Does ANYONE truly love their job & enjoy every person they interact with doing that job? Most jobs SUCK!?

Question

I believe the PERFECT occupation is out there for each of us, but I'm thinking that less than 1% of us have actually found the perfect occupation for them. I love what I do, but the lousy thing about it is there's always going to be an office environment FULL of people I'd never spend one second of my time with outside of work. Most of them are some combination of stupid, rude, nasty and just plain toxic. On my best days, they're easy to ignore, and on my worst days, well, I want to work elsewhere.

Answer 1

If your definition of the perfect occupation is requires that one enjoy every person they interact with on the job, I doubt that even 1% qualifies. But I am a special education teacher, and I LOVE my job, I LOVE my assistants, and I LOVE my students (most of them, most of the time.) I have to say that it's taken awhile for this all to gel; I have had many assistants in the past who were nice people but not suited for the job, or who were not nice people and not suited for the job, or who had "issues" of their own. (Sadly, social services, psychology, special education, and no doubt other "helping" professions draw a small but significant percentage of people who have significant social, psychological, or developmental problems themselves.) But for the past 6 years, I have had 2 great assistants and many many great students. My job is often frustrating and exasperating; it can be really hard working with kids whose lack of impulse control or inability to express themselves verbally sometimes manifests itself in violent outbursts; but it is never, ever boring. And often it is hilarious; the things my students do and say gives me at least one good laugh every day. And when they have moments when some concept all of a sudden makes sense, and they are so proud and happy - that makes all the aggravation worth it.
Do I love all the administrators, and the parents whose psychological problems are more intense than their children's? Do I love politicians who never set foot in a classroom b ut still go about legislating impractical and counterproductive mandates? Nope. But I guess that I am one of the truly lucky minority who really has found the perfect occupation, because the sublime moments more than outweigh the accompanying B.S.
I don't know what line of work you are in, but is there any way of doing the parts that you love without the toxic co-workers? Can you be a consultant, or are there other companies in your field of employment that have a more positive work environment? Or is it possible to analyze what it is that you love about what you do and find other ways to utilize your skills and interests in another, possibly related, field? It's so hard to get up every morning and dread going to work. It's soul-devouring. I hope that you can find a way to do what you love in a way that actually gives you personal satisfaction and peace of mind.

Answer 2

I'd say each of us have a job that we are either tolerant of or working at it for the time being hoping that something better comes along. But in my experience each job that I have had has it's good points and bad points. My current job, working in the low end of the computer field requires me to work the grave-yard shift and my days off rotate on a weekly bases. Where as my other job that I worked prior to this one, I worked in the supermarket where i was only off once a week and worked the second shift, there was a lot of physical work and I worked in the cooler where it was always cold. (position held was produce clerk)
I do not think that there is a so called perfect job. I just think that we usually settle with a job that has less BS to deal with and hope that we do not get laid off. Which seems to be a come trend with all companies. Rather than cut or lay people in administrative positions the company lays off the people on the bottom of the ladder which to me is bull.
but anyway that's my two cents

Answer 3

Its usually not the job that sucks, its the co workers and
supervisors that suck. I do not have the perfect occupation for
myself, although once I thought I did, but the miserable people that I work with do the job of making others just as miserable as
they are. I think I need the type of job where I work for and with
one or two people or am on my own for most of the time.

Answer 4

Maybe a fantasy job.

Reality is if you like the job (like the people/environment), you get real shitty pay. If you get paid well, you work with real shitty people. It's always something. Nothing is ever perfect. There are BETTER jobs out there, but no such thing as perfect.

With that said, count your blessings.

Answer 5

I agree with you, most of the jobs suck, most of the managers suck, office environment is unhealthy. I usually get along with everybody, but some women are so jealous of other women's success that they make it impossible to work in harmony.

Answer 6

I wouldn't say that I love my job but I like it a lot and I get along
with most of the people.