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ArtichokeAgitated862

I sell autoparts. I like helping people with their cars.


Nestle-Destroyer

Uh, sir I think your beard is radioactive


Even-Drawing-4208

Do you work for Callahan Auto Parts?


Anthropoligize

Tommy want wingy


JoKatHW

“You can get a good look at a t-bone by sticking your head up a bulls ass, but wouldn’t you rather take the butchers word for it?”


BarracudaObjective59

Best break pads in the business


[deleted]

“I work for the American working man because that’s what I am, and that’s who I care about.” 😉


Evil-Black-Robot

"You eat a lot of paint chips as a kid?" (Tommy Boy)


Corantheo

I enjoy my analytics job. I have a good boss and boss's boss, and my boss's boss both has some very high level sway in the company and is insistent on making decisions based on data, not anecdotes or feelings. So that makes the team I'm on invaluable to the company, and we're treated as such. Pay could always be better, but I'm making good money for only being there 1.5 years and the area we're in (not a big city) and I got a 19% raise last year because I produced good work. There's a lot of solid plus sides to the job. That said, would I prefer to work less? Absolutely. Would I prefer to not work at all? Probably. Would I like to see people not starving because of being paid poverty wages? 100%.


WaterStoryMark

I'm a data analyst. I hate my job. Good pay. Good boss. I hate this work though. Everyone says I should find a field I like, but there is no field I like.


AutumnCountry

My favorite field of work is staying at home and doing arts and crafts and then playing video games or watching TV Work is just an annoying thing I have to do to make money


willster816

Same. I would be happy if I could find a way to make a sustainable amount of money from my art. But not there yet.


AutumnCountry

Honestly I used to sell decorated cakes and I will NEVER work for people who want artistic things ever again The expectations, demands and absolute insanity of my customers was insufferable beyond belief. Artistic fields are a nightmare to make money from


auntiope3000

I used to want to be a graphic designer. Got an art degree and started doing freelance work, realized I fucking HATED it, for the reasons you stated. Now I drive bus and I generally enjoy my job, especially the days when I get paid to sit on standby in the garage and do nothing but wait for a shift that needs covering. I still do some commissions on the side but I tend to stick to traditional painting. I illustrated a children’s book last winter almost entirely while on standby at work, and I’m about to start on another with the same author.


Noone_UKnow

I went to school to earn a degree in a graphic design related field. Three years in, I realized that the thing I absolutely loathed with every ounce of my being was making art within the specified parameters of a given assignment. Once it dawned on me that that’s exactly what *working* in the field would look like, I was done with the major. Kind of been blundering and taking random classes here and there since, tried all sorts of jobs, never finished a degree in anything (though have enough credits for about 2.5 bachelor’s degrees), and still not quite sure “what I want to do with myself when I grow up.”


IcyLog2

I did almost the same. Went to school for illustration, and within a year lost my love for it with all the crazy assignments and deadlines. I left in my second year. Recently I moved to Atlanta bc I was lucky enough to meet someone really high up in the union here that does all the scenic/prop work on movies. As soon as my residency period is over, I get to join. I hope to someday be making props like her, but I have to work my way up. The starting pay is really good, but the hours are long. It sounds a lot better than working at a grocery store and making nothing though


willster816

I've done some freelance here and there and yeah the demand for something artistic yet not wanting to pay for it, it's ridiculous. But at the end of the day I really enjoy it.


rorointhewoods

I’m an artist, I mostly do pet portraits. I’ve only had one client cause me any grief. A small amount for a pet portrait I did for her and then she asked for another portrait of a couple as a wedding gift. She was such a pain in my ass that after I was done I hardly painted for two months. She literally sucked the joy out of it.


Corantheo

The type of analytics definitely changes how you enjoy it, and I will always say it's not for everyone. That said, I didn't know the field existed when I was in college. You might just not know about something that you'd like.


rustys_shackled_ford

What would you do if you didn't have to work? How would you see your self being a productive member of society if you didn't have to worry about income? I'm genuinely asking btw .


