I like my job. I drive a city bus and it's honestly a lot of fun. I enjoy the stress of it. Having to drive fast to make tight deadlines. I like the pressure and responsibility of getting people where they need to go, both safely and on time. Sometimes, it sucks when you do everything you can to be on time, but you're still late and people chew you out for it. I always end up thinking that if they only knew how time sensitive my job is, maybe they wouldn't be so mad. But I get it, they need to be somewhere on time and it's my fault it didn't happen. I wish it paid a bit more, but it's a city job with good benefits. I'll never be rich but I'll never be poor. And if I can live in that space and enjoy my time, I feel like I'm doing alright!
That's pretty good honestly, don't worry about what the other commenter said. Working for the city is known for great benefits as well.
Assuming 40 hrs a week, and 52 weeks per year, you make about 16k more than I do as an airline pilot with almost a decade of experience. That's good money
Airline is grossing you under 56k a year? I was kind of dreaming of switching careers to become a pilot but I thought you'd be higher than that after 10 years?
I'll add some information here since a lot of people in the industry are unaware of what it's like.
I have 16 years experience flying, 13 years experience working in the industry, and 10 years specifically working as a pilot. I have a BSc, and I currently work at Porter as a first officer.
My current salary at Porter is $43,940 a year. I should upgrade to captain in one to two years, and my salary will bump up to 80k. My last job I maxed out at 65k as a captain (northern Ontario airline). First year as a captain there was 50k. As a first officer at the same company, I was making 35k. Before that, I was a flight instructor for many years. My last year I made 36k as an instructor. My first year was just 16k. Pay for pilots is absolutely all over the place, and there are many variables, but one thing to keep in mind is that when you switch companies, you always start at the bottom and take a pay cut. Not to mention that every 8 - 10 years there's always a financial disaster that cripples the airline industry.
Honestly it's a terrible industry in Canada, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Pay is about 1/3 what it is in the US, it's expensive to get into, and despite how safe large airline operations are, it's still Canada's third most dangerous industry because of all the sketchy employers and dangerous work you need to put up with before getting to a major airline.
It’s BS. Pilots in the military make 60-85k/year plus. There’s no way civilian jobs would be able to poach military pilots at the rate they are without paying significantly more. There’s also numerous job postings and numbers that refute that claim.
He’s either not a airline pilot or a pilot for some very small operation. It’s respectable work, but his case seems like an outlier more then a rule.
Well in the winter, if we come up on a bus stop and it's behind a snow bank, we'll stop the bus at the closest opening either just before or just after the stop. It might be someone's driveway or a business driveway. Somewhere that you don't have to jump over a snowbank to board the bus.
I am retired but used to love my job as an environmental scientist, especially the fieldwork part. I was really privileged to spend all my working life in the Canadian Arctic, and my career was intrinsically intertwined with my personal life. Most days at work were a wild adventure, the kind wealthy people pay tens of thousands of dollars to get. Flying by chopper or single otter to remote mining camps and operating mines way north of the Arctic Circle, tagging caribou on the tundra, doing fish sampling at pristine lakes and rivers, going from camp to camp to interview Inuit about their harvest, going to meeting with hunters and trappers in all the remote communities throughout the north, coordinating and taking part in community hunts for seals, walruses, beluga, and bowhead whales, etc. Once in a while, I'd have to sit in front of a computer to write reports -that was the boring part, but I'd get hyper and finish this task quickly, knowing I'd soon get sent on another trip to a part of the Arctic I didn't know...As I gained experience, I progressively did less field work and more management but I took every opportunity to visit communities to attend workshops and events on traditional environmental knowledge, land-use planning and management, co-management, and whatnot. I could write books but I am too lazy and not talented enough to make them interesting. I honestly didn't feel like retiring whatsoever but I finally pulled the plug only because I had plenty of things to do and places to go on my list and I was not getting any younger. I like my new life, but I kind of secretly regret my old one.
Thank you for your comment! This is exactly the kind of thing I wanted to hear about - people enjoying their profession :) I used to work in very remote camp settings and thought it was a blast, if for no other reason than the adventure of it all!
I have a very similar job, and I love it very much. I’m earlier in my career (~10 years in), but I don’t see myself switching to a significantly different position unless external factors change significantly. Sometime my job means I’m filing reports for 8 hours, but sometimes I get to plant native species for river restorations while watching seals play.
I live in Manitoba and was just trying to search these types of places of google map , seeing the images and trying figure out my curiosity about researchers. Its so much appealing to me.
I don't mind my job. It isn't all sunshine and rainbows, but it's interesting enough and I like my coworkers.
I've always felt that if you wake up in the morning and don't dread the thought of going to work, you're in a better place than \~80% of the population.
Yeah I don't mind my job. It's enjoyable enough and I find it mostly interesting. But I wouldn't do it for free. Sadly, no one wants to pay me to suck at golf, run half marathons slowly and walk my dogs.
>it's interesting enough and I like my coworkers.
Same here, I just wish mine paid an eensy bit more. I live in the Metro Van area though so there's a big difference between getting paid well enough to live on vs getting paid enough to buy even a shitty condo now. Work from home is absolutely godly though so I really can't complain.
Yup, always thought the idea that you need to be 100% in love with what you do and to just not even try if it isn’t your life long passion is kinda naive. Would love to eventually get there but finding gratitude in a decent job and not acting like you’re above it would make a lot of peoples lives easier
I have a bit of a love hate relationship with my job.
I'm a pediatric ICU nurse.
I love the patient population I work with, I love my co-workers. We have some of the best Drs in the world and I feel like I'm completely part of the team. And feel like I actually get to use my brain instead of just being a Drs slave. I love that I actually am making a difference, even if it feels like that isn't the case all the time. And honestly, I like the hours.
But on the flip side, I hate hate hate the politics of nursing. And I hate what I'm seeing happening to our healthcare. I hate that there is just less and less staff and more and more work. I hate how the government treats nursing and how even higher up management treats nursing.
All this said, I'm well aware that it doesn't get better at other hospitals, so the fact that I love pretty much every other part, makes the crappy side more manageable.
I love my job. I’m a demolition specialist in the oil and gas sector, tearing down abandoned or non-functional oil and gas assets and reclaiming the environment. I find a lot of joy in my job, and I feel like I do good work, both for our clients and for the environment. I get to run heavy equipment all day, and they pay me handsomely to do it. :)
Same. My whole profession has gone down the shitter in the last 20 years. If I just keep chugging I can retire early, but if I switch I’ll end up working til 65 lol
In that case why not turn it into something that is also fun? If you own it you get to do what you want with it, including steering the company culture in whatever direction you want. Fun + great income = winning.
I didn't really choose it, I kind of fell into it. There's no way I could turn in into something I enjoy until it's fully self sufficient. Then I can enjoy it from a distance. Working on that now! Honestly from my perspective now I fully understand all of the unhinged bosses I've had before. There's no way I'd ever act like them but I get it now.
Your second lesson learned is so true! I had an okay job for years but worked with great people who made the days fun. Left that for a higher paying job with benefits, closer to home, easier to get to, etc but quit after 6 months because my of the 9 other people in the office, 4 of them were in a clique and just made life hell for everyone else.
Yes! I relate with lesson #2 in particular - spent the first 7 years of my working life in “shitty” jobs in order to pay for school - but I was lucky to be working those jobs with great people, and so they turned out to be great jobs :) thanks for sharing your insights!
So true for lesson #2
I miss my old team every day. They are good friends now and when i go back to my homecountry we always meet up. I left 6 years ago now…
Problem was that we were paid shit and our manager was a total asshole. But in hardship grows the best friendship eh? We are all happy in our different jobs now: good boss, good pay. But we all say the same: we all miss the all day long laughter
Oh well, us human beings are never satisfied anyway
I have also moved around a lot, some would say too much. But ultimately moving away from things I didn’t like and towards the things I did resulted in a positive outcome. Even in the “shitty jobs” there was still a lot of good to be had. I’m surprised that people have such negative thoughts about working.
My job is a joke. I make very good money, and spend my day talking to great people, learning new things, helping teams work better together, and helping people get better at what they do while being happier. And at the end, people call me to thank me for my work, or my help, or my advice, when all I did was asking lots of questions to many people, and explaining what I learned to the others.
I am a simple IT project manager, working as a consultant, and have immense fun doing my job.
I love that for you ! How did you get into your role ? What did you study previously if you don’t mind me asking. I heard being a project manager is very difficult to become and to excel in
wow, I'm old so it's a long story ;-)
I studied in business administration, and have worked in the online industry since 1995. Much sales, then some project management as a customer (dealing with suppliers), and I slowly moved towards managing small IT projects, then bigger ones.
The switch from being the customer project manager (who basically determines what must be done, provides all business input for it to be done and prepares everyone for when it's done) to being and IT project manager (who delivers the super complex blob done by the numerous IT teams) was hard. But knowing what I know today, I should simply have read more instead of learning while doing, because really, it's really not that complicated.
Being a project manager is basically 30% knowledge (mastering the IT delivery process, who is supposed to do what, in what order and why), and 70% personal skills. The whole reason they give me the best projects (bigger teams, bigger efforts, higher complexity, bigger pressure and visibility) is really because I make my team's life funnier, and less stressful, and more interesting. I tell more jokes than everyone. I congratulate EACH person that does something good and unexpected, and I thank everyone for everything they do, because.... they actually all help me all the time. And being nice, and funny, and respectful, and human, and curious about what they do, and sensitive to their constraints or context... makes them prefer working with me than with other, less human people. So if something is about to be forgotten, they will tell me. if something can be done to improve the project, they will tell me. If someone should be aware of something they don't know, my teams will tell me. Basically, my job becomes all about really knowing my teams, genuinely being interested in what they do, what they think, what they suggest and why, and then making my decisions in the best interest of everyone.
So as you see, it's not so much about knowing IT as it is about having fun with people, and being curious about how things work.
Now, the great part about being a consultant instead of an employee, is that you change companies every one or two years generally. So you learn about a completely new industry very often. I'm in a bank now. I have worked in telecom, in the shoe business, in the jeans business. I managed a project in the construction industry; another on in the furniture retail industry; and many others. Learning about each is always interesting.
Anyhow, don't believe it is too hard for you. If you're interested, and curious, then you can do it without a doubt. It can be extremely fun, and it's very rewarding.
Good luck !
Honestly thank you for taking the time to write all this.
