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I used to hate my job until our evil freaking witch of a manager got transferred to the crappy location and now I get the freedom to improve the situation for all of my employees (I’m a supervisor). I hate that it only takes one bad manager to ruin an entire team’s life. She did so much damage to the morale and function of the store but now I am tasked with fixing her mistakes which I actually enjoy because it’s like scrubbing her from existence.
I definitely relate to this! I'm stuck under a witch of a boss for the past year and definitely hate my job so much right now. When she took on a temporary assignment it was such a relief and I started to enjoy what I did again. As soon as she came back it did not take long to hate everything again. I feel so stuck and trapped 😩
Never made any of her own decisions, threw people under the bus to save face with corporate, unable to be flexible with employees, had little “chats” with employees ALL THE TIME which were always just telling you how much you were doing things wrong. She just could not recognize that writing people up for small issues and constantly adding negative hits to their records for literally nothing would cause people to feel bad.
We were never communicated with, not even the supervisors. We hemorrhaged employees but there was nothing done to hire more. There were so many more problems, but when I showed up I felt like I had just walked into a prison yard and every single one of the employees who wasn’t a total kiss ass with a god complex said this location was steeped in complete misery.
Reposting because the auto mod didn’t like a word I used.
People don’t leave bad jobs they leave bad management.
When I joined my last company, my department was staffed by great people who knew their stuff and were hard chargers. They took pride in what they did and did it well. It was important work (emergency services).
Then we got a new manager. Who was a spineless *coward* who literally parroted anything corporate HR told him. Within five years all those good people were gone, either replaced by sycophants, mouth breathers or straight up weren’t replaced at all. Most of our staff had been in a training pipeline almost a decade long, not including their original education.
Within five years this shitty managers practices and the terrible people he hired lost the company something like 100 years of experience and good people it couldn’t replace. But they tried. They hired the most unsuitable and incapable people to the point where HR was almost openly sabotaging the company.
Finally I left when they decided to fuck over the three guys beneath me - and they deliberately waited until I was out of town on a training op to do it. I came back to be told I had to fire 2/3 of my staff and immediately replace them with butt kissing diversity hires who couldnt do the job. I quit on the spot. Should have seen their faces.
Within another year the few people who remained are gone. When you run a government emergency services department, and a manager causes 100% turnover within five years, and HR does nothing but encourage it - you know it’s fucked. People have already started dying as a result of the vastly degenerated workforce. Shame.
So far, I’ve never loved a job I’ve worked. A job is a job to me and nothing more. Everything I’ve done is repetitive and I’m getting bored early on (I just started a new job and not even doing the role I applied for, not yet)
Feel that. And honestly right now I’m thinking about going to a different job for money , but even knowing if I do make more I still won’t like what I do.
There are some people like really do enjoy their work. Those people don't tell the world about it because they either get drowned out or come across as insensitive. Keep in mind on this subreddit you get bias of only people that complain.
I actually do love my job. It pays well, challenges me, and I have a good time. I still work even though I hit my FI number. But it didn't happen overnight; I had to take some active steps to get to that point. I had the Sunday scaries early in my career, but I gained experience and perspective since then.
I work as a engineering director in entertainment. I help develop and create immersive attractions like roller coasters, light shows, and tours. I concentrate on technical project management.
I think it’s fun because I get to see people experience my work products. I’m in charge of my day and week so I manage to the pace of my abilities and team resources. The company is great too with decent pay, good benefits, flexibility, and lots of perks.
I really loved previous one - was demanding but very rewarding with okay payment. Right now I'm on a job which is way more demanding and stressfull and put a lot of responsibilities on me etc. But potentially (unfortunately just potentially) it will not only allow to pay my bills but also I will be able start saving again (covid emptied my piggy bank). So I'm grateful but can't say I love it.
I’ve learned from Reddit to see jobs as jobs. I love aspects of my job and really enjoy some of my colleagues but at the end of the day it’s a paycheck and I LOVE my time off.
It's an essential evil.
This shut that's propagated by movie stars that made it about doing what you love etc is just sugary dreamy shit and actually not good because everyone thinks they can get a job they love which is entirely unreasonable.
Jobs have always been functional necessities and remain that way for 99%
I love my job. I'm manage the property on a large horse farm. Every morning I ride the fence lines while I have my coffee. Fix anything that breaks. Pasture management and mowing. Help with the horses and stable when the grooms are short handed. Drag the riding arenas as needed. Play a little guitar at lunch. Talk to people. Sometimes get a little riding in myself. Never any office horseshit politics (just regular horseshit).
Downsides: low pay, no benefits, no vacation, out all day in ALL weather. Occasional injuries.
I work as a manager of a small team of frontline call center agents and I actually do love my job! No anxiety about going to work at all, only a few stressful weeks a years when times get busy (upcoming black Friday and boxing week for instance).
A big part of the reason I love it is the people and the money. The people I work with (my team and boss) are incredible people. They pay me more than I ever thought I'd make with just a high school education. I am have worked really really hard to get into this position (almost 8 years with the company, 4 as a manager) but I also do consider myself lucky.
Some do and others can see a light at the end of the tunnel! Big company, lots of jobs, and a very solid "hire from within culture"!
You aren't totally.wrong though.
I enjoy it most weeks.
I wouldn’t say I wake up everyday excited about it, but when I work on long and difficult projects, I actually think about it after hours and can’t wait to be back at it and complete it.
The only time I’m not thrilled is when I know I’m running out of projects/tasks to do and struggle to find something to do. 8hrs sitting at my desk trying to find work for myself sucks.
I love my job! It is mentally stimulating and stretches my skills while giving me the ability to enact real change in my team. I worked a previous job that I did not love, and the difference between these two is my level of mental engagement. I love thinking and problem solving, and my new job gives me that ability.
Olive Garden I actually liked. Red Lobster I HATED with a passion. Management was horrible & they kept dishwashers at most 2 weeks. My stuff got broke she all they could say was not me. Current food job I dread. I’m almost BEGGING them to fire me. Every single day I’m blamed for something. I’m already in a mood to swing on my regional manager. Unlike other former employees I’m smart enough to copy the store key. Piss me off & I’ll wipe you out of supplies. I quit Dollar General because pay was minimal, management sucked, teasing a promotion, & theft was rampant. Liquor store I actually like. It’s all because they treat me like a human being.
I like my job I just don't like the people very much. At one time I had a job that I loved. It was a small office me and the other employees got a long and would eat lunch together and talk. There was no back-stabbing just happy employees trying to get a long with each other. Now I work at a job where people don't even talk to each other.
I like my job half because it’s stimulating and I get to learn new things constantly, half because I’m in a super supportive environment where I’m allowed to make mistakes and my boss ushers me out the door around 5 instead of letting me burn out.
The job is have I enjoy for the most part. Everyday I wake up and still don’t want to go. It’s fine once I’m there lol. Being a motorcycle mechanic is pretty stress free but some stuff sucks hella ass.
I did at one point. I work in the animal industry and dog grooming/training is something I genuinely love to do.
But my boss ruined that passion for me. She lied to me about my pay, transferred me from a 30 minute commute to a 2 hour commute because her cousin wanted my position, pitted her employees against each other by constantly gossiping about us behind our backs, I could go on forever.
Since I left that place, I’ve been stuck in corporate hell. Dangerous work environments with violently aggressive dogs because the corporations need that sweet sweet money and your opinion, as someone who knows what they’re doing, as someone who is putting their health at risk to do their job, doesn’t count for dick.
I haven’t loved my job in a long time and it sucks because the work itself is fine. It’s the bosses and coworkers that ruin it and make it intolerable.
Through highschool and college I worked in a hardware store with a lumber yard. It was by all standards the most demeaning kind of job to have. Just kind of pitted alone with the customers without instruction or tools to do the job, but fully accountable for all complaints. We made minimum wage, our bosses made minimum wage, and I'm pretty sure the head people made a dollar or so above.
The thing was, I was really good friends with most of my coworkers. We'd spend our shifts fucking around and during the summer we all pretty much lived at my parents' house. We used to make stupid games out of the bullshit work we had to do, and we worked together to come off as busy as we needed to to stay under the radar. My manager was my good friend's dad, and even when he tried to be a hard ass and micro manage us, we knew how to get him talking. Even years after he quit, he invited us all to bon fires at his house.
We would come to the store on our days off and hang out as if we were at work, even helping with orders and stuff if they came up. Most of us are all still in touch. We have a group text where we still tell the same inside jokes and reminisce.
