Do you love your job?

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magentawarped

I SAH...there's days I love it and days I hate it. I never had a real career though, so it's better than the crappy jobs I had before.

iwubrory

Meh, my paid job is ok. I love teaching my kiddos but I work for a very high pressure but also high performing organization. Everything we do has been completely changed this year yet they expect everything to be done perfectly all the time while piling more on every day. It really sucks the joy outvof my job. Plus, I want to be home with my babies. This is the last year then I'm gone!

SuzyQq02

I love my work, but not always my job... does that make sense?

I love doing therapy and training staff teams and thinking through systems and research issues. I absolutely adore my boss and working with her has been invaluable for my professional development. My supervisees are awesome, and at all levels of the agency I'm surrounded by people who want to do good. I don't love the politics of a large agency, the inefficiencies we have and the backwards logic that rules some of the decisions we make as an organization. But I know that those are just par for the course in working for a big nonprofit, and I've encountered some of those issues no matter where I've been... most social workers do. 

alphaphi98

I'm a middle school teacher and I said my job is okay. There are days I enjoy it, and there are days I hate it. It really depends on how my students behave. Some days they could be so sweet, while some days I swear they were the devil's spawn. I have a really rough group this year, so most days I feel like a drill sergeant. I would love to stay home with my kids, but we gotta pay the bills. That's why I totally enjoy my summers off with my kids.

Although teaching is a good profession, all the school shootings really make me nervous these days. They are happening all the time. And it's not just school shootings. It's happening at other work places too.The school shooting last week in Washington state was horrible! I teach in a bad part of town in Los Angeles, so the dangers of school shootings are possible. We just suspended a kid from my class for 5 days when he brought a big knife to school last week. Sometimes school shootings make me rethink my career choice. The threat may be real, but I will continue to teach and make a difference. I know I could be the only positive influence in some of my students' lives.

nebraska84

Love, love, love my job. I am a 3rd grade teacher. I love my class, the school I teach at (DS1 and DS2 will attend this school) and I love the staff!! Being a teacher is perfect b/c you make decent money and have breaks at summers and holidays.

TessyMessy

carissalynp said:

I do love my job. I will caveat that I'm not in love with my company though. I work for a huge (100,000 employee) IT company. I work on a specific account contracted o a different company. I love the work I do, and the people I work with and for, but I don't love the company that pays me. It's so big they don't care about individual employees, and they've been totally screwing us with pay and benefits, and it's getting worse. But for the moment, I like what I do and who I do it with enough to stay (and telecommuting helps!), And FWIW I definitely want to work, even if it was somewhere else. I adore LO but DH is a much better SAHP than I would be, and I don't really have that desire. 

This. But reverse. Love my company, don't love my position. FX my new position opens up early in 2015!!

JackieP1023

I voted my paid job is OK. I work PT (and technically SAH PT). I work for a local municipal government--the pay isn't great, but the flexibility is wonderful! I work 20 hours a week, whenever I can get those 20 hours in. Usually I go in to the office 2 days a week (8hrs), and WFH the other 4 hours. It works well for us when it comes to childcare-we only have to pay for max 2 days/week. If MH is on his normal shift, I am able to work the days he is off, and we have zero care costs.

The biggest complaint about my employer is the lack of pay. I have worked there for 3 years and only have gotten 1 COLA raise. Of 4 people in my department, only one has been there longer than me. Each time someone quits, they up the starting pay for that position.

djtippietoes

I generally like my job and I love the other members of my department.  There's some annoying office bullshit and drama though that I don't love.  And I feel like I'm underpaid for what I do.

Flyingtoast

I votes SS. I am a SAHM, but work semi paid. Either way some days I love it, others like yesterday I just wanted a job where the 'work' was a 9-5, and ended after that.

ramfan05

iwubrory said:

Meh, my paid job is ok. I love teaching my kiddos but I work for a very high pressure but also high performing organization. Everything we do has been completely changed this year yet they expect everything to be done perfectly all the time while piling more on every day. It really sucks the joy outvof my job. Plus, I want to be home with my babies. This is the last year then I'm gone!

@iwubrory‌ you took the words right out of my mouth. I love working with my kids, it's all the other crap that makes it tough. I really wish staying home was an option for us because when I'm home with my babies I really am happy, even though there are rough days. It's still where I would prefer to be.

ETA yikes! There were some crazy mistakes in there! DYAC!

Missy0483

I do not love my job. I have never loved a job that I've had yet. I've never had a career, just office work. Too much drama, too many people waiting to throw you under the bus, crappy bosses, and crappy maternity leave. I'm destined to stay at home but can't make it work money wise.

sdlaura

I voted meh, my paid job is ok. I really enjoy the people I work with, I really enjoy working outside my home, and I get paid well, so I'm generally happy about my job.

sdlaura

I voted meh, my paid job is ok. I really enjoy the people I work with, I really enjoy working outside my home, and I get paid well, so I'm generally happy about my job.

Meghan14

I voted "meh SAH is ok."

There are days I absolutely love being home.  But  there are others when I'm very lonely and/or stressed.   Working I was either happy or stressed or both.  Never was I ever bored or lonely.  In the end, I think I'd rather be home for right now, but I have yet to have a day when I didn't miss teaching.  

MissDemeanor

I love SAH, but miss having my "own" money. After being independent for so long I doubt I'd ever be comfortable with spending my BF's money on myself. On LO or the house it doesn't bother me. I used to like parts of my old job, but since the parts I liked involved being on a customer site and travelling a lot I doubt I'll ever go back to that type of work. Hopefully I'll figure out how to work part time doing something I love, and SAH part time