Are we happy with our jobs?
What would your ideal job be?

Edit: what was your best/worst job?

It's not so much my job, it's the company I work for - and how I have been treated just lately - which is driving me out after almost 13 years of loyal service.

I need a new challenge.

Voted "No, hate it" even though I don't work, being a final year student. Had to vote in order for it to show the results - can this problem be fixed Geoff? Most polls have a link to "view results" so that you don't have to vote to get to them.


Update: Just realised I could've pressed View Results after seeing another poll I'd not yet voted on. I'm sure it didn't show the option to view results on this though. Must be going blind in my old age..

I love working where I do; have got a secondment doing what I have been doing unofficially anyhows the past year and a half off my own back. Start in few weeks. Can't wait !

I absolutely love my work although i dont know how long it will last im sure ill get fed up of the long, unsociable hours after a few years.

Working for the NHS means meeting loads of different people everyday - its sad at time when you see people who arent going to survive but they are the minority - most people come and go and you know they wont be back again for a very very long time.

The only bad thing is the lack of pay.

I do i cant help it ,i get to help kids all day and have a laugh with them and get job satifaction when all your patience pays off "ahhh now i get it miss" cool and i also get to play out at playtime only to get slaughtered at basket ball by 8 year olds but i love it !!!!!:thumbsup: :D :banana: :help: :headbang:
kids are so coooooooooooooooooooooooooool!

Originally posted by pretty_woman
I do i cant help it ,i get to help kids all day and have a laugh with them and get job satifaction when all your patience pays off "ahhh now i get it miss" cool and i also get to play out at playtime only to get slaughtered at basket ball by 8 year olds but i love it !!!!!:thumbsup: :D :banana: :help: :headbang:
kids are so coooooooooooooooooooooooooool!


Funny, I thought you mentioned on the chat room that you were a cleaner? :loopy: :confused:

To be honest, I can't ever imagine liking a job - its just something you have to do. I doubt many people would CHOOSE to work.

I kinda like my job.... the work isnt exactly taxing and the pay is ok, the staff are great people to work with and although its an old cliche I would miss them when I leave even some of the customers are ok...when they arent threatening to decapitate me!

Only problem I have with my job is I have quite unsociable hours :(

Originally posted by t020
Funny, I thought you mentioned on the chat room that you were a cleaner? :loopy: :confused:

Get wiv da program dude - she aint done that for some time AFAIK.

yes i used to clean to make ends meet in fact i held down 2 jobs untill i was offered full time at school .ok sir what do you do apart from bug the life out off ppl you piece of **** oh i forget your a rentboy aint you !!!!!!!!!!!!keep your nose out of my face you useless excuse for a human :loopy: :loopy: :loopy

Originally posted by t020
To be honest, I can't ever imagine liking a job - its just something you have to do. I doubt many people would CHOOSE to work.
I think I'd choose to work if. It would get very boring if you were sat on your own trying to kill time all the while.

O.K pretty woman I know how you feel with those comments, my parents were out of work for 5 years and then all my mum could get was a cleaning job, now my dad works on the social services (poorly paid job) and my mum works in health care, i'm the highest earner in the house but when people slag off low paid jobs i just try and explain how they got us through a s**t time, I don't want this to turn into a my jobs better than yours argument and the class/pay thing again!

Anyway if you don't mind me asking where is it do you work?

I hate it,i despise having to get up in the morning to go there and hope everyday that the place burns to the ground during the night.Its not just the job i hate the people i work for are complete a*** holes and treat everyone who works for them like crap.

As for my idea job i've been thinking about that a lot lately and i'm still not sure.:cry:

I hope you feel better for that!

