Okay, who here hates there job?

[Javaman]

I'm not talking loathing or mildly irritated or "I hate the job but love the people", no I mean hate it!

From the moment you get out of bed, simply dreading going in, pushing the papers, talking to morons, dealing with bullshit, feeling shit upon day after day after day, but you have to keep doing it for 1)health care 2) support a family 3) pay bills 4)economy sucks and you have no other choice 5) (the worst one) your life's experience has lead you to a dead end job 6) other and/or finally 7) all of the above?

Am I the only one? I know there has to be other job despiser's out there.

Please, please, tell me I'm not alone!!!!

My wife understands my lot and is very supportive and sympathetic to my plight. She tells me, "there is nobility in doing something you hate in order to maintain the larger dream". That keeps me going...barely.

I'm trying to get out. I really am. I'm back to school at night, putting out resumes, reconnecting with old contacts, pursuing private projects that may lead to something, but alas, it's still tough.

With the economy as such and it looking as if it's going to get worse, it actually only makes my job that much more important where I work. I know, fucking bizarre.

I guess at that point I will be very thankful for my job that I fucking hate.

However, until that point, am I alone?

[Fox Mulder]

1. No, you're not alone on this.

I hated my job so much that I quit it last month. I reached my breaking point and just walked out. It's the best thing I've ever done for myself.

I hope everything works out well for you.

[StrongBad]

2. I'm with you man

I don't think your situation is nearly as unique as you may think. Your reasons for staying with the job in this current economy are definitely valid, and we should on some level feel lucky for even being employed and able to support ourselves and family if applicable.

That being said, I long for weekends and my worst part of the week is monday morning :(

[PassingFair]

3. A GIANT SUCKING SOUND is my constant companion.

I *ucking LOATHE my job.

I am looking for something else,
but I can't do it on Monster or
anything public, or management gets
tipped off by headhunters.

I'm in Michigan, so you can imagine....

I CAN'T just leave....

[Scarlett17]

10. Why must you give voice to my secret shame?

Denial, denial, denial. It's the only way to survive.

:banghead:

[Scarlett17]

11. Hey! I thought I was your constant companion!

:wtf:

[PassingFair]

13. See what I mean about these things "getting out".

Don't tell MANAGEMENT.

:evilgrin:

[Scarlett17]

15. Management?

We have management?

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. She's cheating on you.

[Scarlett17]

16. That's fine. . .

As long as she's not calling me a "GIANT SUCKING SOUND".

[PassingFair]

18. Well, it IS the most noticeable when I'm at my desk.....

and my desk is directly across....



no, I'm sure that has NOTHING to do with it.

[Scarlett17]

20. No. . .that's directly to your right.

In the Death Seat.

:evilgrin: For now anyway.

[PassingFair]

19. Alright, so the position doesn't TOTALLY suck...

My fellow wage-slaves are very
convivial.

As are my paying customers.....

[ScreamingMeemie]

21. Oh CRAP!

I knew I forgot something... :smoke:

[PassingFair]

22. Don't worry, we'll deal with it the day before deadline.

I save my troublesome clients for last.

Scarlett and I will "stop by"...

[grace0418]

4. You are not alone.

I will admit that a few people I work with are really great. But everything else about the job sucks hard. I dread it the minute I open my eyes in the morning. And at lunchtime, I dread going back. If I don't force myself to forget it, I wind up dreading Monday morning all weekend.

I want a new job so bad but I've been looking for awhile to no avail.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

5. My job is the reason why I am sad Monday through Friday.

The only thing that keeps me there is the pay ... my job has pissed me off to the point of no return. I get nothing out of it. I used to like going to work until I got promoted into a higher grade level department. I refuse to kiss ass , I refuse to flirt my way to the top. I know the system (computer operation system that we use) really well but when its time to get a new job I am always held back because I have only worked there for 3 years and someone who has been there for 10 years and knows less than I, well they get the job. It sucks.

I am going back to school this year because if I don't, I might go postal.

[Deja Q]

6. I am pigeonholed, but don't mind it as much as I could.

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

7. I'm in that boat

I started out liking my job, but then my little law firm is having severe cash flow problems. It's a two-attorney firm; one does criminal defense/immigration and the other real estate. Thanks to the housing crisis, closings are few and far between. Most of the immigration clients are people who have entered the U.S. without inspection (aka... illegally) and there is nearly nothing we can do for them. Moreover, most of them can't afford a lawyer. Criminal defense is keeping us afloat; the attorney is also on the court appointed list and that brings in some NC taxpayer funds.

I am supposed to be paid weekly every Monday. Yet I have to beg for my paycheck. Some days I have to wait until Thursday or Friday to even get paid. Today, it was discovered that our trust and operating accounts are operating near or in the red. That meant no paycheck for me and the part-time assistant. The other paralegal is married to one of the attorneys, so I'm sure she's fine. But anyway, I am pissed and I am yet to be paid, with bills due very soon.

Yet, this area offers no job prospects right now; things are stalled pretty much everywhere in my field, unless I want to relocate back to NY/NJ, but then I'd have to pay an arm and a leg for housing and my SO would lose out on a nice career in a very specialized field.

I have been submitting resumes out of the wazoo pretty much everywhere around the country. As much experience as I have it should be no problem, right? Wrong! More experience = more $$$ and right now things are tight.

So, I am in a bind. I fucking hate my job; I don't even like my coworkers; I am tired of working for free. I was promised a certain pay when I was hired and now I'm making nearly half of that. I was ok with it for a while, but now it is no longer ok. I hardly have much to do - hence the multiple lurking glances at DU and other internets sites - I hate the clients we have and I hate the fact that I have not gotten paid. My SO is very sympathetic and is willing to move where necessary.

Yet, I'm one of the very few people in the nation with my years of experience. I also wonder if perhaps prospective employers are scared away by a foreign name on a resume. Add to that the fact that most organizations seem to hire through recruiters (which I despise) and it all looks pretty abysmal at this moment.

I physically get ill about my job; at around 8 am I start getting piercing headaches that last for an hour or two after I get home. I know it's all psychosomatic and I know it's all job related. I hate this job with the passion of a thousand burning suns.

Hopefully, the tide will soon turn.

[femmocrat]

8. I do.

I stay for the reasons you list above. I'm just sick of it and burned out. I just pray I live long enough to enjoy my retirement.

[Greyskye]

9. Where job?

There job! :evilgrin:

[RoyGBiv]

12. I hate everything ...

... so I'm biased.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

17. As I've Been Talking To People More, It's Occurred To Me How Lucky I Am That I Love My Job.

I love what I do, love the people I work with, and though what I do is mentally exhausting to the nth degree, I love going there every day. I never thought much about it before, but lately it's been occurring to me how absolutely fortunate I am to have a job like that.