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  • Who loves – and I mean really loves – their job?
  • grum
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    MTQG – I work for a music education charity, running workshops with kids etc. I would happily do it for free but I need to pay bills like everyone else. We have quite a few volunteers, which is how I started.

    Teetosugars
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    I hate my job. Every day.
    At least it pays well. But I doubt it’s worth it.

    In the same boat here…

    Dad always used to say, If you find a job you love, you’ll never work a day in yer life..

    He was right.

    I found it.

    Then I got Medically Discharged, and its gone downhill since then.. 😐

    buzz-lightyear
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    If I was independently wealthy, I would still work but I would take more control over what, how, when, and how much, I do rather than be a wage-slave.

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    donsimon
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    I’d suggest that anyone who really loves their job wouldn’t be killing time on STW…

    I love cycling, but I wouldn’t want to do it 24 hours per day.
    I love elements of my job, even though it’s not strictly a paying job yet…. I think you should look for and focus on the positive aspects of any job. I spent years working for dickhead bosses but good jobs and generally enjoyed. Currently my boss is a dickhead but he does have the same opinions as me, which is nice.

    stumpy01
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    Grum, I was thinking of Special Constables as the only example of a volunteer doing almost exactly the same job as a regular worker.

    My other half used to do this, before applying to join full time. She’s now working in CID.

    joolsburger
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    I like mine except the admin and CRM system side of things. I basically get paid to listen and do a little talking too, mostly to OK people.

    luke
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    I’ve got 2 jobs.
    My main job I hate every minute i’m there but it regular and reliable work and there flexiable and it’s a secure job.
    My second job I love it’s just hard to make it full time, the pay changes from job to job from not great to fairly good. Would I also do the job if I didn’t get paid? Yep and occasionally I do freebie days when it is the companies interest.

    drinkmoreport
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    Me.

    exposed
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    I’m in a bit of a quandry at the moment. I’m currently in a well paid job that I don’t really like that much, but I can tolerate it. I’ve now been offered a job that I would really love to do, but it’s not as well paid.
    I cannot make up my mind if having the extra money to do things outside of work that I enjoy is more important than enjoying my work and having a bit less money.

    willard
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    Tough questions that. If I didn’t need the money (lottery win etc) then I would consider jacking the job in and just doing the TA thing, maybe go for FTRS. There are risks involved with that, and I may end up disliking it a bit, but I think it’s a more varied and more “me” career.

    Either that or I’d buy a large chunk of France and grow my own grapes…

    flip
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    I do, i run my own grounds maintenance company, been doing it for 3 yrs and have never been bored or dreaded getting up even on a rainy Monday morning.

    I consider myself very lucky 😛

    Rockape63
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    I run a business too, which means I make my own decisions about most things which is good. No fcuker telling me to do stoopid things for stoopid reasons is a good situation, plus I make decent money which is also good.

    The only down side is the occasional stress that comes with it, but I suppose that is just character building!

    Lucky? I believe one makes ones own luck, but I suppose I am lucky that am someone who has been given the ability to get to where I’ve got.

    molgrips
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    No-one will pay me to ride bikes or take photos or any of the things I love, so it’s going to have to be IT for the time being.

    Professional cyclist is out unfortuantely (although I wish I’d been a bit more aware of these things when I was younger, I might’ve had a genuine attempt at it); a writer I could be; I would also have a stab at being a photographer. However none of the creative options would put bread on the table for the family currently.

    So I do short term contracts, get paid well and hopefully I can use the money to set myself up where I can take time off and really enjoy myself.

    Bunnyhop
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    I love the work I do. The best bit is actually seeing something as a result of hard work and even better, having happy customers who say thankyou.

    Money isn’t too good though, but that’s a price I pay.