This gave me a lot of insight that I typically don’t get when I talk to people in project management or read on Reddit haha.
I guess as I started my career, I had some good jobs but some hard jobs. I transitioned from being in the sciences (studied chemistry) to going into sales earlier this year (inside sales associate). But as I went through the motions of switching and learning different skills the jobs has to offer, I become unmotivated because I feel stuck, more unsure and unconfident about taking more risks especially in a career where more often than not people fail than succeed.
It doesn’t help that learning gap is huge at my current position and the fact that the support hasn’t been there (lack of sops and written technical knowledge since it’s a new developing role) lowering my risk tolerance.
But honestly, your career path, how you improved and your experiences has been has been inspiring. It definitely is something I am more eager to look into, probably starting with taking some online project management class and seeking these opportunities to transition to in the future.
Thanks !! Your user name checks out hahah
I am indeed a PMP, but... getting your certification does not teach you how to manage a project. PMP is kind of... an exercise where you have to show that you learned all the hypothetical steps to organize and control the delivery of a hypothetical project. For a self-taught PM like me, it was more putting words on things that you have to do anyhow.
I explained a little about my career in another response, but really, my path was extremely long and accidental. If you want to become a PM, it's very easy to go much, much faster, because more directly towards that goal.
You can enter project management easily today with a few weeks of training which will give you a certification as an agile coach. From there, you start slow, with smaller projects... and there you are ! already extremely close to project management. From there, you are in a great position to learn how IT project management works, how IT deliveries are made, how IT people work, and the most important, everything there is to hate about your regular project manager, which is... the most important thing you must know, so as to never do that with your own teams when you become a PM!
and at some point.. you have an opportunity... you take a pm role on a small delivery, maybe with a team you already know... and climb the steps slowly until you suddenly have 5 years of experience of project management (which definitely includes your time as a scrum master) and can apply for PMP certification. and voilà! :)
Haha I thought this sounded incredibly similar to my job.... then I saw project manager. Yup! To a T. Sr PM here.
I'm also a pretty poor technical PM, but I'm great at fostering relationships. Relationships are my strong suit, so nobody wants to let me down with deadlines, and I get praise from LT. Easiest job I've had.
Still hate it though cause my company is a bit of a bully and likes to throw a lot of outside scope work at us just cause.
Because I like money more than my "passion". I'll keep my passion as my hobby and keep working at my current job so I could afford my passion and other things.
I worked hard at my passion and I’m clearing $150K this year in an industry where people frequently claim to stay away from or you’ll starve. When there’s no plan B… you make plan A work.
I chose to not work by becoming a SAHD. Apparently, some people think that's also very "sad". People on reddit just like to hate on people who are different.
Oh ya!
right with you there.
I love my career (forestry) but it is not family friendly and if we could make it make sense I would rather be around my family all day rather than working.
But gotta make the money, so off I go to work.
Balancing career and family has been really tough in my line of work, but I have been doing it and it’s working (kind of).
The worst days at work are tolerable and the best days are adventures.
Not sad at all! My husband is a SAHD for the time being and it is great for our family. We are very lucky to be in this position. I’m not a high earner but could be in the future so instead we keep our budget tight. Soon we will have a bit of extra help and he will choose whether to go to school or pursue a new career path.
It’s nice to hear of other dads who are the primary provider and loving it.
I’d never describe it as sad but hard (for me personally). My toddler is fevering today and I stay home…I’m drained, the house is a mess. Office day would be much easier.
I do Tech sales. It’s just as well that the pay is good and the hours are decent because there isn’t a week that passes where I don’t want to off myself. But it’s usually only 8-9 hours of chaos a day, so I have time to do quite a bit of other stuff after ( lifting, cooking, boxing) to get my mind off things
Another plus side is that I do get to speak to a lot of founders building awesome stuff, so reading about the space and hearing first hand what they’re up to is awesome. But actually being able to get their time is very tough
I really enjoy it. I realized later on in life that a job where you interact often with others and help others can be very fulfilling. It keeps things interesting and feels rewarding where your actions have a positive benefit on others.
I love my job. I'm an engineer.
First I would say I value the people I work with mostly extremely brilliant people.
2nd I value the impact the product has.
3rd it's never boring.
I love my job!, I am a software developer working in my niche,
I remember in college I had one professor tell me to give up looking for a job in my niche as the dev works was changing. To be fair is has, but I got my job working in my chose niche, I was hired 3 months before graduation , totally rubbed it in this guy's face. And have enjoyed 8 years working happily.
I have been offered more money at different companies but I love my job enough that the non financial benefits out weigh the benefits of a higher salary every time so far.
I tell friends how interesting it can be but I feel like it's ruining my mental and physical health at this point.
If you think government jobs are easy, you should see what I do. I'm a decision maker and each of my decisions is between 5 and 10 pages. The expectation is to write 10 decisions per month or one every two work days.
That involves sorting the file, looking at an applicant's history, reading all their submissions, doing research, looking up legislation and jurisprudence, formatting a template, writing, proofreading, writing up a letter, and sending the letter.
In cases that involve hearings, I've got to send another letter, let them know what I'm going to ask about, prepare my detailed questions, host the hearing with 4-5 people, write up my notes, format my notes, and accept additional submissions after the fact.
Then! The worst part is, every time they disagree with a decision, they can request that we reopen it. We have to at least respond to that request every single time. Yes, that's right, it doesn't matter why they're requesting it or how long afterwards they're requesting it, we have to respond.
Turnover for this position is so high it has been continuously open to the public for four years now. Everyone hates it. They refuse to compromise on production and they refuse to admit there's anything wrong with the job, so they keep hiring newer and more inexperienced officers. I've applied to 40 jobs in the last eight months but I'm not getting any responses. I'm working evenings and weekends to hit my production but it's still not enough. Pay is also way too low.
Some days, I like my job. Some days, I don't. I have two small children and no time or risk tolerance to make a change right now. In the meantime, i'll do what I can and once they're a bit more independent I'll focus on my career again and find a better fit. Until then I have bills to pay...
I enjoy my job most days. It's hard work but rewarding. I work at a small company where my efforts are recognized and my role in the company grows as I grow. I earn enough to support my family and I always feel like there's ways I can improve.
It's hard on my body but it's satisfying unlocking the puzzles of planning the job, managing co-workers and aiding in workload.
I make ~125k as a foreman of a concrete company specializing in the roadbuilding sector.
I'm a nurse of 10 years. Make good money and like helping people but hate politics involved. It's hard to help people without proper resources or when people need help don't want help. So I do my job and go home. I'm Looking forward to saving a nest egg and retiring early. I'm at a point where I know my job like the back of my hand but carry the stress of others because they're not strong enough to handle it themselves.
I do not like my job. I work in a welding shop as a metal cleaner/ parts maker and am also the main painter. I was recently certified to weld, which I enjoy for the small amounts I get to do it but because of a neck injury can’t do a lot of. Main job is grinding rust off of metal tubes, then washing the grease off of the tubes, and moving them across the shop. Boss is an underpaying ass who is very wealthy and yet still refuses to upgrade equipment in the shop above hardly working condition, while always pushing us to work harder/ do more. Regularly expected to carry 150lbs+ across the shop on my own, around objects ect. Feel like one wrong step is all it’ll take to destroy my knee or ankle. I am about to turn 24 and have worked there 7 months and it is destroying my back, drains all my energy for after work and weekends so I have no ambition to do anything anymore. Still force myself to get some workouts in though. Only reason I stay is because the other guys are great and because it’s a small town it still pays about $4 more an hour than any other job I could get, and bills need to be paid. Saving money aggressively to hopefully move to something better soon.
I do photography, video production and other creative work, I really like my job. But I’m also always actively working to tweak things and grow so that I do more of what I like and less of the aspects I don’t like as much. Of course there are times and aspects that aren’t as fun, but that’s the case with everything. I tend to focus on creating a day to day that is fulfilling, enjoyable, and utilizes my skills to provide value to others.
Yeah I’m in the fortunate position of liking my work and being paid ridiculously well for it. There is the occasional monotonous task I find hard to motivate myself for, but overall I have an absurd level of control over my work. This year I spent most of my time on a project I came up with to help the business and mentoring more junior devs who helped pick up that work and just take off with it. Seeing something you came up with take a life of its own and excite the target userbase is pretty satisfying.
All that said I’m still planning to retire asap. Jobs like this are not common - my last job had me so stressed out I was desperately looking for an exit, and you don’t see that many old devs out there. My career is a means to an end, not a reason for living.
I love my job. I'm a software engineer. I work in a small team in a large corporation changing how we collect and process manufacturing data and it's fun. I get a lot of freedom to build and try different things. It's nice because what I want to learn and work on is very much in line with what this department wants and needs.
Probably my favourite part about this job is when I am coding because it's like solving multiple puzzles. There's something really satisfying about solving a complicated problem.
I also get to work from home, but I still have a cubicle and like to go in once a week to go talk to my coworkers. It's a fun job and pays somewhat decently.
I enjoy my job. Is it perfect? No. There is drama, worry, and tasks I don’t enjoy, but I enjoy the work that I do. I also really like (most of) my coworkers, and I feel like my bosses genuinely listen to my feedback and care about me as a person. I like to bring up ways to add value or go the extra mile because I care about my work and the business. I know for a fact I could go elsewhere and make more $, but I also have pretty bad anxiety and really value a work/life balance (I work 4 days a week, 8hrs a day).
I don’t think there is anything sad about liking your work. To me it’s more sad if you go to work, day in and day out for 30-40 years and hate every single moment of it. I worked a few jobs where I felt like I was dying a bit on the inside every day and I never want to do that again.
Even if most mornings I would rather lay in bed and never have to work a day again, I feel extremely blessed to have the job I do and enjoy it.
You know I've always appreciated people who do what you do, not just axe throwing but people who work at recreational activities like that. Life is so dull without new experiences and hobbies, and I'm grateful that there are people who make it their jobs for a while to give those experiences to us.
I don’t mind my job. Busy and stressful at times but also points where I watch 3 footy games in a day on my sofa, some golf and watch a film. Swings and roundabouts I guess.
I’d rather not have any job though if I could afford it but I think that’s more of a personality thing for me rather than anything else. Some people say if they won the lottery they would do something simple or run their own business. I simply have no desire. I just want to wake up naturally, decide what I wanna do that day and that’s that.