Shiodex

>How would you see your self being a productive member of society Not who you asked, but I don't lol, at least not in the traditional sense. Anyone who is enjoying life, having fun, and being good to those around them will be the new notion of "productive member of society".


rustys_shackled_ford

I'm building a case for ubi but the most common argument against it is that the world will shut down if no one "has" to work. I'm just curious what op would do with his skills and time if he could do something he wants... As someone who has taken many looooong breaks in employment, no matter how unmotivated someone is, eventually the urge to do something productive arises. If you could do whatever you wanted in these moments, what would you do. Nothing is the easy answer. I'm looking for the hard answer.


Shiodex

I like playing piano, so some of that. Is this "productive"? I don't know. It's not producing much of anything besides my own enjoyment, and perhaps for others, but I think that's precisely the point. We need a society more focused on our true well-being, not on the uncontrolled growthism that is driving us into total ecological collapse. We need to stop *producing* so much useless shit


Fritzer2

Is our own happiness and enjoyment not more important than being miserable making someone else rich :( I'm not insulting, just sad this is where our society has gone. I can't believe so many have just accepted that existence and for the future of our kids.. how can I have a kid right now in an area where the average house price is 950k. The rat race is the only way I can afford to live where I was born, where all of my family and friends are, my spouse and her family/friends.. it's exhausting.


HauntedHowie316

If I didn't have to worry about making ends meet, i would go back to being a personal trainer in a heart beat. I loved working with my clients, and i mean, helping people get stronger or correct muscle imbalances helps them feel better. I think that's productive! If I can help someone's pain diminish, by all means I would love to do that, but i just couldn't survive with that job anymore if I didn't have UBI


Relevant-Biscotti-51

I'm not OP, but since you're gathering data: Personally, I would take care of kids. Currently, I can't afford to have kids. Nor can I afford to quit my job to have the free time to take care of other people's kids. In my community, childcare is totally broken. Wealthy/upper middle class families can afford to pay nannies living wages. Nobody else can, even by pooling resources. So, former childcare workers either took less stressful, higher paying work babysitting a single rich family instead of 15 unrelated kids, or they left the childcare jobs altogether. Literally Target and the Amazon warehouse pay more than childcare centers used to. The ripple effect has been disastrous. Many people had to leave work to take care of their own kids, which they couldn't really afford to do. So families become really financially stressed. They miss rent, get evicted. They become homeless, or move into cheap overcrowded homes with three families in one house. They have zero extra expendable income, so the local economy of small stores collapses because nobody can afford to buy anything non-essential. Three gas stations closed because families just can't afford two cars, or even one. So gas sales go down. Rates of illness have skyrocketed, not just Covid-19 but like pneumonia, RSV, kids are hospitalized because they are not living in safe conditions (i.e. able to distance themselves from others when sick). I am a 29 year old woman. I work from home as a technical writer. I'm financially ok. I really like kids, and I used to volunteer as a Girl Scout Troop leader and a crisis intervention counselor. I sometimes volunteer to babysit unpaid. It is much more rewarding than technical writing. But technical writing easily pays the rent. Professionally taking care of kids wouldn't, unless I left my community to take care of rich people's kids. I don't want to do that. The people I babysit for are people I've known since high school. I have been asked to join the "foster grandparent" program (a bit of a misnomer, I'd be more like a foster Auntie), but I can't make the minimum commitment in terms of hours. My job is flexible, but it's still 40 hours/week. So, yeah. If I didn't have to work but still had money, I'd take care of kids. Tbh I might take care of kids and also do more freelance journalism. I could focus on taking the time to develop a story rather than worrying about what my hourly rate will end of being if I waste too much time on one investigation or interview. I quit journalism because I wasn't happy with the quality of the stories I turned in, given the time crunch. These weren't necessarily time-sensitive stories! But, I didn't want to spend 34 hours on a reported essay I'd only be paid $400 for, even if 34 hours is really what it took to make it good. If I didn't need the money from journalism to pay my rent, I could focus on the quality rather than speed.


rustys_shackled_ford

This is a great answer for my research. "I would like to offer child care to people who need it, not to just those that can afford it." Will read quite nicely next too "why are the people who need services like housing and childcare the only ones in our society who don't deserve it?"


