What do you like least and what most about your job?

[MissHoneychurch]

Me? I hate printing and sorting in catalog cards.

But I love cataloging them books in our system.
Also, I love finding information for customers and that way learning something new.

[tigereye]

1. most: talking to new and interesting people about their lives

worst: bureaucratic crap and paperwork.

[DFW]

30. That sounds VERY familiar!! n/t

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

2. I like working with teams of people across the globe

I hate that not everyone in the world is on U.S. Eastern Daylight Time. :)

Kidding.

The real hate is that I got laid off.

Bummer.

:hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

19. I hope you'll find a new job ASAP

:hug:

[TZ]

3. Least: the pressure to make deadlines

which can lead to all sorts of mistakes and issues and stress people out.
THe best? Being on the cutting edge of technology and learning about new biology and potential disease treatments. FASCINATING!

[av8rdave]

4. Like most jobs,

I love the primary job itself. I never get tired of flying. Any aspect ot it can always be done better, which is what you always strive for.

Dealing with crabby customers, the FAA, the TSA and most management types I could live without.

[tigereye]

24. I have a lot of empathy for folks who fly and work on flights

a lot of customers are so rude and think that everything is about them. I am always surprised at how people start to get their luggage out before the plane has even arrived at the gate - it's not like we all aren't going to have to wait for a while. I just sit there and wait... I figure I won't get out any faster!

thanks for doing what you do!

[Brickbat]

5. I'm a work-at-home writer and editor. So the things I like most are the flexibility and the ability

to choose only the jobs I want to do. I dislike hustling for work; that does not come naturally to me. So I love it when I can find a repeat client, or get a referral.

[hamsterjill]

6. Republicans

What I like least is the fact that I work in an office where I am overwhelmingly outnumbered by Republicans.

What I like best is messin' with those Republicans! Facts and figures just blow their minds.

[ohiosmith]

7. That I'm retired. That I'm retired.

:shrug:

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

11. ha. Me too. Except that I have no job

and I hate that and I love that.

[doc03]

40. I am retired too, it is by far the best job I ever had. I don't have to

go to work at 5am, 1pm, 9pm, don't have to take orders from the boss's suck ass crew chief, don't have work or go to work in the freezing cold or blazing heat. Most people I worked with were OK but I no longer am forced to deal with the few assholes we had. I ran into one the other day and he wants to talk like we were old friends I just said I gotta go walked away.

[nolabear]

8. Two Jobs:

Job 1: Like the people and helping them come into their own. Despise the paperwork and insurance company issues.

Job 2: Love the writing. Hate the promoting, and I suck at it.

[grace0418]

9. Love working at home, making my own hours, hardly ever having to attend meetings,

working in my pajamas if I want, making money for every hour I work.

What do I like least? No paid vacation or maternity leave. Other than that I have no complaints.

[Old Troop]

10. Most -- we've removed the normal filters that people employ when talking at work

for instance: He - who can lend me ten bucks till tomorrow? Me: I only have five bucks, but you can have it. He: OK I'll take it ya cheap bastard.

[hippywife]

12. What I like the most

is that I can set my own hours. What I like the least is dealing with staffing issues.

[Curmudgeoness]

13. I hate that my boss is an idiot. And I love

that this idiot signs my paycheck so I can pay my bills.

[Terra Alta]

14. most: I enjoy most of the people I work with, and most of my customers

worst: I hate that I work for a company that doesn't care about its employees, only the bottom line.

[Redstone]

15. 1) Like: I still enjoy the work I do, even after almost 20 years. However:

2) Since I'm self-employed, I don't get paid unless I produce the work. This has been a problem, given my health problems in the last two years ago.

However: It still beats the bejabbers out of having a "job;" when I am able to work, I get lawyer numbers per working hour, so I don't necessarily HAVE to work full-time.

Everything has a balance, yes? At least that's how those of us who are optimists see it.

Redstone

[femmocrat]

16. My pros and cons: (Teaching)

I dislike that I never have a minute of down time. I don't work well when it's rush-rush-rush all the time. I also really dislike dealing with parents. Fortunately, that is a rarity.

I love (most of) the kids. They are sweet and try hard to do their best. I love working with my colleagues. I never met a finer, more dedicated, or more generous group of people. They are the best.

And I really, really love summer vacation! :hi:

[mitchum]

36. I really like working with the parents, but working with the administrators is another story

[jmm]

17. Least: company politics, Most: when I get to do my job

Awhile ago I requested a piece of work equipment. I made a case for why I needed it and how it would increase my productivity. The people I spoke to agreed that it would be more than worth the cost to purchase it for me however I am the only person in the dept they could justify buying it for. They didn't want to deal with any possible jealousy issues so I'm still making periodic requests for it.

