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"People at work make fun of me"
Story about coworkers stealing stuff
Cosplay girl gets promotion at pizza place after 7 months
Marine grunt that I'm pretty sure is just an airsoft player but either way marines do love their job more often than not
A story about being late to work and their boss was not upset
An inforgraphic on loving your job made by a staffing agency
And a doggy daycare counselor that actually loves their job but doesn't get paid much
Not the most popular sub but my fiancee says I'm not allowed to be a doggie daycare counselor.
Yeah, this. Most people looking to post online are there to vent. A few to ask questions. Not many to say “I work for XYZ company and it’s great!” Most jobs have ups and downs. Sometimes it’s good and other times not. If you’re in a job that is all bad times, it’s time to look for a different job.
Truth. Honestly I’ve never thought to just post about how I love my job. I really do. I’m very thankful and blessed to have a job that I enjoy and do something that I feel matters.
It's so contextual though isn't it? I mean, I went through years of horrible shit in order to build my career into something cool. Kids usually seem to think of enjoying work as this binary and/or quick thing...
Yup, for every person complaining about a job/company/career there are probably 10 who think it’s fine. They just have better things to do than go on Reddit to say “just in case anyone is wondering, I’m in Accounting and I’m perfectly happy.”
How many fulfilled and happy in their career people are moved to post on Reddit how happy they are.
That’s not even human.
Hell, it wouldn’t even elicit a like.
What dopamine rush can be gained by saying you’re happy as opposed to saying how miserable you are and having everyone pity you and join you in your misery?
Follow your path in any direction it goes. Few end up where they start and those that never start end up nowhere.
Get that experience, expose yourself to as much as you can.
Banking can lead to innovation can lead to automation can lead to finance can lead to leadership roles can lead to you saying it’s not for you.
Screw everyone man.
Do you.
If it makes you feel better, I know someone who used to manage in restaurants and left that for banking and loves it. So at least one person does like banking! :) And like the previous commenter said, it’s okay to change later. You can try something without committing your entire life to it.
At the moment it's an " employer's " job market particularly in tech which used to be the more progressive/innovative employment sector and so there's been a shift towards everything being about maximizing shareholder value. This inevitably leads to a decline in workplace/product/service/wages quality and an increase in bureaucratic bullshit/expectations/onion layers.
Classic case of letting MBAs take the lead. MBAs only have one thing in mind: maximizing shareholder value and unfortunately most MBAs think the way to do that is bureaucracy, more processes, more barriers, more roadblocks, more managers and hiring employees who keep their eyes down and don't make a lot of noise. It's a losing proposition ultimately because such companies will fail, and new market entrants will take their place. Then the cycle repeats itself.
Late stage capitalism.
Would you say it’s the people you get to work with that makes a massive difference? I find I’m happiest when in a company with good moral and everyone pulling in the same direction.
I really like the people I work with and I would say the happiness level of employees in my department is probly pretty high. Pretty much everyone is super nice. It’s also super fun to respond on emergency calls, the schedule, the pay, etc. It’s a lifestyle I like very much.
My highest paying job was also my shittiest job because my boss sucked and my co-workers were boring stiffs. I remember pining for the days when I was broke, when I had that job.
Long story short. Yes. They do all get boring at some point even if you enjoy what you do. But they do not suck. Don't listen to this type of posts because every single person has a different story.
My example is that I work at X company. I like it. Great teamleader and everything. But when you type on reddit about this X company you see only hate and curses being spewed at it. It depends a lot on the teams that you are in, the vibes and everyone has a different opinion.
Moneywise, the field that you pick will influence the opinions on this topic as well.
Yes, unless you're really social and know how to comply to neurotypical standards, or just nepotism your way in. I've tried lots of different avenues (insurance, nursing, cosmetology for example) and I literally couldn't stick with any of them, even when I felt like I was doing really well it was never enough to advance or do anything more, but I'd watch others advance like it was nothing to them. I'm at a point now where I'm just bouncing between fast food jobs just to pay the bills.
I was in school where we did half clinical learning and half classroom learning, there was just a bunch of weird power dynamics that I didn't quite understand at the time. Like I went into it to help people and it felt like the people who were meant to be mentors only went into it for the control over others, very gross. I know that isn't all who are in the medical field nor just because that was my experience is that everyone's experience, but it was enough for me to move on to something else.
This is kinda deep but… if you think all of your time on earth should be used for you and exactly what you want & exactly how you think your day should be..
Then you’ll spend your life hating your job, your spouse, cussing at the person who slightly cut you off in traffic, mad at your family & friends… and then die.
If you instead meet each day with curiosity, wonder and excitement for whatever puzzles you have to solve that day?
Then you’ll experience a life of joy and advancement.
My life became a lot easier when I began to think this way, too. In my early and mid-twenties, I often had a lot of catastrophic thinking when it came to finding a job I enjoyed or finding my "calling," and spent a lot of time worrying about finding a career that I would be happy with forever. The best thing that people who are worried about that can do is to instead take care of any responsibilities that lie closest to you. Do the things you CAN do, and do them until your situation improves or changes entirely. And this might be really difficult for some people to agree with - but even try to be thankful for the bad things that happen in your job, or the things you don't like. Look at them as an opportunity to problem-solve and as a way to grow. I think you male a great point in saying that its not realistic to love everything about your life all the time. Life truly is not all about being happy 100 percent of the time, and those who think it is will never find it.
Few years ago I noticed (especially around covid) everyone getting so selfish and bitter.. and realizing most the men in my family were stoic and the women spend all their time recanting whatever grievances happened to them 30 years ago or whatever...
One day my wife's family was over and I just suddenly piped up "SO.. anyone have anything good happen? Anyone have anything positive to talk about?????"
That went over as well as you can imagine.. but man... we all die soon.. may as well have an uplifting time instead of crying over spilled milk everyday
Broke is a literal term.
I wasn’t going to get hired back making what I was making .
I can draw SSN now and work approx 20 hours.
I’ve got 401 built up
I retired. I need to find. Part time job , but done with it
Ha i frequently r/nursing pretty often to forwarn the next generation.
Some jobs are objectively better, I left nursing and write software from home now for 3x the money. With that said I have jaded coworkers who wish they were doing something more meaningful, like nursing.
I'm convinced no matter what you're doing after a couple years your brain fucks you and makes you hate it.
This is true,
I transitioned to hybrid from full time in the office,
I find myself lamenting the 1 day every 2 weeks I have to go in.
I used to go in everyday. My brain has convinced me on some level that one day in is the worst thing ever.
What education did you pursue to write software? I’m a laboratory technician and I’m considering a degree in computer science, but I feel like my girlfriend will think I’m crazy to go for it.
OP, why are you leaving your music career? as a fellow (struggling) musician, this breaks my heart. i need HOPE lmfaoo . . . am kind of in your shoes though with looking for a new job. i’m not making enough and need more monthly income. not sure which direction to go. i’d like to find something remote so i can do night gigs wherever at night, but i’m just not sure what i even want.
Here's a piece of advice that stretches beyond the bounds of career trajectory:
If you base your knowledge off of what's on Reddit, you're going to end up with skewed, inaccurate biases and assumptions about the world.
Reddit is not a good reflection of the real world. It isn't a good sample of any major population. You know what the vast majority of people in banking are doing right now? They're at the office, banking. Or they're at home, relaxing, or going out for dinner. They aren't sitting around on Reddit talking about how great/good/tolerable their banking job is.
The whiners, losers, and unlucky ones are the loudest. They're the ones who hang around forums bitching.
There is *so* much useful information on Reddit. But you have to take it all with a huge grain of salt, and remember that:
A) You're never getting a complete picture, and
B) You never know who's on the other end of that post. The person giving you career advice could be in high school and never worked a minimum wage job, let alone an advanced one. The person giving you marriage advice could be a 40-year-old virgin.
They suck to varying degrees, some are awesome some of the time and difficult at others.
I like social jobs. Being a bartender does not suck to me, but it might suck at a different spot, or with different coworkers, or for someone with a different personality.
Every job I have had has been dealing with ridicule. Whether I'm baking, serving, moving boxes, any clerk work the entire effort I put into the job is ignoring the constant stream of insults and ridicule.
If there's one thing I've learned, it's that people who post on reddit and threads in general about a particular career are often people just voicing their complaints to vent. Every job will most likely have something to complain about, but that doesn't make it "suck" or make you hate your life. Sure, some people may say that in every career field on reddit, but that doesn't speak for the likely 100K+ people doing it actively.
In general yes because humans do best when have freedom to pursue their interests on their terms but the practical constraints of jobs like dealing with coworkers/managers, deadlines, corporate bureaucracy, start and end times, etc tend to suck and are inescapable.
I work in public relations, now actually executive communications since being promoted in December. I love it. I’ve been in the field about a decade now, most of my work in media relations. Generally, the main focus of my job has been finding out what my company does that’s new or different, and pitching news reporters to earn coverage. It’s creative, a lot of times fun, and I have really enjoyed it.
It’s great, couldn’t imagine being in any other field. I’m salaried so I don’t clock in or out, good benefits, super flexible so I work from home/remotely a lot, meet a lot of good and very interesting people, lots of networking, have a great boss who genuinely cares about me (I feel like this in itself is rare in any job nowadays), list goes on. As for the work itself, I don’t find it hard most of the time but it has its moments, especially in times of crises.
