Do you enjoy your job?

[battousai16]

well, i work part time in a library, which is really fun, because i like to read and such and the benefits are awsome and the people i work with are cool and i saw the new harry potter book before ANY OF YOU DID HA HA HA (which dosen't really mean much; as i'm not a large harry potter fan). anywho, i make some extra money as a drummer for bands who's drummers break there hand or quit and the band is in between drummers. you know, a "hey ben, $15 if you play for tim at our concert on friday". not much, but it pays for gas. i'm also 17, however, so it's not like i'm in a stable working position. but i can tell you that both of my parents hate their jobs. they can find the good in it though, as i'm sure you can. don't fret. if you don't like working that much, find a new place. i don't know, i know what i'm trying to say, i just don't know how to say it

[SBN Doug]

At the moment I'm an Information Systems Coordinator for the Environmental, Health, & Safety department at my company's corporate headquarters.

 

I started off as a 12hr rotating shift QC chemist in Houston. I took a pay cut (no overtime) to move to straight days, where I was able to go through a lot of additional training, including a lot of ISO9000 (quality standard). I was playing around with Access, and created a new database for our result entry. This impressed them enough to get me on the LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) project. Once completed, I could tell I was too experienced for that position any more, and no sign of an opening above me, so I changed companies.

 

I got a job as Chief Chemist and QC Manager, where they were just putting in a LIMS and SAP systems. With my background, and the absence of anyone else that did, I became know through the site and corporate for my work on these projects. Unfortunately, they decided to close my plant. However, I had made enough of an impression that they guarnateed me a job at corporate. Now I'm doing mostly systems, but even this is only an excuse to learn all I can about EH&S and then move on again. I am working toward becomming a Plant Manager, and possibly higher some day.

 

Moral of my story, never stop learning new things, and sometimes you have to take a half step back in order to make two steps forward.

 

Good luck

[focus102]

I work in a molecular biology lab doing neurobehavioral genetics research. I absolutely love what I do. It's always been my dream to do science and I couldn't be happier. At one point I was doing some other kind of work and now looking back I realize how unhappy I was. In my opinion it's really important to like what you do since you are spending most of your day doing it.

 

However, if you are ok with your job then it's kind of risky to go and switch jobs because you may not like another job any better. You've also got a family and martial arts to enjoy so your job is not your whole life.

 

On the other hand, you say you dream of opening a martial arts school. Why does this have to remain a dream? If you work at it you can eventually save up the money or do whatever you need to do. In my experience if you want something badly enough and you persevere enough you will succeed in the end. I went from a complete failure with no money and a big dream to working hard for a long time and fullfilling that dream. My only regret is that I don't have enough time to devote to martial arts because I am so busy in the lab.

 

Oh, and millions won't necessarily make you happy.

[Fenris-wolf]

Alright. I work as an office assistant at the moment and I hate it. I'm going mental. It wasn't so bad at first, although it was mind numbing and I'm not very good at it. But now one of the guys @ work seems to have made it his mission in life to make work uncomfortable. I'm torn between punching him until he cries like a little girl and quitting. Luckily I just finished a bar course so hopefully I can go be a barmaid! Yes, this is an appealing thought.

 

Next year I will be attending University studying Biology if all goes well. My dream is to be a Zoologist and study something that no-one else is really interested in, like rare amphibians or something. But that's probably not going to happen. But so long as I can get a job I'm good at, learn what I love and fit in my Martial Arts *satisfied sigh* I will be very happy.

 

[telsun]

I am very sorry to hear that Fenris-wolf, I hope you get it all sorted soon.

 

Well we are a varied bunch aren't we. The fact remains that MA's are all that I know and love. It is extremely unlikely that I will ever be able to make it my profession though Yeah okay I dream of owning a gym and martial arts centre but I do not believe that I possess the skills or knowledge to do so. The dream just isn't strong enough to follow it through.

 

I have given this subject considerable thought. I decided that I would like to do some kind of healing. Chiropractor would be ideal but I would need to study full time and I have a wife and family to support and this is just not a viable option. I am looking into other courses (correspondance) that follow a similar path, hopefully I will end up it that kinda work. I can't help but wonder if I ever achieve my goal whether I will be happy there. Or will I always be seeking what I do not have?

 

I will post on this again soon, gotta go...............

[Kamidake]

My dream job was to be a housewife and mother; I thought it would give me time to write books. (Waits for laughter from housewives to die down.) I did end up being a mother, but due to a divorce I wasn't a housewife. Then I never did meet anybody else I wanted to marry. (There were a couple who wanted a mistress, but I couldn't go along with that!) I work for the gov't and actually enjoy my job, so it all worked out well except that I still don't have enough time to write. If there are any 40-ish or older unattached, non-smoking, honorable men reading this who would like a full-time wife who can cook and do other wifely things very well, let me know. Maybe we can work something out. You never know! Unless and until I do end up being able to stay home and write, I'll probably end up sticking with my gov't job, since I do like it. It sounds boring (we reconcile contracts) but the pay is decent and we keep busy, the time goes very fast.

[CW]

I am a limo driver. The cool thing about this job is that I get to meet some very high profile people and do bodyguard work for these people through the limo company. I have meet some very cool folks from my town through the limos. What I hate about this job is that I pull some weird hours and it keeps me away from the family and also keeps me from working out with martial arts the way I would like to. I have now started my own business called Fortune. If the business does what I think it will, I will be able to spend more time with my family and workout more here soon.

[ninjanurse]

I am an RN and work in an Emergency Room. I love my job because I get to talk to and influence people in a positive manner everyday...just like my other jobs as a martial arts instructor and snowboarding instructor! I would love to have my own martial arts school someday but then I wouldn't have enough time for snowboarding and nursing....what a dilema!!!!!!

 

[Fenris-wolf]

Wow, ninjanurse, that rocks. Sounds great although I can't imagine how you fit it in...

[ninjanurse]

Somehow it just all comes together when it needs to, although I will say that there are days when I am butt-busted tired after working an ER shift and then teaching on the slopes for 5 hours! Oh poor me....hah!!!!!!!