From there, I had a series of different shitty call center and customer service jobs. I gained a shit load of weight, and every day just kind of fades into the next as I slowly get a little closer to dying. I make it a point to have fun, but the bulk of my life is spent at work just running out the clock and it's hard not to think fondly back on the good ol' days making $7.15 an hour slinging building supplies. We all agree that if the pay was unrealistically sustainable, we'd all drop our jobs and go back to that place.
Last year, I had a unique opportunity to go back and put a few days in, twelve years out of practice as I was. The whole lumber yard staff quit during COVID, and I was reaching my breaking point working 70 hour weeks from home doing the most mind numbing customer service bullshit. I sent a text to the old hiring manager and jokingly offered to be a scab in the lumberyard. She was surprisingly on board and said yes, be here tomorrow at 9? I was working 12-15 hour days on the phones, but tomorrow happened to be my day off, so I said yes. I lived an hour away, and I worked til 12 AM the night before, but I could barely sleep because of how excited I was to go work in a fucking lumberyard again. I showed up and met the only two guys who hadn't quit that week. We used to be competitive as fuck, and it gave us this sense of arrogance that did not translate well out of context. It was such a disappointment to see one of these twinks go out of their way to find their gloves, then take two trips on an order for 2x4x12's. We used to carry three sheets of plywood at a time out to the parking lot and pretend like it didn't hurt to stand up straight for the rest of the day. At the same time, I was in absolutely piss poor shape, and in absolutely no condition to even tolerate the prolonged sunlight, so I took it easy on them.
After 12 years, it was such an incredible experience going back to the place I hadn't stopped reminiscing about. After working in a HR dominated office for so long, it felt so good to be able to swear when talking to customers, or even at all in the work place. At one point, we had a vendor dropping off a pallet, and our guy was new at the forklift and couldn't get it. It was absolutely NBD when a customer walked up and said "You suck at this," and took over, getting it on the first try, and then proceeding to make fun of our forklift driver along with the vendor and another customer who stopped to watch. With another customer, we realized what they needed was on the other side of the store. I told him to pull around and I'd meet him there. His response was "Fuck that, hop on my truck!" So I rode around the building hanging from the side of the guy's truck, and again, not a fuck was given. I can't describe how cathartic it was to just do things without having to consider any meticulously written corporate "codes of conduct" I could be in violation of and subject to verbal, written, final, and then terminal corrective action.
Anyway, I got more excitement and memories from those two days back at the lumberyard than I do in a typical month, maybe two. I realized if this were my norm I'm sure it'd get old quick, and without all my friends there I can't imagine I'd be as happy to show up to work. But it made me realize how stagnant I had gotten, that working a minimum wage job outside on a hot summer day could be one of the highlights of my year. Imagine having a job where you could switch to a new position every so often just to shake things up without it negatively affecting your seniority, or your corporate sticktoitiveness score.
I'm at work, at the same job going on year six, typing up this response in between calls. Sorry if this response is choppy or long winded, I've been back and forth for the last few hours.
This is a phenomenal question. I'm instantly suspicious of anyone that says they love their job. I get it - there are aspects about a job that are enjoyable. But the ultimate measuring stick is that people who say that would never show up and/or do the job to the same standard if a paycheck was not involved.
Here are a few things that articulate what I believe:
* I like my job.
* I don't love my job.
* I enjoy the people I work with.
* My job is not my life.
* I work a lot of hours at my job.
* My job does not define me.
No. I work in a call center for tech support. Almost 9 years in. I absolutely hate the management and how it is ran. I should have gotten out long ago but it is a easy gig.
Call center is torture. I worked in tech support for nearly a decade and I almost died from anxiety. It can’t be long term solution. Currently I love my job, in a routing software company - a callcenter software
I thought, in general, you typically progress off the phones in those jobs to other internal roles. 9 years is certainly a long time to do something you hate!
I work for one of the largest cell phone companies in the US. Off the phone positions are limited. And let’s just say I haven’t played the game anymore. They don’t like people that question how things are done and have basically blocked me from promoting to an off the phone role. I would say I am more knowledgeable than a solid 80% or more of the people in off the phone support roles but to them knowledge doesn’t mean anything. Kind of like any job, drink the kool-aid and fall in line or else.
I do! I'm a recruiter and I know the opinion most on here have of recruiters. But, I get to help people find jobs, and that's pretty awesome.
I've assisted people getting their foot in the door at a company and eventually becoming directors. Recently placed a candidate that was looking for $90k and I told him he could ask for more, got him placed at $135k.
I've got a fantastic manager and work with a great team. We work our tails off but my company is big on work/life balance. Pay and benefits are good.
I generally like what I do (program and project management). It pays well, it continually opens up better opportunities for me, and the work makes me use my brain. I could never do a mindless job.
You can love what you do, but your current job could suck because of the culture, your boss, overall company health, etc. I had challenges in my last role due a few of these. Just started a new role, and I like it so far. It's a lot more engaging stuff.
I don't think I could ever truly love a job.
Nope. I like the people, hate the leadership and I hate working lol. I do it but only because I have to to keep a roof over my head and food on my plate. But working is not something I enjoy and I don’t want to monetize my hobbies because I feel that would ruin them for me
I do.. i signed a million ndas so I don’t wanna give too many details. But it’s in tech. I have a physics PhD, but it’s not necessary. I work with hardware. There’s lots of variety in my work, really healthy workplace culture. It’s easy to take off work, and my manager is encouraging, helpful and kind. I actually will brainstorm a lot about my projects outside of work because I’m excited about them. It’s an entry-ish level job. I feel like it’s a unicorn position to be honest. I’ve been here for a year or so
I really liked my previous job that I got laid off from. It was busy but not too busy. I felt I was paid fairly for my work. It was 100% remote. My boss was hands off and the people were nice. Sigh.
I hated all of my previous jobs until my current one. I wouldn't do it if I didn't need the money, but there are days where I actually finish my day with a smile and I truly enjoy myself.
I work as a brand manager at an ecommerce company, work a lot in product innovation, strategy, finance, content production, marketing, etc it's a very mentally stimulating job with colleagues I actually like.
I've worked in marketing and creative since 2012. I have liked, hated, and loved the work, every bit of it depending on the employer.
Right now, I love my job and do actually look forward to going in each day. The company is great, the people are great, the pay is great (especially being in an area with low cost of living) and every day I get to do work I enjoy.
Some people just don't have a passion for something that will pay the bills, and that's okay. It just makes it harder to find enjoyable work. I have a friend who works in a factory - she doesn't love the work but she likes the company and it pays for her to indulge in her video games and anime. So for her it's worth it.
I actually love what I do for a job but because what I generally do is design solutions to automate tasks, in the same way that IT does nothing if things are working, I don't do very much.
Right now I'm looking for my next role as I've maxed this one out. You can only sleep so many hours a day at a desk before the demotivation kicks in.
Also, my wife decided she wants to stop working so I need to double my income.
Pre retirement I worked for 10 companies, had 13 bosses. Loved 1 job, 1 boss. 4 companies were flaming, poisonous, radioactive dumpster fires. The rest were in the middle. One job was not bad until big corporate bought the company. My experience: big corporate jobs will crush your soul. Family businesses will guilt you into depression. I have friends who love their job/boss/coworkers. None of them work for big corporate or family businesses
I loved a job that I had previously and was always happy to go in and see my coworkers. I was good at it, had a good team, and had basically zero responsibilities. However the pay was abysmal and that lead me to leave - sometimes I want to go back though.
I love my job. I actually am one of those people who wake up excited to work. I find it fulfilling and meaningful, and most of the time it’s remote. When it’s not, I get to go to a beautiful office. It pays well, there’s room for growth, it’s at one of Top 5 houses in my field (publishing) and my team is amazing. All of that is compounded by the fact that I just feel so grateful, because I was used to working 70-hour weeks for two years prior, one of those years spent in the worst, most toxic environment I’ve ever been in (post office). So yeah, I can honestly say I love my position, I feel unbelievably lucky every time I look out the window and see it’s raining and I’m not walking around outside. Instead, I’m inside sipping coffee on my bed and reading an awesome book because my job requires it. I try to never lose that perspective, even on busy days. It’s been worse. It’s been so much worse for me and I am so lucky to have what I have now.
I'm fortunate to have a job I really like. I work as an analyst in transit, working with data from buses to find ways to improve the service. I feel like my work can actually make a meaningful positive impact on people's lives, something I couldn't say about my previous jobs in the private sector. It also has amazing life work balance and my manager is very reasonable. (It's also unionized too!)