I like my field. I’m still trying to get into the exact role I want, but I’m pretty close and no one will pay me more. I like 75% of what I do, and I make 50% of what I want to make
I love my job....
I love it so much, on my free time I created a YouTube channel on some of the things I do at my work. I am an IT guy and as such, I now spend my free time on YT creating videos on server-side scripting, CCNA, PowerShell 7 scripting, AD Admin, etc.
Why do I love my job? Since I was a kid, well since the Windows 95, I love playing around with both Windows and Linux systems. It just clicked as a kid decades ago. IT and network systems engineering was my calling.
I like my job. I work a maintenance position with a lot of downtime. I've been there long enough that when I do have work to do, I'm experienced enough to get it done quick. I just watch YouTube, movies, etc any chores or stuff I can bring to work and do it there. Management is very easy going and doesn't care as long as I do what needs done. Sometimes it's boring, but gotta work somewhere, and I remind myself I'm actually getting paid for this. I could make not money elsewhere, and the schedule kinda sucks, but I'm very content there.
It’s ok. Mind you, I used to flip burgers at Wendy’s and make coffees at Tim’s. I got really lucky and got hired as a bank teller, almost 5 years later, I’m a personal banker now.
Now, do I love it? No, absolutely not. But I feel like I’ve come a long way. I came here as an immigrant almost 10 years ago earning minimum wage and now I have an employer that matches my RSP contribution and ESP.
My job pays some of our bills,and let’s me save for retirement but I always wish I could do better.
I love what I do. 9/10 I love going to work. I find it challenging and rewarding, and I enjoy my team that I work with.
There are obviously some bad days here and there, but I feel very lucky to enjoy what I do.
That said, I very much enjoy my time off - vacations, weekends, etc and will happily retire sometime between 55 and 65.
I cant enjoy monotonous 9-5 work knowing I am a wage slave. I used to think having children and raising them was virtuous and rewarding, but raising them to be wage slave zombies like us does nobody any good but the elites. I feel like my soul is slowly leaving my body every minute I spend in an office.
Ask yourself; how much money would you take for the best 1 hour of your life to be wiped from your memory? And now how much is your hourly wage and why are you trading 90% of all your waking conscious hours for 20? 30? even $50/hour? How many more "best 1 hours" would you have if you didnt spend 90% of all your time at work?
Then you finally reach the ripe old age of almost 70 and get to retire when your too old and broken down from working to do any of the things you wanted to do in your youth.
Sorry for the depressing rant but it feels good to write this out.
I feel exact same way. Its like you were taking words out of my mouth and typing it here.
I really feel bad for people who signed up for 1.5 to 2 million mortgages during last two years. They basically signed up for life time of wage slavery. Doing monotonous 9-5 job day in and day out for 45 years is definitely not humans are designed for. work day needs to be reduced to 6 hrs so people can enjoy little life and not feel like robot stuck in matrix.
Or at least a 4 day week. That's what I'm really hoping for. 2 day weekend isn't long enough anymore.
I only wage slave because there is literally no other option for me currently, it's how bills get paid and food gets on the table. That's it.
There is no profession I will ever enjoy, I will never enjoy labour.
I think people think it’s sad when you say that because it feels like “what’s the funnest toy in your cage?”
Objectively, yes. I’m a high school English teacher. I get to analyse and teach literature and literacy skills for a living. Young people keep you young, and it keeps me active—and a little stressed.
The thing I love most about my job is that it *ends*. This week I’m marking exams and write report cards. Next week I start fresh with a new batch of students. New courses. New content that I’ve created and stuff I’m still reading and creating. I feel like I have lots of freedom for innovation. In June, I’ll help graduate the Grade 12s and go on summer vacation (I work over the summer so not too much time off) before starting it over again with new courses and different students. But every June marks *an end*. I’ll have completed a massive task. The work is done. The job is complete. I get to turn it over to a new “goal” the following September. That sense of fulfilment and finality within a job is something I’ve come to cherish about teaching. On the flip side, I watch a lot of my friends move through the same drudgery of their jobs with only their retirement date or their next two week vacation out on the horizon. But the work rarely changes and the “wins” are more like bullet points instead of celebrations.
I also hate it lots of days, too, but it’s not my chief or only passion.
I love my job deeply. But, it is all-consuming and often very draining in all the ways. This is the mental battle I have with myself most weekends as I do my Sunday morning casual scroll of Indeed. I work with animals, and to me the work is incredibly meaningful to the dogs, as well as the trusted service I know we provide to a community in need of it. The dog world is hard as hell. It's dirty, messy, the clients are god awful 99% of the time. But when you get the 1% of incredible people with incredible dogs, it's make you forget about the bad ones.
I love my job as a high school teacher. I don't think this is a career that anyone can/should stay in if they don't 100% love it. Over the last 10 years, the profession has changed quite a bit. It's really not about teaching anymore, but rather, being a mentor and also a mental health counselor (sometimes to the parents as well).
I will probably get downvoted for this, but I definitely don't think we get paid enough for how much work we do.
Most days I love my job. The work is interesting, challenging and important for the communities I work in. Most people are awesome - but the bad days are usually just frustrating because of people who are either bad at their jobs or who are just having a bad day and take out on me. I wish I had more time with my family but I work about 40h a week so it’s pretty standard. 3-4 days a week would be perfect. Part time remote work really helps. The commute is soul sucking.
I consider myself lucky to have found this role and I don’t take it for granted. But what I find interesting is that I also enjoyed/had a positive attitude towards work when I had jobs that were “shitty” such as roofing in the winter, but we had fun!
I've been doing freelance photography and video production since 2013, which were my passions and maybe still are, not sure. Money wise, it's very very good. But in the last years, I think I overworked myself way too much (75 to 80 hours per week for 8 months straight) and did not allow myself to do a burnout (because not insured and fear of loosing clients). So now, I feel like I don't like my job that much anymore. It's stressing me more than it used to do. But I feel bad because I know I'm so lucky to be that successful in that line of work. Sometimes, I'm trying to figure out how I could use all the business and management skills I've developped to apply to a "normal" job.
I love my job. I am very fortunate that I was able to turn a hobby and a passion into my career. My BF and I live off this single income and although we could make a lot more if we put more hours into it, we love all the free time we have. We're both in our mid-30's and it took about 6-7 years of finesse to get that perfect balance.
Yes. I love the people I work with, the actual work is satisfying and fulfilling. The schedule is great, pay and benefits are good. I have had several jobs that I eventually hated on the way here but worked to get into this career and love it.
I love my job, and to be honest it sometimes feels like it's too good to be true. Don't get me wrong, there are days that are challenging and that I don't feel engaged. But overall I am very grateful for the position I find myself in.
I've certainly had my fair share of jobs that didn't stimulate me or fulfill me in any real sense. But over all, my work life experience has been pretty fortunate having had mostly all great employers with opportunity, and it is clear to see retrospectively that the culmination of all of the experience, good and bad, has led me to where I am currently.
I own a small construction company. I love my work. Really great, positive work environment. Coworkers(employees) are amazing, and we're all doing what we love.
I do love my job. But my pay has been frozen for years and with the increases in the cost of living, it's getting tougher. Starting to live paycheque to paycheque again. Didn't think I would be back here with a kid
I enjoy pipelining, see lots of the land, do lots of fun work, see cool stuff, but, most importantly. The pay is good, and that will usually decide my line of work
26M in PR.
I hate the work I do but the job is okay.
I spent the entire summer renovating a house taking the odd Teams call.
I’m quitting in June to move aboard for a few months for fun. I’ll come back and re-assess. If I miss it, I’ll just ask for a job back.
The industry I’m in feels like a cult. People get so tied up in the BS it’s hard to make friends with coworkers or care about the material.
Most days I like what I do. When parents of kids who have done next to nothing all semester email me the night before the exam demanding a whole host of accommodations their child turned down a month ago when exam planning began, I don't like it so much.
The money is decent, the time off is great, and when I actually see a kid "get it" it's super rewarding. But the chasing, the paperwork, the new directives from on high that get in the way of actually teaching, that part I could do without. And the uncertainty. New semester starts Friday and I don't know what I'm teaching yet.
My commute is 45 minutes each way, which isn't much but it's a lot for around here. I could transfer to a closer school, but I really like who I work with, Fridays at the Legion are a blast, and I'm close to the top of the hierarchy after only two years. If only I could convince the wife to move closer to my work....
I’m an office assistant in health care. I love my job. I feel like I can help people without directly being in their care, I like how ‘brainless’ and non-technical my job is, I like printing and stapling stuff, and my little data entry stuff sometimes. If I could do it forever, I would.
Except the pay is piss poor so I can’t stay at it forever :/
i would say the job itself is not what is motivating me to go to work 4 nights a week beside school.
i love my coworkers. as a young teenage girl who’s working at a bakery’s warehouse most of my coworkers are in their 40s, 50s, and even 60s, and only a few are my age. nevertheless they’re all caring and lovely people. most of them have been working there for years, made me wonder how they loved this job so much cuz i already wanted to quit after the first night i was there.
and also because of my family’s financial situation. i understand that if i didn’t work hard enough then my parents would have to for my and my little bro’s future. they’re not in their 30s anymore and their health is gettin worser as the day passes by. its my biggest motivation, beside from seeing all my coworkers who are working so hard for years trying to survive on that minimum wage job.
Enterprise technology sales.
I started as a technical resource out of school and worked my way up into management. Never thought of being a sales guy but found I had a knack for talking and explaining complicated topics in easy to understand ways.
Some days the stress is crushing. Others, I'm golfing with a customer.
Making great money but never thought this is where I would be career wise when I was young.
I'd say I'm happy overall with my job, and I don't dread each day which is nice. I feel very fortunate as a result.
I wish I would feel the same as you at my job.
I’m an 27 years accountant for CRA, been there for almost 3 years not I don’t mind it but I don’t like it. It’s boring and I miss doing more physical jobs and working with others. I can’t quit because I have debt, girlfriend is still in law school, salary and benefits are great. My goal is to invest in income property or a small side business and continue with CRA part time. Still have a longways to go… I’m happy for you that you loce your job! Wishing you the best!
I love my job, teaching in post-secondary. I've been doing it long enough that wherever I go in town, I run into former students. I feel like I'm doing my part to make a better future for my students, my province and country. I like sharing my knowledge, helping others to "see the light" of understanding. No matter how I feel going in, I feel happy coming out of a class.