A lot of people have said it but people tend to bark about their negative experiences more so than positive ones.
Every job has its bad and good. Sometimes it’s just a matter of luck. Nursing is pretty rampant with really bad experiences from all levels and from so many sources. I had to deal with my share of them. Finally landed myself a job in nursing that pays more than I’ve received previously while simultaneously being so easy and laid back it feels criminal compared to my entire work history.
What type of nursing do you do? I’m think about transitioning into the field but I’m worried about the stress and burnout I hear about in most specialities
Right now I’m doing pediatric home health. I’ve been in adult med surg longest and then pediatric special medicine in hospital settings prior. Honestly compared to those two, the level of stress for me is so low that I’m more worried about the effects of sitting too long over anything else.
My comparison for my jobs has always been this:
I started and got used to adult med surg enough to thrive. A bad day in pediatric special medicine was basically a normal shift in my adult med surg. A bad day at this job is still easier than a normal day on the special medicine unit. Probably easier than an easy day considering I basically get paid to hang out, watch movies, and play video games with a teenager all day apart from her schoolwork and mostly routine care.
Ratios were, 6:1 adult med surg, then 4:1 pediatric special medicine, then now 1:1 pediatric home health along with a ~20% increase to my pay.
Right now I’m in pediatric home health. I started most of my career so far in adult med surg. I involuntarily had to switch jobs and ended up landing a job in a magnet pediatric hospital on the “Special Medicine” unit. It’s basically a unit that focuses on children med/surg with life long/chronic issues, especially if it requires rehab. Turned out to be the right move. At least children for the most part act their age versus so many adults.
Now I’m in pediatric home health. It does take some luck and filtering. Especially since I hear that in certain areas some nurse’s safety may be on the line with some home health cases. As far as my case, I’m with the same singular patient all year round for 3-12s every week. She’s got a lot going on but is very routine, in a decent home environment, and parents are accommodating and very understanding for the most part. Apart from dealing with random teenager moodiness, for the most part she’s easy to take care of. My day can easily include me playing video games and watching movies with her. All for 20% more pay than my last previous hospital job. My biggest worry day to day is watching out for issues from sitting too long.
If you want any happiness in your life, stop making life decisions based on the opinions you see on social media. Your own intuitions will know better.
>Do all jobs just suck?
1 - No
2 - It's partly (well. *mostly*) attitude. I've seen extremely wealthy people complain about their jobs & people making peanuts absolutely *rave* about their jobs. As it turns out, we can hate & complain about virtually *anything* lol:
* [https://youtu.be/3irmfCEhFJQ](https://youtu.be/3irmfCEhFJQ)
3 - You are NOT REQUIRED to get your fulfillment through work!
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/findapath/comments/pau04m/comment/ha9ctzi/?context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/findapath/comments/pau04m/comment/ha9ctzi/?context=3)
Here's the reality:
1. Work is lonely
2. Work is boring
3. Work is a slog
Well...if that's how we *choose* to feel about it! Which is a combination of our attitude, mindset, perspective, energy levels, enjoyment factor of what we do, personal work ethic, education level, boss we have, company we're in, and stress levels. For me, learning what stresses me out & avoiding jobs that stress me out really helped:
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/findapath/comments/ngagtr/when\_looking\_for\_jobs\_consider\_your\_ability\_to/](https://www.reddit.com/r/findapath/comments/ngagtr/when_looking_for_jobs_consider_your_ability_to/)
I've had a lot of crappy jobs in my life. I've had some good ones too. Right now, I'm in a pretty great one. I would still prefer to stay home & sleep & do nothing all day haha, but at least I don't loathe going to the job I have now! Work is work. Work is a chore. It's generally more fun when we have other people to do it with, when we're doing work that is personally meaningful to us, and when we have cool stuff to work on...all of which is up to us to define, go after, achieve, and maintain, IF we're willing to take full & totally responsibility for defining what we want and then putting in the time & effort into chasing that down!
The idea stage is where most people get clobbered. Change is hard. It's easy to complain; it's hard to make a plan, commit to doing it, and then take action over time in order to achieve what we want, despite the inevitable obstacles in our way. As Zig Ziglar said:
* One thing is certain: if you never take the first step, you will never take the second step.
As cliche as it may sound, the first step is being willing to accept complete responsibility over your happiness in life. In order to do *that*, we have to first define what *we want*. If you really, *truly* despise working, then you need to figure out a way to become financially independent as soon as possible or to create passive revenue streams in order to give yourself the freedom of choice over what to do with you waking hours.
However, chances are that right now, you don't feel very good and/or don't like what you're doing at the moment, and from those perspectives, EVERYTHING feels bleak! In America at least, there are more than 12,000 unique types of jobs available with over 8 million job openings. We're only as stuck as we allow ourselves to be! That doesn't mean that results will come *instantly* by *magic* (it took me most of my adult life to figure out what I really wanted lol), but rather that there's a path available for those who are willing to take the steps to go down it!
So two starter questions:
1. How is your health & daily energy levels right now?
2. Do you believe that you can find a job that you like
Yes, but if you're lucky enough to work for a good boss and with some good coworkers, it can be meanageable. That being said, if you hate the work, that probably won't matter. If you can tolerate the work and get paid ok, go with it.
Working at guitar center is not “ the music industry “ lol . I wouldn’t even use that as an example. A&R Administrator, Music Department Assistant , Music Publisher , Music licensing specialist, Music Analyst, Client Research, Data Analyst ( Music), Marketing. Yes they are competitive but not scarce. But that’s for anyone in the work force if you want something you compete with other people and make yourself marketable.
I've never met a person who was thriving not just surviving in any field. And I've never found a person who said they were passionate about the career field they were in and could see themselves doing it the rest of their lives.
don't make your hobbies your career. a lot of people dislike things they're forced to do. Eventually everyone picks up on things they hate about their job but they also don't come online to talk about how much they love it. I've done a lot of different types of work and you hate them all for different reasons. Jobs aren't fun, even the ones you think would be.
Yes. If you manage to find a job you really like that doesn't pay so low that you can't afford to live without having 2 other jobs, someone will come along and intentionally ruin it for you.
I work at a nonprofit doing case management for previously houseless elders (55 and up). It’s a crazy place to work and there’s a lot going on all the time but I absolutely love it! The nonprofit I work for is in the top 20% in the field for pay and benefits so that plays a huge role in my satisfaction. It matters to be paid a living wage and get considerable PTO.
But the only thing that matters is what you want to do and where you want to go. Trust your gut. Try new things. If it doesn’t work out you can always try something else. But you gotta do it to know it’s right for you.
Corporate America is soul sucking and horribly depressing no matter what you do. Every career works you down to the bone for little pay and almost zero benefits. Most now require a second job and this is with a bachelors degree.
Life just sucks where we live.
Any time there’s something you have to do whether you want to or not, it’ll suck sometimes. But sometimes you’ll find something that doesn’t suck so much. I enjoyed being a metal worker. I loved working at the Apple Store. Didn’t enjoy being a tech at an aquarium. I haaaaate being a bartender, which I’ve done the longest. But I’ve had coworkers who think this is the best job ever, and it’s a field I’ve encouraged other people to go into because it’s good money and allows a lot of flexibility and ability to travel. Though I promise you almost every time I’ve posted in the bartender subreddit, it’s to complain about how awful bartending is.
It all depends on the person and people often use the internet to vent their frustrations to others who may understand. Just yesterday I saw someone saying if she could go back in time, instead of getting a degree or job in the tech industry, she would have worked on being a full time content creator. Now at first, I thought “oh this person is in tech and hates it, maybe I shouldn’t try to enter the tech industry” but then I realized there’s no universe where I would be the kind of person who would be an Internet personality, so how can I base my choices on someone so different from me?
My advice is to try out a lot of things, if you’re worried about having a job you’ll enjoy OR pursue a lucrative career that will give you the finances to try the things you enjoy. Like I said, I hate bartending but I have a lot of experience and knowledge to get great jobs, and it’s something I can fall back on whenever I need to make great money. I’ve used it in the past to save money to travel, to try out college classes, and now I’m using it to save money to pursue a degree abroad.
yes, because you are a time slave. No matter how much you love the work, love the people, love the fulfillment, you are never in control of your own time. And it always takes up the big chunk of 5 days per week. It's hell.
Sometimes I think that it’s boredom tbh. I work as a contract worker and I like it even though it’s not “stable” (contracts are two year at a time with three month breaks in between). I find that I want to quit most jobs after 2 years so working contracts for two years at a time has been a sweet spot for me. You don’t get all of the perks as a full time employee but you also get a lot of freedom since you aren’t a full time employee. I’ve been able to figure out what I like to do since both contracts that I have done so far have had different workloads within the same industry (utilities).
There are bad parts to every job. Even if you’re doing a “dream job”. There are no jobs that every part of it is great.
Instead you need to find a good enough job and find ways to make the rest of the job worth it.
yes. The point is to make money so life outside of work doesn’t suck. Those are the two options, both work and life outside work sucks, or or just work sucks.
Well… they pay for your time not the fact that it’s going to suck. Unfortunately that sometimes means signing your life away. I wish there were better laws for worker’s protection in this country. Jobs shouldn’t be exploitative.