    MrWoppit
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    Of which:

    “HOLD the front page – or rather, please don’t. Page 2 will do just fine. What I’m about to “reveal” is only news to a small, close-minded elite of out of touch politicians, left-wing academics and social engineers. Believe it or not, but given the choice, people will pick a well-paid job with a less happy lifestyle (long hours, stress, uninteresting tasks) over a less well-paid job with a happier lifestyle. That is the main finding from an experiment involving thousands of adults and students conducted by a team of economists. Obvious, really, to anybody who knows anything – yet bizarrely, the news will have come as a shock to many of those in and around the government, especially those who have inherited large sums of money. It is easy for people who have the luxury of pursuing a career that satisfies them to look down on those for whom work is primarily a means to an end – providing for themselves and their families – yet those who sneer at such motives are being shockingly patronising in an age of austerity, declining living standards, wealth-destruction and elevated unemployment.

    The study refutes the view that the goal of government policy should be to directly pursue happiness rather than to create the conditions for prosperity. Happiness – as measured in surveys – is not a goal for many people and is intentionally traded-off with other aspects of life. As Alex Rees-Jones of Cornell University, one of the authors, points out, if governments design policies to maximise happiness, they will end up imposing lifestyle choices and policies that people don’t actually want. The research doesn’t mention this, but we saw that in France a few years ago when absurd limits were imposed on people’s working hours, partly in the name of boosting happiness: millions were angry, and ultimately undoubtedly less happy, as they genuinely wanted to work more and earn more to provide for their families. The best policy, as ever, is freedom and individual liberty.

    The researchers asked people to choose between a number of scenarios. Choices included picking either a job paying £49,000 per year which lets you get 7.5 hours of sleep a night or a job that pays £73,000 but which allows just 6 hours sleep. Many gave one answer for what would make them happiest (usually more sleep, less money) and another answer for what option they would choose (more money, less sleep). They would often choose an unhappy option if they thought it would give them greater purpose, social status, control or help their family.

    The lesson for the government is simple: ditch all the nonsense about trying to promote happiness, which in fact merely reduces opportunities. At a time when the proportion of young people not in work, education or training is at a record high, we need more jobs and more economic growth, not mumbo-jumbo and compulsory reeducation. We need to boost Gross Domestic Product (GDP), not worry about Gross National Happiness (GNH). The previous government’s obsession with our “work-life” balance was always based on a meaningless artificial dichotomy. It some cases its sole purpose was to justify laziness and a culture of entitlement. It certainly feels very 2007 to speak in those terms these days. If we want to afford to consume more in the years ahead – including more healthcare and other services – we will need to work harder, longer and smarter to pay for it. ”

    titusrider
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    Really like my job, IT consulting for a small and specialist firm. However really starting to tire of the travel that comes with it, not the firms fault though i moved miles from them for some stupid reason (love 🙂 )

    rossi46
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    I love my job!

    Really love it- although this years a bit pants.

    I used to love whipping Stoner and Pedrosa.

    Now theyre whipping me!

    tonyg2003
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    I do love my job. It’s aways interesting and I have a good work life balance (work from home 2-3days p/w) and travel all over the world. I can’t imagine getting a better job in my industry. It helps massively too that the company is doing well. I never dread getting up to work and hope I never will.

    buzz-lightyear
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    An interesting concept Woppit, and I have some sympathy for the idea the Govt’s job is to create good conditions and let the people run their own lives. But it does assume that people know what is good for them. A great many people demonstrably do not know what is good for them.

    I think it cuts both ways: there are examples of workaholics who’s families suffer. There are the workshy. Some people “downshift” to re-balance their lives. Retirement kills some people.

    anto164
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    I currently dislike my job. Not enough to keep me busy, and the stuff i am doing is fairly boring. But i’m slowly re-positioning myself in the business, and will be doing stuff which is more fun near the end of the year. Still, the money and perks are good.

    jimmy
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    I used to dislike my job, then hate it. Now I’m just completely apathetic towards it, unfortunately some of the people I work with make me hate going to work.

