who loves their job

[mrsleeve]

yeah comes with the territory. The part that pisses me off the most is they sprung it on me at about 10am when I was told yesterday, I could have 2-3 weeks or so maybe a little more till my next batch of work kicks off. NAhhhhh I knew this was going to happen though, still was a bit of a kick in the teeth, and I still have not been able to get a hold of the little woman to tell her, she was getting excited for xmas this year too :(

[ohthejosh]

I hate my job. Underpaid. Horrible hours. Rotational monthly shifts. Sometimes people are just plain annoying and idiotic. Office politics everyday. No respect and rarely and recognition for the importance of my job with peers. Im a Network Operations Command Center Operator.

Until i can finish school and build a nice resume I'm stuck. It pays the bills and that bout it.

[325_e30]

i like the perks of my job, hours arent too bad either (10:50-8:00),i love that i make my own pay, i dont like when i get people on the phone that is beyond rude.

anyways, i sell cruise vacations for Carnival Cruise Lines.

[b*saint]

It seems many people think they are underpaid. Maybe your peers are overpaid? Sorry Im partly communist.

I love my job. Im the Jesus Christ of my company. I save their ass so many times. And I think Im compensated well for it.

[gkurey]

I love my job...in the Navy and in pilot training. It doesn't get any better...

[b*saint]

Unless you crash.

[mrsleeve]

saint You wont hear me ever say I am under paid they take good care of me. Its going to cost them to keep me out over the holidays again though ;)

[b*saint]

Haha I wasn't thinking of you.

[StereoInstaller1]

I work for myself.

My boss is a dick.

I love the work though, I just wish I could do more without being in such pain. There are days when my eyes water just from working, doing stuff I love to do. I really wish I could go back to being a full-time installer.

If this is Fibromyalgia, this shit sucks.

[SUICIDE109]

I sometimes do, indirect infantryman U.S. Army

[BillBrasky]

I never really had any choice in what I was going to do and I've never had another job, but I would say that I enjoy it very much as a tool and die maker/machinist. It's very mentally and physically stressful and I can't remember the last time I've worked less than 60 hours in a week, but I get to work with my brother and my dad everyday. If I had to work at a desk in an office, I would stick a gun in my mouth. I need to physically make something everyday to validate my work. I also can't stand dealing with people, so it works just fine for myself.

[GaryE30]

I enjoy my job. I work at a Navy base dedicated to everything EOD (explosive ordnance disposal). If it has to do with bomb disposal, it comes through us. I'm a Mechanical Engineer and my particular job focuses on RDT&E of tools and equipment for EOD robots.

[DatUtahGuy]

Replacing windshields and automotive glass, meh, it's okay, I don't mind it, and I'm really good at it.

My other gig, LOVE IT. Acting/directing. I get to meet all kinds of people and pretty much goof off all the time, it never feels like work because I have so much fun with it. Also, it gives me the chance to travel and meet new places, and learn all sorts of new things depending on the film.

[Jand3rson]

I'm the cable guy. Contractor for the local broadband cable company, I install cable, internet and phone. I work 6 days a week, sometimes for 3 hours a day, sometimes for 12. But in those 3 hours, I can make as much as some people make in 8. I bill per-install, the more components and misc. services I install/perform, the more I make.

Do I LOVE my job? No, but I like it a lot. Any why? Because I'm DAMN good at it.

I've been doing some form of a low-voltage wiring/technology-based trade for the better part of 10 years. I started out in IT at the local college, went into residential home theater and automated smart-homes for about 2 years, then into commercial low-voltage/telecom for about another 2 years, pulling cable and building network/telecom backbones until the bottom fell out and I was laid off. Got picked up by a local contractor for the cable company in July of '08, and been kicking ass ever since.

I swear, when I walk into a house, even drive up to it, I almost see the whole house in Matrix-code. I know where the exterior box probably is, where the cable comes in from the street, where the splitters in the attic probably are, where the smart panel probably is, everything. It's become like second-nature, and I think one of the biggest keys to liking your job is to become as good at it as you possibly can.