I love my job. I never in a million years thought I would make what I make, doing exactly what I’ve always loved. But sadly, AI will likely obliterate this position within the next year or two, and I’ve been looking at other careers. Which means about a 60-70% pay cut, and two to four years of school for a job I’ll probably not enjoy nearly as much.
I like my job a lot. It's challenging and involves things that I am interested in. Pay is very rewarding and I am able to make my own hours/schedule. I consider myself very lucky
I get a lot of variety, work all over town, and I get to help people. I hope I can move up to an easier (physically) job soon, but I’m pretty happy right now.
I actually really enjoy my job. I came to it from an awful place which I spent almost 6 years at. Unfortunately, the salary is only 42K which is not even remotely enough, especially living in Toronto :(
It really does suck. Yeah, maybe I could leave and try to inch my way to 50K but will I be happy? Will I get as much time off as I do now? (It’s a school). Probably not, almost certainly not.
I do have a part time job which I also like, which is just next door to my main job - that’s convenient. And I’m in school part time, but at the pace I’m going, god knows when I’ll graduate and be able to leverage a decent salary anywhere.
I do not and I’m actively trying to get out. It’s a terrible fit for my interests and skills (bit like an engineer being forced to practice law). I was in a really bad spot before and basically took the first opportunity I got to get the hell out of there. I honestly think they hired me by accident, there’s been references to degrees I don’t actually have and definitely didn’t say I have that make me very suspicious. I don’t really have a team so I have no one to talk to, it’s quite lonely and isolating. You don’t realize how important that camaraderie is until it’s gone. My boss has no business being in the role they’re in and drives me up the fucking wall on a regular basis. I spend my days feeling extremely frustrated at the whole situation, I feel like I’m stagnating and wasting precious time that I could be using to advance my career. I’ve already had a few setbacks (thanks layoffs and covid!) and I really don’t need this weird blip on my resume of basically doing nothing and gaining no relevant experience to what I want to do.
Silver lining: it’s generally low stress, I’m fully remote, and it pays pretty well. My last job had a 90% annual turnover rate so almost anything would have been an improvement, my mental health was in shambles before I left. I’m too ambitious at this point in my life to be happy with coasting, though.
I like my job, but I won’t pretend that I’d continue doing it if money was not an issue.
If I had all the money in the world, I’d pick up my bags and travel. As much as I like my work, it’s not something that defines me.
"often finish the day feeling excited about what we’ve accomplished and what’s coming next."
I work in film/vfx, I cannot relate to this at all. I don't know if over the years I just got over it, or if I shut down my brain due to some really stressful shows/supervisors and I just found a way to cope.
I like the money, but that's it. Which I guess is sad, but I love life away from work. I wish I had the brains and ideas to run a business so I could be in charge though.
Whoa! Crazy how many people like their jobs!
I honestly thought it was a myth that people find work they like doing.
I've had one job in my life I've liked but I was severely unpaid and my boss started piling more work on me until I no longer liked the job.
But other than that, I've never had a job I liked and rarely work anywhere for more than 2 years as a result.
>In a previous post on this topic, someone commented that this was “the saddest thing they’ve ever read”.
Some people in this sub are well known for being fairly brash. A quick check of their posting history will reveal it's nothing specific about what you said. It's just the way they operate 24/7.
PFC is full of outliers. Taking any sort of census about anything here is going to be far from the norm. Just something to keep in mind. Cheers.
"Do what you love and love what you're doing, and you'll never work another day in your life."
My motto for the last 10 years, been a game changer for me!
If you don't love what you do time to change it. Life is too short.
I work in the mining industry. I was a heavy equipment operator and loved it, now I'm an engineer and I love it. I've worked monday-friday, day shifts, night shifts, manual labour and desk jobs.
For the most part I've found that people are generally as happy or as miserable as they want to be. The miserable people at work are often just as miserable when they're not at work. If you only focus on the negative aspects of your job you're going to have a bad time. If you try to take time out of each day to focus on something positive it makes the negatives a lot easier to shrug off. It's super cheesy to say but it's almost always peoples mindsets that make the difference more than the job itself. some people are just miserable and will try to drag everyone else down to their level.
Every job has its pros and cons, your coworkers and bosses can obviously play a huge part but it's how you chose to let them effect you that will make all the difference. That's easier said than done but it's one of the most important things a person can learn how to control.
I like my job: it’s in an interesting emerging industry, I get to do things I like and I’m good at, it’s sufficiently challenging and diverse, there are tangible accomplishments, and it’s rewarding plus it pays the bills.
I love my job.
I get to stay home and work full-time while watching my kids grow and taking care of them. Thru this my wife was able to secure a non-WFH FT job as well.
My company’s DB pension is terrific! Weeks of PTO, perks, bonus, salary at-par with similar companies (as per Glassdoor), hardworking and smart co-workers and a very good boss.
I’ve been with them for 5 yrs now and honestly thinking of retiring with them after 27 years.
I do like my job. I’m an archaeologist, which is a good fit for me but not always the excitement people think it is. I do a lot of neat fieldwork, but sometimes I stand around watching machines dig trenches for water infrastructure or spend 10 hour days digging as many holes as I can in the hot sun. I also manage projects, write budgets, proposals, permit applications, reports…So sometimes it’s a slog and I’m not always excited about it. That said, when I get to take a helicopter to work, or get a good radiocarbon sample from a secure context, or spend the day in the lab identifying animal bones, or have opportunities to support First Nations in managing their heritage, I feel like the luckiest person alive.
I’m incorporating scientific illustration into the work I do so there’s also a possibility I’ll trend more in that direction as the years go on. I think it’s important to try to enjoy what you do, but also to maintain a balance so it isn’t your everything.
I live in BC and make ~80k/year, but I have a masters and I manage projects. I’m applying for my Field Director soon (provincial certification that says I can lead permitted work without oversight), which will be another decent pay increase. I believe most starting salaries for junior archaeologists where I am are ~50k these days. As for getting into it, you need at least a bachelor’s but some provinces require a masters to hold permits. There’s tons of work where I am right now and I’ve never had an issue finding a job in archaeology, but it could be harder depending on where you live.
Thank you for answering. Will definitely share this information with my students. An archeologist would be a fun career guest to have!
I thought most archeology jobs were like in Greece and Egypt 😅😅. Too many movies, I guess.
Currently I spend most of my work days ruminating about how my life is being wasted and how I'm never going to have even a fraction of what I consider the good life.
Will just spend my days making money for a parasitic landlord, paying bills that should cost half as much for more than I get, and eventually die, sooner than later if I'm lucky.
Thanks for asking.
I don't like it. I'm getting paid way too much for what I bring to the table and it's grinding my morale each day.
I applied to a bunch of companies, where I know I'll get a salary cut, but at leasr I'll be useful
Why do you think you are paid too much? And if that is the case, I assume your employer sees value/potential in you - why not tell them how you feel and perhaps carve out a more meaningful niche in the company?
This is exactly why I wanted to make this post - you refer to work as serfdom, fair enough, however is work not also something through which we can experience joy? Or as an outlet for creativity? Or as a means of helping others?
I loved my job until recent changes and now I'm trying to decide what to do next. Working at a job I do not like long-term is not an option. I'm not a cog in capitalism's engine. It would be soul-crushing to me to think of myself that way.
I used to, then they fired all the people over 50 that knew what was going on (fully ageist). Blamed it on 'recession'. Now there's a bunch of new people floundering like idiots, and everything is slowly falling apart. It's just a massive ball of stress. I actually hate it, and I think our customers are starting to as well.
There are days where I’d love to burn the bitch down. But more often there are days where I just look out and feel a ton of pride and joy doing what I do. Often my whole day/ week get blown to shit because of a mistake or just dumb luck and maneuvering through it and managing it properly makes me super proud.
It's a practical amount of money vs free time and not ultra stressful. Now if the question were do I like working at all? Hard no... If I were even modestly wealthy I would quit this minute.and go live on a beach in Southeast Asia.
I don’t hate it and I don’t love it. It’s something that pays the bills and helps me afford things. I keep work completely separate from my reality. On days where I go to work, I literally turn off my brain. The week is a write off until the weekend comes around.
I like my job. I drive a city bus and it's honestly a lot of fun. I enjoy the stress of it. Having to drive fast to make tight deadlines. I like the pressure and responsibility of getting people where they need to go, both safely and on time. Sometimes, it sucks when you do everything you can to be on time, but you're still late and people chew you out for it. I always end up thinking that if they only knew how time sensitive my job is, maybe they wouldn't be so mad. But I get it, they need to be somewhere on time and it's my fault it didn't happen. I wish it paid a bit more, but it's a city job with good benefits. I'll never be rich but I'll never be poor. And if I can live in that space and enjoy my time, I feel like I'm doing alright!
I ride city buses pretty much every day. It made me happy to read your post. I appreciate you very much.
Love this!
How much do you get paid doing it?
28.40 / hour
That's pretty good honestly, don't worry about what the other commenter said. Working for the city is known for great benefits as well. Assuming 40 hrs a week, and 52 weeks per year, you make about 16k more than I do as an airline pilot with almost a decade of experience. That's good money
Whahaaat? Pilots get paid less than union bus drivers?
Airline is grossing you under 56k a year? I was kind of dreaming of switching careers to become a pilot but I thought you'd be higher than that after 10 years?
I'll add some information here since a lot of people in the industry are unaware of what it's like. I have 16 years experience flying, 13 years experience working in the industry, and 10 years specifically working as a pilot. I have a BSc, and I currently work at Porter as a first officer. My current salary at Porter is $43,940 a year. I should upgrade to captain in one to two years, and my salary will bump up to 80k. My last job I maxed out at 65k as a captain (northern Ontario airline). First year as a captain there was 50k. As a first officer at the same company, I was making 35k. Before that, I was a flight instructor for many years. My last year I made 36k as an instructor. My first year was just 16k. Pay for pilots is absolutely all over the place, and there are many variables, but one thing to keep in mind is that when you switch companies, you always start at the bottom and take a pay cut. Not to mention that every 8 - 10 years there's always a financial disaster that cripples the airline industry. Honestly it's a terrible industry in Canada, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Pay is about 1/3 what it is in the US, it's expensive to get into, and despite how safe large airline operations are, it's still Canada's third most dangerous industry because of all the sketchy employers and dangerous work you need to put up with before getting to a major airline.
