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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 06:43 PM Original message |
Do you like your job? |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. What job? |
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Cereal Kyller (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 06:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Same with many friends of mine |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. Yep, I've been without a job for 9 months now. n/t |
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Cereal Kyller (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. I'm sorry |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Don't be sorry, I saw nothing wrong about how your post was phrased. |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. I became a bricklayer 40 years ago |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 06:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Cool! Thanks! |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
47. That is great to hear. It's really an art form. You sound like an artist talking about |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. No. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 06:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. what do you do? And I hope you find something that's more rewarding- in every way. |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 07:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. It's basically an online research-related thing. |
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Rincewind (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. I love my job. |
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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. I liked it before I had to work twice the hours for half the pay. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yes. And I've loved just about every job I ever had. |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. No. It's soulsucking and evil. I'm great at it though and I need the money. |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. I miss making money |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I've done similar work; I loved/hated it. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 07:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
73. I get some help myself from folks like you! |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #73 |
89. I hope they treat ya right bro |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. I would love it if I had one. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
13. Not even slightly. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
14. I do. I don't work for a company. I created my own tiny business |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 07:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. No, you can't ask for more. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 07:59 AM Response to Reply #14 |
75. That sounds like an interesting job! |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 08:46 AM Response to Reply #75 |
79. Keeps my old brain working, that's for sure. |
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cordelia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
16. Haven't started yet, but think I will. |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
17. It's a dead-ender, but i love it anyway |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I wannna go! |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. I've been unemployed 5 times in the last 40 years. Every day is a good day at work. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
19. faculty -- yes I like my job. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
22. No, I don't. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 07:30 AM Response to Reply #22 |
71. A lot of that job loss is due to the public sector firings. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #71 |
95. Yes, those jobs used to be secure in the past. |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
23. I like my current job. |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
24. I love my job |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Do they have an opening? |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
27. I have a love/hate relationship with my job. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. I'd probably like it more if I were working for a different company. |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
29. Yes. I enjoy it. I am a journeyman power lineman but I have a lot of experience with traffic signals |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
30. I'm a surgical nurse. |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
31. Most of the time! (Teaching) |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
32. Like anything else in life it has it's ups and downs |
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jimmyflint (239 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
33. Environmentalists and corporate robber barons colluded in |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
34. I loved it while I had it, but was laid off in 2010. |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
35. Yes. But it pays half what I made ten years ago. |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
36. I'm retired but I did love my job back when I worked. nt |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
37. Yes n/t |
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MurrayDelph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
38. I got laid off a year ago |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
39. I love it |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
40. No. I do not.. It's killing me. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #40 |
88. What is this job? |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
41. I work from home as a freelance writer and editor. I love the actual work, but I hate scaring up |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
43. Hell yeah. Retired and making a good living wage. |
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stuckinarut (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
44. I just started a new job... |
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The Hitman (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
45. Immigration Lawyer |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:03 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. They sure don't make it easy, do they? |
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The Hitman (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 06:03 AM Response to Reply #51 |
67. You mean meeting the poverty guidelines? |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #67 |
98. I mean the 125% poverty guidelines |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
46. I do. |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
48. hate it |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
49. Yes. |
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greendog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
52. I really enjoy the job but... |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
53. I Develop Numbers for a Large Telecommunications Company |
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Archaic (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
54. Love it |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
56. Most of the time |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
57. I LOVE my job!!!!!! |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
58. I've been a nurse for 27 years. Most of the time,I love it. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
59. Not particularly. It's not great but not horrible. |
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Kind of Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
60. I Love my job! |
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Philippine expat (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
61. I retired 4 years ago |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
62. I enjoy it lots and lots. Even though it's stressful as hell. nm |
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trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
63. Unemployed 14 months now. That said, I've never really liked any job I've had |
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Kermitt Gribble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
64. Yes, |
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susanr516 (823 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
65. I'd like to have a paying job nt |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
66. Yes I do |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
68. No. |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
69. I love my job in some ways |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
70. What is this "job" thing |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
72. I'm the book guy/checkout guy at a thrift store. It's OK. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
74. Stay at home mom - |
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PragmaticLiberal (169 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 08:17 AM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Yes, I like my job. |
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They_Live (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
77. Been looking for 4 years now. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
78. Don't like it as much as I used to. More work, same pay. (Imagine that.) |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
80. Yes. My job provides ample opportunity for me to exercise my problem-solving skills. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 09:22 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Following up, not only has nobody thanked me for preventing a major disaster last week, |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
82. Yes. I wish I could do more of it. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
83. Don't have a job to like or dislike |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
84. I used to love my job. Now... at times I love it, at times I hate it. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
85. Very, very much like it. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
86. I absolutely loved my old job... |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
87. yes, but not the hassle that accompanies it sometimes. |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
90. My job is awesome. |
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progressiveinaction (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
91. I love my job! |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
92. Yes. When things go well. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
93. I'd love it a lot more if the work were steady. n/t |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
94. Dont have one. I can't work with corporate mediocrity. |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 07:52 PM Response to Reply #94 |
99. have you tried Etsy? |
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JonTheGreat (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
96. I hate my job |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
97. Yeah, but now having hypertension attacks from the stress |
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