Are you happy with your job?

[OneJArpus]

my job is OK. I can do it, its easy, but 1. i get paid shit and do 10x more then anyone in the office. Out of 14 people i work better and harder then 13 of them. My monthly work #'s prove it. But i get all these nice positions and get paid shit. I've yet to break the 30K mark. Yet this guy who started 6 months after me is past the 35K mark. =/ Doesn't bother me too much anyways. I'm going to school for CNS (computer, networking, & security) Once i'm done there i'll be looking for a job into the IT field. I've got 11 years of building & troubleshooting experience. But i'm only 23. Been doing it since i was 12. O well shitwill get better sooner or later.

 

[Brewster]

no.

 

[aye mate]

Current job is ok.(Golf Course Maintenance) The weather is getting nicer so we are out of the shop more now. I can't wait to start my new job though! I am currently applied in the Fire Department and am in their training program for the physical test. After the test its 16 weeks in the Fire Academy then a starting pay of 17 dollars an hour in a 24hours on 48hours off schedule. nIIIIIce

 

[Fuzz420]

Jobs are for people with "responsiblities"

 

[willfish]

operating million dollar robotic arms with computers, to test, fix repair an take out of service tubes that make up a nuclear steam generators is pretty fun, plus the pay is great........ so ... i like my work


Will

 

[SupraStardom]

Mine isn't bad. Spend most days welding, cutting and fabricating for boats. Don't have to deal with any crap from the outside. Kinda secluded. Fun I guess. Always expanding my skills so its good for me. I like it.

 

[tookwik4u89]

operating million dollar robotic arms with computers, to test, fix repair an take out of service tubes that make up a nuclear steam generators is pretty fun, plus the pay is great........ so ... i like my work


Will

I failed out of Naval nuclear power school with 13 weeks left. With 60 hours a week classroom time and all the military fun that comes with it. There were too many down sides for nukes once you're out their...I wanted nothing to do with it. So where do I end up.....on a mobile nuclear plant with high powered weapons.

Im a Tech in a dealership now, cant complain $ and bene's good, but I will be a gimp by the time I retire. I would much rather be a parts person, but I can't leave the union bene's.

 

[Nick M]

Yep, I like my job.

 

[oscolivar1]

No to first job, spring job I love it.

 

[mkiiSupraMan18]

my job sucks. I get paid to surf SM to keep me awake.

UGH!

Pay sucks, btw.

 

[drunk_medic]

So far, I love my job. It's been a month, so we'll see what happens.
Stress is low.
Sense of importance is high.
Pay is high.
Overtime is higher.

The job satisfaction and all of the above kicks my old job in the military square in the balls.
After taxes and decuctions, my paycheck for the past 2 weeks was more than my military pay for an entire month BEFORE taxes and deductions, and that was for an E-5 with over 8 years time in service.

So far I am very happy.

My acid reflux is now triggered by certain foods rather than by constant work stress. I feel like I am on the road to a better life for me and my family. It's been a long, long time since I have been even close to what can be considered "happy".

 

[Kai]

I'd be happy if i had one.....money is a nice thing to have

 

[supra90turbo]

No, I am absolutely not happy. I'm currently job hunting, and I hope you guys don't mind, because I'm going to use this time to vent.

I work at a Chevy dealer in the Parts Department. I've been here nearly 3 years, and make $10.50/hr.
I don't get time and a half on anything over 40hrs even though the other parts guy does, and when I bring it up, the subject gets changed.
I don't get commission even though the other parts guy does.
I'm not enrolled in the "GM Awards" program, even though I've asked countless times about it, much like time and a half, the subject gets changed (oh, and I dont suppose I need to mention that the other parts guy is enrolled in it) and what I've found is that my points that I earn are distributed evenly between the other guy and the parts manager, and they in turn buy cool stuff with my points. Isn't that fucked...

I constantly get in trouble for minor things, co-workers rat me out for being on the internet, when I'm just checking my email or jumping on the forum real quick, even when they themselves are guilty of the same thing...
I get blamed for things that I didn't do, and when I prove it's not me, I don't get an apology, or even much of a reaction... all I get is a pissed off look from them when they realize they were wrong.