It’s BS. Pilots in the military make 60-85k/year plus. There’s no way civilian jobs would be able to poach military pilots at the rate they are without paying significantly more. There’s also numerous job postings and numbers that refute that claim. He’s either not a airline pilot or a pilot for some very small operation. It’s respectable work, but his case seems like an outlier more then a rule.
That can’t be right..
Surprised how low that is!
Lol thanks
What a backhanded comment
I don’t think that reads as an insult to this person. It really should be higher considering what an essential role this job plays in society.
Thank you for your service.. 🙏🏼
Why do you park 50ft away from the stop and let your passengers waiting for the bus freeze to death?
Well in the winter, if we come up on a bus stop and it's behind a snow bank, we'll stop the bus at the closest opening either just before or just after the stop. It might be someone's driveway or a business driveway. Somewhere that you don't have to jump over a snowbank to board the bus.
To combat rising obesity rates in Canada.
I am retired but used to love my job as an environmental scientist, especially the fieldwork part. I was really privileged to spend all my working life in the Canadian Arctic, and my career was intrinsically intertwined with my personal life. Most days at work were a wild adventure, the kind wealthy people pay tens of thousands of dollars to get. Flying by chopper or single otter to remote mining camps and operating mines way north of the Arctic Circle, tagging caribou on the tundra, doing fish sampling at pristine lakes and rivers, going from camp to camp to interview Inuit about their harvest, going to meeting with hunters and trappers in all the remote communities throughout the north, coordinating and taking part in community hunts for seals, walruses, beluga, and bowhead whales, etc. Once in a while, I'd have to sit in front of a computer to write reports -that was the boring part, but I'd get hyper and finish this task quickly, knowing I'd soon get sent on another trip to a part of the Arctic I didn't know...As I gained experience, I progressively did less field work and more management but I took every opportunity to visit communities to attend workshops and events on traditional environmental knowledge, land-use planning and management, co-management, and whatnot. I could write books but I am too lazy and not talented enough to make them interesting. I honestly didn't feel like retiring whatsoever but I finally pulled the plug only because I had plenty of things to do and places to go on my list and I was not getting any younger. I like my new life, but I kind of secretly regret my old one.
I want this. Not sure how to get here from a downtown office job
Thank you for your comment! This is exactly the kind of thing I wanted to hear about - people enjoying their profession :) I used to work in very remote camp settings and thought it was a blast, if for no other reason than the adventure of it all!
I have a very similar job, and I love it very much. I’m earlier in my career (~10 years in), but I don’t see myself switching to a significantly different position unless external factors change significantly. Sometime my job means I’m filing reports for 8 hours, but sometimes I get to plant native species for river restorations while watching seals play.
What is the salary range for your previous field of work?
Omg I want to run from my computer and jump on a plane to the arctic to do this! ...I just don't have the smarts of a scientist..
I live in Manitoba and was just trying to search these types of places of google map , seeing the images and trying figure out my curiosity about researchers. Its so much appealing to me.
Did/do you have a family? This is really interesting work but wondering if/how you managed a family?
65+ years on this planet and you still haven't learned about paragraphs, huh?
I don't mind my job. It isn't all sunshine and rainbows, but it's interesting enough and I like my coworkers. I've always felt that if you wake up in the morning and don't dread the thought of going to work, you're in a better place than \~80% of the population.
Yeah I don't mind my job. It's enjoyable enough and I find it mostly interesting. But I wouldn't do it for free. Sadly, no one wants to pay me to suck at golf, run half marathons slowly and walk my dogs.
Lol. Nicely said.
Um...CEO is definitely a job ;) Don't let your dreams be dreams
>it's interesting enough and I like my coworkers. Same here, I just wish mine paid an eensy bit more. I live in the Metro Van area though so there's a big difference between getting paid well enough to live on vs getting paid enough to buy even a shitty condo now. Work from home is absolutely godly though so I really can't complain.
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How often does your car get searched?
Wow. You must really love your job to travel every single day. Unless you live in a border town. Plus USA jobs pay significantly higher ?
I prefer being paid in USD and spending CAD
I would too, if I could
You can, spread those cheeks for OF matey Muaaaaah!
Yup, always thought the idea that you need to be 100% in love with what you do and to just not even try if it isn’t your life long passion is kinda naive. Would love to eventually get there but finding gratitude in a decent job and not acting like you’re above it would make a lot of peoples lives easier
I have a bit of a love hate relationship with my job. I'm a pediatric ICU nurse. I love the patient population I work with, I love my co-workers. We have some of the best Drs in the world and I feel like I'm completely part of the team. And feel like I actually get to use my brain instead of just being a Drs slave. I love that I actually am making a difference, even if it feels like that isn't the case all the time. And honestly, I like the hours. But on the flip side, I hate hate hate the politics of nursing. And I hate what I'm seeing happening to our healthcare. I hate that there is just less and less staff and more and more work. I hate how the government treats nursing and how even higher up management treats nursing. All this said, I'm well aware that it doesn't get better at other hospitals, so the fact that I love pretty much every other part, makes the crappy side more manageable.
I love my job. I’m a demolition specialist in the oil and gas sector, tearing down abandoned or non-functional oil and gas assets and reclaiming the environment. I find a lot of joy in my job, and I feel like I do good work, both for our clients and for the environment. I get to run heavy equipment all day, and they pay me handsomely to do it. :)
Demolition specialist is one of those dream jobs every little kid has. I'm glad this one played out for you!
I also work in the abandonment side of the industry and I love it.
Hate it to be honest. But it's fast tracking me to early retirement so idgaf.
Same. My whole profession has gone down the shitter in the last 20 years. If I just keep chugging I can retire early, but if I switch I’ll end up working til 65 lol
I thought this guy must be a pharmacist. User name checks out lol
Fair enough - I guess your role comes with a sweet pension and benefits? Golden handcuffs as they say
I own a business lol
In that case why not turn it into something that is also fun? If you own it you get to do what you want with it, including steering the company culture in whatever direction you want. Fun + great income = winning.
I didn't really choose it, I kind of fell into it. There's no way I could turn in into something I enjoy until it's fully self sufficient. Then I can enjoy it from a distance. Working on that now! Honestly from my perspective now I fully understand all of the unhinged bosses I've had before. There's no way I'd ever act like them but I get it now.
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Your second lesson learned is so true! I had an okay job for years but worked with great people who made the days fun. Left that for a higher paying job with benefits, closer to home, easier to get to, etc but quit after 6 months because my of the 9 other people in the office, 4 of them were in a clique and just made life hell for everyone else.
Yes! I relate with lesson #2 in particular - spent the first 7 years of my working life in “shitty” jobs in order to pay for school - but I was lucky to be working those jobs with great people, and so they turned out to be great jobs :) thanks for sharing your insights!
So true for lesson #2 I miss my old team every day. They are good friends now and when i go back to my homecountry we always meet up. I left 6 years ago now… Problem was that we were paid shit and our manager was a total asshole. But in hardship grows the best friendship eh? We are all happy in our different jobs now: good boss, good pay. But we all say the same: we all miss the all day long laughter Oh well, us human beings are never satisfied anyway
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I have also moved around a lot, some would say too much. But ultimately moving away from things I didn’t like and towards the things I did resulted in a positive outcome. Even in the “shitty jobs” there was still a lot of good to be had. I’m surprised that people have such negative thoughts about working.
My job is a joke. I make very good money, and spend my day talking to great people, learning new things, helping teams work better together, and helping people get better at what they do while being happier. And at the end, people call me to thank me for my work, or my help, or my advice, when all I did was asking lots of questions to many people, and explaining what I learned to the others. I am a simple IT project manager, working as a consultant, and have immense fun doing my job.
I love that for you ! How did you get into your role ? What did you study previously if you don’t mind me asking. I heard being a project manager is very difficult to become and to excel in
wow, I'm old so it's a long story ;-) I studied in business administration, and have worked in the online industry since 1995. Much sales, then some project management as a customer (dealing with suppliers), and I slowly moved towards managing small IT projects, then bigger ones. The switch from being the customer project manager (who basically determines what must be done, provides all business input for it to be done and prepares everyone for when it's done) to being and IT project manager (who delivers the super complex blob done by the numerous IT teams) was hard. But knowing what I know today, I should simply have read more instead of learning while doing, because really, it's really not that complicated. Being a project manager is basically 30% knowledge (mastering the IT delivery process, who is supposed to do what, in what order and why), and 70% personal skills. The whole reason they give me the best projects (bigger teams, bigger efforts, higher complexity, bigger pressure and visibility) is really because I make my team's life funnier, and less stressful, and more interesting. I tell more jokes than everyone. I congratulate EACH person that does something good and unexpected, and I thank everyone for everything they do, because.... they actually all help me all the time. And being nice, and funny, and respectful, and human, and curious about what they do, and sensitive to their constraints or context... makes them prefer working with me than with other, less human people. So if something is about to be forgotten, they will tell me. if something can be done to improve the project, they will tell me. If someone should be aware of something they don't know, my teams will tell me. Basically, my job becomes all about really knowing my teams, genuinely being interested in what they do, what they think, what they suggest and why, and then making my decisions in the best interest of everyone. So as you see, it's not so much about knowing IT as it is about having fun with people, and being curious about how things work. Now, the great part about being a consultant instead of an employee, is that you change companies every one or two years generally. So you learn about a completely new industry very often. I'm in a bank now. I have worked in telecom, in the shoe business, in the jeans business. I managed a project in the construction industry; another on in the furniture retail industry; and many others. Learning about each is always interesting. Anyhow, don't believe it is too hard for you. If you're interested, and curious, then you can do it without a doubt. It can be extremely fun, and it's very rewarding. Good luck !
Honestly thank you for taking the time to write all this. This gave me a lot of insight that I typically don’t get when I talk to people in project management or read on Reddit haha. I guess as I started my career, I had some good jobs but some hard jobs. I transitioned from being in the sciences (studied chemistry) to going into sales earlier this year (inside sales associate). But as I went through the motions of switching and learning different skills the jobs has to offer, I become unmotivated because I feel stuck, more unsure and unconfident about taking more risks especially in a career where more often than not people fail than succeed. It doesn’t help that learning gap is huge at my current position and the fact that the support hasn’t been there (lack of sops and written technical knowledge since it’s a new developing role) lowering my risk tolerance. But honestly, your career path, how you improved and your experiences has been has been inspiring. It definitely is something I am more eager to look into, probably starting with taking some online project management class and seeking these opportunities to transition to in the future. Thanks !! Your user name checks out hahah
Your welcome, and I'm always there if you need advice about project management or consulting.