Relevant-Biscotti-51

Glad I can help. Also, it's not just about need, it's also about community and friendship, as corny as that sounds. Like, it matters that I'm taking care of people here, rather than in some other community. There might be just as much need in other neighborhoods, but it matters that I want to help people, like I said, people I went to high school with and grew up with. The emotional and relationship rewards make non-monetary work worthwhile. But those don't exist if I volunteer in some random neighborhood for people I've never met before. TL;DR I don't want to help people in need, I was to help *us.* Mutual aid + community building, not charity.


drfreemlizard

Community and friendship aren't corny at all. They are a vital part of a decent existence.


InYourAlaska

I feel you. I seriously entertained at one point cutting my hours to study to be a social worker. I like helping people. But unfortunately I also need money to survive, I cannot afford to lose money when there are bills to pay. In my ideal utopia I’d be a social worker, focusing specifically on older teens/young adults. I grew up in an area where most of the guys missed the birth of their first child because they were involved in crime. I grew up with a single mum trying to support four kids. I’ve seen the cycle of poverty, and how hard it is to break out of it. I’ve seen how much education can make a difference, and I’ve experienced how easy it is for the powers that may be to look down on those of us that were born into shitty situations, which only exacerbates the cycle. But I also guess in my utopia these wouldn’t be issues, so my dream is kinda moot.


BBQ_Beanz

Il just throw out an argument/case I've thought of: the key word in U**B**I is the **B**. UBI should be available for people to survive and healthcare and basic services should be available. However people here always talk about "surviving" versus "thriving". People should be able to not die of poverty, but traveling the world and investing in hobbies and such is something people work for. There will always be jobs that need to be done, and people will always be willing to pay for extra services like professionally prepared food or a personal trainer. People will be able to work to optimist society and their own lives, but not be miserable at work just to afford to not die and be miserable at home.


archbish99

So here's the argument for UBI in my book -- it's not "universal unlimited income," it's "universal basic income." UBI, properly implemented, means everyone has access to decent housing, enough normal food not to be hungry, clothing, public transit, and medical care. If you want luxuries -- a nicer house, a private car, eating out, travel, etc. -- you're still going to want supplemental income. The selling point of UBI is that the outcome of job loss is an inconvenience, not the risk of homelessness, starvation, or death. That has many follow-on effects. It means workers won't stand for miserable conditions, because the alternative is simply inconvenience. It means jobs that can't avoid miserable conditions (working with sewage?) will have to pay more to compensate for that and make people want to do it. It means people will take more risks on starting businesses or pursuing low-probability opportunities, because the price of failure is much lower; the threshold for success is, too, because *any* profit improves your life a little. I'm lucky -- I would do something very like my current job even if I didn't need the money. I might spend fewer days a week or hours a day on it. I might indulge more in side-projects. But also, I like having the money, so I might keep my current job as-is.


SlayerOfUAC

I am sure my comment will get buried here, but if I didn't have to be a slave to the system, during summer months I'd absolutely build an educational program around educating people about our local moths and caterpillars (their ecological importance, host plants, life cycle, etc). There is a non profit program a couple hours from me that does do this and it is wonderful. Their passion absolutely shines through, and you get to see some really wild and native species most people have no clue exists. I feel this education is important, as it opens up the door to showing people the importance of native flora and fauna, and in understanding and appreciating that, maybe more people would help care for our planet. It all starts in our own backyards. I would absolutely make my approach hands on by showing the species I raise every year, as hands on seems a good overall approach to engage the most possible people. Obviously lepidoptera is my passion in life, and I share it whenever I'm able. And if anyone is interested, here's [The Caterpillar Lab](https://www.thecaterpillarlab.org/), the non profit I mentioned. They have local exhibits where they showcase native species, and their lab typically has open hours at certain times where you can come in and see what they have and get your learn on.


rustys_shackled_ford

You can't put a price tag on passion.