    I try to think like Steve Jobs – must be easy when you’ve got a nack for thinking of multi-million pound earning devices. Wait, thats it…

    Kit
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    …multi-million pound earning devices

    What, like your ‘guns’? 😉

    I have no job, officially, but I am enjoying what I do currently.

    grum
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    It is easy for people who have the luxury of pursuing a career that satisfies them to look down on those for whom work is primarily a means to an end

    It’s not about looking down on anyone – but we live in an excessively materialistic, status-obsessed society – working long hours and never seeing your family in order to buy shiny things and keep up with the Joneses simply isn’t healthy or sustainable.

    jimmy
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    That’s right, and I’m selling tickets to the show.

    spooky_b329
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    Sometimes I would like to hate my job, as then it means I’d be able to go and drive bluddy big trucks for a living.

    But I quite like my job, its secure, I’m out and about, and don’t get any hassle off the boss re. productivity. If my boss ever changes and I start getting pushed and the job turns into a grind…I’ll make use of the license they paid for and go and drive the biggest thing I can get keys for 🙂

    timber
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    Getting paid is nice, but I would do it anyway, and did previously.
    Rather chuffed at taking the tractor off a 3 foot drop today, little stuff like this makes me happy. Lot of freedom but not too much responsibility. Nice variety of work, I’m involved in the whole industry from seed to product.

    And if I came into big money? I would carry on. Would just have more toys at home.

    I love my job. Work in Human Rights, which I’m passionate about. I could earn more in the private sector, but would be working for profit rather than people. 😀

    oneoneoneone
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    I hated my time in the army! Luckily I was made redundant a d I found my self a very unique job.

    I now work for my self more or less.

    clunker
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    Too may managers spoiling mine!!!!

    Junkyard
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    what you on about Whoppit?

    Happiness – as measured in surveys – is not a goal for many people and is intentionally traded-off with other aspects of life.

    Essentially this means we have to do stuff we dont want to or we die, hardly a revelation. However this hardly means folk dont pursue happiness or that they try to pursue unhappiness- it just means we are realistic – if you doubt this give folk enough money to live say £150k per year and see what they do – wont pursue much unhappiness then will they ?

    Many gave one answer for what would make them happiest (usually more sleep, less money) and another answer for what option they would choose (more money, less sleep). They would often choose an unhappy option if they thought it would give them greater purpose, social status, control or help their family.

    presumably doing all these things then would make them deeply unhappy then ?

    The previous government’s obsession with our “work-life” balance was always based on a meaningless artificial dichotomy. It some cases its sole purpose was to justify laziness and a culture of entitlement.

    Yes the reason I do a 4 day week was not to see my pre school kids growing up or be a father to them it was essentially because I am lazy and I have a sense of entitlement – I think that is why folk want to spend time with their family 🙄 – you are just wrapping up your own agenda in Internet “facts”

    stevomcd
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    Me.

    3rd video down on the midweek movies. 3rd section. That’s me at work, that is! 😛

    _tom_
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    Don’t have a job at the minute but I quite liked what I was doing before I moved away. Wouldn’t say loved as the person I was working with was pretty annoying. If I can get a job where I get to do “creative stuff” working with video, graphics or photography and getting paid enough for it, then I’ll be happy.

    trailmonkey
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    enjoy my work, hate the environment i work in and the narrow minded people i have to work with.

    Blower
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    **** hate mine!!

    building trade sucks,

    easygirl
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    Love my job, every day for last 21 years
    Never know what’s round the corner, literally

    pikey999
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    I love my job I’m a fireman, politics get in the way and we have far to many managers but on a day to day basis my job is brill!!

    CaptJon
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    I love 85% of my job. Good pay and conditions make up for the crappy 15%.

    Mintman
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    I love mine, engineer in the Royal Navy. Feel like I’m making a difference, pays ok/well, time for sports, variety and job change every 2 years.

    Jim_Kirk
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    I get to teach and ride my motorbike for a living, certainly can’t complain. Even when it’s raining.

    rossi46
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    I get to teach and ride my motorbike for a living, certainly can’t complain. Even when it’s raining.

    Dream job that is!

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