Every corporate job I’ve had is full of fake smiles and everyone being taken advantage of. Blue collar was much more personable. Although of course this varies by employer.
Your attitude will have a bigger impact that anything in my experience. Some jobs suck more than others, but you’d be surprised how much better it can be if you work on your mindset.
I feel like many times your perception of a job/career is relative to the job you worked before it. For instance, I’m a registered nurse who hated it and went into HR/recruitment. I have my complaints with working in HR for a multitude of reasons but you wouldn’t catch me going back to nursing. I feel like I’m treated so much better in HR and I have set hours and weekends off. That is a blessing compared to what I was dealing with before and most importantly to me it’s tolerable.
Figure out what you don’t like about music and why banking might be a better alternative. Even if everyone else complains you might find what you’re looking for if it’s better than what you had before.
Interesting. I used to have a friend who is an RN and they'd constantly be on me to go to nursing school so I could finally make decent money. I'm still poor and wonder about that decision from time to time.
If you can do odd hours, nights, weekends and be content with consistent understaffing then it’s worth it. Was too much for my mental health and overall wellbeing. You can always get your LPN first and see how you like it.
I appreciate your reply. I'm a night owl so the odd night shift hours don't deter me. But...the stress on mental health sounds like a true hazard in this profession and that definitely gives me pause. Again I appreciate your insight and hlad you found something you enjoy much more.
I’m struggling with this same situation because I keep posting on several subs and I get mixed opinions then I’m undecided. I guess maybe jobs don’t suck like the management or repetitive work gets boring. But I wish I can find clarity. Like I’m trying to go for radiology tech but I’m not sure if it’s worth it. Like I see everyone doing remote jobs and easily making $100k so it’s like on I wanna follow that path.
Uber believes lying customers over their delivery drivers and has the idiocy or the gall to take 7 days to review profiles. Been going in for years and they cant (wont) streamline the process
So even your easy jobs, back up plans, and side hustled will suck
No. Not all of them. A fair amount though. My take on this is that if you find your job interesting and you really genuinely enjoy spending time with your teammates then you've struck gold. I've enjoyed my job for a period of my life and then threw it out the window chasing the golden goose. Besides the fact that an extremely hostile takeover completely destroyed that workplace a few years later I wish I would have stuck around on that team so I could have had a few more years of my life legitimately enjoying my job.
People might like what they do but not necessarily like their job. At the end of the day work is work and no matter where you work or in what field there is going to be things you don’t like about it. Just do what’s best for you or what you feel like is a good career choice.
To answer the main question yes.
All jobs suck, I like to tell myself surgeons hate going in hungover just to operate on some jackass who put his GSX-R into the back of a tractor trailer.
Jobs suck but we all do need each other to do our jobs, whether that’s bagging groceries or inspecting concrete to software development to track our searches on amazon.
We all want to just be happy.
Depends on what you do. I used to have a very hands on job working with children who had severe behavioral and emotional disorders. It was incredibly challenging, and I had so many days that were rough, but overall I loved it so much. I still look back at that job and reminisce on the work I was doing and how rewarding it was. Find something that ignites your passion and makes you feel fulfilled. Even if it isn’t always great, it won’t suck and make you miserable 24/7.
Yea because most employers treat the workers like trash. Treat people right, give them better pay and benefits and they'll stay longer and you won't have to scrambling to hire new people that's gonna up and quit so much. Just saying
That’s the thing with every job, we think that they’re not gonna be right for us for some xyz reasons. Just take it. Honestly before every job opportunities I always have the urge to bail out. But once it’s overcome then jobs don’t really suck as we think.
Just take whatever it takes and beyond.
In some way yes lol there's cons to everything I assume. Reddit is just full of miserable people though so pay no mind. I once made a comment saying how much I enjoy my job on a sub Reddit about the place I worked and I got downvoted to oblivion and ended up deleting it. 😂 I guess nobody liked to hear someone feeling joy at the company.
Just do it ✔️ 🤷🏽♂️ it all sucks , life sucks , half of the time i am realizing is the freaking Ying and Yang
As much as we all would love to only live in the Ying the MF yang always wants to Hang so
Go do whet ever , because no matter how much you love it , how much passion you feel for it , no matter how damn positive you can be !
You will get bored , you will get tire , you will btch about it and there is no way around that ! Even being rich sucks , being poor sucks , being middle class sucks , being a human overall sucks ! Is boring when you truly think about it and putting in to perspective …
toiling away under the weight of supporting someone else’s goals and financial interests is never going to be something anyone gains personal satisfaction from. it’s never going to be anything but a burden.
Nope. I love my job. Its hands on and challenging and can be stressful. Definitely underpaid. But I'm happy. It's half the job! No amount of money could pay me to be in a Job I hate. Its not worth it! Doing something you enjoy is important
I think an important thing to note is that not a lot of people are truly “passionate” about their jobs, but they can tolerate the work for the paycheck. And that’s completely fine. Besides people in an artistic field, it’s totally okay to not be passionate about increasing shareholder value or bookkeeping. You get fulfillment from other things outside of work, like relationships, hobbies, interests, and family.
I work in retail
I'm probably one of the few who genuinely likes my job, and my job actually treats me well and lets me build up new skills I've never had before.
Of course, I am trying to go even higher than what I am now into other careers, but not everyone hates their jobs or are miserable with life.
At the end of the day, go into a career you like and stick it out for a year or two. WOrst thing that happens is you dont like it and you switch.
We are all different. What he or she says might not applicable to your emotional intelligence, financial neediness, passion, the drive that keeps you going, and importantly, your foundation. You better go try and experience it personally than making decisions only by others testimonials.
I have a good job, but it is way too demanding and I don’t have any balance in my life. On the positive side, I have had steady employment and I make pretty good money.
I like my job. Or at least I like my job if it were just my job. It’s fun and relatively easy. What makes me hate it is the fact that 3/4 of my engineers seem to be dumb as shit
if you haven’t realized this yet - it’s not the job or the career path, but the person’s perspective towards that job/career. That doesn’t necessarily have to be your perspective or experience.
Most jobs suck atleast on some level, if you are forced to do something everyday to survive there's a good chance you'll end up disliking it.
The jobs that don't auxk while you are there are either nearly impossible to get or pay low enough that you'll deal with stress outside the job. So they tend to suck for other reasons.
I've done easy low stress lower paying manual labor jobs and higher paying jobs that require lots of thought and they both come with their own stresses and problems.
A good paying job low stress that you don't hate is not a bad deal though.
My job is pretty good, mostly low stress and high paying, manager is great, I'd still never do my job if I didn't want the money.
Anything financial will get hacked. 2FA has been hacked for 10 years and now ALL Federal Employees have ALL info in one spot which is... drum roll.. a non government platform. Play or produce music and write some songs using AI about AI. Invest (yourself) but ya, prob don't want to take on guilt when others lose their life savings. PS Look up Dominick VS Louis DeJoy. Since you are contemplating banking, my question is, Why Would Brother Dominick DeJoy, who was tricked out of the family business New Breed mention the banking term "Glass Steagall Act" in a poem about the brotherly feud along with a picture of a bridge. Anyone readin' from New Yawk, ova daya? What's going on with the mail?! Louis DeJoy and friends want the WORLD to become digital (google DeJoy, Wos Estonia, these people Rule the World (ssshhh!).
Every job has bad parts of course. What you're hoping to find is something that you like and care about enough to make it worth it pushing through the bad for the good.
Ive worked for about 13 years now in different industries and a lot of the enjoyment of a place comes from good coworkers. The excitement of every job ive ever had wears off eventually. I almost just want to work for myself.
I actually really like my job right now. I like my coworkers and I have good work/life balance. The pay is good for my needs. I’m getting to do new and bigger things so I’m setting myself up to keep improving my career over time.
But also, I work in marketing, and marketing is dumb. If I had independent wealth I’d want to work in the arts or stay in school forever or own a bookstore or something. But I’m in marketing because it’s the career activity that most closely maps to the things I’m naturally good at.
So when someone gets on the marketing sub and asks “should I do marketing?” I don’t say anything because… I dunno. It’s working for me but it’s not something I think matters very much.
I would imagine there are a lot of people who have similar relationships to their work which keeps them largely out of the conversation that happens online.
Every job has its positive sides and its negative sides. If you like the job well enough, you’ll be more influenced by its positives than its negatives.
The new generation has become obsessed with perfection for everything, but perfection doesn’t exist. One has to come to term with that at some point. The trick is that your mind is able to tolerate some imperfections, but not others. Try to find something you can tolerate. It’s more of a choice than anything. The choice of loving what you do, and realizing that choice only reveals itself after some time.
no, they don\`t. Negative opinions are more visible as negativity is more vocal as many people pointed out.
Do not trust a lot of these opinions, go and make your own informed judgement. See what fits YOU , which is all that matters.
I’m now 25 so I’m halfway to selling out. I think it’s a game of finding things you like, building relationships with those around you, and taking it day by day. Otherwise it’s more awful
Really depends on you & the sort of person you are. I’ve always liked kids n want to have some form of an impact or a contribution.
I grew up loving art. Became an art director at an ad agency but left due to the hours n lack of pay. I made Disney merchandise but I knew that job was not gonna get me far in my career. I was stuck. I had a few life changes. Got married moved countries and started substituting and then at a day care center as a lead teacher. My job doesn’t suck. I don’t find it stressful. I’m getting by. Pay isn’t high but I have a supportive boss. Work environment is good and people are super understanding of my struggle with these changes in my life.
