I haaaaaate my job to death ... any advice
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Someone else mentioned approaching your "boss" or whoever, to alert them to how you feel. That could either be (A) a nail in your job coffin; or (B) a wake-up call they need to do things a bit differently. I've always been a (B) person and it's always worked. I've put my neck out before and challenged upper management to the way we did things, and they actually listened and made things better for me. Not knowing the personalities you're working with, I don't know which route you should go... especially being GOV'T!!!! Good luck and keep us posted!
yoko said:
if i were you i'd go find myself a new job 
even if a job you find doesn't pay as much if you like it a lot more and have fun doing it, it'd be worth a lot more than the job you hate; atleast to me it would ^_^;;
even if a job you find doesn't pay as much if you like it a lot more and have fun doing it, it'd be worth a lot more than the job you hate; atleast to me it would ^_^;;
I wish the pay was even worth it. I have already started looking and actually sent out a couple of resumes ... the heck with job security if the job is to do nothing
I've been there... When I was in France I was doing some studies where the school finds you a part-time job where you work three times a week, and you go to school twice a week. You're supposed to make projects at work, and in the end you end up with a degree and work experience. Well that's the theory, in practice I wasted 5 years of my life in jobs where I had nothing to do (4 of them), I tried three degrees and I got none (because no project at work = bad grade). I admit for the last two ones I didn't even care about school anymore because with those jobs I knew I had no chance anyway. That, plus I don't even dare calling them 'work experience' and I'm really reluctant to work again (easy there though, as I can't find a job here).
I think the worst thing is that you get used to doing nothing. So when you actually get something to do, you take your time to do it etc. It's a stupid viscious circle. Plus in the end you start wondering if it's your fault you have no work and start feeling guilty being on Internet all day.
My advice - get out as soon as you can.
I think the worst thing is that you get used to doing nothing. So when you actually get something to do, you take your time to do it etc. It's a stupid viscious circle. Plus in the end you start wondering if it's your fault you have no work and start feeling guilty being on Internet all day.
My advice - get out as soon as you can.
Right on target Fran. That's what is worrying me soooo much. I can't even find something to put on my resume for this position. So, I ended up listing what I did in my previous job.
Again, right on target ... my exact feelings.
I am definitely working on getting out. For the past 7 months, "job security" and fearing the change were paralyzing me. Not anymore. Like Denaluvscogis said, life is toooooo short and we work for soooooo long to waste my life in a rut. Wish me luck
Again, right on target ... my exact feelings.
I am definitely working on getting out. For the past 7 months, "job security" and fearing the change were paralyzing me. Not anymore. Like Denaluvscogis said, life is toooooo short and we work for soooooo long to waste my life in a rut. Wish me luck
Right now the IT industry isn't a great place to be. If you are secure in your position- I'd keep it. I work for a consulting company who's goal is to offshore 70% of the people who do what I do and I have no feeling of security at all. I have a wife and 2 kids to provide for along with a mountain of expenses, and that leads to a lot of stress for me. That is what most companies are doing right now. Oursource, and then the outsourcers offshore the work to India where they can pay somone 5k a year instead of 75k.
I guess my advice is don't look a gift horse in the mouth. I read your pros and cons, and things like stability and benefits and salary are more important to me than the ability to be challenged or creative. Not that those things are not important, but making a living is a higher priority. I'd never purposely take a job for less pay then I'm making now to be more challenged- you work hard to advance, you should never take a step backwards unless you absolutely have to.
Good luck in your decision making.
I guess my advice is don't look a gift horse in the mouth. I read your pros and cons, and things like stability and benefits and salary are more important to me than the ability to be challenged or creative. Not that those things are not important, but making a living is a higher priority. I'd never purposely take a job for less pay then I'm making now to be more challenged- you work hard to advance, you should never take a step backwards unless you absolutely have to.
Good luck in your decision making.
JR, you could always bring Roy into work with you and see how creative you can be in training him to do certain parts of your job...like making copies of memos? The one and only office job I had, I spent a good amount of time revising some short stories of mine. Nobody cared as long as the work that needed to get done was. I hated that job for the same reasons you listed, but I did find my own creative outlet.
The one and only office job I had, I spent a good amount of time revising some short stories of mine. Nobody cared as long as the work that needed to get done was. I hated that job for the same reasons you listed, but I did find my own creative outlet.
Zoom said:
JR, you could always bring Roy into work with you and see how creative you can be in training him to do certain parts of your job
. Besides, my job doesn't have any parts ... it has only one part ; surfing the internetGreat but my issue is I have been looking for "what's needed to be done" ... I couldn't find it
I was expecting responses from you and PuckStop being brothers in arms
I agree 100% with you on the above. My only issue is, the lack of challenges is stressing me out so much so that it's affecting my personal life. In any case, there aren't that many job postings anyway and the closer we get to summer the worse it gets. At least, that's how it is in Canada. I don't know about the US. And oh man, outsourcing .... a curse that had cost me my dream job. Salary was $80K + at least 3.5% bonus every year + $2K Christmas bonus + 100% health coverage + 100% paid training courses. The only downside to that job was that I literally lived in the office but I enjoyed every minute of it.
I agree 100% with you on the above. My only issue is, the lack of challenges is stressing me out so much so that it's affecting my personal life. In any case, there aren't that many job postings anyway and the closer we get to summer the worse it gets. At least, that's how it is in Canada. I don't know about the US. And oh man, outsourcing .... a curse that had cost me my dream job. Salary was $80K + at least 3.5% bonus every year + $2K Christmas bonus + 100% health coverage + 100% paid training courses. The only downside to that job was that I literally lived in the office but I enjoyed every minute of it.