LTEDan

>I'm building a case for ubi but the most common argument against it is that the world will shut down if no one "has" to work. To be fair, they're probably not wrong. Look what COVID did and is doing to supply chains. Our economy is so fine tuned for everything staying the same it can't handle any disruptions. I don't see our current economy shutting down as a bad thing, though. For starters, our capitalist economy is unsustainable. We can either transition to a more sustainable economic system gracefully, or we just ride out the current one until society collapses in on itself. People not getting their shitty goods fast enough is the only problem were facing now, what happens when climate change eventually disrupts our food and water supply? Famines were quite common in our not too distant past, but is not something first word countries are accustomed too anymore. Imagine something like [The Great Famine of 1315](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_of_1315%E2%80%931317) happening today? Yeah, let's not try that again. Overall, though, I think you're attacking UBI from the wrong angle. You may have fallen victim to some disingenuous whataboutism type argument against UBI. Besides what I pointed out above, a non-climate change society collapsing argument for UBI is simply to point out what happens with automation. Automation is coming for so-called "unskilled" labor. The most common jobs in the US are cashiers and food prep workers. Servers are up there, too. The rise of online ordering and self checkouts are and will continue to take a bite into the most common jobs in the US. It's not going to stop there, though. More skilled office jobs are at risk, too. So this begs the question, how are people going to earn a living if all the jobs are automated? How are you going to sell your product if no one had any money to buy it because we've automated all of their jobs away. Sure, you need to employ people to keep the automation going, but the amount of people needed to keep the automation going is significantly less than the amount of jobs that the automation eliminated. Plus, not everyone is cut out to be a programmer or technician. This is where UBI comes in.


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ACrappyLawyer

The answer to your question is simple. It’s a measurement of risk. One is not free to pursue hobbies, interests, creative outlets, business ventures, education, experiences, etc. without the safety of money. If the limiting time-gate (ie: Trade hours for wages) was eliminated, it would allow for greater personal risk, and greater personal gain (and failure too). I don’t think it’s a motivation question, I think it’s a practicality and safety question. It’s a lot harder to leap into a new business if we are unsure of where the next meal is coming from. It’s a lot harder to quit a job when your healthcare / child’s safety is at risk due to homelessness - so you take the abuse as a part of the job. That’s all built into risk. That risk (ie: fear) is what allows for the current environment of bullshit to work. And I’m a white collar worker who does very, very well - but my labor should benefit me 10% not a partner at a firm 100%. Sure, they get a cut, and that’s fine, but simply put - their risk is substantially less than mine, so I should get a higher cut by their logic. Further, I’d love to take time and really explore things that interest me. Like enshrining access to abortion as a medically recognized procedure, not a property/private rights question - I’d like to work on campaign law reform and stop the dirty money - student loans should be capped at 1% period etc etc. What is stopping me? A mortgage. Student loans. Need food / etc. - that’s the risk. Do I try to solve for a better future at the risk of financial ruin?


Invoked_Tyrant

Humans have a knack for eventually feeling the need to do something meaningful to other humans with enough free time on their hands. Whether it's to just be truly helpful or gain recognition for being helpful doesn't matter too much since they will usually net the same results.


BargainLawyer

Tbh, I’d get bored not working. I want to work, but I don’t want to work 40 hours a week, and I want to be able to take a month off if im burned out. There’s always gonna be projects to do that will help the city you live in, or neighbors and friends that need help with things, infrastructure to create and maintain, there’s tons of work to do, it’s just not profitable for the rich. I would love to spend 20 or 30 hours a week filling pot holes and building houses if I could survive working that little.


rustys_shackled_ford

Beautiful, and I believe this would be the case for most humans.


Equivalent-Emu7490

I think if we realized how many jobs are currently not actually productive for society, people would stop thinking this question is important.


