Poll: Mid-life crisis series - do you enjoy your job?

Do you like your job?

  • Yes - absolutely love it

    Votes: 22 10.5%

  • Yes - mostly enjoy it but there are some downsides

    Votes: 89 42.4%

  • No - some enjoyment but there are more annoyances

    Votes: 72 34.3%

  • No - can't stand it

    Votes: 17 8.1%

  • Bovril

    Votes: 10 4.8%
  • Total voters
    210

Stu999

Stu999

Stu999

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I know there will be some objections to this thread as it has been asked before but not for a number of years, so I'm going to ask again.

Also I know 'j....o....b' is not spelt 'f....u....n' and it can't be a barrel of laughs the entire time. Anyway, on to the point.

So, do you enjoy your job, as in you're blissfully happy with it or do you barely tolerate it or somewhere in between?

I'm a bit (a lot) frustrated with mine at the moment, which would probably seem somewhat ungrateful as I'm 'comfortable' and on an above average salary, especially for my region of the UK, although I don't own my own house. Not to dox myself but some would consider it a bit of a 'non-job'. It's a job that should be useful and serve a purpose for an organisation but it is mostly treated as a 'tick box' exercise or something to be endured. When that sort of attitude prevails (from the top of the organisation downwards) then it makes it a bit pointless and therefore doesn't give me much job satisfaction.

I've also been in the same industry for almost 20 years (actual anniversary in a couple of months) and I still have the same job title as when I started. Teams in this role tend to be fairly small (5ish people in my last few roles) and it has a 'flat' organisational structure so not much opportunity for progression. I have been given opportunities to apply for progression but it has never seemed the right time for one reason or another (mostly to do with wanting to move on anyway at that time).

Anyway, I suppose the question is should I just continue to tolerate what I no longer enjoy (and probably honestly don't perform as well as I once did) in order to continue a comfortable lifestyle or do I jack it all in and find another path that I actually like? How do you feel about your work too? Any anecdotes would help to put things in perspective and if you've changed careers that would also be interesting to hear about.
 
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You’ve given a very good account for why you should look for something different. It sounds awful to be honest and I was stuck in something that sounds similar for a few years.

I wouldn’t say I enjoy my current role but I’ve been having some health issues that are making things difficult so it’s hard to tell some days if it’s the job or not.

There are plenty of other things I’d rather be doing with my time put it that way.
 
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My job is OK.
Its more it suits my lifestyle currently with WFH.
I like my team.
Its the right level of challenge.

But IT isn't a natural fit for me.

If it didn't pay well, I'd retrain. But it pays to well to retrain. If that makes sense.
But retraining would be huge amounts of time and cost.. For maybe to be in same situation.
 
Ayahuasca said:
You’ve given a very good account for why you should look for something different. It sounds awful to be honest and I was stuck in something that sounds similar for a few years.
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Thanks, I realised it was turning into a bit of a vent halfway through composing it but just went with it. There's other stuff I could have included too. I do feel the need to move on but need to identify the 'to what' which is tricky.
 
I really dislike my job these days. Worst thing is not knowing what to do about it. Not sure whether I just need a change of scenery doing something similar elsewhere, whether I need a complete career change or whether I’m just old and jaded and won’t be happy whatever I’m doing.

Until I can work out what I actually want I’ll just end up staying where I am getting ever more miserable about it.
 
I don't think I'll ever totally enjoy a job. There will always be things I enjoy and things I don't. As long as the good outweighs the bad then that is fine.
 
I actually like mine, but annoying the site is closing (and being sold off probably to be turned in to one of those awful, generic new housing estates with a million houses crammed on it) around 2030, so I'm being forced to move on.

They are planning to move miles away and people are already jumping ship. Which is worrying upper management because the place is going to collapse before business moves. Morons.
 
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Wing-Man said:
why not wait for redundancy
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There is no point, public sector jobs and redundancy has been reduced to basically nothing. So now once people get wind of closures they are off and it's practically impossible to replace them. Many are skilled/experienced people who will just never be replaced now as pay hasn't kept up, so public sector services get ever worse.

More genius moves by politicians.
 
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