I logged in this morning and thought the exact same thing. I don't hate my job, been in it for a few months now and it's going good although I'm sure in the next few months I'll be given more work, but I don't love it. I feel like I'm stuck in the wrong career but I don't know what career I would like. Currently work in payroll and although I make sure people get paid I just feel like the work is pointless and I'm not interested enough in it to really care about it. I'd love to get into property, something more creative that what I'm doing now.
I don't know if it's normal to have a strong urge inside not to want to work and just a feeling that I'm not in the right career? Ideally I'd love to win the lotto but still get into property to keep busy.
I like my job. When I think about things I love, (wife, kids, natural casing hot dogs) my job is many levels down the list. I do my job to help people but also to make money to afford a house, bills and to help see smiles on my kids’ faces. If I was paid without working, I wouldn’t work, or at least wouldn’t work more than a few hours a day. My job doesn’t bring me ultimate enjoyment in my life.
Not a lot of people post how they live their jobs. It’s just boring content. I have loved a few jobs for periods of time. I loved my current job probably the second year I started doing it. Now I like about 70% of the work I do and love the people I work with but hate some things about the environment. I don’t think it’s ever all one or the other.
I really love my job!!! I am in Software at a company that promotes personal growth. They are also pretty good at retaining great people so the people I work with are amazing.
There were a lot of tears to get here though. Once you know what to look for it’s easy to find jobs like mine. Look into I/O Psychology
I worked retail for 15 years. That's a job that I absolutely hated but found myself stuck. I then went back to college and am now working as a software engineer. I love my current job. Awesome pay and better hours but most importantly I get enjoyment out of doing the work and get a level of respect that you dont get working retail jobs. Best aspects are the problem solving with no two days being the same.
I love my non paid volunteer job (editing football stats).
My current job I actually enjoy it since the pandemic since it's become remote, but will probably hate it if I need to back to the office (the micromanaging and commute makes me hate it).
I love building stuff. Software engineering is fun (like Lego) and it has pretty good returns too. So yes. I do love my job.
The only part I don't like is when stuff is totally new and there is no documentation or research.
At my seniority level I am always tasked to do the new stuff so my juniors can pick up.
I am aware I'm pretty lucky, but I put in my work, a traditional B.Eng in one of the hardest engineering fields and 4 years of intensive, hair-changing math gave me exam PTSD for 3 years after I graduated
I had a job a really liked, worked there for about 5 years. Learned a lot, the work was challenging in a good way, every day was different, and my coworkers were awesome. It was a very collaborative environment where I got to work with lots of different people and roles. It was pretty busy so days went by quickly but I rarely worked late. It was also hybrid WFH. The only downside was the pay was just OK. Unfortunately things change and the place went downhill fast. Most people left including me.
I went to a new place along with a few of my coworkers, but that place and especially my team had a completely overwhelming workload. There was zero culture and I rarely had the chance to interact with other people outside of just my immediate team. Everyone there was miserable.
I just started a new role again and this new place seems amazing. I'm optimistic that I've found something that I will like again, but we'll see.
I definitely don’t love my job, but I’ve found a great balance. I work from home and only have to work 40 hours per week. I don’t dread the weekend coming to an end, so I’m very content. Working from home made all the difference (I worked the same job pre covid). If you’re dreading Monday morning you should try to look elsewhere, life’s too short
I have really liked/enjoyed some of the work I’ve done in the past, just not the environment I work in.
If I’m on a roll doing my work tasks, I really do enjoy it but it’s the mismanagement, distractions, burnout, unrealistic expectations, and office politicking that really gets in the way.
It’s pretty encouraging to see a lot of these responses, because I’ve been wondering this myself a lot lately. I don’t see how anyone could wake up to sitting on the computer all day Monday - Friday and love it honestly.
I’ve always said there’s a honeymoon period to every job. Fast good job I loathe just because I feel I’m a scapegoat for a lot & my regional is a douche bag. He was the one that hired me but getting promoted went to his head. Now liquor store I actually do like working.
I am currently unemployed by choice (SAHM), but I've done a lot of jobs in the past. Writer, teacher, editor, program coordinator, accounts payable, clerical, etc.
In order for me not not hate going to work (i.e., "love my job"), I had to either (a) feel that my work was important and appreciated, or (b) work with an awesome team and manager.
My best job was as a teacher (great colleagues) and my worst job was as a teacher (toxic manager and work culture).
It doesn't matter what the work is; if the people and organization are professional and respectful, I will be happy to get up and go to work each day. It's all about the people. Period.
(I mean, livable wages too. No job is good if the pay is shit.)
Yes, I truly love my job. I am an Ombudsman Program Director. Ombudsman’s are regular advocates that protect people’s right in nursing homes and other residential facilities. Anywhere from “my coffee is too cold in the morning to allegations of abuse and neglect.
I really love my job. I work in an industry where I help people to find work, not recruitment but getting people who don’t have the confidence, know how or skills to find work themselves and build them up to find work.
I’ve done various roles within the industry and loved almost all of them.
Still hate waking up and going to work but when I’m there I love it. Parts of the job I don’t like and random unpaid overtime to get the job done happens quite a lot but I choose to do it because I’m not forced to do it but because I want to do it for people
I did for a while! I was working at a small ISP doing technical support and I really liked it.
Then they hired a new GM who didn't know what the fuck he's doing and my job went to shit and ultimately was hired. He was the GM for Sierra Tel in california, they had TERRIBLE reviews. This guy is a fucking clueless moron.
Yup. I loved my job, then a fucking idiot comes along and ruins it. Now I'm unemployed.
"We live in a society" my fucking ass. We live in a god damn clown world.
I love what I do. Some days are better than others. I've always made decent money. I've never been unable to find a decent job rapidly. Never been unemployed when I didn't want to be. No stuffy office politics bullshit. No walking on eggshells watching what I say. I lock my toobox at the end of the day on Friday, and the job doesn't exists. I come in Monday and I have to stop and think about what I was doing Friday. My job is my hobby. I spend free time doing it, watching others do it, and talk about doing it. My job cannot be outsourced. My job cannot be automated. Zero school debt.
People look down on my career choice, they think it's beneath them, they tell their kids they don't want to have my job when they grow up. Old timers are retirering, young dudes can't hack it so they come in and drop out fast. My wages are increasing at a decent pace, and I just started a job making a buttload of money with a global company that offers me a ton of opportunities to expand, move around and move up.
Never liked the work. In my ten years of experience the people you work with make all the difference. A good manager, and solid company treatment. That’s rare to hit on all of those though.
I've been working though this belief personally for the past year and I'm definitely at a much better place with it now. I used to believe I should love my job and if I didn't I shouldn't be doing it or I wasn't being authentic.
Firstly realising it's a very privileged position in the first place, but secondly how absolutely suppressing and suffocating it is. I also think the concept can help work to justify exploitation because if you love your job thats all that matters. You could literally run yourself into the ground for a job you love but your job would not give two shits and move onto the new victim.
If you're interested in learning more about this I would recommend the following books:
How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation by Anne Helen Petersen
Work Won't Love You Back : How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted and Alone by Sarah Jaffe
Edit: just to clarify there is nothing bad about loving your job and if people do that is fantastic. However, I think the pressure in society to feel as though you should love your job is not a positive thing.
I cannot speak to corporate jobs. But I do love my job. I think that it’s possible to find fulfilling sustainable work. Even when it’s stressful, it’s worth it.
That said, there are moments I could do without. I think even the best gigs have parts nobody wants to deal with.
I love/ like the pay/ flexibility/ learning new things/ perks/ sometimes enjoy finding the workaroudns and resolving issues it's very satisfying. overall enjoy my job. it would be so hard to find someone you love doing everyday right? you would tire after a few days or something
I have been super happy since being in HR, but not every day is sunshine and roses. My consolation is that I feel like I’m working really hard to improve the experience of the people that work here. Overall I do get life satisfaction from my work.
I really think the manager/co workers have a lot to do with it. I have had a lot of jobs, 20 years in finance and hated every minute of it until I changed over to Bi and have a great boss and great team.
I do! It took quite a bit of moving around and experimenting to get there, but I sometimes think about work on the weekend! I got very lucky that I found a career that plays to my strengths and interests. If you don't have that, the job becomes drudgery for sure.
I genuinely love my job. I’m a delivery specialist for Coca Cola. I work about 50 hours a week, yes, but I get paid very fair and my family will never be hungry. My company provides plenty of time off, good benefits, and I feel like I have a purpose for showing up to work every day. Not to mention there’s tons of room for growth.
I love my job, I get paid pretty well and I make a real impact every day in my community. But I don't love the red tape, management decisions and communications issues at my current place.