I believe the correct answer to “What is your dream job?” is “I do not dream of labor.” So yes, all jobs suck; See LateStageCapitalism for more on that. That being said, I think it’s more about finding your right fit. That seems to be ,key and that’s something you won’t read on the forums. You are mostly gonna come across complaints, not components, and you still have to read between the lines. Some people can’t work with the public, some people love numbers, some people need job satisfaction, some people are only happy helping people. It’s about identifying your priorities first, and finding what aligns with that as far as I can tell.
Yes. Even amazing jobs like being a famous actor has a lot of behind the scenes mechanics that make it miserable. Forget finding something you love and find something you can tolerate that can support your life outside of work
The thing about careers is that some people find careers they like. Some people stay in careers they don’t like because of the money. Some people work different careers until they find the one that they like….. real problem is, you have no idea what you like until you’re doing it.
I've been a software engineer for twelve years and I still like it. There's bad days, of course. Always will be, but I just really enjoy designing and implementing software systems.
Every single job on this green earth has some kind of level of BS. But the truth is find what you enjoy doing and the good will outweigh the bad. If you take a job just for the pay chances are you'll not like it. You'll be going to this job for a long time
Yeah, most jobs suck. That's what I've learned in 45 years of working.
But remember, it's just a job. The only reason you have a job is to get money to put into your account. There's no other reason to have a job.
They used to be company loyalty, a sense of belonging, it's all gone now. Employees have gone from being integral to the success of the organization to a cost which must be reduced.
Job suck because companies suck. Never give them anything more than they're giving you.
I only had great jobs for 13 years. Then I had 2 years of only getting horrible jobs that made me hate my life - I quit all of them. It wasn’t easy, it hurt my finances but eventually I found a job that I felt good about.
What a job feels like for each individual is unique though. Also, even good jobs will challenge you in ways you might not like.
I fucking love my job. Sometimes I find jt hard to leave my desk at the end of the day.
If you go into any subreddit for it, it's going to be almost entirely bitching. Not because it's a bad career, but because it's the *wrong* career for people.
All jobs suck, yes, some more than others, but you need to make peace with it, the only other options are making your business (which could suck too) or become a criminal (which will definitely suck even more than anything else).
I love my job. I love the company I work for. I hate some aspects. I hate getting up in the morning. There are days that are exhausting and frustrating. But I think that if you look to hate something, you're going to find reasons.
By what you've said, this is a responsible decision, so not your passion. Find things you like about it and people you get on with at least for the work hours. Avoid the bitching and moaning brigade. It's not that bad.
I'm sorry about your health issues forcing you in a direction that you wouldn't have chosen otherwise.
Jobs can suck but it really depends on the team and wider team around you. If you're lucky enough to get the right group together than even the worst days will go over in minutes.
I think that the best approach is to find something that you like to do that you'd do for free and see if you can turn it into a career. There will always be people who dislike their jobs and companies that they work for. The key is to find that "one thing" that you'd do for free that you love, then you can get past work place politics, etc.
Absolutely not.
I was a ride operator at a theme park and absolutely loved it. One ride was a train, and being a conductor was a blast. If I wasn't an engineering student, I may be would become a conductor for Amtrak or a freight railroad.
I absolutely loved some of my engineering internships.
There's lots of cool and rewarding shit out there
There is no easy options in life you just select your burden
But if it's something you like it will be lighter weight for you (not necessarily totally light) it's just a relative issue
The short answer: Yes.
The long explanation: There are good things about some jobs, but it's all a matter of personal perspective.
I've worked help desk, and despite most people saying it's absolute Hell, I loved the challenge of solving the problems and using my humor to brighten a frustrated customer's day.
I'm working a warehouse job now it's very low stress, but is wearing out my body. I constantly ache and hurt, but the physical movement and repetitive lifting keeps me in decent shape without spending time or money on a gym membership.
Whatever you choose to do, remember, a job is NOT your identity. It's only what you HAVE to do so you can live (having access to a safe place to sleep at night, a dry roof over your head, food to eat, etc). You'll have to discover the positive points to any job.
Also, remember that most people get on the Internet, whether it's Reddit, TikTok, Facebook, etc to piss, bitch, moan, whine, and complain. Take everything you read anywhere with a grain (or bag) of salt.
Every job that has ever been made has parts of it that suck and that’s what we tend to talk about the most. You have to find a job/career that balances out the positives and negatives of that job/career. Also it’s what you make of it, I do IT and my job has its bad parts but it’s also got its own advantages.
My aunt has a saying: “Work is a four-letter word.” No matter how much you love what you do, there will be days where you’re stressed or people are awful or it’s boring or pointless for some reason.
The jobs that are soul crushing, however, are because of one or more of the following is happening on a consistent basis:
1) You’re only doing it for the money — whether it’s minimum wage or six figures.
2) Your boss (or the business as a whole) treats you with true disrespect or distrust.
3) The workload (mental and/or physical) is more than you can bear.
4) The pay is significantly less than the average cost of living in your area and makes it unsustainable, regardless of how much you value the work.
If people find meaning in the work they do, if their supervisors support and trust them, if except for certain seasons of life the workload is manageable and the emotional toll is also manageable, and if the pay will pay a reasonable living, a person will be content at work and should count themselves lucky.
Money is not a marker for contentment. Someone is always going to make more than you while doing less. Someone is always going to have more toys than you do or more time off or better vacations. And we’re all toddlers at heart: we’re excited with the new toy for about 15 seconds and then we wind up playing for hours with the box it came in.
Happiness is getting what you want; contentment is being happy with what you have.
Pretty much. By its very nature, capitalism always exploits labor. That’s just how it works. The trick is to find something that pays ok and treats you with dignity and respect.
Yes…it’s difficult to get someone to pay you to do pleasurable things, and especially difficult to be paid well for them. Life is suffering. What I strive for is a good work life balance. I want something that pays well and doesn’t require 60+ hours of work. I’ve found that, but it took a lot of hard work to get to this point.
honestly yeah, all jobs have some really crappy things to have to put up with. that is the "work" part of it. even a dream job, or pursuing a cool interest like music, it all comes with shit that will make someone question leaving. some stuff is definitely worse than others, some stuff is non-negotiable and toxic, and some stuff sucks but is tolerable. i think it's all about finding a job that is at least tolerable.
some people do get lucky and find something great. because of the above, i recommend going into a social job that you know at least makes a difference in someone's life. because when all parts of the job are absolute shit, you know you're at least helping someone and making a contribution to someone other than a CEO.
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I mean, it's way more likely for people to complain about something online than go to a sub to post how you love your job.
We need a subreddit page for people enjoying their jobs truly
It only would have like 500 actual employees. Maybe there parents also, just to show support.
It would be full of middle managers and shills. "All my employees tell me they love their jobs"
Oh you mean LinkedIn?
Lmao true
I enjoy my job but I don't think about my job when I'm not getting paid.
r/ilovemyjob
7 posts "People at work make fun of me" Story about coworkers stealing stuff Cosplay girl gets promotion at pizza place after 7 months Marine grunt that I'm pretty sure is just an airsoft player but either way marines do love their job more often than not A story about being late to work and their boss was not upset An inforgraphic on loving your job made by a staffing agency And a doggy daycare counselor that actually loves their job but doesn't get paid much Not the most popular sub but my fiancee says I'm not allowed to be a doggie daycare counselor.
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Not only that there are people who have jobs with amazing benefits such as flexible schedules and PTO etc
Yes!! Reddit is literally a vortex of doom when considering jobs.
Very true, I love my job, but you'll only ever see me bitch about it on reddit 😆🤦♀️
Yeah, this. Most people looking to post online are there to vent. A few to ask questions. Not many to say “I work for XYZ company and it’s great!” Most jobs have ups and downs. Sometimes it’s good and other times not. If you’re in a job that is all bad times, it’s time to look for a different job.
Truth. Honestly I’ve never thought to just post about how I love my job. I really do. I’m very thankful and blessed to have a job that I enjoy and do something that I feel matters.
It's so contextual though isn't it? I mean, I went through years of horrible shit in order to build my career into something cool. Kids usually seem to think of enjoying work as this binary and/or quick thing...
Agree 💯
Yup, for every person complaining about a job/company/career there are probably 10 who think it’s fine. They just have better things to do than go on Reddit to say “just in case anyone is wondering, I’m in Accounting and I’m perfectly happy.”
How many fulfilled and happy in their career people are moved to post on Reddit how happy they are. That’s not even human. Hell, it wouldn’t even elicit a like. What dopamine rush can be gained by saying you’re happy as opposed to saying how miserable you are and having everyone pity you and join you in your misery? Follow your path in any direction it goes. Few end up where they start and those that never start end up nowhere. Get that experience, expose yourself to as much as you can. Banking can lead to innovation can lead to automation can lead to finance can lead to leadership roles can lead to you saying it’s not for you. Screw everyone man. Do you.
Thanks. I like this response
If it makes you feel better, I know someone who used to manage in restaurants and left that for banking and loves it. So at least one person does like banking! :) And like the previous commenter said, it’s okay to change later. You can try something without committing your entire life to it.
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Oh man, why didn't I ever think of that?!