I used to work part time as a sales assistant, but packed it in as it was way too much hassle. I had to travel all the way to meadowhall, fight my way through the crowds just to get in the shop, end up all flustered and stressed by prams and slow walkers... Oh yeah and have a stressful, bossed about day when I got in the shop. Oh yes and there was this supervisor who decided I was capable of doing 6 jobs at once... She had me on the till, then when someone wanted a piercing, she had me stopping serving, running over, doing the piercing, then tidying the shop floor as I went, telling customers about the sale and asking them if they were alright, as I handed out baskets and managed to catch my breath! Yes, it would seem as though I was the only one in that shop, however most of my colleagues had their mates in for chats whilst I was skivvy!

Oh yes, I forgot to mention, despite me making it clear that I live 2 buses away from meadowhall (1 hour trip) and having no means of transport myself, they still made me do the late shift EVERY week almost....also the fact that my Father's a postman, therefore picking me up at 10.30pm when he has to be at work at 4.30am is somewhat unreasonable, and the fear that I may get attacked is all too much for me. Something would be done, they said. It never happened so off I went. I deserve much better than that.

I too have sufferd the horror of working at Meadowhell at christmas time! I also had two buses or tram and bus to get there but was constantly on the finishing shift and was having to get picked up in hillsborough!

I too have sufferd the horror of working at Meadowhell

Yep :( No-one wants to work on the late shifts, and its funny how I always got left with them, even when I specifically said I find it difficult to get home at that time for the reasons I've given in my last post... The company who my boyfriend work for are giving him all the finishing shifts too... So he's packing it in aswell... They'll learn.. :P

Originally posted by caprice
Yep :( No-one wants to work on the late shifts, and its funny how I always got left with them, even when I specifically said I find it difficult to get home at that time for the reasons I've given in my last post... The company who my boyfriend work for are giving him all the finishing shifts too... So he's packing it in aswell... They'll learn.. :P

I'm affraid they wont, they will just get someone else to do it, this is through experience aswell.

yup.. they will always get sum1 else to do it.. im gonna b prayin tht they have got sum1 else doin caprice's boyf's shifts b4 i leave school this year!!!

I dont mind work even thought it is in a supermarket and a lot of the staff hate it as I am by far the youngest there and dont have all that many hours to do (6 to be exact), or responsibilities as im not working on a specific department all the time. most of the people working there are very friendly and helpful, even thought i know maybe a few in particular that are not so nice to others! only job i have had really so cant really comment on others!

I have worked in a supermarket, a shop, a stockroom and now well....the city centre itself is my workplace. The good thing is you will meet many people and learn from your experiences (good and bad), this will set you on your way (hopefully) to a job you like.

Originally posted by pretty_woman
yes i used to clean to make ends meet in fact i held down 2 jobs untill i was offered full time at school .ok sir what do you do apart from bug the life out off ppl you piece of crap oh i forget your a rentboy aint you !!!!!!!!!!!!keep your nose out of my face you useless excuse for a human :loopy: :loopy: :loopy


Now, now.... no need for personal attacks. I was merely confused about your job so enquired... no harm in that is there? Calm down in future.

Whatever I was replying to thread not you ok!

Please try and keep this on topic. Petty squabbles and insults are not welcome on this forum.

I really enjoy my job: I have my own office and nobody bothers me (much) I get on with what I'm doing with minimal interruptions.
I miss out on all the hotel front desk gossip though but then again that's a good thing cos I don't get involved in any petty crap and office dramas. I get to play on the Internet whenever I want to without my boss breathing down my neck. Problem is that I have a 35 mile drive there and back. That's an hour each way everyday at 7 in the morning. The petrol my car guzzles is expensive too. Over 2 years I have listened to every book on tape in the library, every music channel possible and every crappy morning chat show on the radio. The pay is okay but money isn't everything.

So, I do love my job but the drive each way every day is killing me. Do I stay or do I look for someting closer to home? My husband thinks I'm just too comfortable and that I am capable of better. Yes my job is gravy sometimes (easy) Should I aspire for something more rewarding with maybe a 10 minute drive?