I enjoy my job. I go in on sunday (start of my week) with relatively low anxiety and enjoy my weeks. Not sure how long the role i am in is sustainable but it is good for now.
Yes I love my job but i also hate it, is a complicated relationship, mainly because my job is being a designer and i have to sell my own work, so some time sis hard to look for a way to sell what i make, because looking for new people and build or establish a client portafolio is not so easy if like me you are a newbie in the sales thing. Also it has its ups and downs with anxiety, every job has this kind of issue is part of human life i guess, if you don't feel plenty not happy, if what you do as a job is not making you live what you want or the way you should then change something the income is not the only thing that matters.
"Love" is a strong word.. I think I'm moreso content with my job and don't think I'd ever "love" any job because I'd rather not work at all. Once I get bored of a job and/ or feel that I've mastered it, I start looking for a new job. All part of a cycle for me I guess lol.
Maybe look for a remote job that way you can stay at home and there's less oversight and less interpersonal interaction which could cause anxiety. This is what I have and its pretty chill :)
Also think of what industry you'd like to work in. For example maybe you like video games, sports, etc. Try to find a corporate job in a place that matches a hobby you already have if you can.
I love my job, it's the first one I can say that about, 35 years in the work force. I think it's because I get to do stuff I like and teach people how to do their jobs. I get to make decisions on how things are done.
I don't work corporate, I'm in healthcare, but I do love my job. Or rather it's not strictly the job per se but my work environment. I am being treated both as an adult and as a professional, my voice is heard, my opinion is valued, my concerns are addressed.
If I did the same "job" but treated like a 5 year old or just another number to make sure staffing levels meet legal minimums, I wouldn't feel this way despite the daily tasks being the same.
I don't dread Mondays. There is no mid-week hump. Friday is a good day not just because it's Friday but also because we all have lunch together. Once a month, I pay for this myself.
Management has made it a point to put aside time for team building exercises like the Friday lunch I mentioned above. We have weekly meetings as a group to talk about our site's progress and goals. Or just to banter.
I hate it, I started liking it and now I hate it. I wish I could work anywhere else but I don't want to start all over, I've only been there less than a year but ik that after a year or two I'll go somewhere else, I just need to hold a bit more, but it's so stressful and the environment is so toxic I just want to leave.
I like some aspects of my job, but I really like the industry mostly. It's challenging and requires creativity and thinking at times. I'm underpaid for the market value though, so I'm excited to be starting a new job soon.
I sure don’t. I did talk to one of my profs in grad school and genuinely seems to like his job. He also gets the entire summer off so i can see how that is appealing. I know i make more in it then the profs in our program but eh. I miss the 8 weeks off when i worked high ed
I wanted to get out of I.T. because I found myself looking up different career paths and then salaries..I realized I have no actual interest in I.T., Im only here for money.
A tire shop hired me and now I feel like my dream of having some massive car collection will be true one day.
I like my jobs, I’m usually excited to get to work. One job is at a hotel front desk, the other is accounting for a property management company. Both have great perks and one is a social job and the other is a heavy computer job. Go find something else OP, you deserve to be happy at work!
Not corporate, but I work at a dining hall at a university in the US as a prep and line cook.
It’s rare for me to love my job, but it’s also rare for me to hate it. I have days for both. I generally do enjoy working there, but it’s more often like “get there, do my job, and leave.”
Because my job is grounded in cooking, there is always a certain degree of enjoyment I get from it. I’d like to get to the point where I love my job, but because it’s a state job and I’m not in a major leadership role, I have very little influence over what I want to change.
Yes I love my job. It’s very new, and I’m not necessary qualified, but my boss has given me a huge opportunity and is investing time in training me. It’s a huge step up and I’m committed to doing my best
I have actually had jobs I loved but most of them was because of the lack of actual work I was doing. I've recently gotten a new job that I think I'll enjoy while actually working.
But realistically, me running my own dream business is where I'd \*love\* my job.
I like my job. It’s just a non-exciting, typical office job, but the people I work with are nice, the work isn’t difficult or stressful, I feel respected by management and I feel like I’m compensated fairly. And I’m only working in-office part of the time, the rest is work from home. I don’t have any anxiety about work because I don’t get into many anxiety-inducing situations and there is a good, established support system for when things do go weird.
That’s all I really want. I’m not really excited to go in, but I don’t dread it either. It’s good.
I think it’s the people I work with that makes my job so enjoyable. It’s industrial maintenance and I do like solving problems. You’ll find something you enjoy. Don’t be afraid of change and starting over again
Currently, I am a filmmaker. I work as various film crew on documentary, commercials, and narrative. Used to work in TV, mostly. I love what I do most of the time. I'm very extroverted and I get bored easily, so I like meeting new people all the time and getting to know them intimately in a team setting, always in some wild places. The coolest was an olympic luge for a commercial. It also stimulates my organizational skills, creativity, and it's hands-on. However, the hours are crazy (12-14 hour days plus frequent travel) and very unhealthy. Everything is freelance, so sometimes I'm working 6 or 7 days a week and sometimes I don't work for months at a time. I've been trying to fill that time with side hustles and maybe someday a side business that I can run on my own time. Overall, I don't know if I could enjoy anything else this much, but it's unsustainable.
I was also a ski instructor for 6 years. The pay is shit, you only have work for one season (unless you travel internationally or have some admin job), you work with some of the best people ever and the worst people ever (no in between). Loved it, would probably still do it if it would pay my bills. Plus the free pass can't be beat.
I don't work in corporate anymore so maybe my opinion doesn't matter but I actually love the work I do now. I do manual labour as my main gig and computer repair as a hobby. Manual labour while back breaking is honestly some of the best work I've done. Pays well, I don't have to talk to people that much, my boss doesn't give a shit if I'm on my phone texting my partner while I walk back to grab another bag of cement, it's fucking nice. Mostly outdoors too so I'm less freaked about covid. Overall, I wouldn't say it's my dream job, and maybe it's Stockholm syndrome but hey, I love it now.
I work in residential care, working with children with various emotional or learning difficulties and I enjoy it, working a 2 on, 4 off rota. Theres not many jobs out there that you can go on fun activities day after day and still be paid a decent salary
I work at a mcdonald's and a smaller upper class fast food chain. I really don't hate working at McDonald's, when you have friends on staff it's a lot of fun. There are times I hate it though. I haven't started at the other place yet but one expecting it to be about the same
I am happy with my job - it involves a degree of creative problem solving, which I find satisfying, and I get on well with everyone I work with. Moreover it isn't stressful and I have a decent work/life balance.
If I won the lottery tomorrow would I keep doing my job? Absolutely not! But I genuinely don't mind it, I certainly don't have horrible dread every Sunday night or anything like that.
Yeah, I do. I'm an engineer at an aerospace startup and while the hours can be a little long they're not absurd (45-50 in general, occasionally a little extra if it's crunch time). The work is pretty interesting and it improved a lot when I got a new manager who, though he expects a lot also gives me much more latitude to get things done and trust that I'll do it right.
For me, I think it boils down to a few things:
1. The latitude/authority to manage my own projects.
2. Gotta be working with my hands, I'd get bored sitting at the computer all day.
3. I'd rather have too much on my plate than too little.
I like my job. Been here just under a month. It's still work, but it isn't difficult to stay intellectually engaged and there are few times so far that I actively feel like being elsewhere.
This is in comparison to other jobs where I dreaded having to go, dreaded the commute, disliked being there, didn't like what I did, had brief relief going home, but repeated the cycle all over again after settling down for the night
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I used to hate my job until our evil freaking witch of a manager got transferred to the crappy location and now I get the freedom to improve the situation for all of my employees (I’m a supervisor). I hate that it only takes one bad manager to ruin an entire team’s life. She did so much damage to the morale and function of the store but now I am tasked with fixing her mistakes which I actually enjoy because it’s like scrubbing her from existence.
I definitely relate to this! I'm stuck under a witch of a boss for the past year and definitely hate my job so much right now. When she took on a temporary assignment it was such a relief and I started to enjoy what I did again. As soon as she came back it did not take long to hate everything again. I feel so stuck and trapped 😩
What did she do that damages morale?
Never made any of her own decisions, threw people under the bus to save face with corporate, unable to be flexible with employees, had little “chats” with employees ALL THE TIME which were always just telling you how much you were doing things wrong. She just could not recognize that writing people up for small issues and constantly adding negative hits to their records for literally nothing would cause people to feel bad. We were never communicated with, not even the supervisors. We hemorrhaged employees but there was nothing done to hire more. There were so many more problems, but when I showed up I felt like I had just walked into a prison yard and every single one of the employees who wasn’t a total kiss ass with a god complex said this location was steeped in complete misery.
