I work to live, not live to work. My job is fine and stress free but I definitely don’t love it. It gives me cash to go on decent holidays so I’m happy with that.
If you’re able to stay doing the same work in the same role in the same job for decades and not get a bit jaded, then I think that would put you in a very small minority.
Being Father Christmas is fucking hard work (and hot work), even if you’re just a fake one. That said every now and then some kid will say something heartbreakingly sweet to you, which is nice. Mostly they just bang on about toys though.
2 days left here
it has been fine-ish whilst i have been here, i have learnt some stuff and the people are nice, it fairly varied , although it would be nicer to be designing some stuff that doesn’t have to be corporate dull
but it’s really badly organised which leads to what should be easily avoidable stress (ie i leave on friday, i gave my notice on 5th December - they have interviewed one person for my job, they managed to somehow interview the wrong person, they just 5 minutes ago have fallen out with the freelancer they were going to use to do some of my stuff whilst they find a replacement for me, etc etc (and this isn’t like we have a team of people to pick up the slack, there is one other guy here who does similar stuff to me) they are going to be a bit fucked after friday) and there are NO employee benefits at all which i find pretty sucky given how much they expect from us in terms of workload and all that (they do pay fairly well i guess)
i’m probably too old to still believe i might find something that i really like / love but i’m still hoping
well yeah, i imagine being FAKE SANTA isn’t all that
Given that a seeming precondition of doing any job is being ‘a bit jaded’ with it then this doesn’t seem a problem.
I doubt I could do the same job for decades personally but we’re all different.
I find it weird when people are very positive about learning something new like a HR system. It’s only marginally better than not learning anything at all.
There’s not a problem with it no, people can do a job for however long they want to/are employed for.
But I think a lot of people I’ve met who’ve done the exact same job in the exact same place for pretty much their entire adult lives have always seemed like that lack of change hasn’t been great for them. That’s partially me projecting my own fears about it mind. I just think it’s an unhealthy when for a prolonged period people don’t want new experiences.
I’m never going to be one of those people who jumps out of bed going “OH BOY, TIME TO GO TO WORK!”, but I’m pretty content with my job. For some inexplicable reason getting paid far too much money to be an argumentive dullard suits me to a tee.
I think academics can enjoy their job too but those jobs I think can come along with lots of other stresses unless you’re very lucky.
i’m with you - it’s loco to do that
I don’t know that I would agree with the first bit.
Yeah the addition of mind-boggling logistics, a hefty night shift and dangerous working conditions would probably make a big difference.
he just subs it all out to the elves and gets all the glory!
I do like my job, basically for similar reasons as PN.
Commute’s nice enough involving a walk then overground and not tube.
I can walk in a few minutes late everyday and sometimes leave a few minutes early and no one cares.
The job itself has some slightly interesting bits but a far amount of boring bits but I can spend lots of time on the internet and listen to music.
The people I work with are all nice and we get on.
We sometimes go to the pub at lunch with my boss and end up staying there for quite a while getting drunk and no one cares.
Money’s alright for what it is.
Zero stress and I don’t have to take work home.
I guess that probably is the case, but my original point was about ‘moving up’ more than anything. For me getting to a point where I don’t feel internal or external pressure to do that specifically seems more liberating than restrictive.
Can’t think of any job that I’d totally love, tbh. Even the ones I’d like the most have obvious downsides e.g.
Professional Footballer - no downtime, constantly being really careful over what you eat/drink etc., potential side-effects from institutional PED programme, having to socialise with other professional footballers
It’s not so much being a cog in a machine, as it is realising you’re just not good enough at anything you’d actually like to do that’s the real kicker. Might as well just skip this bit and be old already.
I once had the misfortune of reading a blog which was all about the key to workplace happiness being to switch from the attitude of “I can’t wait 'til the weekend!” to “I can’t wait 'til Monday!”
Oh the things that you can’t unsee.
I was in a long-term relationship with someone who absolutely lived for their “dream job” (zookeeper), and would probably empathise with that quote. It’s really not very healthy, imo.