Do you like your job?

[AznAnarchy99]

I work in IT too...whats so bad about it?

I mean yeah I "actually" work like 20% of the time but it's not something I want to career in. I gotta get out before I'm stuck. I'd rather work 100% of the time on something I enjoy.

 

[Chapbass]

It really depends on if you are client facing and also how strong leadership and your infrastructure is.

Client facing blows. And it blows even more if you have poor leadership and an even weaker infrastructure.

Depends on the type of client facing. I'm lucky because the two types of client facing that I do is doing IT for other IT professionals, and doing pre-sales engineering for business professionals.

Sure, helpdesk IT for a lot of companies sucks, but in general most people don't stick around that for too long.

 

[Insomniator]

Depends on the type of client facing. I'm lucky because the two types of client facing that I do is doing IT for other IT professionals, and doing pre-sales engineering for business professionals.

Sure, helpdesk IT for a lot of companies sucks, but in general most people don't stick around that for too long.

Yeah, even when I was in Helpdesk it wasn't that bad. If you aren't a weird IT gremlin and you can actually fix things, people will be nice to you. Easy, fun job out of college.

However not dealing with users anymore is definitely a good thing :thumbsup:

I now get paid to sit at home and monitor servers, various infrastructure maintenance duties, handle some application performance tickets -- whats not to like?!

 

[xaeniac]

anyone saying that they rather go to work than stay home to fulfill their own personal hobbies need to get their head checked or get some personal hobbies.

 

[JSt0rm]

anyone saying that they rather go to work than stay home to fulfill their own personal hobbies need to get their head checked or get some personal hobbies.

My personal hobby became my job. How about that?

 

[Jeff7]

Although sometimes it is not easy to solve problems. And i feel particularly bad (up to the point of hardly getting any sleep) when i made a design error or an error in a library component, i do like my job.

Hate doing that, especially when it's a screw-up that causes problems in the shop, basically rendering many hours of someone else's work useless and costing the company money. (We've got a decent profit sharing program too. Some of the losses do indeed trickle down.)

It never gets boring. And when i am able to understand after measuring and deducing, and to solve the problem it really is a huge braingasm and relief. :awe:
Like wanting the champagne and the women.

I like working on the same location. Locating around i hate.

What kind of stuff do you do? "library" and "component" make me think some kind of electronic design?

I'm in a mix of electrical and mechanical design myself.
I know I've done a good job of designing and drawing something when I send drawings to the shop and the product can be built without hearing a peep from them.
Some older designs that I inherited and had to fight with would result in at least one visit a week from someone in the shop. Something didn't fit, something was difficult to assemble, and so on.

edit :
And it is really nice to be able to discuss with colleagues a problem and solve it.
Not being alone in solving a problem can really help sometimes.
Although, when i am working my way in a methodological manner to a solution... I prefer to work alone.

"You're god damn right."
The brain-train doesn't work well when it's interrupted every 5-10 minutes.
It's nothing short of astonishing how much I can get done when I'm left alone versus having to attempt to remember what I was doing several times an hour, which gets worse when one interrupting task rear-ends another interruption that's been lodged into the queue.

Programming: Discussing it can also be helpful. One of the programmers here will explain his latest projects to me sometimes, and he'll go on for quite a long time, and I sometimes can't follow. But it's very helpful for him: As he's organizing his thoughts to explain it to me, he also figures out problems in the process. And sometimes my occasionally-clueless questions lead to new ideas. I figure that the use of my time in listening results in a net benefit to the company of having better code.

As I'm writing a bit of code myself, sometimes I'll break from it to re-read my own theory of operation writeup to make sure that 1) it's still applicable, and 2) that I didn't forget something or mix up some requirements.

When i run out of ideas, i like to talk to people for fresh input and search the local information library or the internet.

Yeah, I do also have to live with the fact that other people can indeed be useful sometimes.

I have a habit of trying to find elegant and sophisticated solutions to problems...partly so that they aren't as boring. (I do not like to have an idle mind at work. I did that back when I worked at Walmart and at a warehouse. No thank you, not again. Not for me.)
Some people solve problems with a hammer, and if that fails, they use a screwdriver and a much bigger hammer.
Sometimes that approach can be surprisingly effective; I can take that feedback and input and apply it back to the design.

"A cannon is useful and all that, but they're expensive and take specialized ammunition and chemical mixtures. Have you considered tying pointy rocks to sticks and throwing them? I think that'll still get the job done."





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[TallBill]

Currently it is pretty terrible, ebbs and flows though.

US Army.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

You use the word job. Many have a career. A career is a long journey with "jobs" being stops along the way. Sometimes those stops are the equivalent of beat up and abused truck stop restroom that looks like a crime scene happened at. Other times they are scenic bypasses that you stop at and admire the awesomness of things. Not all of them are going to be good. Not all are going to be bad. But you keep your head down and moving forward.

I don't believe in the notion of a career with very few exceptions. For me, the only reason I work is because I need to support myself. It is nothing more than a job to me, one that I can easily replace with something else.

OP, no, I don't like my job. I just switched positions in February and I'm already considering my next move. My last job was a dream job however.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I work in IT too...whats so bad about it?

How long have you worked in IT and with how many companies?

 

[Chapbass]

I don't believe in the notion of a career with very few exceptions. For me, the only reason I work is because I need to support myself. It is nothing more an a job to me, one that I can easily replace with something else.