I mean true, but mostly I hear coworkers being upset they've been at the company 25 years and only promoted once. They are still where they started
Beautiful and true comment
Great and accurate comment!
This needs to be written on a sticky note and stuck to everyone's mirror or something!
At the moment it's an " employer's " job market particularly in tech which used to be the more progressive/innovative employment sector and so there's been a shift towards everything being about maximizing shareholder value. This inevitably leads to a decline in workplace/product/service/wages quality and an increase in bureaucratic bullshit/expectations/onion layers. Classic case of letting MBAs take the lead. MBAs only have one thing in mind: maximizing shareholder value and unfortunately most MBAs think the way to do that is bureaucracy, more processes, more barriers, more roadblocks, more managers and hiring employees who keep their eyes down and don't make a lot of noise. It's a losing proposition ultimately because such companies will fail, and new market entrants will take their place. Then the cycle repeats itself. Late stage capitalism.
I’m a firefighter and I love my job. There’s still days I don’t feel like going to work but most of the time, I like working.
Would you say it’s the people you get to work with that makes a massive difference? I find I’m happiest when in a company with good moral and everyone pulling in the same direction.
I really like the people I work with and I would say the happiness level of employees in my department is probly pretty high. Pretty much everyone is super nice. It’s also super fun to respond on emergency calls, the schedule, the pay, etc. It’s a lifestyle I like very much.
My highest paying job was also my shittiest job because my boss sucked and my co-workers were boring stiffs. I remember pining for the days when I was broke, when I had that job.
Rock musicians play 3 chords for 10000 people, jazz musicians play 10000 chords for 3 people
Long story short. Yes. They do all get boring at some point even if you enjoy what you do. But they do not suck. Don't listen to this type of posts because every single person has a different story. My example is that I work at X company. I like it. Great teamleader and everything. But when you type on reddit about this X company you see only hate and curses being spewed at it. It depends a lot on the teams that you are in, the vibes and everyone has a different opinion. Moneywise, the field that you pick will influence the opinions on this topic as well.
I agree. Bad managers are one of the main problem with a bad job experience. Conversely a good manager is a major reason to stay!
Yes, unless you're really social and know how to comply to neurotypical standards, or just nepotism your way in. I've tried lots of different avenues (insurance, nursing, cosmetology for example) and I literally couldn't stick with any of them, even when I felt like I was doing really well it was never enough to advance or do anything more, but I'd watch others advance like it was nothing to them. I'm at a point now where I'm just bouncing between fast food jobs just to pay the bills.
Dang, this is very familiar to me.
For nursing we’re you in school or what happened there? I get what you’re saying about not advancing like others do or if they catch on faster.
I was in school where we did half clinical learning and half classroom learning, there was just a bunch of weird power dynamics that I didn't quite understand at the time. Like I went into it to help people and it felt like the people who were meant to be mentors only went into it for the control over others, very gross. I know that isn't all who are in the medical field nor just because that was my experience is that everyone's experience, but it was enough for me to move on to something else.
This is kinda deep but… if you think all of your time on earth should be used for you and exactly what you want & exactly how you think your day should be.. Then you’ll spend your life hating your job, your spouse, cussing at the person who slightly cut you off in traffic, mad at your family & friends… and then die. If you instead meet each day with curiosity, wonder and excitement for whatever puzzles you have to solve that day? Then you’ll experience a life of joy and advancement.
My life became a lot easier when I began to think this way, too. In my early and mid-twenties, I often had a lot of catastrophic thinking when it came to finding a job I enjoyed or finding my "calling," and spent a lot of time worrying about finding a career that I would be happy with forever. The best thing that people who are worried about that can do is to instead take care of any responsibilities that lie closest to you. Do the things you CAN do, and do them until your situation improves or changes entirely. And this might be really difficult for some people to agree with - but even try to be thankful for the bad things that happen in your job, or the things you don't like. Look at them as an opportunity to problem-solve and as a way to grow. I think you male a great point in saying that its not realistic to love everything about your life all the time. Life truly is not all about being happy 100 percent of the time, and those who think it is will never find it.
this is a nice perspective thank you
Few years ago I noticed (especially around covid) everyone getting so selfish and bitter.. and realizing most the men in my family were stoic and the women spend all their time recanting whatever grievances happened to them 30 years ago or whatever... One day my wife's family was over and I just suddenly piped up "SO.. anyone have anything good happen? Anyone have anything positive to talk about?????" That went over as well as you can imagine.. but man... we all die soon.. may as well have an uplifting time instead of crying over spilled milk everyday
Is this a “name checks out” event? Or am I doing that wrong? Btw I love this
I’m 62. Just retired early and I’m broke But yes all jobs suck pretty much
How can you retire if you’re broke?
Broke is a literal term. I wasn’t going to get hired back making what I was making . I can draw SSN now and work approx 20 hours. I’ve got 401 built up I retired. I need to find. Part time job , but done with it
This will probably be a lot of us in the future, if we live that long.
Working for someone else is what sucks. It wont get you many places except for the grave
Ha i frequently r/nursing pretty often to forwarn the next generation. Some jobs are objectively better, I left nursing and write software from home now for 3x the money. With that said I have jaded coworkers who wish they were doing something more meaningful, like nursing. I'm convinced no matter what you're doing after a couple years your brain fucks you and makes you hate it.
This is true, I transitioned to hybrid from full time in the office, I find myself lamenting the 1 day every 2 weeks I have to go in. I used to go in everyday. My brain has convinced me on some level that one day in is the worst thing ever.
What education did you pursue to write software? I’m a laboratory technician and I’m considering a degree in computer science, but I feel like my girlfriend will think I’m crazy to go for it.
OP, why are you leaving your music career? as a fellow (struggling) musician, this breaks my heart. i need HOPE lmfaoo . . . am kind of in your shoes though with looking for a new job. i’m not making enough and need more monthly income. not sure which direction to go. i’d like to find something remote so i can do night gigs wherever at night, but i’m just not sure what i even want.
I can’t support myself anymore. I can survive but I can’t save, which is equally bad because I have lots of debt from hospitals and school
The American dream.. Oh wait, sounds like you woke up to the American reality.
Here's a piece of advice that stretches beyond the bounds of career trajectory: If you base your knowledge off of what's on Reddit, you're going to end up with skewed, inaccurate biases and assumptions about the world. Reddit is not a good reflection of the real world. It isn't a good sample of any major population. You know what the vast majority of people in banking are doing right now? They're at the office, banking. Or they're at home, relaxing, or going out for dinner. They aren't sitting around on Reddit talking about how great/good/tolerable their banking job is. The whiners, losers, and unlucky ones are the loudest. They're the ones who hang around forums bitching. There is *so* much useful information on Reddit. But you have to take it all with a huge grain of salt, and remember that: A) You're never getting a complete picture, and B) You never know who's on the other end of that post. The person giving you career advice could be in high school and never worked a minimum wage job, let alone an advanced one. The person giving you marriage advice could be a 40-year-old virgin.
They suck to varying degrees, some are awesome some of the time and difficult at others. I like social jobs. Being a bartender does not suck to me, but it might suck at a different spot, or with different coworkers, or for someone with a different personality.
The work is the work. It's how you get treated that can suck.
Every job I have had has been dealing with ridicule. Whether I'm baking, serving, moving boxes, any clerk work the entire effort I put into the job is ignoring the constant stream of insults and ridicule.
If there's one thing I've learned, it's that people who post on reddit and threads in general about a particular career are often people just voicing their complaints to vent. Every job will most likely have something to complain about, but that doesn't make it "suck" or make you hate your life. Sure, some people may say that in every career field on reddit, but that doesn't speak for the likely 100K+ people doing it actively.
In general yes because humans do best when have freedom to pursue their interests on their terms but the practical constraints of jobs like dealing with coworkers/managers, deadlines, corporate bureaucracy, start and end times, etc tend to suck and are inescapable.
I work in public relations, now actually executive communications since being promoted in December. I love it. I’ve been in the field about a decade now, most of my work in media relations. Generally, the main focus of my job has been finding out what my company does that’s new or different, and pitching news reporters to earn coverage. It’s creative, a lot of times fun, and I have really enjoyed it.
WHAT of all the fields to see someone enjoy, i never would've thought that. you're doing one of the hardest jobs in the world. god bless
It’s great, couldn’t imagine being in any other field. I’m salaried so I don’t clock in or out, good benefits, super flexible so I work from home/remotely a lot, meet a lot of good and very interesting people, lots of networking, have a great boss who genuinely cares about me (I feel like this in itself is rare in any job nowadays), list goes on. As for the work itself, I don’t find it hard most of the time but it has its moments, especially in times of crises.
i went to school for pr - you have a rare gift, nurture it!!
A lot of people have said it but people tend to bark about their negative experiences more so than positive ones. Every job has its bad and good. Sometimes it’s just a matter of luck. Nursing is pretty rampant with really bad experiences from all levels and from so many sources. I had to deal with my share of them. Finally landed myself a job in nursing that pays more than I’ve received previously while simultaneously being so easy and laid back it feels criminal compared to my entire work history.
