How does your job make you feel?

13 Comments

1. AnonymousJune 27,2023 at 5:35PM UTC

   I have loved my last 3 jobs.
   Loved them.

   My current job is a nightmare. I hate it. It looked great on paper and was a fit in the interviews. It is nothing like the job I committed to.

   I fight daily not to beat myself up for moving to this job thinking I was truly making a career move.

2. AnonymousJune 27,2023 at 9:01PM UTC

   Job is not what I signed up for per the interview. But the organization is great and I hate interviews

3. Marquisha ThomasJune 28,2023 at 1:16AM UTC

   I have been in my job (2 different positions) for 6 1/2 years, and I absolutely love it! It ticks all the boxes when it comes to my creative side and academic side….that being said, it is possible. It may take a little while to find exactly what you are looking for, and there were moments for myself before promotion that I wondered, but really always felt like it would be worth it in the long run. So keep trying, keep discovering yourself and figuring out what you are meant to do, and don’t give up if you find yourself in a position for awhile that doesn’t seem like a good fit. Try and try again!

4. Joan Williams, Senior Talent Acquisition SpecialistJune 28,2023 at 3:36AM UTC

   There are tough spots, a lot of rejection, but I love my job - it makes me feel good.

5. AnonymousJune 28,2023 at 1:02PM UTC

   I hated every day at the job I just left. It was the antithesis of what was presented to me when I interviewed. I stuck it out for a year, hoping for change, but it never happened. Some jobs are a terrible fit for some people.

6. MislynJune 29,2023 at 7:35PM UTC

   Having a job you hate is miserable. Start looking and something will come up.

7. AnonymousJuly 2,2023 at 1:00PM UTC

   It's tough. I've been at my job for 5 years and love the organization and mission. I enjoy much of the work, but have an awful micromanaging supervisor. There are so many factors to job satisfaction. And there's no perfect workplace. I am searching for a new job because if I am going to be miserable, I definitely need to be making more money. Good luck.

8. AnonymousJuly 3,2023 at 1:27PM UTC

   I wish more people would be all the way honest. I do not believe there is a job where I can be ‘happy.’ I have never been ‘happy’ at work. There have been jobs where I found myself content doing my tasks, or the tasks were meaningful to me because of their impact. But my hobbies make me happy, my family makes me happy, pursuit of knowledge, and personal growth make me happy. The best case scenario is a job that doesn’t actively sabotage the causes of my happiness or my compensation makes it meanwhile. The fields I’ve worked in thus far neither pay nor treat people well. Eventually I just get tired of expecting to fuel myself on warm fuzzies and making too little to save but not enough to pursue the things that give me joy. I have been happier since releasing the expectation of anything beyond neutrality at a job.

9. AnonymousJuly 3,2023 at 2:47PM UTC

   I’ve hated every job I’ve ever had through my 17 year career. However, I’m highly educated and very experienced in this field, so I’m somewhat pigeonholed. I would LOVE to resign and do something that actually makes me happy, but I have a mortgage, family members that depend on me, aging parents and other financial responsibilities. I’m appreciative of the job because it helps me take care of everything. i spend my free time with loved ones and doing things I love. That makes up for everything else.

10. AnonymousJuly 3,2023 at 4:06PM UTC

    What we want or feel is irrelevant. Depending upon your own career and the trajectory of it decide which path will put you into a role that gives you job satisfaction. If you map that out then the answer for what to do next will become clear. The market is not great but staying in a job where you are hating it is soul crushing and not the right solution beyond a short time period. When you interview elsewhere us the line misalignment with my career goals. Then if asked about those goals have a solid response as to what you want next, and perhaps what you don't want too. Additionally, if you are calling it a job then perhaps you have not truly plotted your career and it's only about the paycheck? If that is the case you have to approach it as to what will I not completely hate doing all day long.

11. AnonymousJuly 3,2023 at 7:07PM UTC

    I love it and I hate it. There are times when I am so excited for a project I am working on and sometimes I dread walking into the building.

    What made you think you would love it? If that aspect is still there search for it and nurture that.

12. Erika RobersJuly 4,2023 at 3:31PM UTC

    I'm never in favor of staying in a job that is miserable. What's important is to ask what about the job is making you unhappy. Is it your co-workers, your boss, the atmosphere , the type of work? Once you pinpoint that, you can figure out if there are opportunities to improve that at your work. If not, do some sleuthing to figure out if there are workplaces that have what you are looking for and go after those positions. Pinpointing my central values- creativity, autonomy, meaningful work, and fair pay- allowed me to bypass jobs that would have continued to make me miserable and focus on finding work that would bring me joy. What are your central values?

13. AnonymousJuly 4,2023 at 3:55PM UTC

    Good day,

    Often were told/taught that if you find a job that you love; you’ll never work a day in your life. The truth is many of us don’t get the chance to find that winning position. In my 30 years plus, of working, I’ve had some jobs that I hated. Mgr. Dir. Vice Prez., all had an agenda that didn’t include me. Pay raises, opportunities to advance, highlighting your idea and that it improved a task or duty was ignored. In the long run only if YOU get the certification, degree, etc. will you get the better position/better pay. 10, 15, 25 or more years at the same place means very, very little. I hate work and most of the positions I’ve held. When you’re body and mind has enough give your 2 weeks and go. It’s the best thing.