I love my job, finsihed for dinner time so it leaves me all day to do what I want - looks like I'll be playing at lot of golf this summer :D

1 Hour for 35 miles is better then my 50mins-1hour for 5 miles on the bus.

IMO you should stay in the job, as long as you're happy keep going.
you could go for a bigger challenge and more money but you may end up hating it after a bit wishing back your old job.

Hate the work I currently do, but it's a stepping stone to better things. A way into the industry, a foot in the door and all that. Still depresses me though.

Thank god for this forum...

I must be a rare breed. I go into work with a smile on my face. I really enjoy my job. It can be quiet at times, but I can cope with that. Its job satisfaction seeing kids faces light up with excitement. The staff are a great laugh, the customers are fine, even the management are a good laugh. The only downfall is the pay, but oh well its a small price to pay to be in a happy in your job. Oh and shock, horror the job is in Meadowhall.

Where do you work cazzaworld?
Sounds like the creche, only on the fact you mentioned you work with kids, I don't want another argument going on.
If it is the creche do you still have the games consoles? the good thing is you are happy and if pay doesn't affect your life too much it's good.

Got any jobs I wanna play on the games consoles:thumbsup:

The only people I know who are happy at work are people in the caring profession; childcare, nursing etc.
In that line of work the reward can be the satisfaction of seeing how you've helped people.

My hard work is never seen or appreciated. It just goes into making whoever owns the company a little bit richer.

Where is the job satisfaction when you never even see any result of your hard work?

The same goes for me.
I like the work I do, I feel like i'm (hopefully) making a difference, it's some of the management and the way things are run I can't get sometimes.
Alot of the work (which can be really frustrating) goes unoticed, then we get councillors on our backs after they have been in the paper for something we do and they don't mention us (how does that make us look), although we get recognised for the work we do alot of it's internal or within select groups, so when we're out on the street getting major flack etc it get me that they don't know what we're doing.

Nah, I don't work in the Creche. I work in a 'kids related shop'.

O.k just wonderd, sounds like you enjoy it though!

Don't want to rub it in or anything but loved my last job too (installing kids outdoor play equipment), in fact I'll be going back to doing something similar soon. It was great to see jobs finished and seeing the kids faces when they tried the equipment out for the first time.

Originally posted by mr craig
I hate it,i despise having to get up in the morning to go there and hope everyday that the place burns to the ground during the night.Its not just the job i hate the people i work for are complete a*** holes and treat everyone who works for them like crap.

As for my idea job i've been thinking about that a lot lately and i'm still not sure.:cry:

Crickey blimey !! Where DO you work ?

Originally posted by t020
Funny, I thought you mentioned on the chat room that you were a cleaner? :loopy: :confused:



Stop being rude !!

removed by spook

I wondered how a bobby would reply to this thread.

I wish my job included high speed persuits. The best I get is to wheel down the office corridor on my chair...

Yep, I love my job. Its a great ego booster.

Originally posted by jackthedog
I wish my job included high speed persuits. The best I get is to wheel down the office corridor on my chair...

Somehow I imagine it's not quite the same !!! ... lol

spook1210:

How would you feel about doing a job swap thing with me !!?

Whatdya do Cazza?

EDIT:

sorry, forgot i could just look at your profile.

Doh! Or just read the earlier posts. Hehe.

Originally posted by fnkysknky
Don't want to rub it in or anything but loved my last job too (installing kids outdoor play equipment), in fact I'll be going back to doing something similar soon. It was great to see jobs finished and seeing the kids faces when they tried the equipment out for the first time.

I take it tests were in order before you could allow the kids to go an the equipment, in other words did you play on the slide before you left:D ;) :P

Originally posted by Jamie

spook1210:

How would you feel about doing a job swap thing with me !!? [/B]

if i get to play your games then you're on! :thumbsup:

When i used to work in a brewery, I absolutely hated it, the work was exactly the same every day and i ended up doing all the work despite being the assistant. I used to work 8 hours everyday, no lunch break. All for less than minimum wage because i was 'learning a trade'. B*llocks!