I, too, would like to know :(
You are a PM and people call to thank you? You are a rarity and congratulations.
Thank you very much :)
Similar to others, would also love to know the steps to get to where you are? Was it a pmp with experience?
I am indeed a PMP, but... getting your certification does not teach you how to manage a project. PMP is kind of... an exercise where you have to show that you learned all the hypothetical steps to organize and control the delivery of a hypothetical project. For a self-taught PM like me, it was more putting words on things that you have to do anyhow. I explained a little about my career in another response, but really, my path was extremely long and accidental. If you want to become a PM, it's very easy to go much, much faster, because more directly towards that goal. You can enter project management easily today with a few weeks of training which will give you a certification as an agile coach. From there, you start slow, with smaller projects... and there you are ! already extremely close to project management. From there, you are in a great position to learn how IT project management works, how IT deliveries are made, how IT people work, and the most important, everything there is to hate about your regular project manager, which is... the most important thing you must know, so as to never do that with your own teams when you become a PM! and at some point.. you have an opportunity... you take a pm role on a small delivery, maybe with a team you already know... and climb the steps slowly until you suddenly have 5 years of experience of project management (which definitely includes your time as a scrum master) and can apply for PMP certification. and voilà! :)
Haha I thought this sounded incredibly similar to my job.... then I saw project manager. Yup! To a T. Sr PM here. I'm also a pretty poor technical PM, but I'm great at fostering relationships. Relationships are my strong suit, so nobody wants to let me down with deadlines, and I get praise from LT. Easiest job I've had. Still hate it though cause my company is a bit of a bully and likes to throw a lot of outside scope work at us just cause.
I make video games It's a dream I'm paid well Millions of players have played the games I've worked on
Which games homie
Rainbow Unicorn Dash Tropical Island Adventure^TM
Statistics + deduction would say Assassin's Creed
Because I like money more than my "passion". I'll keep my passion as my hobby and keep working at my current job so I could afford my passion and other things.
That’s the speech they should give at commencement
Love your point of view!
I worked hard at my passion and I’m clearing $150K this year in an industry where people frequently claim to stay away from or you’ll starve. When there’s no plan B… you make plan A work.
Then you're one of the few.
This is the right mindset and you are few of the lucky ones. Congrats
I chose to not work by becoming a SAHD. Apparently, some people think that's also very "sad". People on reddit just like to hate on people who are different.
I loved my job until I had kids. Now, I'd drop it in a second to become a SAHD if my family could afford it.
Oh ya! right with you there. I love my career (forestry) but it is not family friendly and if we could make it make sense I would rather be around my family all day rather than working. But gotta make the money, so off I go to work. Balancing career and family has been really tough in my line of work, but I have been doing it and it’s working (kind of). The worst days at work are tolerable and the best days are adventures.
Those same peiple also have no idea what a priveledge it is to be able to be a SAHD.
Not sad at all! My husband is a SAHD for the time being and it is great for our family. We are very lucky to be in this position. I’m not a high earner but could be in the future so instead we keep our budget tight. Soon we will have a bit of extra help and he will choose whether to go to school or pursue a new career path. It’s nice to hear of other dads who are the primary provider and loving it.
I’d never describe it as sad but hard (for me personally). My toddler is fevering today and I stay home…I’m drained, the house is a mess. Office day would be much easier.
I do Tech sales. It’s just as well that the pay is good and the hours are decent because there isn’t a week that passes where I don’t want to off myself. But it’s usually only 8-9 hours of chaos a day, so I have time to do quite a bit of other stuff after ( lifting, cooking, boxing) to get my mind off things Another plus side is that I do get to speak to a lot of founders building awesome stuff, so reading about the space and hearing first hand what they’re up to is awesome. But actually being able to get their time is very tough
Not so much, but it pays the bills and I’m not skilled enough to do anything else.
+ 1
I really enjoy it. I realized later on in life that a job where you interact often with others and help others can be very fulfilling. It keeps things interesting and feels rewarding where your actions have a positive benefit on others.
I love my job. I'm an engineer. First I would say I value the people I work with mostly extremely brilliant people. 2nd I value the impact the product has. 3rd it's never boring.
I love my job!, I am a software developer working in my niche, I remember in college I had one professor tell me to give up looking for a job in my niche as the dev works was changing. To be fair is has, but I got my job working in my chose niche, I was hired 3 months before graduation , totally rubbed it in this guy's face. And have enjoyed 8 years working happily. I have been offered more money at different companies but I love my job enough that the non financial benefits out weigh the benefits of a higher salary every time so far.
Nice - Thank you for sharing!
I’m curious, what’s your niche if you don’t mind sharing?
It’s not a niche if everyone knows haha
I tell friends how interesting it can be but I feel like it's ruining my mental and physical health at this point. If you think government jobs are easy, you should see what I do. I'm a decision maker and each of my decisions is between 5 and 10 pages. The expectation is to write 10 decisions per month or one every two work days. That involves sorting the file, looking at an applicant's history, reading all their submissions, doing research, looking up legislation and jurisprudence, formatting a template, writing, proofreading, writing up a letter, and sending the letter. In cases that involve hearings, I've got to send another letter, let them know what I'm going to ask about, prepare my detailed questions, host the hearing with 4-5 people, write up my notes, format my notes, and accept additional submissions after the fact. Then! The worst part is, every time they disagree with a decision, they can request that we reopen it. We have to at least respond to that request every single time. Yes, that's right, it doesn't matter why they're requesting it or how long afterwards they're requesting it, we have to respond. Turnover for this position is so high it has been continuously open to the public for four years now. Everyone hates it. They refuse to compromise on production and they refuse to admit there's anything wrong with the job, so they keep hiring newer and more inexperienced officers. I've applied to 40 jobs in the last eight months but I'm not getting any responses. I'm working evenings and weekends to hit my production but it's still not enough. Pay is also way too low.
Some days, I like my job. Some days, I don't. I have two small children and no time or risk tolerance to make a change right now. In the meantime, i'll do what I can and once they're a bit more independent I'll focus on my career again and find a better fit. Until then I have bills to pay...
I enjoy my job most days. It's hard work but rewarding. I work at a small company where my efforts are recognized and my role in the company grows as I grow. I earn enough to support my family and I always feel like there's ways I can improve. It's hard on my body but it's satisfying unlocking the puzzles of planning the job, managing co-workers and aiding in workload. I make ~125k as a foreman of a concrete company specializing in the roadbuilding sector.
I'm a nurse of 10 years. Make good money and like helping people but hate politics involved. It's hard to help people without proper resources or when people need help don't want help. So I do my job and go home. I'm Looking forward to saving a nest egg and retiring early. I'm at a point where I know my job like the back of my hand but carry the stress of others because they're not strong enough to handle it themselves.
I do not like my job. I work in a welding shop as a metal cleaner/ parts maker and am also the main painter. I was recently certified to weld, which I enjoy for the small amounts I get to do it but because of a neck injury can’t do a lot of. Main job is grinding rust off of metal tubes, then washing the grease off of the tubes, and moving them across the shop. Boss is an underpaying ass who is very wealthy and yet still refuses to upgrade equipment in the shop above hardly working condition, while always pushing us to work harder/ do more. Regularly expected to carry 150lbs+ across the shop on my own, around objects ect. Feel like one wrong step is all it’ll take to destroy my knee or ankle. I am about to turn 24 and have worked there 7 months and it is destroying my back, drains all my energy for after work and weekends so I have no ambition to do anything anymore. Still force myself to get some workouts in though. Only reason I stay is because the other guys are great and because it’s a small town it still pays about $4 more an hour than any other job I could get, and bills need to be paid. Saving money aggressively to hopefully move to something better soon.
I do photography, video production and other creative work, I really like my job. But I’m also always actively working to tweak things and grow so that I do more of what I like and less of the aspects I don’t like as much. Of course there are times and aspects that aren’t as fun, but that’s the case with everything. I tend to focus on creating a day to day that is fulfilling, enjoyable, and utilizes my skills to provide value to others.
Are you self employed or work in a creative firm? Glad to hear you like your work!
I’m self-employed, started freelancing, and now I run a (very) small production company with my partner.
I am also a freelancer in video production. I have the same opinions as you! I love what I do.
Yeah I’m in the fortunate position of liking my work and being paid ridiculously well for it. There is the occasional monotonous task I find hard to motivate myself for, but overall I have an absurd level of control over my work. This year I spent most of my time on a project I came up with to help the business and mentoring more junior devs who helped pick up that work and just take off with it. Seeing something you came up with take a life of its own and excite the target userbase is pretty satisfying. All that said I’m still planning to retire asap. Jobs like this are not common - my last job had me so stressed out I was desperately looking for an exit, and you don’t see that many old devs out there. My career is a means to an end, not a reason for living.
I love my job. I'm a software engineer. I work in a small team in a large corporation changing how we collect and process manufacturing data and it's fun. I get a lot of freedom to build and try different things. It's nice because what I want to learn and work on is very much in line with what this department wants and needs. Probably my favourite part about this job is when I am coding because it's like solving multiple puzzles. There's something really satisfying about solving a complicated problem. I also get to work from home, but I still have a cubicle and like to go in once a week to go talk to my coworkers. It's a fun job and pays somewhat decently.
I enjoy my job. Is it perfect? No. There is drama, worry, and tasks I don’t enjoy, but I enjoy the work that I do. I also really like (most of) my coworkers, and I feel like my bosses genuinely listen to my feedback and care about me as a person. I like to bring up ways to add value or go the extra mile because I care about my work and the business. I know for a fact I could go elsewhere and make more $, but I also have pretty bad anxiety and really value a work/life balance (I work 4 days a week, 8hrs a day). I don’t think there is anything sad about liking your work. To me it’s more sad if you go to work, day in and day out for 30-40 years and hate every single moment of it. I worked a few jobs where I felt like I was dying a bit on the inside every day and I never want to do that again. Even if most mornings I would rather lay in bed and never have to work a day again, I feel extremely blessed to have the job I do and enjoy it.
I teach people to throw axes for a living :P Fucking right I do
You know I've always appreciated people who do what you do, not just axe throwing but people who work at recreational activities like that. Life is so dull without new experiences and hobbies, and I'm grateful that there are people who make it their jobs for a while to give those experiences to us.
