Raise your hand if your job sucks!

GreenTeaDisease

and people wonder why I am on here so much lately.

I did not spend 19 years in school studying my ass off and a gagillion dollars on higher education to summarize company web sites.

rival.

i feel ya.

as the days go on, i am more and more uninterested and less and less motivated at my job.

big problem.

phillyfan

my job sucks bad

Jeanie

I spent 13 years of my life going to a job that sucked and wondering what the hell I was doing with my life.

I cannot tell you how liberating it was to quit and go back to uni, be a starving artist and do something I was really passionate about.
But that was a few years ago now and I'm bored again.

Don't spend your whole life doing something you aren't happy doing and be prepared to change paths often. Things are far more interesting that way.
Least that's what I learned from it all.

GreenTeaDisease

Jeanie wrote:

I spent 13 years of my life going to a job that sucked and wondering what the hell I was doing with my life.

I cannot tell you how liberating it was to quit and go back to uni, be a starving artist and do something I was really passionate about.
But that was a few years ago now and I'm bored again.

Don't spend your whole life doing something you aren't happy doing and be prepared to change paths often. Things are far more interesting that way.
Least that's what I learned from it all.

lol, well I just went back to uni and have only been here for 6 months!

they promised they needed an environmental economist and told me there would be all sorts exciting responsibilities for me...yeah right. I get shit upon and they don't want an environmental economist- they are trying to make me into some cross between an MBA and an electrical engineer...when they give me work at all. And I am doing work of the same level of difficulty I was doing 8 years ago when I graduated from college.

Sorry, I just get so pissed. The money here is good as well as the environmental, location, etc.

Jeanie

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

lol, well I just went back to uni and have only been here for 6 months!

they promised they needed an environmental economist and told me there would be all sorts exciting responsibilities for me...yeah right. I get shit upon and they don't want an environmental economist- they are trying to make me into some cross between an MBA and an electrical engineer...when they give me work at all. And I am doing work of the same level of difficulty I was doing 8 years when I graduated from college.

Sorry, I just get so pissed. The money here is good as well as the environmental, location, etc.

Yeah, sorry, I use my life as a warning to others! I thought I'd only be there 6 months when I started. (I still cannot believe I did that to myself!)

I hate that about work, how you are moulded into what they want. Squished around till you fit their box.

So can you use the elements of the situation that you do like to your advantage? You hate the work but enjoy the money, location, environment. Can you hatch a plan to move on while fully utilizing the things about the situation that you do like?
For example, I hated my job, but I adored the location. So while I was using the place to make the money to finance my goals in other areas of my life, I also made sure and enjoyed everything that the surrounding environs of my work had to offer.

GreenTeaDisease

Jeanie wrote:

Can you hatch a plan to move on while fully utilizing the things about the situation that you do like?
For example, I hated my job, but I adored the location. So while I was using the place to make the money to finance my goals in other areas of my life, I also made sure and enjoyed everything that the surrounding environs of my work had to offer.

yeah I am definitely trying to do that .

I just worry because in order for me to get a job I like better I will have to do one or both of the following 1) I will probably have to move, which I don't want to do for a long time- I love my apartment and my neighborhood and 2) I will have to take an enormous pay cut, and due to that alone I would have to move, and I have no idea how I would pay my enormous student loan bills.

sigh. I know I shouldn't complain, I just get so bored...

know1

Get a different job.

(But you sound as if you feel entitled)

Jeanie

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

yeah I am definitely trying to do that .

I just worry because in order for me to get a job I like better I will have to do one or both of the following 1) I will probably have to move, which I don't want to do for a long time- I love my apartment and my neighborhood and 2) I will have to take an enormous pay cut, and due to that alone I would have to move, and I have no idea how I would pay my enormous student loan bills.

sigh. I know I shouldn't complain, I just get so bored...

Nah, I understand. It's a trap and one of the reasons I stayed so long, the money and the ramifications that not having it would have on my life.
It's a tough call. I guess I played games with myself, made little challenges to get me through the working day and made sure that I had plenty to think about and do that challenged me in my time away from work.
Ultimately though, the thing I feared most about resigning (not having the money) well it didn't bother me nearly as much as I thought it would once I was doing something I was truly passionate about. BUT I did pay off everything first. What can I tell you? It's a difficult game to play. I hope you can tweek the existing arrangements to give yourself as much opportunity for happiness until you can launch yourself at your true calling.

Jeanie

know1 wrote:

Get a different job.

(But you sound as if you feel entitled)

Of course she does to you. :rolleyes:

I won't tell you how you sound, you already know what I think.

GreenTeaDisease

Jeanie wrote:

Nah, I understand. It's a trap and one of the reasons I stayed so long, the money and the ramifications that not having it would have on my life.
It's a tough call. I guess I played games with myself, made little challenges to get me through the working day and made sure that I had plenty to think about and do that challenged me in my time away from work.
Ultimately though, the thing I feared most about resigning (not having the money) well it didn't bother me nearly as much as I thought it would once I was doing something I was truly passionate about. BUT I did pay off everything first. What can I tell you? It's a difficult game to play. I hope you can tweek the existing arrangements to give yourself as much opportunity for happiness until you can launch yourself at your true calling.

well, I actually love my chosen field of environmental economics, this job just turned out to not actually be *in* my chosen field!

ugh, i wish I could pay off everything. I will be paying off my student loans until I'm dead, even if I made double what I'm making now...

know1

Jeanie wrote:

Of course she does to you. :rolleyes:

I won't tell you how you sound, you already know what I think.

I sound like someone who respects those that come in and work their way into more ideal positions rather than someone who thinks that just because someone has gone to extra years of school, they can bypass practical experience.

Jeanie

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

well, I actually love my chosen field of environmental economics, this job just turned out to not actually be *in* my chosen field!

hate that!
how hard would it be to find another job in environmental economics where you are right now?

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

ugh, i wish I could pay off everything. I will be paying off my student loans until I'm dead, even if I made double what I'm making now...

yeah, sinking in debt is a horrible feeling.
how about seeing a financial advisor? see if they can help you hatch a plan to get out of debt faster?

Jeanie

know1 wrote:

I sound like someone who respects those that come in and work their way into more ideal positions rather than someone who thinks that just because someone has gone to extra years of school, they can bypass practical experience.

You need to see a personal image consultant then.

Coz how you think you sound and how you actually sound are two entirely different things.

GreenTeaDisease

know1 wrote:

I sound like someone who respects those that come in and work their way into more ideal positions rather than someone who thinks that just because someone has gone to extra years of school, they can bypass practical experience.

I have experience. a lot of experience. and besides experience is really irrelevant in this job, education is valued a lot more.

haffajappa

can i raise both hands since i have 2 jobs?

brain of c

i work in porn.

GreenTeaDisease

doin'the-evolution wrote:

can i raise both hands since i have 2 jobs?

absolutely!

know1

Jeanie wrote:

You need to see a personal image consultant then.

Coz how you think you sound and how you actually sound are two entirely different things.

I don't "sound" like anything since it's just text. You're adding emotion to what you're reading....

Jeanie

doin'the-evolution wrote:

can i raise both hands since i have 2 jobs?

Stickman!!

Jeanie

know1 wrote:

I don't "sound" like anything since it's just text. You're adding emotion to what you're reading....

Ok, whatever know1. You have a great day there in your ivory tower.