My favourite job was actually in Meadowhall, i now get a headache from the place but at that time i didn't. I used to sell pens at the stall within Debenhams and it was such great fun, the boss was great and i was made to feel valued.

My opinion pon jobs is that the actualy job doesn't matter as much, it's who you work with and how well the boss treats the staff. Selling pens may have been a godawfully dull job but because it involved dealing with people (not always one who treat you like scum) i really liked it.

The late nights that cause meadowhell to be a problem were a problem i agree but is did mean i could work after college without it seeming useless.

Wages weren't bad too. The only reason i left was because i sat back and thought "In the last 12 months i've studied 3 a-levels, read lots of books, oodles of private study on things that interested me; what have i learnt the most about. I was mortified to learn the answer was 'Pens'. " I knew i had to leave right then.

Wilf

Originally posted by jackthedog
The only people I know who are happy at work are people in the caring profession; childcare, nursing etc.
In that line of work the reward can be the satisfaction of seeing how you've helped people.



too right :thumbsup:

I work i care work and love it. also helps that the management is great too.

Job ok, real physical hard slog everyday only get chance to stop for lunch. Not enough time in day.
People i work with are great, and i stay for that.
Close to where i live.
Management are arseholes, pay rise asked for dec 2002 still not happening and will soon be asked to do extra work as we have just acquired specialist science status (which comes with extra cash but not for us) wonder if they will be suprised when we all say 'get stuffed' to them.
13 weeks holiday a year.
Children are horrible.
Not a challenge.
Looking for something else, as all of us are at the minute, maybe management will realise this soon.

Originally posted by fuzzy
13 weeks holiday a year.


I've never had 13 weeks off in my entire working life.

Originally posted by duffman
I take it tests were in order before you could allow the kids to go an the equipment, in other words did you play on the slide before you left:D ;) :P

Well yeah obviously :D

Been known to play on some I've installed at schools in Sheffield at 2am. Well I happened to be walking past a few days after I'd installed it and I needed to see if the concrete had set ok :D

Originally posted by fnkysknky
Well yeah obviously :D

Been known to play on some I've installed at schools in Sheffield at 2am. Well I happened to be walking past a few days after I'd installed it and I needed to see if the concrete had set ok :D

Just making sure!

Safety first, right?:rolleyes: :D :thumbsup:

Yup, safety is paramount - well actually me having fun comes first but there ya go :thumbsup:

Originally posted by fnkysknky
I've never had 13 weeks off in my entire working life.

Those who do, 'teach'.

Originally posted by t020
Those who do, 'teach'.

And what exactly do you do for a living?

Originally posted by t020
Those who do, 'teach'.

Do they??? I don't and wouldn't want to horrible little things they are.

I do only get paid for 4 weeks of the 13 though, so the pay is crap to start with as i only have a 39week contract and then get paid 4 weeks holiday as is specified in the European directive. I cannot claim anything during the other 9 weeks even though i am available for work and am paid no retainer by school. And i can only have my holidays during school holiday time (the most expensive time). So yep loadsa time off but skint.

Originally posted by fuzzy
Do they??? I don't and wouldn't want to horrible little things they are.


What do you do then?

I enjoy my job more after moving in to Sheffield, rather than the 2 hour commute it used to be now it is just a 20min bus ride :D

Self driven, dont really answer to anyone excpet the Operations Manager. People contact me via email mainly or via phone to sort out certain issues.

9-5 Mon-Fri, could not ask for better hours. Nothing to be unhappy abouts, get mixture of perks. :D

You know what i do T020, i've told you before. But i don't teach.

LISTEN, I AM NOT A TEACHER. Did you get that:loopy: :loopy: :loopy:

Originally posted by fuzzy
You know what i do T020, i've told you before. But i don't teach.

LISTEN, I AM NOT A TEACHER. Did you get that:loopy: :loopy: :loopy:

What then? Dinner lady??? (and you haven't ever told me :loopy: :loopy: :loopy: )

I have told you in chat but you just never listen. I am not a dinner lady either, you just guessing now to try and make yourself not seem ignorant person you are.

