Seems like most Americans do...according to this article.

Do you hate your job?

Or do you like your job?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/...bsmorethanever

 

i hate where im living i hate my ex wife... I hate city drivers but i love my job hey that has the makings of a hit song!

 

Bob it maybe the makings of a good song but for some reason I agree totally. Nope I like what I do for a living, once in awhile I get irritated at the people in the office not thinking and I can definatly get irritated at people on the road and the weather can be a real PITA but I have had many jobs in the past and some I can say yes I hated them but what I do now is a good job and I make a decent living doing it.

 

Bump, there it is. Good post ranger Bob

 

"hate" is a strong word. I don't hate my job. it pays the bills,and is a good hourly wage for this area. I would like to find something better,but nothing around here pays much better with my little education and experience in other jobs. Can't really relocate because my kids live in the area and I want to be around to spend time with them. so in short,I am not exactly happy with my job.but I sure wouldn't call it hate,either.

 

I Loooove my job.

And paper cuts.

And prostate exams.

And stepping in dog poop in the dark, barefoot, first thing in the morning.



Pete

 

I don't hate my job. But, dealing with people and the politics of the job can be a pain. I get away from most of it by working all nights 12 hour shifts and only 36 hours/week. So, for the most part all is good. I consider my job secure also.

 

Interesting article, it seems to be right on. I'm in the over 55 group that is more satisfied with their job. From my perspective that's partly because I feel less 'trapped' in my job so it's easier to deal with those things I don't like. It's like you can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I've got over 30 years in so I could leave with a pension at any time. I call it the 30 year KMA club. I tell co-workers, I have my own mission statement: "I'm here to have fun and make money". They give me enough money so the only question is... are we having fun yet?

It use to be that I just couldn't wait to retire. I'll probably retire at 62, which for me is another 5 1/2 years. Funny thing is I REALLY don't want to be 62! I think I've come to a point in my life where I'd rather keep working than get older, if that were possible. There was another thread on the board about what you fear. Well, I fear getting old.

Anyone here with civil service jobs? Does the phrase 'going postal' apply to all civil service jobs? I have two friends that are retired civil servants, one was an ATF agent and the other an FBI agent. Both said the missed their work but NOT their former co-workers. That's just the opposite of where I work. Those that retire say they will miss their co-workers but NOT the job.

 

qutoe from the artical
"The trend is strongest among workers under the age of 25, less than 39 percent of whom are satisfied with their jobs. "

I guess I would hate my job. If as a kid all I had to do is whine to mommy and daddy for a hand out. They need to suck it up. Not everyone finds the right job for them right away. Once the younger generation has kids they will learn that working a job to support a family,means you gotta do what you gotta do for them! It's not about what me and what I want!
It took me along time to find a job I truely love. My boss is great, my co-worker needs some help, but he will come around in time.
A job will suck with the thinking this job sucks. I would rather not be rich and working, then rich and not working this job!

 

I think everyone has periods of hating their job and loving it. If I look back, I know I have. The question is what you do about it. Sit and whine, or take charge of your life and make it what you want.

I loved my first job after I got out of school - for the first 6 months. Then internal politics changed the job and I hated it so much I found another job and quit 6 months later.

That second job I loved for the next three years - really interesting work - but after a few years of watching how promotions got handed out, I realized that this position would lead to an area I didn't want to end up in, so I started my own business and quit.

The business was both exciting and terrifying. I loved the days it seemed to be going somewhere, and hated the days when it wasn't and the bills were piling up. I admit that the day I sold it, I was glad to have all that worry off my shoulders.

It was time for real change this time, so I took a job overseas. Ye, I went back to working for others, and found the new challenges of this job really envigorating. It was a door to a new world. But after about two years, my boss quit, and he had been the buffer between me and the president, who was a well known major jerk. Working directly with him ruined the job completely, and I quickly loathed going in in the mornings. When layoffs came, I asked to be included.

A month later I started my next job - probably technically the most interesting work I've done in my life - absolutely cutting edge - and with the biggest budgets and resources. The travel was really fun for a while, but after a few years of living out of a suitcase from Monday to Friday, and realizing I had missed all sorts of things at home because of it, it became a burden. I started agitating for change that would reduce the travel, and when the brass made it clear that wouldn't be possible, I arranged for my contract not to be renewed.

And by then, I'd seen enough to be tired of working for others again. So I went back to school for a business degree and started my own business, eventually bringing the business back home with me. That was over 10 years ago now. It's been exciting, and terrifying, and fun, and exhausting, and burdensome and liberating. There are days I love it for the freedom it's given me and for the sense of personal accomplishment. There are days, like today, I hate it 'cause I hate doing accounting and taxes. Fortunately, days like today are in the minority. So I better get back to work to keep this gravy train running.....

 

I can't say that I hate my job as I am retired! I have had jobs that I have hated and found out nothing beats a job that you love.
My oldest son loves his work; he's an apprentice electrician; but is having problems with the company he works for......mainly the company is using their retirement/pension money to operate on. The union is working on that according to him.
My g/f loves her work; she's an RN in home health; and she is having roughly the same problem with the company she works for.....mismanagement.
The last two jobs that I had that I loved, both places shut down due to bad management.

 

I absolutely love my job have for 26 years.

 

I don't hate my job but it's not for me. I'll have a new one in the next couple months. I'm more of a construction guy so selling discount auto parts wearing a stupid racing stripe uniform making corporate cut-throat wages just isn't cutting it. I'm thankful I have it because it pays the bills but that's all it does. I need to get back to work that offers some feeling of accomplishment.

 

Looking back with the clear vision of hindsight, I can see clearly the job related mistakes I made. I spent the first 16 years of my career as a computer field engineer. I worked with some innovative, interesting people on the first vacuum tube computers, diode-based computers, transistors and chips .... from huge to tiny, from simple to powerful. I helped automate chemical plants, electric generating plants, refineries, FAA Flight Control and defense plants. I reached a position called "Hot Suitcaser" .... the guy from the factory that shows up when the locals can't fix a problem. Then I got greedy and switched from hands-on to selling, a whole new ballgame. I made some good bucks selling, but I never experienced the satisfaction I had on a routine basis before. That said, I would urge all to do what makes your day an adventure instead of an exercise ... you will look back one day and be glad you did,

 

I still love my job, even after 20 years. What I hate is the commute everyday.