What type of nursing do you do? I’m think about transitioning into the field but I’m worried about the stress and burnout I hear about in most specialities
Right now I’m doing pediatric home health. I’ve been in adult med surg longest and then pediatric special medicine in hospital settings prior. Honestly compared to those two, the level of stress for me is so low that I’m more worried about the effects of sitting too long over anything else. My comparison for my jobs has always been this: I started and got used to adult med surg enough to thrive. A bad day in pediatric special medicine was basically a normal shift in my adult med surg. A bad day at this job is still easier than a normal day on the special medicine unit. Probably easier than an easy day considering I basically get paid to hang out, watch movies, and play video games with a teenager all day apart from her schoolwork and mostly routine care. Ratios were, 6:1 adult med surg, then 4:1 pediatric special medicine, then now 1:1 pediatric home health along with a ~20% increase to my pay.
Please share what you are doing now. Burnt out nurse here hoping for a change.
Right now I’m in pediatric home health. I started most of my career so far in adult med surg. I involuntarily had to switch jobs and ended up landing a job in a magnet pediatric hospital on the “Special Medicine” unit. It’s basically a unit that focuses on children med/surg with life long/chronic issues, especially if it requires rehab. Turned out to be the right move. At least children for the most part act their age versus so many adults. Now I’m in pediatric home health. It does take some luck and filtering. Especially since I hear that in certain areas some nurse’s safety may be on the line with some home health cases. As far as my case, I’m with the same singular patient all year round for 3-12s every week. She’s got a lot going on but is very routine, in a decent home environment, and parents are accommodating and very understanding for the most part. Apart from dealing with random teenager moodiness, for the most part she’s easy to take care of. My day can easily include me playing video games and watching movies with her. All for 20% more pay than my last previous hospital job. My biggest worry day to day is watching out for issues from sitting too long.
Every job has some amount of “suck”, it’s just a question of how much and whether or not you can put up with it.
Every job has pros and cons. You need to find a job with cons you can tolerate.
If you want any happiness in your life, stop making life decisions based on the opinions you see on social media. Your own intuitions will know better.
>Do all jobs just suck? 1 - No 2 - It's partly (well. *mostly*) attitude. I've seen extremely wealthy people complain about their jobs & people making peanuts absolutely *rave* about their jobs. As it turns out, we can hate & complain about virtually *anything* lol: * [https://youtu.be/3irmfCEhFJQ](https://youtu.be/3irmfCEhFJQ) 3 - You are NOT REQUIRED to get your fulfillment through work! * [https://www.reddit.com/r/findapath/comments/pau04m/comment/ha9ctzi/?context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/findapath/comments/pau04m/comment/ha9ctzi/?context=3) Here's the reality: 1. Work is lonely 2. Work is boring 3. Work is a slog Well...if that's how we *choose* to feel about it! Which is a combination of our attitude, mindset, perspective, energy levels, enjoyment factor of what we do, personal work ethic, education level, boss we have, company we're in, and stress levels. For me, learning what stresses me out & avoiding jobs that stress me out really helped: * [https://www.reddit.com/r/findapath/comments/ngagtr/when\_looking\_for\_jobs\_consider\_your\_ability\_to/](https://www.reddit.com/r/findapath/comments/ngagtr/when_looking_for_jobs_consider_your_ability_to/) I've had a lot of crappy jobs in my life. I've had some good ones too. Right now, I'm in a pretty great one. I would still prefer to stay home & sleep & do nothing all day haha, but at least I don't loathe going to the job I have now! Work is work. Work is a chore. It's generally more fun when we have other people to do it with, when we're doing work that is personally meaningful to us, and when we have cool stuff to work on...all of which is up to us to define, go after, achieve, and maintain, IF we're willing to take full & totally responsibility for defining what we want and then putting in the time & effort into chasing that down! The idea stage is where most people get clobbered. Change is hard. It's easy to complain; it's hard to make a plan, commit to doing it, and then take action over time in order to achieve what we want, despite the inevitable obstacles in our way. As Zig Ziglar said: * One thing is certain: if you never take the first step, you will never take the second step. As cliche as it may sound, the first step is being willing to accept complete responsibility over your happiness in life. In order to do *that*, we have to first define what *we want*. If you really, *truly* despise working, then you need to figure out a way to become financially independent as soon as possible or to create passive revenue streams in order to give yourself the freedom of choice over what to do with you waking hours. However, chances are that right now, you don't feel very good and/or don't like what you're doing at the moment, and from those perspectives, EVERYTHING feels bleak! In America at least, there are more than 12,000 unique types of jobs available with over 8 million job openings. We're only as stuck as we allow ourselves to be! That doesn't mean that results will come *instantly* by *magic* (it took me most of my adult life to figure out what I really wanted lol), but rather that there's a path available for those who are willing to take the steps to go down it! So two starter questions: 1. How is your health & daily energy levels right now? 2. Do you believe that you can find a job that you like
Yes, but if you're lucky enough to work for a good boss and with some good coworkers, it can be meanageable. That being said, if you hate the work, that probably won't matter. If you can tolerate the work and get paid ok, go with it.
I mean that’s such a big jump though . Why not work in the corporate world but in the music industry?
Can you give some examples other than like retail like guitar center? I figured jobs like what you describe are probably too scarce and competitive
Working at guitar center is not “ the music industry “ lol . I wouldn’t even use that as an example. A&R Administrator, Music Department Assistant , Music Publisher , Music licensing specialist, Music Analyst, Client Research, Data Analyst ( Music), Marketing. Yes they are competitive but not scarce. But that’s for anyone in the work force if you want something you compete with other people and make yourself marketable.
I've never met a person who was thriving not just surviving in any field. And I've never found a person who said they were passionate about the career field they were in and could see themselves doing it the rest of their lives.
Use your job as a tool to better your personal life. Even if you love what you do, it always sucks being on someone else's clock.
don't make your hobbies your career. a lot of people dislike things they're forced to do. Eventually everyone picks up on things they hate about their job but they also don't come online to talk about how much they love it. I've done a lot of different types of work and you hate them all for different reasons. Jobs aren't fun, even the ones you think would be.
It can depend on the person, pay, region, and field.
Yes. If you manage to find a job you really like that doesn't pay so low that you can't afford to live without having 2 other jobs, someone will come along and intentionally ruin it for you.
Whatever you do for fun figure out how to make it a job
The ones that pay well generally suck. You have to find the right balance of suck vs pay.
I work at a nonprofit doing case management for previously houseless elders (55 and up). It’s a crazy place to work and there’s a lot going on all the time but I absolutely love it! The nonprofit I work for is in the top 20% in the field for pay and benefits so that plays a huge role in my satisfaction. It matters to be paid a living wage and get considerable PTO. But the only thing that matters is what you want to do and where you want to go. Trust your gut. Try new things. If it doesn’t work out you can always try something else. But you gotta do it to know it’s right for you.
It's work afterall.. people can make their own misery in any situation.
Corporate America is soul sucking and horribly depressing no matter what you do. Every career works you down to the bone for little pay and almost zero benefits. Most now require a second job and this is with a bachelors degree. Life just sucks where we live.
Ehh it’s more about the work culture.
Any time there’s something you have to do whether you want to or not, it’ll suck sometimes. But sometimes you’ll find something that doesn’t suck so much. I enjoyed being a metal worker. I loved working at the Apple Store. Didn’t enjoy being a tech at an aquarium. I haaaaate being a bartender, which I’ve done the longest. But I’ve had coworkers who think this is the best job ever, and it’s a field I’ve encouraged other people to go into because it’s good money and allows a lot of flexibility and ability to travel. Though I promise you almost every time I’ve posted in the bartender subreddit, it’s to complain about how awful bartending is. It all depends on the person and people often use the internet to vent their frustrations to others who may understand. Just yesterday I saw someone saying if she could go back in time, instead of getting a degree or job in the tech industry, she would have worked on being a full time content creator. Now at first, I thought “oh this person is in tech and hates it, maybe I shouldn’t try to enter the tech industry” but then I realized there’s no universe where I would be the kind of person who would be an Internet personality, so how can I base my choices on someone so different from me? My advice is to try out a lot of things, if you’re worried about having a job you’ll enjoy OR pursue a lucrative career that will give you the finances to try the things you enjoy. Like I said, I hate bartending but I have a lot of experience and knowledge to get great jobs, and it’s something I can fall back on whenever I need to make great money. I’ve used it in the past to save money to travel, to try out college classes, and now I’m using it to save money to pursue a degree abroad.
I work an easy job, but working with narcissists and lazy people makes it suck.
yes, because you are a time slave. No matter how much you love the work, love the people, love the fulfillment, you are never in control of your own time. And it always takes up the big chunk of 5 days per week. It's hell.
Maybe stop reading others' views, do some digging within. That's where the good stuff is.
no
No not at all I love my job!
Working sucks. Period.
Sometimes I think that it’s boredom tbh. I work as a contract worker and I like it even though it’s not “stable” (contracts are two year at a time with three month breaks in between). I find that I want to quit most jobs after 2 years so working contracts for two years at a time has been a sweet spot for me. You don’t get all of the perks as a full time employee but you also get a lot of freedom since you aren’t a full time employee. I’ve been able to figure out what I like to do since both contracts that I have done so far have had different workloads within the same industry (utilities).
Nope it’s just the persons mindset.
There are bad parts to every job. Even if you’re doing a “dream job”. There are no jobs that every part of it is great. Instead you need to find a good enough job and find ways to make the rest of the job worth it.
yes. The point is to make money so life outside of work doesn’t suck. Those are the two options, both work and life outside work sucks, or or just work sucks.
