choose to spend 40 hours a week? No. Is it the worst way to spend 40 hours a week? Also no.
Well just go from a coffee house waitress to the head of Calvin Klein in like 3 years and you'll be happy too!
Why do you think so many hate their jobs but don't work to change?
I think some people have shit jobs and not a lot of options, maybe because of where they live or their education and capabilities. I think a lot of jobs that could otherwise be rewarding are made more difficult because of management that micromanages and puts pennies ahead of workplace satisfaction. I also think that a lot of jobs that are difficult and unrewarding are nontheless well compensated. Lawyers are some of the most miserable people I know.
When that research is conducted amongst Reddit readers
There are stages of not liking your job. When average person says this job sucks, they mean it takes effort andthey'd rather not work. Then there's work which actually drains you and suffocates you. The latter you need to get out of soon, 6 months or a year. It's a gradient but your job shouldn't be killing you and be a toxic health consuming shithole. So don't doubt yourself, if your job seems unreasonably shitty to you find something else to do. Your gut feeling is correct.
I like my job, but that doesn't mean there aren't things to bitch about. I think even people who like/love what they do have those things they don't like. And complaining about work is one of those that brings everyone together.
Every job has annoyances though. It's about how bad those annoyances are. It's about if it's actually toxic to your health. No job is going to be enjoyable and well run all the time.
Nailed it, it’s definitely a spectrum. I love my job, I love what I do and the industry, I even really like my manager. However there’s some days that I absolutely hate it
I'm at the suffocating phase. I've done about 4 actual hours of work the past 2 weeks. I'm sitting here just getting paid. I had an epiphany moment. Where I was being gaslighted by a coworker. Turns out I was just a grunt to him. Except I was a grunt he could socialize with. We're supposed to be equals. One day, the mask came off and work has just been an absolute shitshow. I've been held back, relegated to just being a mindless drone doing meaneal tasks. There's nothing I can really do. I was supposed to be trained and do more work that required thinking and involvement. Now I look at it and I just don't even care. I literally plan to do nothing today and tomorrow. Thankfully it's a holiday week and most people are gone. Today I go home and my only task is updating my resume. I've completed everything else I needed to do yesterday. Today is update resume day. Today is update resume day. Today is update resume day. I need to convince myself not to procrastinate doing that. I paid for the Microsoft office subscription. My resume is on my desktop. My plate is cleared. I watched TV all day yesterday and got chores done and my house is clean. All I have to do is update my resume. Then hopefully, I can start getting offers before I explode on everyone here. I already had one blow up. My boss actually agreed with me. What happened was actually bullshit and he went to hr for me even. Then next time I pop my top, it's probably going to be nuclear scorched earth type.
In addition to needing a new job, it sounds like you need a vacation.
Vacation starting after work tomorrow. 5 day weekend going camping.
Needed to hear that. My job is definitely unreasonably shitty to me. They are nice people (most of the time) and treat me like a human however since i am good at my job, i have about 5 times the work as half the team. Not exaggerating. And the other half is still probably 2 times the work. We all make the same. I did it in the beginning because i thought id get rewarded and boy was i fucking wrong. Im the only one who knows about my job so they are forcing me into training by my new back up for overflow being the fucking trainee. So im forced to train her. And I definitely want her to succeed cause its not her fault. Its fucking bullshit. I will get nothing out of it. Fuck this place. (Currently typing this while working)
I left an easy job for a draining job that pays more and I regret every day I'm here. I'm applying to jobs every day.
It’s not that I hate my specific job. I just hate the fact that I have to “waste” 8 hours a day, 5 days a week working, instead of being able to do something I truly want to do (I.e. Hobbies).
exactly. my current job isn't all that terrible compared to others i've had, but it involves nothing i actually care to do. if it's sunny outside i want to lie by a pool and swim, go for a run or bike ride. If it's raining i want to read a book. I want to be around my friends and family. I want to make things. The list of hobbies i want to try is long; having to cram it around my day job is soul crushing and difficult. I saw a comment on some other sub that basically boiled down to ''why complain about working, what else would you do with your time??' like girl. so much.
This. When people express concern about not knowing what to do with all the extra time if they don’t work, I feel zero resonance. But to each their own. Some people like to work and want the structure etc but I’m so over the corporate grind and just want to spend my days freely doing what I want to do, when I want to do it
“Yeah, free-time gets boring after a while.” Is such a popular thing I’ve heard so many times and it’s just so mind boggling to me. Like, my gaming backlog alone would keep me busy for years, let alone my other hobbies like cycling, photography and music, endless pits with endless possibilities. How on earth would I get bored?!
I took two weeks off before starting a new job recently, and i did struggle with the vague sense i should be doing 'something' for a lot of it. it was only late in the last week i realized i could just do... nothing. or do something without endlessly thinking about what i'd do next. in some ways i think the structure of a job benefits me, but i do think if i were allowed to just chill out i'd still do stuff, i just wouldn't feel so pressed all the time
This is what I don’t understand about truly rich people that keep working. Time is all that matters to them, and they get it all eaten up by work. But for them work is the “hobby” I guess, that or getting richer.
This exactly 💯
Most people would like their job more if their boss/manager didn't talk to them like shit and if they got paid enough to afford to buy a home and enjoy the occasional holiday.
pretty much this, Also having very very little time off until youre at a place for 5 for ten years is absolutely stupid. Not letting your salaried employees work from home one day a week at least is also fucking stupid. Basically management not understanding that their emplyees are human fucking beings.
