Thread: I Hate My Job

You have to do something to pay the bills. I'm working four nights a week, at a warehouse here in the area. I hate it. It's like being back in high school. Luckily, I've made a few friends there; it's a temp job, so, I don't know if I'll get hired on full-time yet.

The pay is good; the other benefit is that every third week I get five nights off in a row. Gives me a lot of time to work on my writing projects and what have you.

The newspaper job--now that was a great job. But, i had to make this move and none of the local papers are hiring.

OK.

I'm venting and rambling . . . .

"Life's a piece of shit, when you look at it. But death's a laugh, and life's the joke. So.. always look on the bright side of life."

I know what you mean, as I'm currently stuck in a similar situation. After getting out of high school, I searched frantically for a job to pay for college ('cause I was too stupid to get a part-time job then). All I could find in my crappy, little, hick town was a job in a factory. I work several different shifts, and they usually last all week. I haven't made any real friends at my job as I am eighteen and everyone I work with is in their late thirties or early fourties (a few late twenties as well), so I'm pretty much thought of as 'The Kid'. A few of the nicer people talk to me occasionally, but not often. The work itself is really boring and time consuming as my shifts are eight hours long, and when I get home I have to force myself to write and study, so I have almost no free time. The good thing about it is I make decent money, but that's about it.

Well my work sent me on a 'business trip'

Normally this is good news as people are usually sent to an office in America, however I was send 100 miles west to a tiny little town in the middle of nowhere. They've opened an office there as they receive tax breaks for creating jobs in an area with high unemployment!!!

I was staying in a hotel not unlike The Shining and had to walk for 40 minutes to get cigarettes Oh how I missed convenience shopping!!!

think of the money, people, the money!

I stock fridges and freezers in order to run my car and perform in theatre. It's not the most glamorous job, but at least I have one.

I work as a swimming teacher to little kids. I actually love the job, gives me money to buy things I want and it's part time. Except there's no shifts for the summer, so hopefully I'll be working at a newspaper or the cinema for the summer. If not, I'm not going to go get a job for the summer.

I work a very demanding, high stress job as a unit secretary in a hospital.

I used to really hate it with a passion, because the hospital I worked in did not respect their unit secretaries much. Now that I've moved to a new locale where the nurses truly appreciate me, I feel much more satisfied and less stressed.

Always keep looking for something else if you're truly unhappy.

I love my job as much as I could love any job that does not allow me to sit around, drink too much and talk shit about art all day.
As it is, I am the sole writer for a media company, so at least I get to write...and I work with some amazingly talented artists, which is inspiring. And actually, every Friday we all start drinking at around 3 (an office tradition), so I guess I'm pretty close to having the job of my dreams.
But I suffered through many-a-shit job in highschool and university before I got it and when I did, I had to uproot my entire life and move.
Guess you have to decide whats worth it, and since I am a selfish, selfish girl, I know what is : me.

Since I recently moved in with my boyfriend, I have yet to get a job because we are going to be moving again shortly and no employer in this area would hire someone for only two or three weeks. However, my boyfriend is being really supportive of my insecurity about doing a job I don't like and don't want to do and told me he doesn't care what I do as long as I'm happy doing it. So, I've decided to do what I've always loved and always wanted to make money doing-selling my own artwork and becoming a published author-both of which I hope to do near the beginning of the new year. If I am successful at it, I'll be doing what I really want to do while taking care of our dog, Brittney, who hates being left alone. *Wish me luck!*

Good Luck

I work at a call center for tech support. there are so many constraints, controls and continual changes, it's nothing less than insanity. It seems to get worse every day and there is continual pressure to "perform for peanuts", though It's the best job I have had in 4 years.

One time I quit my job and ran away to South America with: A backpack,
$10,000 bucks and a camera. It was the most amazing experience in my life. It was difficult to want to work again after that. I keep thinking about the freedom and adventure.

There was a computer job in Calgary,AB where we would have a few beverages for lunch on a Friday, go back to work and act normal. Everything went smooth and we never got caught. The 80's were fun!

If you want to feel good about your job, look at some poor robot
that is half alive with a job worse than yours, or find another job.
Personally, my advise to young people is to risk some and invest
to become financially independent, at all costs.

later!