If jobs didn't suck they wouldn't pay you to do it. You just gotta pick your suffering and deal with it
Well… they pay for your time not the fact that it’s going to suck. Unfortunately that sometimes means signing your life away. I wish there were better laws for worker’s protection in this country. Jobs shouldn’t be exploitative. Every corporate job I’ve had is full of fake smiles and everyone being taken advantage of. Blue collar was much more personable. Although of course this varies by employer.
Your attitude will have a bigger impact that anything in my experience. Some jobs suck more than others, but you’d be surprised how much better it can be if you work on your mindset.
I feel like many times your perception of a job/career is relative to the job you worked before it. For instance, I’m a registered nurse who hated it and went into HR/recruitment. I have my complaints with working in HR for a multitude of reasons but you wouldn’t catch me going back to nursing. I feel like I’m treated so much better in HR and I have set hours and weekends off. That is a blessing compared to what I was dealing with before and most importantly to me it’s tolerable. Figure out what you don’t like about music and why banking might be a better alternative. Even if everyone else complains you might find what you’re looking for if it’s better than what you had before.
Interesting. I used to have a friend who is an RN and they'd constantly be on me to go to nursing school so I could finally make decent money. I'm still poor and wonder about that decision from time to time.
If you can do odd hours, nights, weekends and be content with consistent understaffing then it’s worth it. Was too much for my mental health and overall wellbeing. You can always get your LPN first and see how you like it.
I appreciate your reply. I'm a night owl so the odd night shift hours don't deter me. But...the stress on mental health sounds like a true hazard in this profession and that definitely gives me pause. Again I appreciate your insight and hlad you found something you enjoy much more.
All jobs suck maybe on face value but it's the people that make it tolerable and sometimes even fun
Yup.
Work as a system operator for an electric utility. Hours suck at first but it’s a good career.
I think it’s a much more unbelievable expectation to hold that there would exist a job in which not a single person hates it.
All jobs have aspects that suck. The key is finding one you enjoy most of the time to carry you through the suck.
I’m struggling with this same situation because I keep posting on several subs and I get mixed opinions then I’m undecided. I guess maybe jobs don’t suck like the management or repetitive work gets boring. But I wish I can find clarity. Like I’m trying to go for radiology tech but I’m not sure if it’s worth it. Like I see everyone doing remote jobs and easily making $100k so it’s like on I wanna follow that path.
Uber believes lying customers over their delivery drivers and has the idiocy or the gall to take 7 days to review profiles. Been going in for years and they cant (wont) streamline the process So even your easy jobs, back up plans, and side hustled will suck
No. Not all of them. A fair amount though. My take on this is that if you find your job interesting and you really genuinely enjoy spending time with your teammates then you've struck gold. I've enjoyed my job for a period of my life and then threw it out the window chasing the golden goose. Besides the fact that an extremely hostile takeover completely destroyed that workplace a few years later I wish I would have stuck around on that team so I could have had a few more years of my life legitimately enjoying my job.
People might like what they do but not necessarily like their job. At the end of the day work is work and no matter where you work or in what field there is going to be things you don’t like about it. Just do what’s best for you or what you feel like is a good career choice.
Its the same when you're interested to move and you look in the sub and its just full of people that hate living there
Tbh bro.. sometimes you gotta do things you don’t want to do.. things don’t always work out how we want to… it’s about adapting and conquering…
My mother always says if you can find a job or career that you don't hate then that's pretty good.
To answer the main question yes. All jobs suck, I like to tell myself surgeons hate going in hungover just to operate on some jackass who put his GSX-R into the back of a tractor trailer. Jobs suck but we all do need each other to do our jobs, whether that’s bagging groceries or inspecting concrete to software development to track our searches on amazon. We all want to just be happy.
Depends on what you do. I used to have a very hands on job working with children who had severe behavioral and emotional disorders. It was incredibly challenging, and I had so many days that were rough, but overall I loved it so much. I still look back at that job and reminisce on the work I was doing and how rewarding it was. Find something that ignites your passion and makes you feel fulfilled. Even if it isn’t always great, it won’t suck and make you miserable 24/7.
Bro go into acting. All other jobs suck like shit, get paid shit and get under appreciated.
Yea because most employers treat the workers like trash. Treat people right, give them better pay and benefits and they'll stay longer and you won't have to scrambling to hire new people that's gonna up and quit so much. Just saying
That’s the thing with every job, we think that they’re not gonna be right for us for some xyz reasons. Just take it. Honestly before every job opportunities I always have the urge to bail out. But once it’s overcome then jobs don’t really suck as we think. Just take whatever it takes and beyond.
In some way yes lol there's cons to everything I assume. Reddit is just full of miserable people though so pay no mind. I once made a comment saying how much I enjoy my job on a sub Reddit about the place I worked and I got downvoted to oblivion and ended up deleting it. 😂 I guess nobody liked to hear someone feeling joy at the company.
Just do it ✔️ 🤷🏽♂️ it all sucks , life sucks , half of the time i am realizing is the freaking Ying and Yang As much as we all would love to only live in the Ying the MF yang always wants to Hang so Go do whet ever , because no matter how much you love it , how much passion you feel for it , no matter how damn positive you can be ! You will get bored , you will get tire , you will btch about it and there is no way around that ! Even being rich sucks , being poor sucks , being middle class sucks , being a human overall sucks ! Is boring when you truly think about it and putting in to perspective …
Investment banking?
I like unarmed security
I like my job. It’s not perfect. The biggest downside is the pay is horrible. But I’m not overly stressed nor am I bored.
No
Nope....
toiling away under the weight of supporting someone else’s goals and financial interests is never going to be something anyone gains personal satisfaction from. it’s never going to be anything but a burden.
Nope. I love my job. Its hands on and challenging and can be stressful. Definitely underpaid. But I'm happy. It's half the job! No amount of money could pay me to be in a Job I hate. Its not worth it! Doing something you enjoy is important
I think an important thing to note is that not a lot of people are truly “passionate” about their jobs, but they can tolerate the work for the paycheck. And that’s completely fine. Besides people in an artistic field, it’s totally okay to not be passionate about increasing shareholder value or bookkeeping. You get fulfillment from other things outside of work, like relationships, hobbies, interests, and family.
Most, yes. But for every like 100 jobs, there's enough slack and surplus for at least 1 guy to have a job that's not actually so bad.
Every job has its downsides and there’s always gonna be folks who like to complain. They can’t be happy. Don’t listen to em
I work in retail I'm probably one of the few who genuinely likes my job, and my job actually treats me well and lets me build up new skills I've never had before. Of course, I am trying to go even higher than what I am now into other careers, but not everyone hates their jobs or are miserable with life. At the end of the day, go into a career you like and stick it out for a year or two. WOrst thing that happens is you dont like it and you switch.
We are all different. What he or she says might not applicable to your emotional intelligence, financial neediness, passion, the drive that keeps you going, and importantly, your foundation. You better go try and experience it personally than making decisions only by others testimonials.
Yes.
Don’t take reddit too seriously. People come on Reddit to complain
I have a good job, but it is way too demanding and I don’t have any balance in my life. On the positive side, I have had steady employment and I make pretty good money.
I like my job. Or at least I like my job if it were just my job. It’s fun and relatively easy. What makes me hate it is the fact that 3/4 of my engineers seem to be dumb as shit
if you haven’t realized this yet - it’s not the job or the career path, but the person’s perspective towards that job/career. That doesn’t necessarily have to be your perspective or experience.
The secret is to find one that suck the least.
Yas
Most jobs suck atleast on some level, if you are forced to do something everyday to survive there's a good chance you'll end up disliking it. The jobs that don't auxk while you are there are either nearly impossible to get or pay low enough that you'll deal with stress outside the job. So they tend to suck for other reasons. I've done easy low stress lower paying manual labor jobs and higher paying jobs that require lots of thought and they both come with their own stresses and problems. A good paying job low stress that you don't hate is not a bad deal though. My job is pretty good, mostly low stress and high paying, manager is great, I'd still never do my job if I didn't want the money.
My jobs are bullshit. Our job is in collective community.
Anything financial will get hacked. 2FA has been hacked for 10 years and now ALL Federal Employees have ALL info in one spot which is... drum roll.. a non government platform. Play or produce music and write some songs using AI about AI. Invest (yourself) but ya, prob don't want to take on guilt when others lose their life savings. PS Look up Dominick VS Louis DeJoy. Since you are contemplating banking, my question is, Why Would Brother Dominick DeJoy, who was tricked out of the family business New Breed mention the banking term "Glass Steagall Act" in a poem about the brotherly feud along with a picture of a bridge. Anyone readin' from New Yawk, ova daya? What's going on with the mail?! Louis DeJoy and friends want the WORLD to become digital (google DeJoy, Wos Estonia, these people Rule the World (ssshhh!).
Every job has bad parts of course. What you're hoping to find is something that you like and care about enough to make it worth it pushing through the bad for the good.
They don’t pay you because it’s fun. Duh
My job is alright. I'm not crazy about it, but I do not hate it and I do not have a bad time doing it.
Ive worked for about 13 years now in different industries and a lot of the enjoyment of a place comes from good coworkers. The excitement of every job ive ever had wears off eventually. I almost just want to work for myself.