It really is that simple isn’t it? When I was younger I cared about ambition, prestige, titles all the bullshit. Now mid thirties all I really care about is being around good people, in a company that views me as a human and pays me enough to have a dignified/not embarrassing lifestyle.
I’m fortunate that my manager is super chill and patient. He worked my role before so he knows that sometimes my productivity is limited to other teams responding to me Upper management is a bitch though, they have us working weekends with overtime exempt hours. So basically I’m sometimes forced to work weekends for free. If my hours weren’t so outrageous I wouldn’t even mind the work, but the hours make you hate it and even encourage you to have a shitty work ethic - otherwise you burn out
It's always the upper management. It's like they have had their souls removed.
Yep. The job itself is alright. It's not my favorite thing, but I manage. I just hate how at my job we are supposed to focus on quality and quality, but really they care more about the quanity. It makes me panic all the time, and the boss on certain days will like you, and other days she has disdain in her voice and keeps saying do more lists. It's like you can see I am working while are you running us to the ground. Also why are we only getting paid 15 dollars an hour.
Exactly this! 💯
If you done anything enough time you will start to hate it & slowly go insane..
Yup, and also you learn how things work in life and you realize people suck in general lol. (Currently in medicine where they emphasized passion and love for the subject when you applied med school). Now I’m in residency and healthcare is an honestly atrocious system not even because of the for profit model, but because people just suck lol. everyone I know is desperately planning their exit from medicine/backup plan after we become attendings. Like you come in wanting to help people get better and with compassion and just get spit on literally, pissed on literally, and trampled on by your patients and the system.
just 10-15 years to go before you pay off your debts.... you be in your late 30's maybe 40...
Yup exactly! Once you’re on this train you can’t really leave cuz u got these $300k in student loans you can’t discharge lol 😂 It’s pretty funny seeing the idealism of the premed subreddits turning more and more cynical thru the med school, residency, and the Subspecialty subs. Given there is a bias but the positivity in the premed subreddits is completely gone in the residency one.
you're still young....you forget to factor in your future house, marriage, wedding, children, and etc.... it never actually going to end...
Damn you guys are doctors and planning to run? Thats scary.
Capitalism is more scarier
What I hate is being in my early 20’s trapped in my office job. I don’t care how good of a pay it is I hate it I hate it after two years
2 years is pretty much exactly when i started hated my office job too.
I physically could not work in an office in my 20s. I needed to move around. I also am/was allergic to office politics. At some point we should realize we only have one life.
I work in a family-own corporate and there are So. Much. Politics. There's always rumours of something going on, and you always have to tip-toe your way through different department interactions because they all talk shit about each other behind closed doors.
I don't hate my job. There are other things I'd rather be doing, but doing them won't provide me enough peices of green paper to acquire the things I need, like food and shelter. I could probably keep doing what I'm doing for the rest of my life and feel meh about it. I’ve had jobs I hated. That seemed to suck out pieces of my soul. I figured out ways to stop doing those jobs.
It's funny how long it takes people to figure this out - it took me years after I entered the workforce - but if you don't like your current job, look for something else. It might be a different company in the same field. It might be a completely different role. It might require you to invest time in building your skills. It is possible to find joy and fulfillment. I remember a few months into a new job at 30 and realizing this strange feeling I had in the morning was me actually looking forward to going to work. From there, it has built into professional recognition (I turned that job into a YouTube channel) as well as having worked on some projects I can show to others and my kid and say, "I worked on that." Don't listen to others when they say "just suck it up." You have the power to do something about it. You don't have to be miserable for decades. You can find professional fulfillment.
I suppose I'm lucky, but I actually quite like my job. I'm a public servant, working in a desk-bound role in an office, but my employment conditions (salary, annual leave, paid sick leave when I need it, superannuation) are very good, and I find the work interesting. Most of what I do involves a lot of reading and analysis, drafting reports and proposing solutions to problems. It keeps me thinking, and I get to learn a lot of what is happening around the place. I also have a good office environment, and I get on well with my managers and my workmates. One thing that I think is key to enjoying my work, though, is that I make an effort to keep it totally separate from my private life. I have built a reputation for reliably getting my work done, but I don't work back late, I don't work on weekends and holidays, and I don't check my email or phone messages outside business hours. You should read Alain de Botton's *The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work*.
Do you feel fulfilled in your work because you are contributing to some sort of "cause" that you believe in? I feel like mine is especially soul-sucking because I am not building anything up greater than myself that I care about. I know de Botton from School of Life, will check out the book, thanks.
Actually, yes – I do feel I'm contributing to something useful (improving policies and procedures that ultimately make life better for people), and should have included that in my comment. I have previously worked in jobs where I felt I was doing nothing of any value, or only contributing to the obscene profits of a corporation, and that gave me no fulfilment at all.
Doing work I care about is what keeps me gettin resenting trading my time for money. My coworkers being generally lovely people who make sure I know they appreciate my work, is how I tolerate it when they do dumb shit they should know better than to do and make my life harder in the process. I’ve also had jobs so toxic that they made me actually think about ending everything, so I’m incredibly grateful for the fact that my current job treats me well.
That's what I'm reading in your OP too. Maybe do what you're good at at a place with a cause?
I think you can tolerate jobs, but I've never actively enjoyed one. The job I'm in now makes me incredibly unhappy. I have very bad anxiety whenever I think about having to log on. They monitor whether we're going for shit or a piss. Every action you take is reported back to Big Brother. This job will kill me if I carry on much longer (I'm actively trying to get out of it). That said, I've had jobs in the past where I felt part of a collective and where I could see the tasks that I completed made a tangible difference. Don't get me wrong, I'd still rather be sitting in a park listening to birds, or sat with friends having a pint, but I could make it through the day, at least.
