I Hate My Job!!!

worlie

I need to vent to someone because my job is bringing me down. I work non stop for very little pay, and we just got an incentive bonus taken away. My corporate drags their feet in giving raises (I havent had one in over a year) and we recently downsized, leaving me in very close proximity with a coworker who has a roaring personality disorder. She looks like Velma from Scooby Doo. I always have to resist the desire to say "jenkies" to her.

Anyone else currently in hate with their job....

drtyfrnk29

I wouldn't say I hate my job but I really dislike the downtime I face everyday. However, I'm in this position because of the choices, poor or wise, that I've made to get me here. I really only have myself to blame for any discontent. Could be worse. A few episodes of Dirty Jobs can get me right back on the happy train.

Rygar

worlie wrote:

I need to vent to someone because my job is bringing me down. I work non stop for very little pay, and we just got an incentive bonus taken away. My corporate drags their feet in giving raises (I havent had one in over a year) and we recently downsized, leaving me in very close proximity with a coworker who has a roaring personality disorder. She looks like Velma from Scooby Doo. I always have to resist the desire to say "jenkies" to her.

Anyone else currently in hate with their job....

This thread should have about 200 pages in a week.

And that's a yes, I hate my job.

satansbedbugs

Whenever I think about hating my job, I always think about that 1 person who is trying to get my job and it makes me work harder .

mookie9999

worlie wrote:

I need to vent to someone because my job is bringing me down. I work non stop for very little pay, and we just got an incentive bonus taken away. My corporate drags their feet in giving raises (I havent had one in over a year) and we recently downsized, leaving me in very close proximity with a coworker who has a roaring personality disorder. She looks like Velma from Scooby Doo. I always have to resist the desire to say "jenkies" to her.

Anyone else currently in hate with their job....

Sorry to hear about your job, but you have to throw in a jenkies here and there just to preserve your sanity!

brainofPJ

yes

worlie

There are things I do like, and I try to dwell on those. I guess it is mostly because I feel trapped. My husband started his own business last year and my paycheck pays the bills. There is no room for advancement, pay is shit, but I do have a flexible boss and good vacation package. I really hate to move on and cause more personal turmoil.
This mostly stems from a really bad morning meeting where I had to spend additional time in the extremely annoying presence of my nutjob coworker. ( I only have one). There is no one to complain to, because we only have myself and her, and boss comes in about once a week for an hour.
I have indigestion today, this meeting was so annoying.
Feel free to provide ideas to passive aggressively assuage my anger...

Danimal

worlie wrote:

I need to vent to someone because my job is bringing me down. I work non stop for very little pay, and we just got an incentive bonus taken away. My corporate drags their feet in giving raises (I havent had one in over a year) and we recently downsized, leaving me in very close proximity with a coworker who has a roaring personality disorder. She looks like Velma from Scooby Doo. I always have to resist the desire to say "jenkies" to her.

Anyone else currently in hate with their job....

I hate my job but I know there are even worse jobs out there....like being the mop up guy in a spank tank.

bovy_j

Danimal wrote:

I hate my job but I know there are even worse jobs out there....like being the mop up guy in a spank tank.

Or being the guy who is "Guinea Pig" on that Discovery channel show.

Strangest Tribe

satansbedbugs wrote:

Whenever I think about hating my job, I always think about that 1 person who is trying to get my job and it makes me work harder .

I wish I could think like this because my employers have been secretly trying to replace me for years but they can't find anyone that can do the quality of work I do. I get away with murder at work and they tollerate me with clinched teeth.

worlie

I guess I am not a prison guard.
Although sometimes I feel like it.
I do temporary staffing and the job pool is really shallow right now.

worlie

Strangest Tribe wrote:

I wish I could think like this because my employers have been secretly trying to replace me for years but they can't find anyone that can do the quality of work I do. I get away with murder at work and they tollerate me with clinched teeth.

Debra? Is that you? I thought you didnt like Pearl Jam? You tell me that frequently? Oh!! I get it!! This is one more thing you can report me for!!!

You NUTBAG!!!

haha

Strangest Tribe

worlie wrote:

There are things I do like, and I try to dwell on those. I guess it is mostly because I feel trapped. My husband started his own business last year and my paycheck pays the bills. There is no room for advancement, pay is shit, but I do have a flexible boss and good vacation package. I really hate to move on and cause more personal turmoil.
This mostly stems from a really bad morning meeting where I had to spend additional time in the extremely annoying presence of my nutjob coworker. ( I only have one). There is no one to complain to, because we only have myself and her, and boss comes in about once a week for an hour.
I have indigestion today, this meeting was so annoying.
Feel free to provide ideas to passive aggressively assuage my anger...

I bought some latex gloves and cut the fingers off and rolled them up like condoms(10 very miniature condoms) then in front of everyone handed them to him and told him his special order condoms came in.

I also draw little frowny faces on all the notes my boss sticks on the time clock. He's a note writer and hasn't the stones to confront any employee face to face, so I find myself changing the messages up to subvert him.

Strangest Tribe

also, when you are in a meeting, speak as though you are not a member of the team.
I approach meetings as a casual observer, even though I know I'm going to be making the most decisions, I never say "I think WE should do this..." I will say "you guys should do this..."

On several occasions my boss has commented "you're part of this , right?...this is a team..."
I usually say..."well, it's your business and your money"

This gets under his skin...

Rygar

Strangest Tribe wrote:

also, when you are in a meeting, speak as though you are not a member of the team.
I approach meetings as a casual observer, even though I know I'm going to be making the most decisions, I never say "I think WE should do this..." I will say "you guys should do this..."

On several occasions my boss has commented "you're part of this , right?...this is a team..."
I usually say..."well, it's your business and your money"

This gets under his skin...

hahahahahaha, good ideas, good ideas! (I'm taking notes)

BarryWalker

This is probably the most common thread on here ever. About every few weeks in comes a "I hate my job thread". Heck even I started one a while back. I think that's one thing that a lot of people have in common-hating their job.

It's the weekend though so in a few hours you'll be able to drink your sorrows away-at least for 2 days.

worlie

Sorry, I am not in AET very much. hate to dredge up common topics.

Venting has made me feel better. Also, looking at the classifieds.

Feel free to continue to give me ideas on techniques to stop me from going postal.

Parrot Bay, take me away.

Rygar

BarryWalker wrote:

This is probably the most common thread on here ever. About every few weeks in comes a "I hate my job thread". Heck even I started one a while back. I think that's one thing that a lot of people have in common-hating their job.

It's the weekend though so in a few hours you'll be able to drink your sorrows away-at least for 2 days.

The only problem with the weekend is that as soon you get off work Friday afternoon/evening it is suddenly Monday morning.
And each Monday morning is worse than the Monday morning before that, and so on

BarryWalker

Yes it can turn into a downward spiral sometimes.

Strangest Tribe

Rygar wrote:

The only problem with the weekend is that as soon you get off work Friday afternoon/evening it is suddenly Monday morning.
And each Monday morning is worse than the Monday morning before that, and so on

Monday is the most common sick day