I keep saying I need to walk up to the right people and say, "You know that great idea you had? I was wondering what the status of it was because that wonderful idea of yours is exactly what this company needs!" Sometimes I think that's what it would take to get the support and resources to do my job.

[MiddleFingerMom]

18. good and bad:

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These things are good: ice cream and cake, a ride on a harley, seeing monkeys
in the trees, the rain on my tongue, and the sun shining on my face.
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These things are a drag: dust in my hair, holes in my shoes, no money in my
pocket, and the sun shining on my face.
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[Sky Masterson]

20. I hate having to do all of the work

I like being my own boss :)
(I'd like it better if I could pay myself this week) :D
Happy Thursday MissH!

[UndertheOcean]

21. What I like most : Cutting edge research , What I hate : Accidentally getting zapped by High Voltage

:)

[velvet]

22. I hate how hard I have to rush to get everything done

I am so over rushing.

I love the people I do the rushing around for.

One of them died yesterday, quite suddenly. 90-sumthin', gravelly old smoker's voice. "Luv! Kinya save me some bread for me ducks?" "'Ere, where's my biscuits? What's wrong with you, gotta bee in yer bonnet?" She'd give me a fair whack on the arm when she was vexed, but she never failed to help me clear the tables every night after tea. Cranky old bugger, dear old darlin' ... sweet dreams.

I overheard two of the ladies tonight. Someone had given each of them a pretty paper flower. One was explaining to the other: "Well what you do with it, you get a little vase and you put in a bit of water and you just pop it in there gently ..."

[chemenger]

23. I love the paycheck ... hate having to work for it

n/t

[raccoon]

25. Most--I like helping people learn stuff.

Least--not having any benefits.

[DFW]

26. Well, I have this weird job

And I can't go into details, but:

Like least--Loooooooong hours, getting stuck in rain and snow, often at night, sometimes in oddball countries
like Romania, often having to get up at 4:30 to get to work, getting home after midnight (if at all), permanent
jet lag, carrying my own crap around, no matter how heavy, because security personnel is too expensive for 24/7
cover, and the constant danger of having the bad guys shadow me better than we shadow them.

Like best--I'm now station chief for Europe for my gig, take as much vacation as I can fit in (and give
EVERYONE who works under me the same privilege), make a decent six figure salary, travel a lot (sometimes
to nice places), hang with cool people, and although those few higher-ups that are still higher up still
look over my shoulder more than I'd like, and demand reports more often than I want to give them, it's
STILL NOT A DESK JOB!

[Haole Girl]

27. hmm...

Least? Stress.

Most? Travel.

[elocs]

28. Well, after tomorrow morning I won't have a job.

Getting up at 2 a.m. to deliver newspapers was not fun though.

[DFW]

29. Wow, talk about bad and worse!! n/t

[jmowreader]

31. Mine

Most: It's the kind of work I like to do best, and I get to read today's Pearls Before Swine before anyone else in town.

Least: Equipment breakdowns, like the press drives and one of my Computer-to-Plate units.

[rainbow4321]

32. Best part is the patients I care for

Worst part are co workers who have cronyism with management down to an art and use that to not pull their weight in the workload. Try to get management to fix the problem and you're the one labeled as the problem and being told "if you are not happy here then maybe you need to look elsewhere".

[Lindsey]

33. I work at a career college and I HATE the paperwork but I LOVE

helping my students (I'm a counselor).

[Nikia]

34. I like solving problems where my solution ends up being implemented and working

What I probably dislike most is conflict, which is actually a significant part of my job.

[bigwillq]

35. Best: Relaxed dress code

relaxed office environment, somewhat flexible hours.
Worst: I work more than what I am paid for.

[mitchum]

37. The students. The students.

[Initech]

38. I seriously hate that I can't listen to music while working on long projects.

And what's worse is that my boss has this bizarre anti-MP3 player crusade for the last year and a half and I can't figure out why.

[Rhythm]

39. Least? The lacking work ethic of the day-shift folks in my department

They have a habit of leaving a lot of their share of the workload for us night-shifters.
It gets old after a while.

What i like best? Playing with my food...







There's a ton of other things i love, but i won't ramble on.
I work in the kitchen of a little pub in a college town. The nightlife is, at minimum, 'entertaining'.

[MilesColtrane]

41. When it is good, it is an ecstatic trance.

(That just doesn't happen very often.)

When it is bad, it is soul killing drudgery.

It all depends on who I'm playing with.

I used to believe that the selection of music, or that the audience i played for were factors in the potential to achieve that special place. But, it is not so.

[travelingtypist]

42. Love the most, working at home.

Love the least, no benefits, if I don't work, I don't get money.

[From The Ashes]

43. Most:

I absolute love helping people. And my company's benefits are great too.

Least: That to the company that I work for, said customers are nothing more than a means to generate revenue. I am required to sell them something, which I loathe.

[Blue_Tires]

44. the answer for both is the same:

the students...