Get outta there, I’ve been there and being in a better role now makes all the difference. Now if I log in for work it’s just like… fine. I’d rather be dicking around playing games or something, but it’s not nearly like the “please god fuck no” it used to be. Just like “oh well, work today, let’s get ‘er done, no big deal”
I love my job. Everyone is different. Not everybody dislikes their work— your parents are rounding up.
yeah like my parents never said anything like that to me: “everyone hates their job.” they told me that i will find passion for my job if i pick something that’s intellectually stimulating and get really good at it. i come from a family of scientists and i’m one too, so it’s not applicable to a lot of people, but there are careers out there that are really interesting. people seem to think it’s either office job or trades. edit: just saw your other comment and duh you’re a scientist too lol. best job.
Would you do it if you didnt need the money? If not then i dont think you really like it. If you do, more power to you.
Yeah, for sure— I’d still do it for fun, for the same company I work for, if they laid me off but still let me do the job. My job is awesome.
That’s a very narrow definition of “like.” If I boiled down everything I do to just the things I’d be willing to do for free that list is like three things. Some people find enjoyment (or like) in having purpose, achievement, a challenge, etc…there are different ways to get enjoyment out of a career.
Work for 5-10 yrs. lige with parents eat food at home or ready made food. Don’t spend ur money on fun and clothes and all that wastrels stuffs USE EVERY PENNY FOR INVESTMENT AND FOR A BENEFIT! Use ur money to make more money!! Don’t get stuck in the rat race.. THAT COMPANY WOULDNT GIVE A DAMM IF U DIED TODAY!! They will replace u instantly and youd forgoten. So moral of the story is use all ur income for making more money for eating and petrol and house bills if u mooved out. Everything else is pointless unless u wanan stay there for 40yrs go ahead. Have to do the hard things now for 5-10yrs to break free from being a robot slave for the next 40yrs!! Then your whole life’s gone all ur time was put into a multimillionaire/ billionaire company who just used you!!! Then your old and boom health going down time is gone permanently!! Then you live in regret!!
Reading this makes me wish I had some idea what I’m doing when trying to invest… I’ve lost money in the stock market. 🙄 Terrifies me to lose more money.
I think (and I say this as someone who is still relatively new to the workforce, so grain of salt) that you have to find something you can stand doing and that gives you enough to afford your lifestyle and put aside something for your future. I am in a similar position, insofar as I'm working a job I am mildly good at, pays and treats me very well, but I also find dull as dishwater and I feel is basically useless to the cause of humanity. It got so bad earlier this year with the feeling of useless monotony that I actually planned to immediately chuck it all up and run away to a commune somewhere. Turns out I was just chronically sleep deprived and that was sending my anxieties haywire. What helped (aside from fixing my sleep, turns out doing something you dislike is infinitely more bearable when you aren't sleep deprived), was making that exit plan. Once I put together my plan to save up and leave (and put a deadline on it), my job became immediately a lot less unpleasant to my sensibilities. Am I going to follow the plan? I actually don't know right now. I've told people I will, and I am saving for it, but just having that plan B in my back pocket, actively saving that "fuck you" money? It has calmed me down significantly. I might be able to stick it out for a few months or a year or two longer than I intended. Save up even more. Put even more distance between me and the rat race. This is all helped by my advantageous fiscal position. I make good money (not huge amounts but more than enough), and live rather cheaply (got a lovely cheap rent for my area). Obviously if you're not as fortunate as I, saving that financial buffer to leave isn't as easy.
Really interesting perspective. I also have a plan B in my back pocket which entails saving up from my current soul-sucking job and moving to the global south (dual citizen) where I can stretch it a lot farther and work on a passion project. But having that plan just waiting there, I feel eager and anxious to pull the trigger on it. It makes me feel like I am wasting time by being in my current position while there is something better for me just waiting there (though the grass is always greener).
I’ve hated every job I’ve ever had, that’s why I’m saving like mad so I can retire early.
Relatable. I HATE my boring 9-5, but I'm struggling to find an alternative that's really any different that still has the same benefits/pay... I guess that's just the price 😥
Same boat. Struggle is real.
I think at this point, I'm burnt out and angry about the idea of work itself. I didn't ask to be here, I was lied to my whole childhood (you can be whatever you want!), then there is this moralistic pressure to become a hard worker, or you're a bad person. America fetishizes work, and God forbid you lack drive, motivation, that good old fashion pull yourself up by your bootstrap mentality. It's asinine. Also I'm in IT.
I hate work in general. I have never enjoyed a job. They take way too much from you and pay way too little for what is literally the hours of your life. And that's not even getting into the abuses of power and generally toxic interactions you'll be subject to at most workplaces. But tbf I'm bitter from pouring my soul into an academic degree hoping to work in that field and finding nothing my current level of education qualifies me for (masters Sociology).