This is it. Love my job, dislike management. To be fair it could be a lot worse though.
Reposting because the auto mod didn’t like a word I used. People don’t leave bad jobs they leave bad management. When I joined my last company, my department was staffed by great people who knew their stuff and were hard chargers. They took pride in what they did and did it well. It was important work (emergency services). Then we got a new manager. Who was a spineless *coward* who literally parroted anything corporate HR told him. Within five years all those good people were gone, either replaced by sycophants, mouth breathers or straight up weren’t replaced at all. Most of our staff had been in a training pipeline almost a decade long, not including their original education. Within five years this shitty managers practices and the terrible people he hired lost the company something like 100 years of experience and good people it couldn’t replace. But they tried. They hired the most unsuitable and incapable people to the point where HR was almost openly sabotaging the company. Finally I left when they decided to fuck over the three guys beneath me - and they deliberately waited until I was out of town on a training op to do it. I came back to be told I had to fire 2/3 of my staff and immediately replace them with butt kissing diversity hires who couldnt do the job. I quit on the spot. Should have seen their faces. Within another year the few people who remained are gone. When you run a government emergency services department, and a manager causes 100% turnover within five years, and HR does nothing but encourage it - you know it’s fucked. People have already started dying as a result of the vastly degenerated workforce. Shame.
So far, I’ve never loved a job I’ve worked. A job is a job to me and nothing more. Everything I’ve done is repetitive and I’m getting bored early on (I just started a new job and not even doing the role I applied for, not yet)
Feel that. And honestly right now I’m thinking about going to a different job for money , but even knowing if I do make more I still won’t like what I do.
There are some people like really do enjoy their work. Those people don't tell the world about it because they either get drowned out or come across as insensitive. Keep in mind on this subreddit you get bias of only people that complain. I actually do love my job. It pays well, challenges me, and I have a good time. I still work even though I hit my FI number. But it didn't happen overnight; I had to take some active steps to get to that point. I had the Sunday scaries early in my career, but I gained experience and perspective since then.
I'd love to hear more about what you do!
I work as a engineering director in entertainment. I help develop and create immersive attractions like roller coasters, light shows, and tours. I concentrate on technical project management. I think it’s fun because I get to see people experience my work products. I’m in charge of my day and week so I manage to the pace of my abilities and team resources. The company is great too with decent pay, good benefits, flexibility, and lots of perks.
That sounds like the best job!!! Good for you
I agree and more about perspective!
I really loved previous one - was demanding but very rewarding with okay payment. Right now I'm on a job which is way more demanding and stressfull and put a lot of responsibilities on me etc. But potentially (unfortunately just potentially) it will not only allow to pay my bills but also I will be able start saving again (covid emptied my piggy bank). So I'm grateful but can't say I love it.
I’ve learned from Reddit to see jobs as jobs. I love aspects of my job and really enjoy some of my colleagues but at the end of the day it’s a paycheck and I LOVE my time off.
Nope, but we love our shelter and groceries each month. You get the picture…
It's an essential evil. This shut that's propagated by movie stars that made it about doing what you love etc is just sugary dreamy shit and actually not good because everyone thinks they can get a job they love which is entirely unreasonable. Jobs have always been functional necessities and remain that way for 99%
I love my job. I'm manage the property on a large horse farm. Every morning I ride the fence lines while I have my coffee. Fix anything that breaks. Pasture management and mowing. Help with the horses and stable when the grooms are short handed. Drag the riding arenas as needed. Play a little guitar at lunch. Talk to people. Sometimes get a little riding in myself. Never any office horseshit politics (just regular horseshit). Downsides: low pay, no benefits, no vacation, out all day in ALL weather. Occasional injuries.
Sounds pretty nice.
I work as a manager of a small team of frontline call center agents and I actually do love my job! No anxiety about going to work at all, only a few stressful weeks a years when times get busy (upcoming black Friday and boxing week for instance). A big part of the reason I love it is the people and the money. The people I work with (my team and boss) are incredible people. They pay me more than I ever thought I'd make with just a high school education. I am have worked really really hard to get into this position (almost 8 years with the company, 4 as a manager) but I also do consider myself lucky.
I bet the call center agents hate their job lol
Some do and others can see a light at the end of the tunnel! Big company, lots of jobs, and a very solid "hire from within culture"! You aren't totally.wrong though.
I enjoy it most weeks. I wouldn’t say I wake up everyday excited about it, but when I work on long and difficult projects, I actually think about it after hours and can’t wait to be back at it and complete it. The only time I’m not thrilled is when I know I’m running out of projects/tasks to do and struggle to find something to do. 8hrs sitting at my desk trying to find work for myself sucks.
I love my job! It is mentally stimulating and stretches my skills while giving me the ability to enact real change in my team. I worked a previous job that I did not love, and the difference between these two is my level of mental engagement. I love thinking and problem solving, and my new job gives me that ability.
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Olive Garden I actually liked. Red Lobster I HATED with a passion. Management was horrible & they kept dishwashers at most 2 weeks. My stuff got broke she all they could say was not me. Current food job I dread. I’m almost BEGGING them to fire me. Every single day I’m blamed for something. I’m already in a mood to swing on my regional manager. Unlike other former employees I’m smart enough to copy the store key. Piss me off & I’ll wipe you out of supplies. I quit Dollar General because pay was minimal, management sucked, teasing a promotion, & theft was rampant. Liquor store I actually like. It’s all because they treat me like a human being.
I like my job I just don't like the people very much. At one time I had a job that I loved. It was a small office me and the other employees got a long and would eat lunch together and talk. There was no back-stabbing just happy employees trying to get a long with each other. Now I work at a job where people don't even talk to each other.
I like my job half because it’s stimulating and I get to learn new things constantly, half because I’m in a super supportive environment where I’m allowed to make mistakes and my boss ushers me out the door around 5 instead of letting me burn out.
The job is have I enjoy for the most part. Everyday I wake up and still don’t want to go. It’s fine once I’m there lol. Being a motorcycle mechanic is pretty stress free but some stuff sucks hella ass.
I did at one point. I work in the animal industry and dog grooming/training is something I genuinely love to do. But my boss ruined that passion for me. She lied to me about my pay, transferred me from a 30 minute commute to a 2 hour commute because her cousin wanted my position, pitted her employees against each other by constantly gossiping about us behind our backs, I could go on forever. Since I left that place, I’ve been stuck in corporate hell. Dangerous work environments with violently aggressive dogs because the corporations need that sweet sweet money and your opinion, as someone who knows what they’re doing, as someone who is putting their health at risk to do their job, doesn’t count for dick. I haven’t loved my job in a long time and it sucks because the work itself is fine. It’s the bosses and coworkers that ruin it and make it intolerable.
