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Post by cheeseprata on Nov 12, 2007 5:09:21 GMT -5
So how important is job satisfaction to you?
I once had a lecturer say to our class, The day I go "uuuurrghh, I got to go to work" is the day I change my job.
For some people it's not, and they're happy just earning a wage to suppliment a lifestyle. Some people complain endlessly about their jobs and always seem miserable in what they do. For others it's everything as they can't imagine doing something they're not passionate about. They are many examples and I'm sure you've all come across a variety.
Now for me, I've always been a believer that you have to enjoy what you do. There are only 24 hours in a day I want to enjoy as many of them as possible. Saying that I can also handle tasks which I may not like as long as I can see a finish line in sight. So overall job satisfaction means a lot to me.
How is it for you? If you aren't working full time, is it important in the future?
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Post by halfbreed on Nov 12, 2007 6:08:55 GMT -5
The day I go " uuuurrghh, I got to go to work" is the day I change my job. My thoughts exactly!
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Post by yongfook on Nov 12, 2007 7:01:15 GMT -5
I think I started a thread like this a while back - do you work to live or live to work. My viewpoint - I live to work, I am lucky enough to be doing something I am good at and enjoy. When I get up in the morning I think about what I'm going to do at work, and sometimes can't wait to start working. I constantly work at the weekend. Sometimes I work until 3 - 4am in the morning, just because I'm particularly into whatever task I've given myself (I hate leaving things unfinished and then going to bed). I agree with your lecturer - but I will add that all of us have those days where we'd rather just stay in bed. Get a job where you can work from home and that becomes less of a problem
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Post by helles on Nov 12, 2007 10:22:03 GMT -5
I have the feeling now.. and am actively looking for a new job.. even considering goin back to school to do a master's course.
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Post by Freecia on Nov 12, 2007 22:45:08 GMT -5
I use to think that job satisfaction is of no importance as long as I get my steady paycheck enough to sustain my lifestlye.
As I grew older I started to question myself more and more, "What is it that I'm doing with my life."
8 hours a day is a lot considering you spend the other 7 or 8 sleeping, 1 or 2 hours communiting. This leaves you little time to truly enjoy yourselves.
Yet so many of us don't know that exact job we want to do, what we must do to make our lives feel fulfilled. Many of us, I'm sorry to say, for a lack of a better word, are ordinary.
I'm a firm believer that we need us ordinary people to complete the most mundane tasks to suport the society as a whole. As I have previously mentioned in other posts pretaining this sort of topic, we can't all be ______.
I may never find that true calling, because I'm too ordinary, but I'm not complaining too much at the moment.
"Uhh I have to go to work" has been said by me before, but it's a cycle. I've had bad days, OK days, and good days.
Such is life.
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Post by Aznlatina on Nov 13, 2007 7:12:55 GMT -5
I had this feeling last Spring. I was working as a Research Assistant for a Psychologist. The work was gratifying (in the sense that the opportunities for growth were vast). I was doing so well that the Research Coordinator was actually thinking of making me a Manager.
But the more I did, I realized that if I became a Manager, I would probably be digging my own grave soon. The work was particularly stressful. I would spend long nights at work. I think a lot of it had to do with the Research Coordinator's organization skills that often left those below him scrambling to finish at the last minute- he was a procrastinator. The stress became so bad that I started getting sick regularly. It wasn't until I quit my job, that I realized how much damage I would've caused myself. I had a 5-day migraine and I really thought I was dying, but I learned that the migraine was a result of my body adjusting to less stressful conditions.
I now work as an Office Assistant at an Accounting firm. The work is regular 9-5 hours and they really don't like for employees to stay late. But there is a lot of stress - my bosses like to yell which can cause employees a lot of personal discomfort. It will be stressful during tax season, for sure. I'm not wholly satisfied as I don't see much opportunity for growth, but I didn't take this job for the money or for what it could give me. I have completely different career aspirations which I pursue after hours with schooling, and this job is so I have income as I regain my health, get used to routine, and pay for my schooling.
In my opinion, my health really matters. I have absolute faith that I will be successful in my future endeavours, but in order to enjoy the fruits of my labour, I would need to be in good health. It has become a priority for me, after the experience with my last job.
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Post by avax on Nov 23, 2007 2:00:24 GMT -5
Likely the only thing I have in common with YF. Definitely live to work. But I do not see work as the be all and end all. There's always time for other things, projects and even additional schooling in the short to long term, and other goals. Feeling incredibly blessed as just got a position at an international firm with a crazy culture that seems to match me to a T. For now. I am absolutely in love but also trying to temper it at a moderate pace. Honestly, when you can't stop thinking about how to improve yourself or your work.. something's got that funky smell. Mmm funky. Gimme gimme. And don't ask what you'll get back.
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Post by Ave` on Nov 23, 2007 2:07:35 GMT -5
Funnily I only get job satisfaction through my part time which I find it hard to stop to do even when iM working full time somewhere else. I love teaching kids. Its such a refreshing experiance to interact with them in contrast of what I do most of the week as an emotionally dead IT Engineer.
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Post by delorian on Nov 23, 2007 22:02:21 GMT -5
I have to like my job to an extent. I don't have to completely love it, and it doesn't have to be my "passion." But I can't completely hate it -- I can't force myself to do something that sucks for very long. I'll quit at that point.
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Post by long on Nov 24, 2007 2:40:11 GMT -5
If I cannot find employment in an endeavor towards which I feel passionately I will certainly feel that I have failed at life. I honestly do not understand how someone can expect to be satisfied in their work if it's not meaningful to them. You spend have your waking hours at work, how can job satisfaction not be of huge importance? How can you not care to do something that matters to you?
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Post by danoobie on Nov 25, 2007 20:36:38 GMT -5
I'll be wrapping up my bachelors degree in about a year, and at this point, I'm just looking for some sort of full time job that starts me at around $32.5k+/yr
Job satisfaction isnt exactly something I'm concerned with in my first job I think. I see myself switching the first opportunity I get unless I really enjoy what I'm doing.
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Post by scott on Nov 26, 2007 6:00:05 GMT -5
I hate being a gardener. I'm not built to be a tradey.
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Post by xandra on Nov 27, 2007 0:28:13 GMT -5
I just went back to an old retail job to make some extra money for the holidays. It only took me one shift to remind me of why I left in the first place. Glad it's only for the next month. NEVER AGAIN.
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Post by helles on Nov 27, 2007 3:50:29 GMT -5
I may have the opportunity to work for an i-bank/ fund manager... the money is really good (stupidly so).. but do i want to go down that road???
It could help me save money to do a masters course, but it could kill me along the way..
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Post by avax on Nov 27, 2007 13:33:40 GMT -5
I hate being a gardener. I'm not built to be a tradey. omygod. You have my retirement job ! !!! !! ! must not play outside .... But I'm playing inside. ;D
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