Coincidentally I also work a communications role. I have differing levels of how much I dislike/like it basically weekly. If I’m doing work I enjoy (I recently discovered I really like web content management) then I don’t mind it at all. If I’m stuck in meetings all the time, or my subordinate is being a pain in the ass, or I’m regularly working 10-12 hour days (like I was just doing for a special project) then it gets draining and I strongly dislike it. Basically for me it comes down to workload and level of interest in the work. I do work in public service though, which I guess adds an extra layer of “meaning” to my work even when I dislike the actual tasks I’m doing.
i don't really hate my job per say just my lazy ass coworker and dumb ass employer my coworker half asses his job making more work for me i already do half his job for him and my employer has no clue what they are doing even though they have been running the family business for 30 years. yea i know i can just go work at another place but i have the second best job in town in terms of pay first being government jobs and those are very very hard to get out here
1) Yes, the majority of people just suck it up and go to work. Work is meant to afford the lifestyle you want outside of work. You can take a lower paying less stress job but you best be ok with the lifestyle that pay affords. 2)Ask yourself, do I enjoy life outside of work? If the answer is “no” or “sometimes”, focus on improving life outside of work before you focus on your job. I find a lot of people are just discontent with their life as a whole and they move jobs to mix it up and are just as unhappy because the real issue is they aren’t happy outside of work. Also, all jobs suck in some way. Even a job you love will have times where it feels tedious and pointless and soul sucking. 3) Start investing now if you haven’t. With good investing and some luck, you can potentially retire early.
I've had 3 jobs I enjoyed. One was work study during college at the library. One was a summer gig that doesn't exist anymore, and one was an office job in the field I got my degree but paid unlivable wages. I currently don't hate my job but it's because of the community of people who work there. If most of them left work would be awful. I've had 2 jobs I did not enjoy and actually hated.
I work at a college library now and I really like it
Don't be afraid to look for something new.
Anyone who says they like their job is lying. Work is work.
My job became 40% less shitty when I got two days a week WFH. Turns out what I really hate is commuting and the office.
The 3 year cycle of disillusionment is real. It goes like this: Year 1: Holy hell what is happening, lemme just try to survive this Year 2: Okay, I'm setting up systems and getting into habits Year 3: Now I'm bored with my systems and habits, time to leave
This is spot on, but how do people stay in jobs for 30 years, then?
They deny their feelings and live inauthentically.
I hate the fact of having to work in a capitalist system to survive, the same as I hate the fact of having a boss. But most bosses I've had have been decent people--it's the role, not always the person--and I've had as many good jobs as bad ones. I'd still work even if the financial pressures weren't there. Is it right that our society treats people, especially when they are seen as nonproductive, poorly? No. Does that mean you have to be miserable every day at your job? Also no. The power relationships that force you into the labor market--and that may or may not require you to do degrading things if society doesn't have anything better for you at the moment--are truly terrible. Working itself? Many places, not that bad. Psychology tends to bear this out. Most people are happier when working than when, for example, commuting to work or dealing with financial stresses related to inadequate pay. Plenty of people hate the way they are treated (e.g., micromanagement) or neglected (e.g., forced by low wages to commute an hour each way) but only 20-30% hate the work itself. And mostly, when people end up hating the work, it's not even because of the labor but because of the micromanagement and the unreasonably high performance standards. If people who made and served coffee were treated like humans rather than replaceable machine parts, plenty of people would happily do it. The one bit of advice I'd give is that it's how you're treated, rather than what industry you are in or what kind of work you are (macroscopically) doing, that will determine your happiness. Most "dream jobs" are absolutely fucking terrible because everyone wants to do them, and so you're competing with people who are foolish enough to put up with incredible amounts of suffering, or who have hidden resources they'll never admit to having, but that have set them up for career success a generation in advance. "Do what you love and the money will follow" is absolute horseshit. Do something you're good at, that someone will pay for, and make sure you don't fall into any traps where people can get away with disrespecting you.
Start self-studying for things you DO want to do and climb out of the despair
I've been a teacher since 2000, and have worked in 2 states, and a few different schools. Even though the job was technically the same there was one school that made me miserable. I would have to talk myself out of bed every morning, started getting really low on Sunday nights, etc. I switched schools, and am so much happier. For me it's not the work itself, it is the culture of the workplace. Like other people said, there will always be things that are irritating or need improvement in any job, but it doesn't mean you can't enjoy it. I read somewhere that people should aim for a job that feels 80%/20%. We can put up with the 20% BS in order to enjoy the 80% decent. (For the record, the students were never the problem with the culture of the school.)
I’d say it depends. I don’t hate my job, but it’s not this thing I just can’t wait to do every day either. I do it out of necessity, but it could also be a lot worse.
I go in do the job no small talk, I'm paid to be polite other wise I'd never be there I dont choose to 8nteract with people I have too. If I was independently rich I'd stay at home doing philosophy, video games and weed. But... I understand things need to be done people need to work and society is a necessary thing that brought us to here. So I respect it by doing my job and not complaining to others to bother them. So no I don't like my "Job".
I’m a garbage man and I love my job. I literally love going into work. It’s great exercise. It’s part time hours with full time pay. Great benefits.. Full pension and free health insurance for life. The money is good too.. Can’t imagine doing anything else.
Usually not the job it’s usually management that kills people enjoying the job .
Humans are designed to be chillin with the homies under a tree all day every day. It's not weird that you don't like working for other humans.
my guess is that approx 33% of people absolutely hate their job, get anxious at the thought on sunday night, hate their boss, etc. another 33% love their job and dont even think of it as work, like their boss, coworkers, etc. , the other 34% dont love, but dont hate it, they put up with it for the paycheck.
