Are u happy at work?

Question

If yes, than its cool. ut if not, than whats the point of spending so much time working?? is it really just for money??? why are we running for smth that takes all our time and health and in exchange we get tired, stressed, always in a hurry and always afraid to lose what we have????

Answer 1

I love my job. I work in a group home with 3 mrdd men. They are like little children. I have had much higher paying jobs, but this is the most rewarding job I have ever had.I make a difference in someones life. It has also made me never use the term"are you retarded" caus you never know who has someone in their family that is mrdd. Please think about that next time u hear that remark,because they didn't ask to be born with disability's,and it also upsets me when people treat them like second class citizens.They are why I love my job!

Answer 2

I enjoy working, usually. I am a Network Engineer which means I take care of a large number of servers and workstations. This is generally an enjoyable job. But when things go wrong I wrote pretty much non-stop - sometimes for multiple days. This isn't much fun at all. I still try to avoid working more than I have to. I think there is more to life than work.

Answer 3

Work itself is a good thing. Now, JOBS on the other hand are designed to keep people stuck in mediocre. I am an artist/ translator/independent business owner who works really hard at everything I do. I'm happiest when helping others. It sounds like you are where I was at 21. Read The Magic of Thinking Big. It changed my life. Are you searching for meaning and purpous? Find out what your talents are, and use them. Religion helps me too. Try reading the Bible.

Answer 4

Well, I guess that is just the way the world works. I have thought about this same issue many times. As much as most of us would prefer not to go to work, and as much as work is stressful, it is a necessary evil. Love, happiness and calm feelings are great, but consider this- Love won't pay the light bill, happiness won't put food on the table, and you sure can’t buy clothes or gas with calmness.

We work because we need money. It doesn’t matter who we are or where we live, 99 % of the people on the planet have to have money at some point or another. It's very rare to see a self-sustaining person or group, as it is just too difficult for one person (or small group of people) to obtain everything they need and want all by themselves with no outside assistance or source of money.

About the only people I can think of in America that are close to a completely self-sustained life are the Pennsylvania Dutch- The Amish, the Mennonites, the Ammonites, the Quakers and others who refuse to use or accept modern conveniences such as electricity, TV, computers, fast food, or even buttons or Velcro. However, even these groups still have need of money at times, for things like property taxes, medicine, and things they cannot produce themselves such as salt.

Another thing, modern Western society is a material possession-based society. Our lives, our meaning, our self/social/community/cultural worth are based on what we have. TV, Movies, radio, magazines, everything we see- all media, our friends, families, coworkers, etc, they all tell us (either directly or indirectly) what we want (or should want), and what we need.

So, we basically have three choices on how to get money.
One- We can work and get an income to purchase the things we need or want.
Two- We can resort to criminal activities, such as stealing, drug dealing, identity theft or fraud to get the money (but still, is it not work? We are making a physical/mental effort to accomplish a task that rewards our effort with money, albeit it being a dishonest line of work)
Three- We can get on welfare or disability, or 'mooch' off of others, essentially by doing nothing to get the money.

So, as much as most people would rather not do any kind of work, it is something most people have to do (except those who have won the lottery or are independently wealthy from other means like an inheritance, i.e., trust fund kids).

I myself used to think I would rather not work, but after spending the last couple years working out of the home running an online storefront and renting out my spare bedrooms and garage, I realized how terribly boring not 'going to work' was. I realized that going to work involves more than just the work itself- there is social interaction for one. Also, it forces us to pay close attention to our appearance and social skills. So as much as I would not want to work, most of us have to.

Answer 5

If it were fun it wouldn't be called work.
Work has an element in it that fun does not. usually there is something you have to do but would prefer not to. Work also depends on how your day is going and if people around you are what you expect them to be and act. IE good and bad days. These factors are not found in fun. you usually choose how you have fun and if you find something that isn't fun, you no longer choose to participate in the activity. The people in your activity when it fun are pretty much what is expected and usually have some of the same interest as you.

Answer 6

I like my job a lot, but I love my schedule. Working an alternative part-time schedule means me and my son get to hang out 3 days a week without Daddy and 1 day a week as a family. I only work 3 days a week & he's only in daycare 2 days a week.

Answer 7

I am extremely happy at work. I am ebullient with my job. It can't get any better, than this. I have the dream job! I work for myself. Never again will I work for some jerkwater idiot who takes credit for my work, makes me do my job AND theirs, guys that comment on my boobs, start rumors that I am having sex with my boss, people that call me names when I wouldn't cash their two party checks and those that called me every name in the book and then some when I levied their bank accounts because the IRS made me. I am never working for chump change anymore and after a year of busting my butt, I get a quarter an hour raise. I'll never work for a micromanager that hovers around asking me what I am doing. I am never working for another company who somehow realizes that they have invoices open from 1994 and they need me to see that the money is paid. I will never work and have to kill another rattlesnake or drive a forklift, or be pregnant and have some drunken joe grab at me as I serve cocktails to pay off my husband's DUI before the baby comes. I will never again be terminally underpaid, unappreciated, or have some jerkoff not let me put up a few Christmas Cheer signs for my tired oilfield guys due to HER religion. I will never work for a man who lines us all up like dolls and gets down on the ground to see if we have runs in our pantyhose. And I got a promotion when my husband came in to beat the man up but got distracted when he was told our car was in neutral and before my husband could stop it, it crashed into the side of the bank. No more working on the holidays, no more leaving the kids somewhere so something bad could happen to them, and no man bitching about the coffee being weak. And I will NEVER, NEVER go up Oswell Street and put up missing dog signs because my employer's sniveling son told me to. Now, I work in peace. I am my own boss. I work at my own pace and do things my own way. It's up to me as to how much money to make and I'll never again have to take a personality test in some human resources department. I am grateful.

Answer 8

I am not happy with my job. Unfortunately, we all have bills and need a place to live once we get to a certain age. So I guess most of us are stuck in the unfortunate cycle.

Answer 9

For the most part I am, I've been working at my job for seven years, while I may not stay there forever but it's definitely gonna help me out for the future.

Answer 10

Yes i am