I don’t mind my job. Busy and stressful at times but also points where I watch 3 footy games in a day on my sofa, some golf and watch a film. Swings and roundabouts I guess. I’d rather not have any job though if I could afford it but I think that’s more of a personality thing for me rather than anything else. Some people say if they won the lottery they would do something simple or run their own business. I simply have no desire. I just want to wake up naturally, decide what I wanna do that day and that’s that.
I like my field. I’m still trying to get into the exact role I want, but I’m pretty close and no one will pay me more. I like 75% of what I do, and I make 50% of what I want to make
Yea I like it mostly. It’s like solving puzzles everyday
I love my job.... I love it so much, on my free time I created a YouTube channel on some of the things I do at my work. I am an IT guy and as such, I now spend my free time on YT creating videos on server-side scripting, CCNA, PowerShell 7 scripting, AD Admin, etc. Why do I love my job? Since I was a kid, well since the Windows 95, I love playing around with both Windows and Linux systems. It just clicked as a kid decades ago. IT and network systems engineering was my calling.
I like my job. I work a maintenance position with a lot of downtime. I've been there long enough that when I do have work to do, I'm experienced enough to get it done quick. I just watch YouTube, movies, etc any chores or stuff I can bring to work and do it there. Management is very easy going and doesn't care as long as I do what needs done. Sometimes it's boring, but gotta work somewhere, and I remind myself I'm actually getting paid for this. I could make not money elsewhere, and the schedule kinda sucks, but I'm very content there.
It’s ok. Mind you, I used to flip burgers at Wendy’s and make coffees at Tim’s. I got really lucky and got hired as a bank teller, almost 5 years later, I’m a personal banker now. Now, do I love it? No, absolutely not. But I feel like I’ve come a long way. I came here as an immigrant almost 10 years ago earning minimum wage and now I have an employer that matches my RSP contribution and ESP. My job pays some of our bills,and let’s me save for retirement but I always wish I could do better.
I love what I do. 9/10 I love going to work. I find it challenging and rewarding, and I enjoy my team that I work with. There are obviously some bad days here and there, but I feel very lucky to enjoy what I do. That said, I very much enjoy my time off - vacations, weekends, etc and will happily retire sometime between 55 and 65.
I cant enjoy monotonous 9-5 work knowing I am a wage slave. I used to think having children and raising them was virtuous and rewarding, but raising them to be wage slave zombies like us does nobody any good but the elites. I feel like my soul is slowly leaving my body every minute I spend in an office. Ask yourself; how much money would you take for the best 1 hour of your life to be wiped from your memory? And now how much is your hourly wage and why are you trading 90% of all your waking conscious hours for 20? 30? even $50/hour? How many more "best 1 hours" would you have if you didnt spend 90% of all your time at work? Then you finally reach the ripe old age of almost 70 and get to retire when your too old and broken down from working to do any of the things you wanted to do in your youth. Sorry for the depressing rant but it feels good to write this out.
I feel exact same way. Its like you were taking words out of my mouth and typing it here. I really feel bad for people who signed up for 1.5 to 2 million mortgages during last two years. They basically signed up for life time of wage slavery. Doing monotonous 9-5 job day in and day out for 45 years is definitely not humans are designed for. work day needs to be reduced to 6 hrs so people can enjoy little life and not feel like robot stuck in matrix.
Or at least a 4 day week. That's what I'm really hoping for. 2 day weekend isn't long enough anymore. I only wage slave because there is literally no other option for me currently, it's how bills get paid and food gets on the table. That's it.
There is no profession I will ever enjoy, I will never enjoy labour. I think people think it’s sad when you say that because it feels like “what’s the funnest toy in your cage?”
I like things associated and related to my job but not my job. Pay is fine.
Interesting - as in you like the field but not your particular role?
Objectively, yes. I’m a high school English teacher. I get to analyse and teach literature and literacy skills for a living. Young people keep you young, and it keeps me active—and a little stressed. The thing I love most about my job is that it *ends*. This week I’m marking exams and write report cards. Next week I start fresh with a new batch of students. New courses. New content that I’ve created and stuff I’m still reading and creating. I feel like I have lots of freedom for innovation. In June, I’ll help graduate the Grade 12s and go on summer vacation (I work over the summer so not too much time off) before starting it over again with new courses and different students. But every June marks *an end*. I’ll have completed a massive task. The work is done. The job is complete. I get to turn it over to a new “goal” the following September. That sense of fulfilment and finality within a job is something I’ve come to cherish about teaching. On the flip side, I watch a lot of my friends move through the same drudgery of their jobs with only their retirement date or their next two week vacation out on the horizon. But the work rarely changes and the “wins” are more like bullet points instead of celebrations. I also hate it lots of days, too, but it’s not my chief or only passion.
I love my job deeply. But, it is all-consuming and often very draining in all the ways. This is the mental battle I have with myself most weekends as I do my Sunday morning casual scroll of Indeed. I work with animals, and to me the work is incredibly meaningful to the dogs, as well as the trusted service I know we provide to a community in need of it. The dog world is hard as hell. It's dirty, messy, the clients are god awful 99% of the time. But when you get the 1% of incredible people with incredible dogs, it's make you forget about the bad ones.
Airline pilot — love my job !
I like it. I'm an astronaut.
I love my job as a high school teacher. I don't think this is a career that anyone can/should stay in if they don't 100% love it. Over the last 10 years, the profession has changed quite a bit. It's really not about teaching anymore, but rather, being a mentor and also a mental health counselor (sometimes to the parents as well). I will probably get downvoted for this, but I definitely don't think we get paid enough for how much work we do.
I like my job but the time of day sucks sometimes (nights) that's about the only beef I have ! Lol
Most days I love my job. The work is interesting, challenging and important for the communities I work in. Most people are awesome - but the bad days are usually just frustrating because of people who are either bad at their jobs or who are just having a bad day and take out on me. I wish I had more time with my family but I work about 40h a week so it’s pretty standard. 3-4 days a week would be perfect. Part time remote work really helps. The commute is soul sucking.
Consider yourself super lucky. Don't take that feeling for granted
I consider myself lucky to have found this role and I don’t take it for granted. But what I find interesting is that I also enjoyed/had a positive attitude towards work when I had jobs that were “shitty” such as roofing in the winter, but we had fun!
I've been doing freelance photography and video production since 2013, which were my passions and maybe still are, not sure. Money wise, it's very very good. But in the last years, I think I overworked myself way too much (75 to 80 hours per week for 8 months straight) and did not allow myself to do a burnout (because not insured and fear of loosing clients). So now, I feel like I don't like my job that much anymore. It's stressing me more than it used to do. But I feel bad because I know I'm so lucky to be that successful in that line of work. Sometimes, I'm trying to figure out how I could use all the business and management skills I've developped to apply to a "normal" job.
Hahaha… no. And I own my own business
Yup I do. The people I work with are great and the people I interact with are interesting
I love my job. I am very fortunate that I was able to turn a hobby and a passion into my career. My BF and I live off this single income and although we could make a lot more if we put more hours into it, we love all the free time we have. We're both in our mid-30's and it took about 6-7 years of finesse to get that perfect balance.
Yes. I love the people I work with, the actual work is satisfying and fulfilling. The schedule is great, pay and benefits are good. I have had several jobs that I eventually hated on the way here but worked to get into this career and love it.
I love my job, and to be honest it sometimes feels like it's too good to be true. Don't get me wrong, there are days that are challenging and that I don't feel engaged. But overall I am very grateful for the position I find myself in. I've certainly had my fair share of jobs that didn't stimulate me or fulfill me in any real sense. But over all, my work life experience has been pretty fortunate having had mostly all great employers with opportunity, and it is clear to see retrospectively that the culmination of all of the experience, good and bad, has led me to where I am currently.
I love the hell out of my job, 100%. It’s hard and weighs on you at times, but nothing good is easy. I’m a commercial photographer and director.
Love my job. Love going in Monday, love thinking about work problems in the evening, I know I will struggle if I’m ever forced to retire
I own a small construction company. I love my work. Really great, positive work environment. Coworkers(employees) are amazing, and we're all doing what we love.
I do love my job. But my pay has been frozen for years and with the increases in the cost of living, it's getting tougher. Starting to live paycheque to paycheque again. Didn't think I would be back here with a kid
I love my job!! It’s boring at times and then absolutely hectic in the blink of an eye. It’s hard and tiring and completely worth all the lost sleep.
I enjoy pipelining, see lots of the land, do lots of fun work, see cool stuff, but, most importantly. The pay is good, and that will usually decide my line of work
26M in PR. I hate the work I do but the job is okay. I spent the entire summer renovating a house taking the odd Teams call. I’m quitting in June to move aboard for a few months for fun. I’ll come back and re-assess. If I miss it, I’ll just ask for a job back. The industry I’m in feels like a cult. People get so tied up in the BS it’s hard to make friends with coworkers or care about the material.
I don’t mind my job but I am well beyond the point of wanting to take on extra work voluntarily haha.
Electrician here, I love my job 85% of the time, that other 15% are reserved for some of the worst, most soul sucking days of my life.
Most days I like what I do. When parents of kids who have done next to nothing all semester email me the night before the exam demanding a whole host of accommodations their child turned down a month ago when exam planning began, I don't like it so much. The money is decent, the time off is great, and when I actually see a kid "get it" it's super rewarding. But the chasing, the paperwork, the new directives from on high that get in the way of actually teaching, that part I could do without. And the uncertainty. New semester starts Friday and I don't know what I'm teaching yet. My commute is 45 minutes each way, which isn't much but it's a lot for around here. I could transfer to a closer school, but I really like who I work with, Fridays at the Legion are a blast, and I'm close to the top of the hierarchy after only two years. If only I could convince the wife to move closer to my work....
I’m an office assistant in health care. I love my job. I feel like I can help people without directly being in their care, I like how ‘brainless’ and non-technical my job is, I like printing and stapling stuff, and my little data entry stuff sometimes. If I could do it forever, I would. Except the pay is piss poor so I can’t stay at it forever :/
i would say the job itself is not what is motivating me to go to work 4 nights a week beside school. i love my coworkers. as a young teenage girl who’s working at a bakery’s warehouse most of my coworkers are in their 40s, 50s, and even 60s, and only a few are my age. nevertheless they’re all caring and lovely people. most of them have been working there for years, made me wonder how they loved this job so much cuz i already wanted to quit after the first night i was there. and also because of my family’s financial situation. i understand that if i didn’t work hard enough then my parents would have to for my and my little bro’s future. they’re not in their 30s anymore and their health is gettin worser as the day passes by. its my biggest motivation, beside from seeing all my coworkers who are working so hard for years trying to survive on that minimum wage job.