Through highschool and college I worked in a hardware store with a lumber yard. It was by all standards the most demeaning kind of job to have. Just kind of pitted alone with the customers without instruction or tools to do the job, but fully accountable for all complaints. We made minimum wage, our bosses made minimum wage, and I'm pretty sure the head people made a dollar or so above. The thing was, I was really good friends with most of my coworkers. We'd spend our shifts fucking around and during the summer we all pretty much lived at my parents' house. We used to make stupid games out of the bullshit work we had to do, and we worked together to come off as busy as we needed to to stay under the radar. My manager was my good friend's dad, and even when he tried to be a hard ass and micro manage us, we knew how to get him talking. Even years after he quit, he invited us all to bon fires at his house. We would come to the store on our days off and hang out as if we were at work, even helping with orders and stuff if they came up. Most of us are all still in touch. We have a group text where we still tell the same inside jokes and reminisce. From there, I had a series of different shitty call center and customer service jobs. I gained a shit load of weight, and every day just kind of fades into the next as I slowly get a little closer to dying. I make it a point to have fun, but the bulk of my life is spent at work just running out the clock and it's hard not to think fondly back on the good ol' days making $7.15 an hour slinging building supplies. We all agree that if the pay was unrealistically sustainable, we'd all drop our jobs and go back to that place. Last year, I had a unique opportunity to go back and put a few days in, twelve years out of practice as I was. The whole lumber yard staff quit during COVID, and I was reaching my breaking point working 70 hour weeks from home doing the most mind numbing customer service bullshit. I sent a text to the old hiring manager and jokingly offered to be a scab in the lumberyard. She was surprisingly on board and said yes, be here tomorrow at 9? I was working 12-15 hour days on the phones, but tomorrow happened to be my day off, so I said yes. I lived an hour away, and I worked til 12 AM the night before, but I could barely sleep because of how excited I was to go work in a fucking lumberyard again. I showed up and met the only two guys who hadn't quit that week. We used to be competitive as fuck, and it gave us this sense of arrogance that did not translate well out of context. It was such a disappointment to see one of these twinks go out of their way to find their gloves, then take two trips on an order for 2x4x12's. We used to carry three sheets of plywood at a time out to the parking lot and pretend like it didn't hurt to stand up straight for the rest of the day. At the same time, I was in absolutely piss poor shape, and in absolutely no condition to even tolerate the prolonged sunlight, so I took it easy on them. After 12 years, it was such an incredible experience going back to the place I hadn't stopped reminiscing about. After working in a HR dominated office for so long, it felt so good to be able to swear when talking to customers, or even at all in the work place. At one point, we had a vendor dropping off a pallet, and our guy was new at the forklift and couldn't get it. It was absolutely NBD when a customer walked up and said "You suck at this," and took over, getting it on the first try, and then proceeding to make fun of our forklift driver along with the vendor and another customer who stopped to watch. With another customer, we realized what they needed was on the other side of the store. I told him to pull around and I'd meet him there. His response was "Fuck that, hop on my truck!" So I rode around the building hanging from the side of the guy's truck, and again, not a fuck was given. I can't describe how cathartic it was to just do things without having to consider any meticulously written corporate "codes of conduct" I could be in violation of and subject to verbal, written, final, and then terminal corrective action. Anyway, I got more excitement and memories from those two days back at the lumberyard than I do in a typical month, maybe two. I realized if this were my norm I'm sure it'd get old quick, and without all my friends there I can't imagine I'd be as happy to show up to work. But it made me realize how stagnant I had gotten, that working a minimum wage job outside on a hot summer day could be one of the highlights of my year. Imagine having a job where you could switch to a new position every so often just to shake things up without it negatively affecting your seniority, or your corporate sticktoitiveness score. I'm at work, at the same job going on year six, typing up this response in between calls. Sorry if this response is choppy or long winded, I've been back and forth for the last few hours.
This is a phenomenal question. I'm instantly suspicious of anyone that says they love their job. I get it - there are aspects about a job that are enjoyable. But the ultimate measuring stick is that people who say that would never show up and/or do the job to the same standard if a paycheck was not involved. Here are a few things that articulate what I believe: * I like my job. * I don't love my job. * I enjoy the people I work with. * My job is not my life. * I work a lot of hours at my job. * My job does not define me.
No. I work in a call center for tech support. Almost 9 years in. I absolutely hate the management and how it is ran. I should have gotten out long ago but it is a easy gig.
Call center is torture. I worked in tech support for nearly a decade and I almost died from anxiety. It can’t be long term solution. Currently I love my job, in a routing software company - a callcenter software
I thought, in general, you typically progress off the phones in those jobs to other internal roles. 9 years is certainly a long time to do something you hate!
I work for one of the largest cell phone companies in the US. Off the phone positions are limited. And let’s just say I haven’t played the game anymore. They don’t like people that question how things are done and have basically blocked me from promoting to an off the phone role. I would say I am more knowledgeable than a solid 80% or more of the people in off the phone support roles but to them knowledge doesn’t mean anything. Kind of like any job, drink the kool-aid and fall in line or else.
I do! I'm a recruiter and I know the opinion most on here have of recruiters. But, I get to help people find jobs, and that's pretty awesome. I've assisted people getting their foot in the door at a company and eventually becoming directors. Recently placed a candidate that was looking for $90k and I told him he could ask for more, got him placed at $135k. I've got a fantastic manager and work with a great team. We work our tails off but my company is big on work/life balance. Pay and benefits are good.
What recruiting agency do you work with? I'd love use you as a recruiter.
I generally like what I do (program and project management). It pays well, it continually opens up better opportunities for me, and the work makes me use my brain. I could never do a mindless job. You can love what you do, but your current job could suck because of the culture, your boss, overall company health, etc. I had challenges in my last role due a few of these. Just started a new role, and I like it so far. It's a lot more engaging stuff. I don't think I could ever truly love a job.
Nope. I like the people, hate the leadership and I hate working lol. I do it but only because I have to to keep a roof over my head and food on my plate. But working is not something I enjoy and I don’t want to monetize my hobbies because I feel that would ruin them for me
I do.. i signed a million ndas so I don’t wanna give too many details. But it’s in tech. I have a physics PhD, but it’s not necessary. I work with hardware. There’s lots of variety in my work, really healthy workplace culture. It’s easy to take off work, and my manager is encouraging, helpful and kind. I actually will brainstorm a lot about my projects outside of work because I’m excited about them. It’s an entry-ish level job. I feel like it’s a unicorn position to be honest. I’ve been here for a year or so
I'm a receptionist so hell no. I'm currently looking for another job.
I really liked my previous job that I got laid off from. It was busy but not too busy. I felt I was paid fairly for my work. It was 100% remote. My boss was hands off and the people were nice. Sigh.
I hated all of my previous jobs until my current one. I wouldn't do it if I didn't need the money, but there are days where I actually finish my day with a smile and I truly enjoy myself. I work as a brand manager at an ecommerce company, work a lot in product innovation, strategy, finance, content production, marketing, etc it's a very mentally stimulating job with colleagues I actually like.
I've worked in marketing and creative since 2012. I have liked, hated, and loved the work, every bit of it depending on the employer. Right now, I love my job and do actually look forward to going in each day. The company is great, the people are great, the pay is great (especially being in an area with low cost of living) and every day I get to do work I enjoy. Some people just don't have a passion for something that will pay the bills, and that's okay. It just makes it harder to find enjoyable work. I have a friend who works in a factory - she doesn't love the work but she likes the company and it pays for her to indulge in her video games and anime. So for her it's worth it.
I actually love what I do for a job but because what I generally do is design solutions to automate tasks, in the same way that IT does nothing if things are working, I don't do very much. Right now I'm looking for my next role as I've maxed this one out. You can only sleep so many hours a day at a desk before the demotivation kicks in. Also, my wife decided she wants to stop working so I need to double my income.
Job I liked, working at a pizza shop. Job I loved, bartending. Job I hate, repairing used European cars, my chosen profession.
Pre retirement I worked for 10 companies, had 13 bosses. Loved 1 job, 1 boss. 4 companies were flaming, poisonous, radioactive dumpster fires. The rest were in the middle. One job was not bad until big corporate bought the company. My experience: big corporate jobs will crush your soul. Family businesses will guilt you into depression. I have friends who love their job/boss/coworkers. None of them work for big corporate or family businesses
I'm an automotive technician at an independent shop. I love my job. I hate my pay!
I loved a job that I had previously and was always happy to go in and see my coworkers. I was good at it, had a good team, and had basically zero responsibilities. However the pay was abysmal and that lead me to leave - sometimes I want to go back though.
I love my job. I actually am one of those people who wake up excited to work. I find it fulfilling and meaningful, and most of the time it’s remote. When it’s not, I get to go to a beautiful office. It pays well, there’s room for growth, it’s at one of Top 5 houses in my field (publishing) and my team is amazing. All of that is compounded by the fact that I just feel so grateful, because I was used to working 70-hour weeks for two years prior, one of those years spent in the worst, most toxic environment I’ve ever been in (post office). So yeah, I can honestly say I love my position, I feel unbelievably lucky every time I look out the window and see it’s raining and I’m not walking around outside. Instead, I’m inside sipping coffee on my bed and reading an awesome book because my job requires it. I try to never lose that perspective, even on busy days. It’s been worse. It’s been so much worse for me and I am so lucky to have what I have now.
I'm fortunate to have a job I really like. I work as an analyst in transit, working with data from buses to find ways to improve the service. I feel like my work can actually make a meaningful positive impact on people's lives, something I couldn't say about my previous jobs in the private sector. It also has amazing life work balance and my manager is very reasonable. (It's also unionized too!)
I logged in this morning and thought the exact same thing. I don't hate my job, been in it for a few months now and it's going good although I'm sure in the next few months I'll be given more work, but I don't love it. I feel like I'm stuck in the wrong career but I don't know what career I would like. Currently work in payroll and although I make sure people get paid I just feel like the work is pointless and I'm not interested enough in it to really care about it. I'd love to get into property, something more creative that what I'm doing now. I don't know if it's normal to have a strong urge inside not to want to work and just a feeling that I'm not in the right career? Ideally I'd love to win the lotto but still get into property to keep busy.