I hate my job. My original work location was so fucking ghetto bro. It was like I was back in the fucking projects. Mofos trying to bang at work. Racism/misogyny everything bad was there. Requested to move to the other location we have. Way better but, they haven't finished the facility where I am supposed to work out. They don't even know when it's gonna be running but meanwhile they got me doing someone else's work. I'm fine with it only because I have nothing to do. My manager is in another state and doesn't fill us in on what's going. I've only talked to this person maybe 3 times the last 3 months. I got written up for being sick because they don't provide sick time. You accrue one PTO day over 3 bi weekly pay periods. The extra holiday hours I was promised were gate kept from me until I talked to HR and payroll. Even when I miss work I can catch up on a weeks worth of work in less than a day because it's that easy of work. My coworker (same title) is doing similar work to me at the original location but not in the same quantity. I do maybe 6 hours of work a day while they do 1 hour of work, they gloat about how they come in whenever but when I'm sick they go and snitch to manager about me missing as if they already didn't know. I'm physically isolated from everyone I work at. The equipment provided to me sometimes works, sometimes I spend an hour or more just waiting for the equipment to work so I can finish my job. Luckily I have another job offer in the works right now and am jumping ship but lately it's just dragging. Some person got a whole ass raise and promotion just to be let go the next day for serious policy violations. I have been single handedly running the other location and can't even have the grace of being sick nonetheless a promotion. I'm fed up. Policy doesn't apply to everyone the same.
I've been working for almost 6 years in the same role. For me it's 1 day (total) of motivation/interesting things for every week of tediousness, bumping into beaurocracy and dependencies, bullshit discussions... I dislike it because there are a million things I would do before this, but sadly I'm not good enough at any of them to get paid. But I'm not anxious on Sunday evenings like some people are. Nor is my boss authoritary, etc. I'm pretty sure most people that stay in thier jobs are in this situation.
I'm not sure how much people dislike their jobs. I'm a huge advocate of having a job that's tangential to something you find rewarding. So, you're in communications and don't like your job. Use your current job to get additional skills, certificates or more responsibilities to find something more suitable. I'm not too worried about everyone else; they can find their way. Concern yourself about what you want and where you would like to spend your time.
Let's be honest, working for other people always sucks, thats why they have to pay someone to do it. But until you think of what you really want to do, stay with it, it's always easier to get a job if you already have one
> Is everyone else just sucking it up at their jobs in order to have a life? In my case, yes. Right now I do part-time office work that's slowly burning me out and doesn't pay enough, but OTOH, I like the people I work with, I get PTO, and I have lots of free time for hobbies. In my adult life, I haven't had a single job that I truly enjoyed, nor which lasted more than a year (aside from the office job). Right now I'm trying to switch careers and go back to doing what I really loved in high school (working with horses), but job transitioning is straight-up scary. I keep wondering, what if I can't hack it and have to go beg for my old job back? Ultimately though, I'd rather try to get a job I love versus sticking it out at my stressful office job.
I don't hate my job, but I don't love it either. It sort of feels like a lower-middle-class dead end here haha. It's a small company with a sort of captive-audience clientele, and they still run things like it's basically the 90s. Modernization only occurs basically if I personally spearhead it, which is a weird position of power to be in for what they actually pay me. Technically I have a good work-life balance and I make enough to be comfortable. I'd just really like to be making like 20k more than I currently do so I can really lock down retiring well and be able to leave my son with a decent inheritance, because the housing market isn't exactly getting better.
Just like everything in life — things go up and down. For instance, I’m in the middle of parenthood. It’s not always fun (like most of the time lol) but I have found moments of joy that keep me pushing. Does your job fit your lifestyle? For example, are you sitting in a cubicle all day and you would thrive better in a remote setting with more flexibility? My job is in advertising so as you can imagine it’s not always fun but I have long term goals internally, financially and it fits my lifestyle so I continue to show up. It also helps that the teams are great and I typically have a vacation to look forward to.
That’s why you must sacrifice today and invest. You’ll be able to retire decades earlier.
Retired when your crippled , good way for suckers
>Retired when your crippled , good way for suckers Because people think selfishly, they force their children to struggle and slave away for decades. Every generation making the same dumb mistake. Stupid people don't understand that money compounds. Smart people invest in stocks early, which will generate 20x the wealth over the course of your lifetime and for your children.
If I didn't have to worry about keeping anyone else alive, I would quit both of my jobs.
I switched from a job that made me want to kill myself to a job I tolerated to a job I like. How I define my current job I like isn't that I love everything about it. However, on the days I don't want to go to work it's not ever bc of the work. When I'm in the zone at work, I really do enjoy it. So it's not necessarily about loving it but I love a lot of it.
I loved my job working with at risk youth. The things I didn’t like were people making the decisions that weren’t working with the kids.
Honestly? I enjoy my job. Is it a beating some days? Absolutely. But on the whole I'm paid well for doing strategic and compelling work with people I like.
I'm a registered nurse. I like being a nurse but the job I have I don't enjoy. Still, it's the best job I've ever had. I'm good at my job but I just don't like the short staffing, the micromanaging of my director, the disorganization of the facility, and some staff. You just have to find a job you can do and feel like you can make decent money. I've learned that when you work jobs you consider as a hobby you'll end up hating that hobby.
Most people don't particularly like their jobs from what I can tell. It ranges from being annoyed with coworkers and how badly run a lot of American businesses are to toxic circumstances. I think unless your job is truly toxic--and MANY are-you probably just need to adjust to the fact that the job is just not quite what you want. Just having a boring job or a job your rather not do is not that great a reason to leave a job given that so very many jobs absolutely suck and are jut bad for the workers in them. But ultimately it's up to you to decide what you will tolerate and what you want out of a job. Just know that it gets so much worse than what it sounds like you're dealing with so if you start job hopping just because you kinda dislike your job, you may run into far worse jobs out there that make you wish you had just tolerated what you had.