I got blamed for some bad paperwork recently. I'm the one who checks in the stock order every morning. One day while I'm checking in the order, my boss comes up to me and slams some paperwork on the desk in front of me. I slowly look up and see him standing there looking pissed with his hands on his hips.
I calmly say "yes?"
He says "Lets go over this. I figured you'd understand how to do this after this long of being here, but I guess I have to spell it out for you, don't I... You take the top sheet and put it UNDER THE PACKING LIST (and violently rips the staple out and throws the papers on the desk in front of me. Then he grabs the stapler and starts giving me this tutorial on how he wants the paperwork like I'm 5 years old. Now, in the meantime, he's yelling at me but I'm noticing the paperwork is from the recent past Saturday. Now I'm enjoying this because this isn't my paperwork, I didn't work that Saturday.
This is the fault of the other parts guy who can do no wrong, and has been here 7 years.
Well, since he's being a dick to me and yelling at me, right in my face, and I know he's way in the wrong... I let him keep going.
Then when he gets finished with his shit he throws the finished packet in front of me and says "that's how I want it. I don't know why you can do it right all this time and fuck it up so badly in one day"

I calmly open up the paperwork and say
"The only reason it's fucked up is because this is from Saturday."

he says "so? how is that supposed to be an excuse"

I say "I didn't work saturday. Go yell at him." and I point at the other guy

he just grabs the paper and shuffles off muttering something. only said a couple words to the other guy and mentions he made me look like an asshole... which is wrong. he's the one that looked like an asshole.


many, many other things are wrong with this place too.

Regardless of whether or not you bought your car here, if the owner is walking through the shop and doesn't see any dealer sticker or license plate frame on a car, he will clean off a spot on the back and apply one of his dealer stickers.
I'm still waiting for the day when somebody gets infuriated by this action. It's only a matter of time.

Sorry for the rant, but I had the opportunity.

::edit:: LOL! Guess I'm really unhappy

 

[mkiiSupraMan18]

^ Not to be super negative or w/e, but that doesn't sound like it's worth $10.50/hr... Shitty co-workers that wont cover for you on something stupid like getting on the 'net for a few minutes. Get another job lined up, go in and tell them you want all the crapp you were saying you didn't get, if they change the subject walk out.

 

[tookwik4u89]

Kurt , you work at a shitty....cheap ass dealership......been there done that......GET OUT!

I generally have a good attitude, I was in one that made me a complete asshole, I'm so happy I left.

 

[supra90turbo]

You're not being super negative. You're being truthful. It's not worth it.
People ask me all the time why I don't get worked up or pissed off at things here, I just tell them that it's not worth worrying myself over.
I really feel like Peter Gibbons in Office Space. "I don't like my job, and I don't think I'm going to go any more."
lol

Shitty co-workers is right. Nothing is confidential here. If you confide in someone, they blab the second you turn away. People rat you out in a heartbeat, it's the worst thing I've ever seen. You can't trust anyone.
I got blamed for breaking my co-workers phone, and my boss said that my co-worker said that I did it explicitly. When we went out to see what the problem was, he was like "I must have dropped it or something. I don't think it was Kurt that did it"


::edit:: Tookwik: You're right. I'm not an asshole for it, I'm the same person I've always been. I don't let places change me, especially when it's not worth my time to be there. I just need to get out. Fast!

 

[mkiiSupraMan18]

Regardless of whether or not you bought your car here, if the owner is walking through the shop and doesn't see any dealer sticker or license plate frame on a car, he will clean off a spot on the back and apply one of his dealer stickers.
I'm still waiting for the day when somebody gets infuriated by this action. It's only a matter of time.

That would be me... apeshit is what he would get.

I really feel like Peter Gibbons in Office Space. "I don't like my job, and I don't think I'm going to go any more."

'what about bills??'
"You know, I've never liked paying those either..."

Anyway, good luck man. Life is too short to be stuck working a large part of it doing something you hate.

Have you tried getting into a conference w/ the Bob's yet to tell them how you feel?

 

[Lovesick Siren]

supra90turbo, I work at a Chevy dealership also, only I work as the receptionist. I can definitely relate to being talked to like a child and feeling under suspicion for things you didn't do. I have a manager who seems just to have something against me for no reason whatsoever, no matter how hard I try or how accurately I do my job, he seems to find something wrong with it. Meanwhile, the girl who worked here before me constantly called in sick, -drew- in permanent marker ALL over the desk stuff and the phone book, and got knocked up by another employee leading to her eventual termination, but when she comes in to visit, which is frequently, he seems to be as sweet as homemade honey to her. I don't understand. Maybe it's universal of this company.

 

[tookwik4u89]

When I worked at the crappy dealer, they couldn't afford to get rid of me, so I decided until I found a new job, I was NOT going to be the only unhappy one....the mission was a great success My spreading of the unhappiness brought joy to others who were previously unhappy. The job did change me, but only while I was there. Angry man was quite fun for a while, but I couldnt go on like that.......I like my dealer I'm at now!

 

[mkiiSupraMan18]

When I worked at the crappy dealer, they couldn't afford to get rid of me, so I decided until I found a new job, I was NOT going to be the only unhappy one....the mission was a great success

^ Possibility of elaboration?