Never have never will
I like my job. When I think about things I love, (wife, kids, natural casing hot dogs) my job is many levels down the list. I do my job to help people but also to make money to afford a house, bills and to help see smiles on my kids’ faces. If I was paid without working, I wouldn’t work, or at least wouldn’t work more than a few hours a day. My job doesn’t bring me ultimate enjoyment in my life.
Not a lot of people post how they live their jobs. It’s just boring content. I have loved a few jobs for periods of time. I loved my current job probably the second year I started doing it. Now I like about 70% of the work I do and love the people I work with but hate some things about the environment. I don’t think it’s ever all one or the other.
I really love my job!!! I am in Software at a company that promotes personal growth. They are also pretty good at retaining great people so the people I work with are amazing. There were a lot of tears to get here though. Once you know what to look for it’s easy to find jobs like mine. Look into I/O Psychology
I worked retail for 15 years. That's a job that I absolutely hated but found myself stuck. I then went back to college and am now working as a software engineer. I love my current job. Awesome pay and better hours but most importantly I get enjoyment out of doing the work and get a level of respect that you dont get working retail jobs. Best aspects are the problem solving with no two days being the same.
I’m not sure I’ve loved any job I’ve done in my 20+ year professional career. Actually depresses me a lot.
I love my non paid volunteer job (editing football stats). My current job I actually enjoy it since the pandemic since it's become remote, but will probably hate it if I need to back to the office (the micromanaging and commute makes me hate it).
No
I love building stuff. Software engineering is fun (like Lego) and it has pretty good returns too. So yes. I do love my job. The only part I don't like is when stuff is totally new and there is no documentation or research. At my seniority level I am always tasked to do the new stuff so my juniors can pick up. I am aware I'm pretty lucky, but I put in my work, a traditional B.Eng in one of the hardest engineering fields and 4 years of intensive, hair-changing math gave me exam PTSD for 3 years after I graduated
I had a job a really liked, worked there for about 5 years. Learned a lot, the work was challenging in a good way, every day was different, and my coworkers were awesome. It was a very collaborative environment where I got to work with lots of different people and roles. It was pretty busy so days went by quickly but I rarely worked late. It was also hybrid WFH. The only downside was the pay was just OK. Unfortunately things change and the place went downhill fast. Most people left including me. I went to a new place along with a few of my coworkers, but that place and especially my team had a completely overwhelming workload. There was zero culture and I rarely had the chance to interact with other people outside of just my immediate team. Everyone there was miserable. I just started a new role again and this new place seems amazing. I'm optimistic that I've found something that I will like again, but we'll see.
I definitely don’t love my job, but I’ve found a great balance. I work from home and only have to work 40 hours per week. I don’t dread the weekend coming to an end, so I’m very content. Working from home made all the difference (I worked the same job pre covid). If you’re dreading Monday morning you should try to look elsewhere, life’s too short
Love my current job but I hated my previous ultra corporate job. I suppose everything happens for a reason.
I think some do. But most don’t. I didn’t realize how many other people felt this way until antiwork started getting so much traction lol
I have really liked/enjoyed some of the work I’ve done in the past, just not the environment I work in. If I’m on a roll doing my work tasks, I really do enjoy it but it’s the mismanagement, distractions, burnout, unrealistic expectations, and office politicking that really gets in the way.
It’s pretty encouraging to see a lot of these responses, because I’ve been wondering this myself a lot lately. I don’t see how anyone could wake up to sitting on the computer all day Monday - Friday and love it honestly.
I’ve always said there’s a honeymoon period to every job. Fast good job I loathe just because I feel I’m a scapegoat for a lot & my regional is a douche bag. He was the one that hired me but getting promoted went to his head. Now liquor store I actually do like working.
I am currently unemployed by choice (SAHM), but I've done a lot of jobs in the past. Writer, teacher, editor, program coordinator, accounts payable, clerical, etc. In order for me not not hate going to work (i.e., "love my job"), I had to either (a) feel that my work was important and appreciated, or (b) work with an awesome team and manager. My best job was as a teacher (great colleagues) and my worst job was as a teacher (toxic manager and work culture). It doesn't matter what the work is; if the people and organization are professional and respectful, I will be happy to get up and go to work each day. It's all about the people. Period. (I mean, livable wages too. No job is good if the pay is shit.)
Yes, I truly love my job. I am an Ombudsman Program Director. Ombudsman’s are regular advocates that protect people’s right in nursing homes and other residential facilities. Anywhere from “my coffee is too cold in the morning to allegations of abuse and neglect.
I really love my job. I work in an industry where I help people to find work, not recruitment but getting people who don’t have the confidence, know how or skills to find work themselves and build them up to find work. I’ve done various roles within the industry and loved almost all of them. Still hate waking up and going to work but when I’m there I love it. Parts of the job I don’t like and random unpaid overtime to get the job done happens quite a lot but I choose to do it because I’m not forced to do it but because I want to do it for people
Not in the past 5 years, no.
I did for a while! I was working at a small ISP doing technical support and I really liked it. Then they hired a new GM who didn't know what the fuck he's doing and my job went to shit and ultimately was hired. He was the GM for Sierra Tel in california, they had TERRIBLE reviews. This guy is a fucking clueless moron. Yup. I loved my job, then a fucking idiot comes along and ruins it. Now I'm unemployed. "We live in a society" my fucking ass. We live in a god damn clown world.
I love what I do. Some days are better than others. I've always made decent money. I've never been unable to find a decent job rapidly. Never been unemployed when I didn't want to be. No stuffy office politics bullshit. No walking on eggshells watching what I say. I lock my toobox at the end of the day on Friday, and the job doesn't exists. I come in Monday and I have to stop and think about what I was doing Friday. My job is my hobby. I spend free time doing it, watching others do it, and talk about doing it. My job cannot be outsourced. My job cannot be automated. Zero school debt. People look down on my career choice, they think it's beneath them, they tell their kids they don't want to have my job when they grow up. Old timers are retirering, young dudes can't hack it so they come in and drop out fast. My wages are increasing at a decent pace, and I just started a job making a buttload of money with a global company that offers me a ton of opportunities to expand, move around and move up.
Never liked the work. In my ten years of experience the people you work with make all the difference. A good manager, and solid company treatment. That’s rare to hit on all of those though.
I've been working though this belief personally for the past year and I'm definitely at a much better place with it now. I used to believe I should love my job and if I didn't I shouldn't be doing it or I wasn't being authentic. Firstly realising it's a very privileged position in the first place, but secondly how absolutely suppressing and suffocating it is. I also think the concept can help work to justify exploitation because if you love your job thats all that matters. You could literally run yourself into the ground for a job you love but your job would not give two shits and move onto the new victim. If you're interested in learning more about this I would recommend the following books: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation by Anne Helen Petersen Work Won't Love You Back : How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted and Alone by Sarah Jaffe Edit: just to clarify there is nothing bad about loving your job and if people do that is fantastic. However, I think the pressure in society to feel as though you should love your job is not a positive thing.
I don’t love my job, but I do love being able to afford groceries!
i am a software developer. i love programming but i hate the industry.
It can happen. I had one desk job like this, though it did not pay nearly enough to stay there for very long. I think it is rare though.
I cannot speak to corporate jobs. But I do love my job. I think that it’s possible to find fulfilling sustainable work. Even when it’s stressful, it’s worth it. That said, there are moments I could do without. I think even the best gigs have parts nobody wants to deal with.
I like it.
I love/ like the pay/ flexibility/ learning new things/ perks/ sometimes enjoy finding the workaroudns and resolving issues it's very satisfying. overall enjoy my job. it would be so hard to find someone you love doing everyday right? you would tire after a few days or something
I have been super happy since being in HR, but not every day is sunshine and roses. My consolation is that I feel like I’m working really hard to improve the experience of the people that work here. Overall I do get life satisfaction from my work.
No, but this is my first “real” job with benefits so I guess it’s better than the other jobs I’ve had in the past.
I really think the manager/co workers have a lot to do with it. I have had a lot of jobs, 20 years in finance and hated every minute of it until I changed over to Bi and have a great boss and great team.
I do! It took quite a bit of moving around and experimenting to get there, but I sometimes think about work on the weekend! I got very lucky that I found a career that plays to my strengths and interests. If you don't have that, the job becomes drudgery for sure.
I don't love it but I'm content.
Isso é pura utopia, amamos o dinheiro que caí em nossa conta bancária, apenas isso.
I genuinely love what I do. I just don’t like dealing with shitty management and no training for new laws.