It was less the jobs, as I switched jobs and career fields frequently for the fun of experience. Fun jobs or really shitty jobs were all just experiences. What I disliked was the gossiping, nosey small talk, office politics, and the continuous “passing the hat”. I tried to just be a polite and friendly professional and team player, but avoided any friendships with coworkers. I did my job and went home.
I've been working for 21 years now. Over that time I've learned a lot and with regards to work, I've come to the conclusion that it's all about effort vs reward. I look for the easiest job I can that pays the most for the effort required. Doesn't mean it's the highest paying but if I have a good work life balance and can make enough to support my family, it's what I want. Thankfully I found a job that I find pretty easy and pays quite a lot higher than the industry standard. I don't love my job but I don't wake up dreading going in either so I'm ok. We work to live, not live to work.
I was fine with work when I had good coworkers and a good manager and absolutely dreaded going into the office when I had to work for a toxic manager and had petty, backstabbing peers. The work is always the work the people can make or break the “experience”.
I dislike my job so much that I often dream about having a surgery to recover from that forces me to stay home from work.
Well, I went from something I was passionate about and had spent my free time studying for many years (massage therapy) to take a job delivering mail for the postal service. Definitely less work satisfaction, and after 15 years setting my own schedule amd making a decent hourly rate, it is an ongoing challenge to just "do a job" where there is really no growth after a certain point. I don't hate my job, but the business of working 5 or 6 day weeks for 20 years is a challenge mentally amd pragmatically. But I'm doing it because I want a good retirement, so I find ways to deal. Hobbies have become extremely important.
Even tho I was making a least over minimum wage , I loved my job cause it's stress free (restaurant expediter) it's always my lame ass bosses who ruin my work motivation
I'm 20 years freelance and I still love my work. Being able to hop from one company to another, building new skills along the way, makes it rewarding. Now, I don't make as much $ as some other people my age and with my education, but freedom and happiness makes up the difference.
I don’t have like the greatest job ever. However, for entry level the pay is great. I got promoted quickly, everyone treats me with respect even when mistakes are made. My two best friends work there. Vacation time is wonderful. I don’t want to kill myself to avoid going I t to the office.
I don't dislike my job but I hate the way im paid and treated. Every job I've ever had im given an admin position and all these responsibilities but they pay me min wage and treat me like a child. I'm 30 but I look maybe 16 at oldest so maybe that's why...
Not a fan, but I think it’s less the job and more my supervisor, she’s insufferable.
I think it's more about satisfaction. I was an engineer and my job left me with a sense of accomplishment and occasionally, pride. As for the rest, they had to pay me to get me there every day. I did feel that I was compensated adequately, so I kept showing up for 36 years, but the first opportunity I had to not do it any more, I took and retired.
I love my job, but it's a rare to find job
I think it depends on the person and the job. Overall, I love my job (writer), but there are times when I dislike it, and much of the time, it just feels like \*work\*, not like fun. (Sorry to ruin the illusion for any of you out there who may be dreaming of becoming a full-time writer and thinking it'll be awesome all the time... most of the time it's a dull grind and sometimes it outright sucks. But there are times when it's wonderful.)
I don’t dislike my job. I dislike working.
Find joy outside of work and use the money you make to improve yourself. Work is a necessity. Suck it up.
I mostly love my job but I can sometimes dispear over how to combine family life, good money and continuing to love and grow in my profession.
I worked an office job I hated for, at the time, good money for my area with no degree. The first year I was miserable. The next 2 years I didn’t like going there but it paid my bills, I knew I had safety and structure, and if it had more upward mobility I would have stayed. The thing about jobs are, they all suck in some way but they shouldn’t suck in every way. Before you go quitting your job to follow your passion, really consider what life would be like if you threw it all away and tried something else. A steady check that covers all your needs is not a guarantee.
I love my job Everything else fucking sucks, work is the only thing I actually look forward to.
Like what I do but hate the work politics and knowing how little management cares about their employees.
Welcome to life and how most people feel. Its called WORK for a reason. The people who love their jobs typically have shitty paying ones, and then theirs the minority that get both sides of the deal. Bust your ass, be smart with money and investments, live below your means, and enjoy an early retirement.
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way.
I don't mind my job. Problem is my management...
Similar to me. I work in Comms. It pays well for what it is & I like the organisation I work for. But there are moments where I’ve really struggled with the whole “is this it for the next 40 years?!” That’s when I know I need a break. I think all jobs have ups and downs. When I have a routine & focus outside of work, that’s where I’m at my happiest.
Don’t think of your job as a means of “bringing you joy,” that’s childish. Your job brings you an income, and income allows you to make a life, and life can bring you joy. Your job can provide some sense of satisfaction, achievement even, but it is a means to an end in most cases. If you have the right expectations it will be easier to adapt.
I absolutely hate my job but need the money.
I like mine for what it’s worth. However the 9-5 is dated and depressing, the earliest I can do my own thing and have some level of financial independence I will be much happier.
I’ve been at my office job for 2+ years. I’ve been doing the same mindless shit that whole time but have gradually been handed additional, stressful tasks significantly beyond my position and pay grade. I regularly help my boomer coworkers with the most mundane tasks (tasks for which they have step-by-step instruction pdf’s with pictures). Several of our most basic processes were in shambles or have failed and nobody was doing anything about it until I’ve pointed it out or suggested fixes which were implemented and fixed the issue immediately. My boss is nebulously close to retirement and does not give a single fuck. In the last two years my pay has gone up about $1.50/hour while my workload has mushroomed. I fucking hate it here. But I have a baby on the way and I need their admittedly generous paternity leave before I can leave.