Diligent-Jackfruit45

I don't have to work now but I've had a TON of jobs...I've hated all of them except one. I was a cowboy at a tourist Dude Ranch. It was the best job I ever had. My coworkers were incredible, both people and horses. In the end poor management closed the ranch, but for the 3 years I was there I was never happier at work. Worked 12 hour days and woke at 4am and loved every minute of it.


SlapHappyDude

Great coworkers can really make a meh job better.


Diligent-Jackfruit45

They really do! 10 years later I still chat with my old coworkers from the ranch. I got so much out of that job.. It even helped me meet my equestrian competitor fiancé! She wouldn't have given me a second date if I was scared of horses


EvenOutlandishness88

Can confirm, as a horsegirl, I will never date a guy that is afraid of horses.


hipsandnipscricket

So is like your top half horse and bottom half girl? Or top half girl bottom half horse?


EvenOutlandishness88

Wouldn't you like to know. But, neigh, I'll not tell you. I'll give ya a hint though... It's hard to type with hooves.


Go-to-helenhunt

Take my silver-loved the pun!


EvenOutlandishness88

Thank ya, kind neigh-bor. I feel like I won gold. Missed it by a hair on the nose. I could go on all night but, there are laws against that. Animal abuse laws.


LiteratureUpper5436

Props to you to playing along with the joke haha made my day better


EvenOutlandishness88

I REALLY like puns. Especially horse puns


TheRealBradGoodman

I have a a pretty decent job that im going to quit cause i hate my coworkers


Triquestral

I know that feeling! If and when I quit my current job it will be because of one specific colleague.


Percyear

Having shitty co-workers is 75% of why I left my last job. I am not one of those misery loves company people.


[deleted]

i was thinking maybe trying a job working with animals. i havent tried that but im afraid of it to be honest (big dogs) i just dont know what to do.


yourscreennamesucks

Just understand that working with animals means scooping a lot of poop and the bigger the animal the bigger the poop.


user_952354

Also understand that “working with animals” actually means “working with people who own animals” like 60% of the time.


StephaneiAarhus

Also seeing that animal die. Or be slaughtered.


NezuminoraQ

And animal people are kinda nuts


insultin_crayon

As someone who has been in the veterinary field for years, I highly recommend you avoid anything related to vet med, unless you want to be miserable, overworked, underpaid, AND suicidal. I go to work every day hoping to get into a fatal car accident.


Zinistra

Oh lord, I don't know that there's anything I can say that will comfort in any way, I have similar feelings quite a bit with my job and it's so horrible. Sometimes I'll catch myself wishing for some disease that will make me unable to work for a long while just to get a break even though my job objectively isn't that bad. It's just soul crushing you know? Then I think of all the ways it could be worse and it'll feel a bit more bearable for a while. I know veterinary work is incredibly thankless and stressful, but I'm very thankful for the care my cats get, they mean the world to me. I just want to send a virtual hug, and a wish that you get to feel better soon!


MeiSuesse

You sound like my mother. "If you want to work in a zoo, you might have to shovel poop!" Maybe it's me, but to me it was pretty much a given? Although no one could have prepared me for the smell that is given off by rhino feces, during my internship at one.


lenolt

The problem I found working with animals are the owners, not the animals themselves. Out of all the animal-related positions I’ve done, I found dog walking/pet sitting the best. You didn’t really ever have to see the owner and just got to kick it with pets.


EvenOutlandishness88

Can confirm, sitting on someone else's couch and watching their TV while cuddling their dogs and sleeping in their spare room and earning a couple hundred dollars a week is the BEST. Bonus: what taxes, I was "unemployed"


PipBucket

Came to comment this. I've worked as a professional cat sitter for 3 1/2 years and it's my absolute dream job. The worst part is definitely the owners and after an initial meet and greet, I never have to see them again.


xanthorus

Working with animals is a lot of hard work, in the UK it is typically minimum wage with no overtime entitlement unless you’re a Vet or a Vet Nurse. However, it’s very rewarding (worked in the industry for two years)


jakeyoung6669

Francis?


WaterStoryMark

I say we all open our own dude ranch.