OP, no, I don't like my job. I just switched positions in February and I'm already considering my next move. My last job was a dream job however.

I was gonna say, I thought you loved your job? What happened?

 

[HeXen]

Yes, i love my job despite most people either can't handle it or just hate it in general. I like being outside and having some freedom's that come with utility construction. I just jump in a company truck, grab the stuff I need and am on my own all day...well me and whomever I am working with.
Plus I have a terrific farmer's tan going on

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I was gonna say, I thought you loved your job? What happened?

I LOVED my last job. I was a contract consultant and worked from home, had awesome coworkers, and got to do cool things. My clients were cool as well.

However, our sales team couldn't sell water to a burning man and that lack of new business, coupled with an acquisition, caused me to jump ship. Still make good money and the people are nice, but I don't thrive in overly bureaucratic environments and this place is a mess, with the CIO intent on making us a bunch of paper pushers. The worst part is that I turned down a job at Salesforce last year because I was concerned it wasn't a good fit. Well, I wish I would've given it a shot now.

I do make bank on side consulting jobs and if I could get enough clients, I'd quit my main job in a heartbeat.

 

[rga]

I voted no. I should like my job considering most jobs like it aren't organized or have moved to countries where organized labour doesn't exist.

But I don't like it one bit.

 

[SP33Demon]

Job is amazing.

 

[zinfamous]

I LOVED my last job. I was a contract consultant and worked from home, had awesome coworkers, and got to do cool things. My clients were cool as well.

so like, your cats?

:hmm:

 

[zinfamous]

My personal hobby became my job. How about that?

livin'

 

[Red Squirrel]

I just got a new boss. Before, I would have said that my job was ok most of the time. Now? I've never been under stress like this. You can never do ANYTHING right with him. Daily 'counseling' sessions even for the most minor of mistakes that are easily corrected. And I mean minor - like mistyping a number or a word. Last minute mandatory overtime, working through weekends... and as salaried exempt you have nothing you can say about it when they tell you on Friday that you're working both days on the weekend, and have to be in early Monday to cover a colleague on vacation. Of course before this boss we never needed to cover each other - believe me when I say that the business does not need us there all the time to function. Total nightmare, but you can't walk away from 6 figures, a 401k, and a full pension. You can only hope that you outlast him and that the new guy will be more reasonably.

I had a boss like that who was a micromanager, I just don't understand people like that, they're really in their own little world of insanity. They think so highly of themselves and like to put down everyone else, and when you do something good they'll find every way to take credit for it. It's best to try to find a way out, people like that will completely ruin you mentally. Though it can be tough to decide especially when a lot of money is involved. It's really hard to find decent paying jobs now days. That's why these people know they can get away with that abuse.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Total nightmare, but you can't walk away from 6 figures, a 401k, and a full pension. You can only hope that you outlast him and that the new guy will be more reasonably.

Of course you can, it just takes a bit of courage, self respect and, the realization that waiting to start your life til you retire is a losing proposition.

 

[Pulsar]

Of course you can, it just takes a bit of courage, self respect and, the realization that waiting to start your life til you retire is a losing proposition.

Sometimes you can, sometimes you can't. When you've got 3 kids that you don't want to uproot and are stuck in a shitty job market location like Michigan, there really aren't a ton of choices. Taking a pay cut when you're trying to save for both retirement and your kid's college funds really isn't in the cards.

 

[child of wonder]

I fucking LOVE my job. Awesome company, awesome people, awesome benefits, awesome pay, awesome products. Pre-sales engineer for a storage vendor.

 

[Platypus]

some really sad sentiments in here... I hope those who are unhappy find what you're looking for eventually.

 

[lxskllr]

so like, your cats?

:hmm:

Man, I'd love to work with my cats. I have the worst of two worlds; I work by myself, but I'm still tied to someone in the office(have to drive them to/from work), so it eliminates my freedom.

 

[shortylickens]

I LOVED my last job. I was a contract consultant and worked from home, had awesome coworkers, and got to do cool things. My clients were cool as well.

However, our sales team couldn't sell water to a burning man and that lack of new business, coupled with an acquisition, caused me to jump ship. Still make good money and the people are nice, but I don't thrive in overly bureaucratic environments and this place is a mess, with the CIO intent on making us a bunch of paper pushers. The worst part is that I turned down a job at Salesforce last year because I was concerned it wasn't a good fit. Well, I wish I would've given it a shot now.

I do make bank on side consulting jobs and if I could get enough clients, I'd quit my main job in a heartbeat.

And I love YOU buddy.






Nah, just kidding.

I loved my last job too.
Work was perfect for me. Good people. Nice environment. They had a great cafeteria. Easy drive to work. Tons of parking. Boss was a good listener. Pretty much an ideal situation.

 

[MidasKnight]

I do but still said no in the poll. Why ? because last year I ruptured a disk in my back that ended up with surgery.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

so like, your cats?

:hmm:

Grrr, I HATE cats! My little schnauzer was my favorite coworker.

Seriously though, when you're a remote worker now, you have all sorts of tools to keep in touch coworkers. Also, one of my coworkers was someone I worked with at my previous job in the sports industry so we knew each other and could meet for lunch, etc. We were both here while our HQ was in Raleigh-Durham.