Wow, there's a lot of holiday going around. I work full time and only get 2 weeks a year. Maybe I might come back to England to work!

Originally posted by fuzzy
I have told you in chat but you just never listen. I am not a dinner lady either, you just guessing now to try and make yourself not seem ignorant person you are.

As much as t020 annoys me give him a break, maybe he did actually forget what you do - can't be expected to remember everything.

Originally posted by fnkysknky
As much as t020 annoys me give him a break, maybe he did actually forget what you do - can't be expected to remember everything.


Agreed. I can't be expected to remember every little detail of every person that I've spoken to in the chat room, Fuzzy, can I? Maybe it's your own sense of self importance that makes you think I SHOULD remember?

Originally posted by Funke88
Wow, there's a lot of holiday going around. I work full time and only get 2 weeks a year. Maybe I might come back to England to work!

2 weeks a year? Full time or part time, the legal minimum is 4 weeks over here, and that's nothing to what some other EU countries get!

You always seem to remember things you can use to have a dig at anybody with. You only forget when you want to and is appropriate to you.

Originally posted by fuzzy
You always seem to remember things you can use to have a dig at anybody with. You only forget when you want to and is appropriate to you.


Well, feel free to refresh my memory.

Why should i you won't be listening anyway.

Originally posted by fuzzy
Why should i you won't be listening anyway.

Try me.

It is on my profile always has been you only have to look.

Originally posted by fuzzy
It is on my profile always has been you only have to look.

"Technician" - how specific. Are you a Teaching Technician then?

Originally posted by t020
the legal minimum is 4 weeks over here

Companies are within their rights to include bank holidays in that 4 weeks though.... not good.

That is all you need to know. ;)

(Never give any iformatiuon that is not necessary, you never know who is watching):D

Anyone work for the social services?
How have you been treated lately? My dad works on the social and gets worse treatment from the department than he does from the patients!

*Thread revival*
So 4 years on who's still enjoying work? I'm currently in a job I 'm happy with, there are downsides but there are ups and I'm happy. It's not the best place I've worked (but that was unrealistic) but it could be worse, I like having a profession (or skill rather) where as all my mates work in bars, restaurants or slightly dodgy sales or callcentre work. Which in its self isn't a bad thing - but they're not happy.

I love it ! The only trouble is I really ought to work full time - am doing 25 hours a week at the moment and am on minimum wage; having gone from earning £7.50 an hour 44 hours per week.

I love it ! The only trouble is I really ought to work full time - am doing 25 hours a week at the moment and am on minimum wage; having gone from earning £7.50 an hour 44 hours per week.

Doh! Go fulltime!
Or sell a kidney...that's much lazier :D

I used to dread getting up for work in the morning, I dont mind now though since i started my new job, every day is different, its something i wanted to do for years, but my previous job worked around my childcare problems.:)

It's OK, I'd rather be earning a shed load more money for doing less work....like the ex Customs and Excise people

I love my job as a nanny partime and i also love working with aniamls, I am happy and content.

I hate it and I'm miserable and fed up to the point of screaming.

I hate it and I'm miserable and fed up to the point of screaming.

I know how that feels!!!

My job itself isn't the worst, its the back stabbing, empire building & mental bullying that has sapped my already low self esteem. My heart sinks when I see certain people's cars in the car park when I get to work because I know the day I'm in for.

Trying like mad to find something else but having no luck.

It's not so much my job, it's the company I work for - and how I have been treated just lately - which is driving me out after almost 13 years of loyal service.

I need a new challenge.


Think u probably work at the same place as me!:mad:

Very happy ideal job could not ask for more a mix of everything

i am very happy with my work ...

It's not so much my job, it's the company I work for - and how I have been treated just lately - which is driving me out after almost 13 years of loyal service.

I need a new challenge.

Same here.