How important is your job in your life?

Not the pay

Mark,

If you've asked me the question last week, my reply would have been :
"I love what I do!"

But this week, my replay is:
"Show me the money".

I do a job i love and you pay me... not too bad. Thanks.

But family is first.

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Originally posted by kuma:
Mark,

If you've asked me the question last week, my reply would have been :
"I love what I do!"

But this week, my replay is:
"Show me the money".

What's changed then, Kuma?

Necessary, but like most people I have landed up doing what is required rather than what would be my chosen vocation.

In such circumstances the need is to find what interest I can in it to make it bearable on a daily basis. This involves trying harder than is probably strictly necessary. Then interest comes from trying to do the same repetive thing better over time as a quaestion of preserving self-respect...

ATB from George

Riding a MotorCycle fast around London and getting paid to do it. .




Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

Do you get the feeling I like my job.



Dean..

Dean

What model Honda is that? I was in France last month and there are so many great bikes that we never see over here.

Clay

The best job I had and a great way to see Scotland .
Unless you were in the back of course !!

Very... brings a sense of balance and ...well... funds for my hobbies...

Enjoy the music!

quote:

Originally posted by Clay Bingham:
Dean

What model Honda is that? I was in France last month and there are so many great bikes that we never see over here.

Clay

Clay


Its a CBF500 its a basic commuter bike but rides like a dream, Honda also make a CBF600 and CBF1000 with the same styling but with certain modifications that go along with the increase in power. My firm nearly bought a fleet of the CBF600's now that would have made my job exhilarating to put it mildly. . Though I would have preffered them to have bought some of these babies.



KTM SuperDuke 990R


Dean...

Mark
Your original question was an interesting one. I work because I need the money, but the environment in which I make the money matters a lot to me. I spent 6 miserable years working for a huge American organisation. I was ridiculously well-paid but never felt that I had actually earned the money. Most of my energy was directed into creating spreadsheets for other people in the company who would then take that data and add it to their spreadsheet, ad infinitum til the CEO got a report. In my current role the pay is similar but I really feel involved in all aspects of what we do. The pleasure I get from my self-perception is infinitely greater.

I guess the feeling that I am actually making a difference is what separates a dull job from a great one for me.

show me the $$. same co. for 18 years. kid's almost through university. time to listen to some mahler - and how can one do that w/ a damn job??

although i would like to finish my m.a. - can't do that w/ a job either ....

btw i've ridden a bsa around london. never got dry; and at my age, i think i would be worn out after a week. but if i was 17 again ...

"follow your bliss."

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Originally posted by Chillkram:
Some people just go to work to make a living

That's me.

Steve McClaren has the job I want. I've applied 4 times and cited that I used to manage a girls' football and didn't see this job as much different - I didn't even get an interview - initially lost out to some turnip called Graham Taylor, now did I not like that.

I'm working 7 days a week for about 3 months now, piling the dosh up, man those Naim gears are expensive to get!

Those efforts paid off this week-end, got lucky enough to find a S/H Hi-Line crossing my path.

No kids yet, and manage to do everything that have to be done on my evenings, so life's not too boring.

My work is a kind of self chalenge, so I like to do what I do.

Bye.

what do you do?

It's something to be endured, but I remind myself from time to time that it could be much worse and I should be happier about it than I am. I'm single with no kids so I can waste a healthy portion of what I earn on toys!

EW

quote:

Originally posted by kuma:
what do you do?

Working into electronic and computer hardware related domains, sometimes as a technician, sometimes as a salesman, sometimes as a staff manager.

Bye.

I found this a very interesting thread.

I always had my own measure system for job. For me, there are two things from three which need to be satisfying and they are "did you like your job or not", "did they pay you well", "are other employees in a good relation with you".

If two of this are fine to you, then there is some reson to keep the job. I can say I am lucky as I have just switch from all three negative to all three positive job, but the moest important thing to me is working environment, definitive.

Oz

I spend a about third of my adult life at work: the work is not very interesting, the pay is ok, and we have fun which seems to me the best bit - I would hate to be miserable for a third of my life even if the pay was good.

I have done my job for over 22 years - seen loads of changes and some not for the better. But it has been the one rock of stability on occasions - the one thing I have done well amongst other things I haven't.

The best thing about my job is continuity amidst change. The fundamentals of what I do remain; personal interaction, applied science, empathy and compassion. It is full of challenge, and variety.

One of the best things about my job now is the opportunity to train others, helping others to grow and develop their skills feels like an important legacy.

I love my job best when my life/work balance is good. The rewards make that possible.

I could not imagine doing anything else. My wife (a hospital specialist) is the exact opposite, despite some satisfactions in her job. The main difference is the team and environment in which she works.

Bruce

I used to have a job which I thoroughly enjoyed. I travelled around a good part of the world as a technical sales consultant, talking to people, most of whom I liked, on subjects which had fascinated me for tens of years.
But now it's even better - I've retired.
Of course, you have to give and take a little. You can't expect any job (or lack of one) to be enjoyable 100% of the time but for me, enjoying what I do has been most important.
Ken

Chaps

I would have once described myself as a bit of a workolic until recently. Being a consultant brings in the cash but you are doing a 14 hour day as a norm amd often working weekends.

My current contract is soon to expire and I am seriously thinking of calling it quits.

The trouble is I just don't seem to be able to let go. Do you measure someones worth by their job and does being retired make you worthless.

At one time in my career, I controlled half a warehouse and a £400m budget. Being retired means you walk around Tescos controlling a budget of say £75 and believe me it is one hell of a come down.

Regards

Mick

I know a few people who enjoy their jobs - but for probably 75% of the people I've known, work is a degrading experience overall.

Controlling a budget of £400 million only SEEMS important. But it's not your money. It's not as real as the £75 in your pocket as you walk round Tesco, or wherever.
My main problem since I retired is finding time to do all that I want (and that includes time on this forum). This was one of the things which surprised me. The other was that I needed much less money to live comfortably than I had previously believed.
If you retire Mick, I don't think that you'll regret it. You might even mellow!
Ken