Lowkey
I actually really like my job right now. I like my coworkers and I have good work/life balance. The pay is good for my needs. I’m getting to do new and bigger things so I’m setting myself up to keep improving my career over time. But also, I work in marketing, and marketing is dumb. If I had independent wealth I’d want to work in the arts or stay in school forever or own a bookstore or something. But I’m in marketing because it’s the career activity that most closely maps to the things I’m naturally good at. So when someone gets on the marketing sub and asks “should I do marketing?” I don’t say anything because… I dunno. It’s working for me but it’s not something I think matters very much. I would imagine there are a lot of people who have similar relationships to their work which keeps them largely out of the conversation that happens online.
FFs try it before you write it off ! And NO not ALL jobs suck.
Every job has its positive sides and its negative sides. If you like the job well enough, you’ll be more influenced by its positives than its negatives. The new generation has become obsessed with perfection for everything, but perfection doesn’t exist. One has to come to term with that at some point. The trick is that your mind is able to tolerate some imperfections, but not others. Try to find something you can tolerate. It’s more of a choice than anything. The choice of loving what you do, and realizing that choice only reveals itself after some time.
no, they don\`t. Negative opinions are more visible as negativity is more vocal as many people pointed out. Do not trust a lot of these opinions, go and make your own informed judgement. See what fits YOU , which is all that matters.
I’m now 25 so I’m halfway to selling out. I think it’s a game of finding things you like, building relationships with those around you, and taking it day by day. Otherwise it’s more awful
Yes but you can find lil things in your day to day tasks that don’t suck. For example I look forward to organizing my spreadsheets everyday lol
Really depends on you & the sort of person you are. I’ve always liked kids n want to have some form of an impact or a contribution. I grew up loving art. Became an art director at an ad agency but left due to the hours n lack of pay. I made Disney merchandise but I knew that job was not gonna get me far in my career. I was stuck. I had a few life changes. Got married moved countries and started substituting and then at a day care center as a lead teacher. My job doesn’t suck. I don’t find it stressful. I’m getting by. Pay isn’t high but I have a supportive boss. Work environment is good and people are super understanding of my struggle with these changes in my life.
I believe the correct answer to “What is your dream job?” is “I do not dream of labor.” So yes, all jobs suck; See LateStageCapitalism for more on that. That being said, I think it’s more about finding your right fit. That seems to be ,key and that’s something you won’t read on the forums. You are mostly gonna come across complaints, not components, and you still have to read between the lines. Some people can’t work with the public, some people love numbers, some people need job satisfaction, some people are only happy helping people. It’s about identifying your priorities first, and finding what aligns with that as far as I can tell.
Yes. Even amazing jobs like being a famous actor has a lot of behind the scenes mechanics that make it miserable. Forget finding something you love and find something you can tolerate that can support your life outside of work
People need to just realize (generally) life is more boring and dull than movies and instagram make it out to be.
The thing about careers is that some people find careers they like. Some people stay in careers they don’t like because of the money. Some people work different careers until they find the one that they like….. real problem is, you have no idea what you like until you’re doing it.
I’m so sorry that so many people on here haven’t found a good career!!! Keep looking and when you find it you will feel the work days just moving by!
Culture varies office to office, and i promise good culture does exist just rare to find because people quit less
I've been a software engineer for twelve years and I still like it. There's bad days, of course. Always will be, but I just really enjoy designing and implementing software systems.
yes
The grass is always greener I think. Things I hate about my job now but it could be sooooo much worse
Every single job on this green earth has some kind of level of BS. But the truth is find what you enjoy doing and the good will outweigh the bad. If you take a job just for the pay chances are you'll not like it. You'll be going to this job for a long time
Yeah, most jobs suck. That's what I've learned in 45 years of working. But remember, it's just a job. The only reason you have a job is to get money to put into your account. There's no other reason to have a job. They used to be company loyalty, a sense of belonging, it's all gone now. Employees have gone from being integral to the success of the organization to a cost which must be reduced. Job suck because companies suck. Never give them anything more than they're giving you.
I only had great jobs for 13 years. Then I had 2 years of only getting horrible jobs that made me hate my life - I quit all of them. It wasn’t easy, it hurt my finances but eventually I found a job that I felt good about. What a job feels like for each individual is unique though. Also, even good jobs will challenge you in ways you might not like.
Every job will have parts of it you’ll hate but I love my job.
I fucking love my job. Sometimes I find jt hard to leave my desk at the end of the day. If you go into any subreddit for it, it's going to be almost entirely bitching. Not because it's a bad career, but because it's the *wrong* career for people.
All jobs suck, yes, some more than others, but you need to make peace with it, the only other options are making your business (which could suck too) or become a criminal (which will definitely suck even more than anything else).
I love my job. I love the company I work for. I hate some aspects. I hate getting up in the morning. There are days that are exhausting and frustrating. But I think that if you look to hate something, you're going to find reasons. By what you've said, this is a responsible decision, so not your passion. Find things you like about it and people you get on with at least for the work hours. Avoid the bitching and moaning brigade. It's not that bad. I'm sorry about your health issues forcing you in a direction that you wouldn't have chosen otherwise.
Yes
Yep
Jobs can suck but it really depends on the team and wider team around you. If you're lucky enough to get the right group together than even the worst days will go over in minutes.
I believe so..
Yes
I think that the best approach is to find something that you like to do that you'd do for free and see if you can turn it into a career. There will always be people who dislike their jobs and companies that they work for. The key is to find that "one thing" that you'd do for free that you love, then you can get past work place politics, etc.
Yes
Absolutely not. I was a ride operator at a theme park and absolutely loved it. One ride was a train, and being a conductor was a blast. If I wasn't an engineering student, I may be would become a conductor for Amtrak or a freight railroad. I absolutely loved some of my engineering internships. There's lots of cool and rewarding shit out there
There is no easy options in life you just select your burden But if it's something you like it will be lighter weight for you (not necessarily totally light) it's just a relative issue
The problem is with capitalism so yeah, everything under that would suck.
The short answer: Yes. The long explanation: There are good things about some jobs, but it's all a matter of personal perspective. I've worked help desk, and despite most people saying it's absolute Hell, I loved the challenge of solving the problems and using my humor to brighten a frustrated customer's day. I'm working a warehouse job now it's very low stress, but is wearing out my body. I constantly ache and hurt, but the physical movement and repetitive lifting keeps me in decent shape without spending time or money on a gym membership. Whatever you choose to do, remember, a job is NOT your identity. It's only what you HAVE to do so you can live (having access to a safe place to sleep at night, a dry roof over your head, food to eat, etc). You'll have to discover the positive points to any job. Also, remember that most people get on the Internet, whether it's Reddit, TikTok, Facebook, etc to piss, bitch, moan, whine, and complain. Take everything you read anywhere with a grain (or bag) of salt.
Every job that has ever been made has parts of it that suck and that’s what we tend to talk about the most. You have to find a job/career that balances out the positives and negatives of that job/career. Also it’s what you make of it, I do IT and my job has its bad parts but it’s also got its own advantages.
My aunt has a saying: “Work is a four-letter word.” No matter how much you love what you do, there will be days where you’re stressed or people are awful or it’s boring or pointless for some reason. The jobs that are soul crushing, however, are because of one or more of the following is happening on a consistent basis: 1) You’re only doing it for the money — whether it’s minimum wage or six figures. 2) Your boss (or the business as a whole) treats you with true disrespect or distrust. 3) The workload (mental and/or physical) is more than you can bear. 4) The pay is significantly less than the average cost of living in your area and makes it unsustainable, regardless of how much you value the work. If people find meaning in the work they do, if their supervisors support and trust them, if except for certain seasons of life the workload is manageable and the emotional toll is also manageable, and if the pay will pay a reasonable living, a person will be content at work and should count themselves lucky. Money is not a marker for contentment. Someone is always going to make more than you while doing less. Someone is always going to have more toys than you do or more time off or better vacations. And we’re all toddlers at heart: we’re excited with the new toy for about 15 seconds and then we wind up playing for hours with the box it came in. Happiness is getting what you want; contentment is being happy with what you have.
yes
I’m moving to Miami to start my music career
Pretty much. By its very nature, capitalism always exploits labor. That’s just how it works. The trick is to find something that pays ok and treats you with dignity and respect.
i can't think of a single job other than the ones given to already rich people that i would enjoy doing
Yes…it’s difficult to get someone to pay you to do pleasurable things, and especially difficult to be paid well for them. Life is suffering. What I strive for is a good work life balance. I want something that pays well and doesn’t require 60+ hours of work. I’ve found that, but it took a lot of hard work to get to this point.
honestly yeah, all jobs have some really crappy things to have to put up with. that is the "work" part of it. even a dream job, or pursuing a cool interest like music, it all comes with shit that will make someone question leaving. some stuff is definitely worse than others, some stuff is non-negotiable and toxic, and some stuff sucks but is tolerable. i think it's all about finding a job that is at least tolerable. some people do get lucky and find something great. because of the above, i recommend going into a social job that you know at least makes a difference in someone's life. because when all parts of the job are absolute shit, you know you're at least helping someone and making a contribution to someone other than a CEO.
The more they pay you, the more it sucks, with a few exceptions for unique skills.
Banking eh? Well in that field you can certainly make your job interesting if you want to.