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Originally Posted by *Touring Ted*
This interests me.....
I always assumed most people hated their jobs. I've never found a job I liked.
Some have been better than others and some are fine for a while.
BUT !!! As the majority of people actually spend most of their waking lives at work, isn't it more important that you actually spend that time not wanting to jump out of the top window ?
Is this why more and more people are throwing it all in, jumping on the bike and heading around the world ?
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Do I like my job? On the whole yes, but I dont get out of bed going woohoo its work again. There's moments when I despair of the bureaucracy, indecision and Politics, and others when I feel completely deflated and fed up with it all. But most of the time the challenges of the job, intellectual stimulation, working with others, achieving results against all the odds and so on make it very satisfying. I am a civil servant doing a job I couldn't explain to you (not secret, just hard to convey the complexities of IT commercial strategies in government to an outsider). My work is very flexible, I dont have set hours and am mostly left to my own devices. I am measured by results, not time spent at the desk, although I do far more than the set hours - because I want to, not because I have to. I have been a civil servant 30 years and had many roles but most of that time has been like this.
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Originally Posted by Austin
Do I like my job? On the whole yes, but I dont get out of bed going woohoo its work again. There's moments when I despair of the bureaucracy, indecision and Politics, and others when I feel completely deflated and fed up with it all. But most of the time the challenges of the job, intellectual stimulation, working with others, achieving results against all the odds and so on make it very satisfying. I am a civil servant doing a job I couldn't explain to you (not secret, just hard to convey the complexities of IT commercial strategies in government to an outsider). My work is very flexible, I dont have set hours and am mostly left to my own devices. I am measured by results, not time spent at the desk, although I do far more than the set hours - because I want to, not because I have to. I have been a civil servant 30 years and had many roles but most of that time has been like this.
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Could have written this myself and would not know how to add to this great description of my own situation, other than that I am not a civil servant but since 18 years an in-house attorney formerly working in the automotive and now in the chemicals industry.
Cheers
Chris
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My current job is OK I guess, but another thread on this forum has got me thinking that there could be some opportunities in banking, seems like a good gig. What do you guys think?
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