Do you enjoy your job?

1) sometimes I do sometimes I don't. Office politics and general none actual work related things are a pain. Especially when they tell you its all in the interests of improving things (it never does)

2) analysis work in engineering
 
This question is one I can never really give a blanket yes/no answer to.

I would say on average I enjoy ~15% of what I do, dislike ~20%, and am ambivalent towards the remaining ~65%. The general permanent busy state does grind you down after a while because you never leave the office feeling on top of things, there is always a massive backlog of stuff that needs doing.
My role I guess you could describe as IT Management but it is quite varied so whilst some stuff like helping team members to develop, acting as an SME on large programmes etc is really enjoyable, other stuff like vendor negotiations, staff disputes etc can just get stressful and annoying.
If I could tailor my role by removing the facets I dislike the most then I think that would have a big weighting on my overall feeling, as it would both eliminate unpleasant activity and free up more time for doing the things I enjoy (or at least work on reducing the backlog).

I don't think I've ever had a job I could say I enjoyed the majority of, but my expectations from a job are basically a way to earn money preferably with as least unpleasantness as possible; I think it extremely unlikely that I could find a genuinely enjoyable job that pays well. I would settle for 10% enjoyable, 5% unpleasant, 85% meh as a good job.
 
Most of the time but nearly 30 years of shiftwork has taken its toll, which is why I'm taking advantage of the occupational pension and retiring at the end of October!
 
Yes and no - depends where/who I'm working for. I'm in my third week into a new contract and it's going pretty well, good team I'm working with too.
The last one in Sweden started well but slowed down and I wasn't doing much in the last month, so it was a bit boring!
 
I guess I do, I'm still here. Work with some good people and my line manager is relaxed. There is no pressure involved (not compared to other roles I've had anyway). Flexible hours and plenty of time off.

The only thing I would change is the commute which can take an hour each way (car or train).

Civil servant (MCA).
 
Right now, no.

lots of **** going on but ultimately our team is being run be a senior team member who isn't the team leader because the actual team leader is too scared to deal with him.

His 1-2-1 was 74 minutes long, in comparison, mine was 13 minutes. In that 13 minutes, we covered everything. His is just him complaining. After the latest one, we're moving desks and he's the only one not moving.

I'm looking for a new job because I can't be doing with it anymore. All he does is big himself up and gets everything he wants, he's doing the same job as me but is on about 16-20k more than me. How do I know, because he said he comes in a few K under the next tax bracket.
 
Do I enjoy my job? Not one bit. I think it is partly due to the fact I've been there six years and not had the opportunity to advance and get looked over when it comes to "special projects". I've brought it up every year at my PMR (Performance Monitoring Review) and every year, nothing changes.
Currently work as a Technical Support Analyst for a software company specialising in customer engagement management.
 
Blackvault said:
Do I enjoy my job? Not one bit. I think it is partly due to the fact I've been there six years and not had the opportunity to advance and get looked over when it comes to "special projects". I've brought it up every year at my PMR (Performance Monitoring Review) and every year, nothing changes.
Currently work as a Technical Support Analyst for a software company specialising in customer engagement management.
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Time to move on, that's what I am doing.
 
If you're being overlooked for projects and you actually have the required skills/knowledge then it's a good sign they think you aren't a good fit. Half the battle seems to be whether you can get involved with the politics/chit chat and the meetings that go on for far longer than they should.

Definitely time to move.
 
Just started a new role this month, so far I am enjoying it. I am doing graphic design for the company.

On top of that I have my wedding photography business which I love.
 
1) Yes I love my job. I would like more pay and more responsibility but ultimately I very much enjoy what I do.

2) I am a CRM project implementation specialist, though we have a far more bizarre internal term for it.
 
Ayahuasca said:
If you're being overlooked for projects and you actually have the required skills/knowledge then it's a good sign they think you aren't a good fit. Half the battle seems to be whether you can get involved with the politics/chit chat and the meetings that go on for far longer than they should.

Definitely time to move.
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That's a very good point Ayahuasca. I probably haven't had some of the skills/knowledge for those special, highly visible cases, but then how am I ever to get those when nothing gets thrown my way. Half of that problem is that the guy that gets them is that very chummy with the manager, ex smokers, so more likely to chat while outside smoking. The only way I'm chummy with the manager is the butt of the jokes/ **** taken out of me. Anyway I'll not derail this further.
 
1. Hugely frustrating at times, but ultimately rewarding too - best job i have ever done. However, after 10 years of this work, i have just turned down a promotion to move into a completely different field.

2. ?
 
I enjoy my job most of the time. Can be stressful at times but compared to all the high powered jobs mentioned above, the stress is minor! I run an exterior cleaning company so I pretty much make my own hours. The difference that having control over your own time compared to a regular 9-5 is massive.

On the flip side, it’s not a particularly intellectually challenging job but I’d rather be working outside than in an office.
 
Yes, I generally really enjoy my job.

I work for what's turning out to be a very successful SME in engineering/physics. My official title is design team leader, and I head up a team of 7 mechanical design engineers of varying experience. The company is run by engineers, so we're not bound by bean counters trying to cut costs. This means we have a lot of extremely clever, inquisitive people interested in lots of different stuff and the ability and desire to spaff lots of money on lots of cool technology that we use to be more competitive (and to do cool stuff with). As such, it's a very interesting place to work. That said, the job is not always easy on the grey matter and there's a constant drive to learn more. It can get stressful, but with my team all in the same office, we get to smash our heads together over any problems. It's a pretty relaxed environment in general and this seems to keep people at ease and ready and willing to get involved and assist one another.

I spend a lot of time punting ideas at people with technical problems, and also have the opportunity to get into the nitty gritty of design myself when I have the time. It's very difficult to be bored!
 
I hate my job on a daily basis, and sometimes dread the thought of going in to work. In part that's due to terrible employers, although I've hated the work for so long now I know it's not just down to them. It's trying to get out into something new that's the problem as the work is quite niche in terms of skill development and being transferable or desireable. I work in an Opticians.
 
1) Yep, love it. Always interesting.

2) Game dev, gameplay programmer, mostly doing AI work.

Did a decade of stressful, boring dev work in other industries, mostly finance. Should have got into games sooner. Much nicer people, vastly more interesting, always challenging.
 
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