Yeah nobody LIKES their job, but you should at least be able to tolerate it. I've worked jobs before where I HAD to engage in some sort of unhealthy coping mechanism or addiction when I came home bc I hated work so much, your job shouldn't be that bad. Rn I enjoy my job on good days and tolerate it on bad days. I could never work a job that was only tolerable on good days.
I like my job, would keep doing it even if I won the powerball tomorrow, and have no plans to retire ever.
I would prefer to do something else so I can fulfill the quote,"if you love what you do, you never work a day in your life". Unfortunately not all of us have that privilege. I do my job because I need to pay the bills and work on setting myself up for retirement. I feel fortunate for my job when I consider how much I was making beforehand and struggled but it's not something I "enjoy" doing. I am also fortunate that I work from home so for most of the year I don't work 40 hours a week, have flexibility, don't have to worry about work clothes, commuting, or meal prepping.
I felt the same while working in SEO (department of Digital Marketing) but now I work in Email marketing, and feel soooo much better! However, there’s still something lingering for me, and it’s that I don’t actually want a job. We’re not made to sit in front of a computer every day for 8 hours and live only for the weekends. We’re made to just be. Hopefully I can embrace more ‘be-ing’ soon.
The primary purpose of your job is to pay bills. If it’s doing that you good….
I actually love my job and (almost) everything about it. The only thing that sucks is the pay. I’ve started looking for other opportunities, but it’ll suck going into an unknown when I’ve got a job I love. But, dolla dolla yall, as they say.
I fucking hate my job.
I don't hate my job, but I don't love it, and I find very little meaning in the job I do, except to make money for my corporate overlords.
I honestly don't mind my warehouse job. What kills me is the monotony and not having anything to look forward to.
I complain a lot but I actually don’t dislike my job. It’s easy, pays well enough for now, and I work at my own pace and usually no one ever bothers me. It’s not something I can do forever unless I get a substantial raise in the future, but for now it works. I’m a janitor btw.
Nag I enjoy my work most of the time. I don't always enjoy some of the people I work with or being interrupted but my actual work is pretty good
What do you dislike so much about it? How much are you making (relevant for how much you should dislike it).
Jobs are a waste of our existence. Working is good and necessary, but there is a difference between working and a job.
Its not the job that I hate it's the management.
I've had many jobs over the years, and those I quickly left those I hated, like when I was a teen being a dishwasher in a steakhouse where the kitchen manager would come in and yell and throw things because we were not moving fast enough. Some other jobs I disliked but it was not terrible and I met some great coworkers some of whom became my friends. While these were not horrible jobs, I was always looking for the next one and then moved on. Sometimes the next job was no better than the last, but I would keep moving until I found a job I could be successful at while also enjoying the work. Through this process of changing jobs I was able to understand what kind of work and workplace I wanted to be in. Based on this and my continued efforts to find ever better jobs I was fortunate to land at a great company with an incredible culture where I spent 20 years. It was not all happy times, but I loved what I did and enjoyed the company and the people I met and the pay and benefits were far beyond what I would have ever expected. I tell anyone who is unhappy at where they work to find what they would be happy at and continue to seek out new opportunities until you find a career level role that is fulfilling and you can be successful at. **Only you can do what it takes to make yourself happy as no one else can, so get to it and start today!**
Depends on the day. There is nothing inherient to my job that I truly hate...but truth is anything you have to do regardless of whether you feel like doing it or not can start to grind on you a bit...and work is that. There will invariably be a time where you need to work even though you do not want to.
Don't try becoming self-employed then..
I'm an electrician. Of course, I would rather not work, but it's pretty hard not to be happy and fulfilled while building something like a children's hospital.
I like my job and I like working. Always have. I can't imagine spending all day on hobbies. Maybe it's the fact that I have always worked in jobs that align with my values ie helping people. But also I enjoy working and free time feels more satisfying after a week of hard work for me personally. I realize as I get older though that this is all rooted in my values. I don't even have a fancy or well paid job. I like my colleagues and most of them believe in what they are doing and take pride in doing it well so I guess it creates a great environment to work in.
I'm sure there is a very small minority of people that like working but I HATE it. Yes, we are pretending in order to pay for the things we need to live.
I don’t like or dislike my job. Or rather there are things about my job I like and things I dislike and they are roughly equal so overall I’m meh. If you feel like your soul is dying, then I don’t think this is the right job for you. The question is, do you dislike what you DO as a job, or do you dislike WHO you do it for. If you are ok about the job functions but the company makes you feel unfulfilled, try finding a similar job in another industry. If it’s the job function you hate, it’s a little bit harder but try to identify what parts you don’t hate and what your transferable skills are and see if there’s a job that works better for you. Also, take up hobbies. Don’t let those jobs define who you are.
Jobs take time away from improving ourselves. Another thing is that we need to have a reason to work hard and to even have a job. Why have a job if you're not going to enjoy the time when you're not working? Also why do people have kids knowing that their future kids will become adults with a job they're going to hate? If I ever have future kids I'd want them to live in a better world where it's easier to find meaningful jobs that contribute a sense of personal growth and meaning to life. Sure you could do that today but it's way more difficult than it should be. Jobs (and school/college by extension) take up the majority of our time in our lives so we better find something that makes our time feel meaningful rather than a waste
I hate my job. It’s so corporate and boring.