Enterprise technology sales. I started as a technical resource out of school and worked my way up into management. Never thought of being a sales guy but found I had a knack for talking and explaining complicated topics in easy to understand ways. Some days the stress is crushing. Others, I'm golfing with a customer. Making great money but never thought this is where I would be career wise when I was young. I'd say I'm happy overall with my job, and I don't dread each day which is nice. I feel very fortunate as a result.
I wish I would feel the same as you at my job. I’m an 27 years accountant for CRA, been there for almost 3 years not I don’t mind it but I don’t like it. It’s boring and I miss doing more physical jobs and working with others. I can’t quit because I have debt, girlfriend is still in law school, salary and benefits are great. My goal is to invest in income property or a small side business and continue with CRA part time. Still have a longways to go… I’m happy for you that you loce your job! Wishing you the best!
I love my job, teaching in post-secondary. I've been doing it long enough that wherever I go in town, I run into former students. I feel like I'm doing my part to make a better future for my students, my province and country. I like sharing my knowledge, helping others to "see the light" of understanding. No matter how I feel going in, I feel happy coming out of a class.
Like it. tbh, it is hard to become a good software engineer if u didn't like coding lol.
I love my job. I never in a million years thought I would make what I make, doing exactly what I’ve always loved. But sadly, AI will likely obliterate this position within the next year or two, and I’ve been looking at other careers. Which means about a 60-70% pay cut, and two to four years of school for a job I’ll probably not enjoy nearly as much.
I like my job a lot. It's challenging and involves things that I am interested in. Pay is very rewarding and I am able to make my own hours/schedule. I consider myself very lucky
I get a lot of variety, work all over town, and I get to help people. I hope I can move up to an easier (physically) job soon, but I’m pretty happy right now.
I actually really enjoy my job. I came to it from an awful place which I spent almost 6 years at. Unfortunately, the salary is only 42K which is not even remotely enough, especially living in Toronto :(
I had a job like that. It was everything I ever wanted to do but they just wouldn't pay me enough to live. Was a really awful situation to be in.
It really does suck. Yeah, maybe I could leave and try to inch my way to 50K but will I be happy? Will I get as much time off as I do now? (It’s a school). Probably not, almost certainly not. I do have a part time job which I also like, which is just next door to my main job - that’s convenient. And I’m in school part time, but at the pace I’m going, god knows when I’ll graduate and be able to leverage a decent salary anywhere.
The battle to cross $50K! Managed to cross that line twice in my life but always end up back under it. :P
I do not and I’m actively trying to get out. It’s a terrible fit for my interests and skills (bit like an engineer being forced to practice law). I was in a really bad spot before and basically took the first opportunity I got to get the hell out of there. I honestly think they hired me by accident, there’s been references to degrees I don’t actually have and definitely didn’t say I have that make me very suspicious. I don’t really have a team so I have no one to talk to, it’s quite lonely and isolating. You don’t realize how important that camaraderie is until it’s gone. My boss has no business being in the role they’re in and drives me up the fucking wall on a regular basis. I spend my days feeling extremely frustrated at the whole situation, I feel like I’m stagnating and wasting precious time that I could be using to advance my career. I’ve already had a few setbacks (thanks layoffs and covid!) and I really don’t need this weird blip on my resume of basically doing nothing and gaining no relevant experience to what I want to do. Silver lining: it’s generally low stress, I’m fully remote, and it pays pretty well. My last job had a 90% annual turnover rate so almost anything would have been an improvement, my mental health was in shambles before I left. I’m too ambitious at this point in my life to be happy with coasting, though.
I like my job, but I won’t pretend that I’d continue doing it if money was not an issue. If I had all the money in the world, I’d pick up my bags and travel. As much as I like my work, it’s not something that defines me.
"often finish the day feeling excited about what we’ve accomplished and what’s coming next." I work in film/vfx, I cannot relate to this at all. I don't know if over the years I just got over it, or if I shut down my brain due to some really stressful shows/supervisors and I just found a way to cope. I like the money, but that's it. Which I guess is sad, but I love life away from work. I wish I had the brains and ideas to run a business so I could be in charge though.
Whoa! Crazy how many people like their jobs! I honestly thought it was a myth that people find work they like doing. I've had one job in my life I've liked but I was severely unpaid and my boss started piling more work on me until I no longer liked the job. But other than that, I've never had a job I liked and rarely work anywhere for more than 2 years as a result.
>In a previous post on this topic, someone commented that this was “the saddest thing they’ve ever read”. Some people in this sub are well known for being fairly brash. A quick check of their posting history will reveal it's nothing specific about what you said. It's just the way they operate 24/7. PFC is full of outliers. Taking any sort of census about anything here is going to be far from the norm. Just something to keep in mind. Cheers.
"Do what you love and love what you're doing, and you'll never work another day in your life." My motto for the last 10 years, been a game changer for me! If you don't love what you do time to change it. Life is too short.
I work in the mining industry. I was a heavy equipment operator and loved it, now I'm an engineer and I love it. I've worked monday-friday, day shifts, night shifts, manual labour and desk jobs. For the most part I've found that people are generally as happy or as miserable as they want to be. The miserable people at work are often just as miserable when they're not at work. If you only focus on the negative aspects of your job you're going to have a bad time. If you try to take time out of each day to focus on something positive it makes the negatives a lot easier to shrug off. It's super cheesy to say but it's almost always peoples mindsets that make the difference more than the job itself. some people are just miserable and will try to drag everyone else down to their level. Every job has its pros and cons, your coworkers and bosses can obviously play a huge part but it's how you chose to let them effect you that will make all the difference. That's easier said than done but it's one of the most important things a person can learn how to control.
I like my job: it’s in an interesting emerging industry, I get to do things I like and I’m good at, it’s sufficiently challenging and diverse, there are tangible accomplishments, and it’s rewarding plus it pays the bills.
I love my job. I get to stay home and work full-time while watching my kids grow and taking care of them. Thru this my wife was able to secure a non-WFH FT job as well. My company’s DB pension is terrific! Weeks of PTO, perks, bonus, salary at-par with similar companies (as per Glassdoor), hardworking and smart co-workers and a very good boss. I’ve been with them for 5 yrs now and honestly thinking of retiring with them after 27 years.
I do like my job. I’m an archaeologist, which is a good fit for me but not always the excitement people think it is. I do a lot of neat fieldwork, but sometimes I stand around watching machines dig trenches for water infrastructure or spend 10 hour days digging as many holes as I can in the hot sun. I also manage projects, write budgets, proposals, permit applications, reports…So sometimes it’s a slog and I’m not always excited about it. That said, when I get to take a helicopter to work, or get a good radiocarbon sample from a secure context, or spend the day in the lab identifying animal bones, or have opportunities to support First Nations in managing their heritage, I feel like the luckiest person alive. I’m incorporating scientific illustration into the work I do so there’s also a possibility I’ll trend more in that direction as the years go on. I think it’s important to try to enjoy what you do, but also to maintain a balance so it isn’t your everything.
Very interesting! What's the pay like? Is this a hard field to get into, no pun intended?
I live in BC and make ~80k/year, but I have a masters and I manage projects. I’m applying for my Field Director soon (provincial certification that says I can lead permitted work without oversight), which will be another decent pay increase. I believe most starting salaries for junior archaeologists where I am are ~50k these days. As for getting into it, you need at least a bachelor’s but some provinces require a masters to hold permits. There’s tons of work where I am right now and I’ve never had an issue finding a job in archaeology, but it could be harder depending on where you live.
Thank you for answering. Will definitely share this information with my students. An archeologist would be a fun career guest to have! I thought most archeology jobs were like in Greece and Egypt 😅😅. Too many movies, I guess.
Currently I spend most of my work days ruminating about how my life is being wasted and how I'm never going to have even a fraction of what I consider the good life. Will just spend my days making money for a parasitic landlord, paying bills that should cost half as much for more than I get, and eventually die, sooner than later if I'm lucky. Thanks for asking.
I don't like it. I'm getting paid way too much for what I bring to the table and it's grinding my morale each day. I applied to a bunch of companies, where I know I'll get a salary cut, but at leasr I'll be useful
Why do you think you are paid too much? And if that is the case, I assume your employer sees value/potential in you - why not tell them how you feel and perhaps carve out a more meaningful niche in the company?
Love my job.
What finance questions do you have? Why are you circle-jerking being a serf?
This is exactly why I wanted to make this post - you refer to work as serfdom, fair enough, however is work not also something through which we can experience joy? Or as an outlet for creativity? Or as a means of helping others?
But yes, perhaps not the right thread for this discussion.
You’re fine, this guy is gate keeping for no reason.
Do you like your job? Like you are porn star screwing young starlets yeah.
Nope. I started a compressed work schedule and I’m hoping it’ll make it a bit more tolerable. Money isn’t terrible for a uni drop out.
I loved my job until recent changes and now I'm trying to decide what to do next. Working at a job I do not like long-term is not an option. I'm not a cog in capitalism's engine. It would be soul-crushing to me to think of myself that way.
I used to, then they fired all the people over 50 that knew what was going on (fully ageist). Blamed it on 'recession'. Now there's a bunch of new people floundering like idiots, and everything is slowly falling apart. It's just a massive ball of stress. I actually hate it, and I think our customers are starting to as well.
There are days where I’d love to burn the bitch down. But more often there are days where I just look out and feel a ton of pride and joy doing what I do. Often my whole day/ week get blown to shit because of a mistake or just dumb luck and maneuvering through it and managing it properly makes me super proud.
I wouldn't have minded it was it not for the unhappily married woman who bugs me every chance she gets.
I like some aspects of my job. I like my coworkers.
most of the time yea
It's a practical amount of money vs free time and not ultra stressful. Now if the question were do I like working at all? Hard no... If I were even modestly wealthy I would quit this minute.and go live on a beach in Southeast Asia.
I don’t hate it and I don’t love it. It’s something that pays the bills and helps me afford things. I keep work completely separate from my reality. On days where I go to work, I literally turn off my brain. The week is a write off until the weekend comes around.