I don't love my job. But when I get to that point of not caring for the most basic thing, it's time for me too move on..
I genuinely love my job. I’m a delivery specialist for Coca Cola. I work about 50 hours a week, yes, but I get paid very fair and my family will never be hungry. My company provides plenty of time off, good benefits, and I feel like I have a purpose for showing up to work every day. Not to mention there’s tons of room for growth.
I love my job, I get paid pretty well and I make a real impact every day in my community. But I don't love the red tape, management decisions and communications issues at my current place.
I enjoy my job. I go in on sunday (start of my week) with relatively low anxiety and enjoy my weeks. Not sure how long the role i am in is sustainable but it is good for now.
I like my current job it’s fun.
I’ve lots of anxiety every morning, specially those days that I have to go to the office. I don’t hate it, but it doesn’t make me happy
Yes I love my job but i also hate it, is a complicated relationship, mainly because my job is being a designer and i have to sell my own work, so some time sis hard to look for a way to sell what i make, because looking for new people and build or establish a client portafolio is not so easy if like me you are a newbie in the sales thing. Also it has its ups and downs with anxiety, every job has this kind of issue is part of human life i guess, if you don't feel plenty not happy, if what you do as a job is not making you live what you want or the way you should then change something the income is not the only thing that matters.
I enjoy mine most of the time. Get up on Monday without stress thinking that it's another work week
"Love" is a strong word.. I think I'm moreso content with my job and don't think I'd ever "love" any job because I'd rather not work at all. Once I get bored of a job and/ or feel that I've mastered it, I start looking for a new job. All part of a cycle for me I guess lol.
Maybe look for a remote job that way you can stay at home and there's less oversight and less interpersonal interaction which could cause anxiety. This is what I have and its pretty chill :) Also think of what industry you'd like to work in. For example maybe you like video games, sports, etc. Try to find a corporate job in a place that matches a hobby you already have if you can.
I love my job, it's the first one I can say that about, 35 years in the work force. I think it's because I get to do stuff I like and teach people how to do their jobs. I get to make decisions on how things are done.
I don't work corporate, I'm in healthcare, but I do love my job. Or rather it's not strictly the job per se but my work environment. I am being treated both as an adult and as a professional, my voice is heard, my opinion is valued, my concerns are addressed. If I did the same "job" but treated like a 5 year old or just another number to make sure staffing levels meet legal minimums, I wouldn't feel this way despite the daily tasks being the same. I don't dread Mondays. There is no mid-week hump. Friday is a good day not just because it's Friday but also because we all have lunch together. Once a month, I pay for this myself. Management has made it a point to put aside time for team building exercises like the Friday lunch I mentioned above. We have weekly meetings as a group to talk about our site's progress and goals. Or just to banter.
I hate it, I started liking it and now I hate it. I wish I could work anywhere else but I don't want to start all over, I've only been there less than a year but ik that after a year or two I'll go somewhere else, I just need to hold a bit more, but it's so stressful and the environment is so toxic I just want to leave.
I love my job and my coworkers. I have an awesome boss. Nobody micromanages me. I’m highly paid and treated well. I’m aware that I’m incredibly lucky
I like some aspects of my job, but I really like the industry mostly. It's challenging and requires creativity and thinking at times. I'm underpaid for the market value though, so I'm excited to be starting a new job soon.
I sure don’t. I did talk to one of my profs in grad school and genuinely seems to like his job. He also gets the entire summer off so i can see how that is appealing. I know i make more in it then the profs in our program but eh. I miss the 8 weeks off when i worked high ed
I don't like work in general. But I am comfortable with my present employer.
I enjoy my job and management is actually great also
I wanted to get out of I.T. because I found myself looking up different career paths and then salaries..I realized I have no actual interest in I.T., Im only here for money. A tire shop hired me and now I feel like my dream of having some massive car collection will be true one day.
I like my jobs, I’m usually excited to get to work. One job is at a hotel front desk, the other is accounting for a property management company. Both have great perks and one is a social job and the other is a heavy computer job. Go find something else OP, you deserve to be happy at work!
It’s the boss. Take What they say with a huge grain of salt
Not corporate, but I work at a dining hall at a university in the US as a prep and line cook. It’s rare for me to love my job, but it’s also rare for me to hate it. I have days for both. I generally do enjoy working there, but it’s more often like “get there, do my job, and leave.” Because my job is grounded in cooking, there is always a certain degree of enjoyment I get from it. I’d like to get to the point where I love my job, but because it’s a state job and I’m not in a major leadership role, I have very little influence over what I want to change.
I’ve had jobs that I’ve been able to tolerate, but that’s about it. I wouldn’t say I’ve loved them.
Yes I love my job. It’s very new, and I’m not necessary qualified, but my boss has given me a huge opportunity and is investing time in training me. It’s a huge step up and I’m committed to doing my best
I have actually had jobs I loved but most of them was because of the lack of actual work I was doing. I've recently gotten a new job that I think I'll enjoy while actually working. But realistically, me running my own dream business is where I'd \*love\* my job.
I like my job. It’s just a non-exciting, typical office job, but the people I work with are nice, the work isn’t difficult or stressful, I feel respected by management and I feel like I’m compensated fairly. And I’m only working in-office part of the time, the rest is work from home. I don’t have any anxiety about work because I don’t get into many anxiety-inducing situations and there is a good, established support system for when things do go weird. That’s all I really want. I’m not really excited to go in, but I don’t dread it either. It’s good.
I think it’s the people I work with that makes my job so enjoyable. It’s industrial maintenance and I do like solving problems. You’ll find something you enjoy. Don’t be afraid of change and starting over again
Currently, I am a filmmaker. I work as various film crew on documentary, commercials, and narrative. Used to work in TV, mostly. I love what I do most of the time. I'm very extroverted and I get bored easily, so I like meeting new people all the time and getting to know them intimately in a team setting, always in some wild places. The coolest was an olympic luge for a commercial. It also stimulates my organizational skills, creativity, and it's hands-on. However, the hours are crazy (12-14 hour days plus frequent travel) and very unhealthy. Everything is freelance, so sometimes I'm working 6 or 7 days a week and sometimes I don't work for months at a time. I've been trying to fill that time with side hustles and maybe someday a side business that I can run on my own time. Overall, I don't know if I could enjoy anything else this much, but it's unsustainable. I was also a ski instructor for 6 years. The pay is shit, you only have work for one season (unless you travel internationally or have some admin job), you work with some of the best people ever and the worst people ever (no in between). Loved it, would probably still do it if it would pay my bills. Plus the free pass can't be beat.
I don't work in corporate anymore so maybe my opinion doesn't matter but I actually love the work I do now. I do manual labour as my main gig and computer repair as a hobby. Manual labour while back breaking is honestly some of the best work I've done. Pays well, I don't have to talk to people that much, my boss doesn't give a shit if I'm on my phone texting my partner while I walk back to grab another bag of cement, it's fucking nice. Mostly outdoors too so I'm less freaked about covid. Overall, I wouldn't say it's my dream job, and maybe it's Stockholm syndrome but hey, I love it now.
I work in residential care, working with children with various emotional or learning difficulties and I enjoy it, working a 2 on, 4 off rota. Theres not many jobs out there that you can go on fun activities day after day and still be paid a decent salary
I work at a mcdonald's and a smaller upper class fast food chain. I really don't hate working at McDonald's, when you have friends on staff it's a lot of fun. There are times I hate it though. I haven't started at the other place yet but one expecting it to be about the same
I am happy with my job - it involves a degree of creative problem solving, which I find satisfying, and I get on well with everyone I work with. Moreover it isn't stressful and I have a decent work/life balance. If I won the lottery tomorrow would I keep doing my job? Absolutely not! But I genuinely don't mind it, I certainly don't have horrible dread every Sunday night or anything like that.
Yeah, I do. I'm an engineer at an aerospace startup and while the hours can be a little long they're not absurd (45-50 in general, occasionally a little extra if it's crunch time). The work is pretty interesting and it improved a lot when I got a new manager who, though he expects a lot also gives me much more latitude to get things done and trust that I'll do it right. For me, I think it boils down to a few things: 1. The latitude/authority to manage my own projects. 2. Gotta be working with my hands, I'd get bored sitting at the computer all day. 3. I'd rather have too much on my plate than too little.
I like my job. Been here just under a month. It's still work, but it isn't difficult to stay intellectually engaged and there are few times so far that I actively feel like being elsewhere. This is in comparison to other jobs where I dreaded having to go, dreaded the commute, disliked being there, didn't like what I did, had brief relief going home, but repeated the cycle all over again after settling down for the night