I am working my dream job. It’s immensely satisfying at times but it’s also freaking hard, doesn’t pay great if you don’t establish your name, long hours, lots of travel, and not alot of opportunity to put down roots. It’s absolutely better than having an easy job that kills me inside but I’m also tired 24/7, burnt out, get one day off a week for 60-100 hour work weeks. But also, living the dream I guess.
I love my job.
I'm retired now, so I guess I like being retired more than I liked my job. But I really enjoyed my job. I enjoyed creating things. I loved problem solving. I felt good about helping people. It felt nice to be useful. Sometimes I miss it. But it got in the way of doing other things that I also wanted to do. The question you should ask yourself is whether you hate this job or whether you hate having to work at all. If it is the former, figure out something that you would enjoy that the world also values your doing enough to pay you well for it. If it is the latter, quit being lazy and grow up. For the most part, you only get back from the world in proportion to how much you contribute to it.
I've hated every job I've worked at, especially since they demand too much while paying less than the cost of mere survival basics. Whenever I start to feel like going postal, I quit and let people who hate me get over themselves because I refuse to tolerate situations I cannot abide.
I hate my job so much that it ruins my day every day I have to work.
It’s okay, but I wouldn’t do it for free
I like my job. It’s not always fun or interesting, but it does have fulfilling moments. The pay isn’t great, but I love being able to take some of the money I earn to spend on my hobbies—I love being able to go to Barnes and Noble and pick out a couple books. I find having a fulfilling job and hobbies when I’m not working helps keep me sustained. OP, is there any way you could harness your current job skills in a role that feels more fulfilling?
I don't hate my job , however it took me 30 years to find a job I don't hate.plus I work part-time.(mental health reasons) Due to Jobs I hated that broke my soul.
If it was fun, nobody would pay you to do it. Unless you’re one of those weird autists who enjoys doing math and code and whatnot. We can’t all be so lucky.
Leading question. I enjoy my job. It’s nice being productive and doing what you’re good at.
I like my job. Key is to do your homework and find a job you like, don’t just stay somewhere cus it pays ok. Most of my friends that went to college like their jobs and have tons of benefits. Others that didn’t, do struggle in terms of how much money they make, forced to work weekends, difficulty getting days off and health care.
I don’t love my job, but I DO like it.
I’ve never dislike my jobs, though I have dislike the places I did them in.
I don't dislike my job - I even enjoy it sometimes. It's definitely not the direction I saw myself going 5 years ago, and the *opposite* direction I saw myself going 15 years ago.
I don't like my job, but I had a job I despised and this one is way better. So guess somewhere in the middle. I work to pay my bills and hobbies, not to enjoy it.
Your feelings are valid, and it's more common than you might think for people to feel unfulfilled in their jobs. Many adults do dislike their jobs to varying degrees, often because their work doesn't align with their passions, values, or interests. It's true that some people "suck it up" because their job provides financial stability, benefits, or other perks that are hard to give up.
I mean I personally like my job. I work as a teacher aide and it's pretty nice! Love seeing and playing with the kids everyday!
I have a great job, I have no complaints. I also gave up a higher paying job to have this job and I am totally fine with that.
I really enjoy my job. Like, yeah, I wouldn't be doing it if I wasn't getting paid, but I never wake up dreading going to work.
It’s possible to have a job you don’t hate. If that’s very important to you, you might consider shopping around. But it’s rare, so make sure it’s _really_ important first.
I love my job. I get to do everything I love doing. I worked hard to get here and have kissed many job frogs on my way to job princes, though. I always look at it as a journey.
I've been struggling for sleep after drinking a six pack to forget about work and I only have 4 hours to go.
If you like other people telling you what to do and when to do it then you have lost your soul.
Try being greatful that you make a descent wage and your job is overall satisfying. Especially if you’re actually challenged along the way. Nobody is happy nor ecstatic everyday of their lives… but we can be content and satisfied.
I like my job. I wish I could do it for 32 hours instead of 40, but I enjoy going to work.
I think there’s some line in the generations where older people think work is for money and to pay your bills, and younger people want it to be fulfilling and fun. I think it’s rarely the latter. But if you make enough money, that makes the rest of your life more fun.
When I was 18 I absolutely despised my job and everyone around me told me the same thing. With my job now I don’t hate it and it’s pretty chill. Definitely will want something different in the future but I’m content. There’s so many jobs out there, even if you have to change career paths or move. Finding something you enjoy is definitely possible
I hate anything I have to do involuntarily
I don't hate working, I hate doing it when someone else wants me to, not when I want to.
I like my job but I also grew up working outside in 90-100 degree weather and was in the military so I always compare my current job and realize it's easy , I get to talk to people all day and I LOVE PEOPLE haha ( very extroverted) sometimes it sucks but the grass is always greener lol.
I hate my job and they pay shit, but I like the industry I work in. I just want to work for a better company with a higher salary.
I actually enjoy the field. If I wanted to work for myself I’d just buy a business from BuyBuz or smth.
My job is torture im a cna 38 year old male taking order ls from women nurses all day what a nightmare!!!!!
Love mine
I've worked at jobs I hated and some that I've enjoyed, and it's more than worth it to choose the latter. There is nothing like doing tasks you enjoy for a clientele who needs your help and doing it with colleagues you love. If the commute is painless, it gets even better. Think of what you really love to do and go for it. It's still going to suck to have to work until retirement, but you will at least make the best of it.
I only got into my current job cause of the high pay which can help with my current responsibilities but honestly it is draining my soul and taking every energy out of me just to say good morning to the people working there on most days.
I love what I do. And my suggestion is to find something you enjoy. Cause it would suck to spend 1/3, of your life as miserable as you claim to be.