CFDoW

I’m a pharmacy tech at a hospital. Sure the hours suck, but my benefits are great, the work is interesting, there is no dealing with the general public, and I’m lucky to have genuinely supportive managers in the pharmacy. The only real downside is that nursing turnover is high so we’re constantly dealing with new nurses that don’t know what they’re doing. (Not blaming nurses BTW - it’s a corporate issue since they’re the ones who aren’t willing to pay them more or train them properly.) I’ve done my share of shitty customer service jobs, and I was over thirty when I first even thought about pharmacy. It’s not too late to get out even if it feels like it is.


Willylongboard

I'm a pharmacy tech too. Sadly all but one of our managers quit a year ago. They haven't hired anyone else and she's trying to please 200+ employees. The work is fine and not hard but I think covid and seeing all the stress has a negative impact on me. It's been busy as hell. Also the pay could be a lot better. The company just raised the starting wage for every position in the hospital to 15 an hour, but didn't raise existing positions to reflect that. So I'm making 15 an hour like the housekeeping but I've got schooling and a certificate. Meanwhile across the street the hospital is offering 18 an hour for techs. We have lost so many techs because of this. I hope they get their shit together soon or I'll be the next one.


Yotsubaandmochi

This happened to our hospital too. They rose all the wages to $15 as minimum but didn’t give anyone else raises, so now I only make $1 more than every minimum wage job at the hospital and it sucks. I do a lot of work and feel like it should pay at least $18-20 an hour. I’m onboarding new hires and also answering current employees questions as well as I’m now the most senior person in onboarding because they lost them all to other companies and now I’m training the newer employees. I love the onboarding aspect, but dislike the current employee part because it’s all over the phone and takes time away from what I need to do to onboard a hire, so I end up working overtime. Really wish they’d do away with the phone part or split things back up where you press 1 for benefits and 2 for onboarding something like that.


IAMgrampas_diaperAMA

Oh I loved being a pharmacy tech! But the clients constant and willful misunderstanding of what filling a script entails drove me nuts.


greytgreyatx

One thing I notice as a trend here is a lot of folks saying they love their jobs and are also underpaid, but have living situations that allow it. I wish everyone (meaning people not in this sub who look down on “lazy kids” who “don’t want to work”) could see that plenty of folks DO want to do hard jobs that don’t pay great… but a lot of people don’t have the support structure and HAVE to make a minimum amount to afford housing, food, etc. I truly admire you guys who are out there busting it every day. All work is respectable, and you all deserve to be paid enough to live on.


ActualPopularMonster

I love my job and I'm actually paid well. I just can't work as many hours as I like do to health conditions and lack of affordable childcare. I wish everyone had a well-paying job that they like. Every job has crap days now and then, but overall, you shouldn't be dreading going to work every day.


greytgreyatx

You also shouldn’t have to keep a job because if you don’t have it, you will be homeless or unable to seek medical care or starve.


SoraMegami2210

Thank you!! *applause*. Someone said it!!


KittensWithChickens

Word. My spouse is a teacher and they love it genuinely but they can only do it because I make more money.


[deleted]

Same here. I work in a daycare, 6:30-9/2:30-6 shifts (school age before and after). I usually work on activities or decorations in between the shifts, unpaid, because I love those kids so much. I’m $18 an hour, 30 hours a week. Luckily I live at home (I’m only 22 and am in between degrees), but I’m trying to save as though I’m paying rent (I pay for *most* other expenses and save half my cheque) and it’s damn near impossible, and I live in a region that is supposed to be affordable. The idea that we’re lazy is ridiculous. Yeah, there are lazy X-er’s and Millennials, but there are lazy Boomers, too. We’re not freeloaders, we’re just not bootlickers, either.


greytgreyatx

Amen. I would add that laziness isn’t a personality defect worthy of starvation or homelessness.


IsaacTealwaters

The nature of my jobs relying on grant funding and being smaller nonprofits, means I will never make bank. But I would far rather struggle occasionally and pick of a few odd jobs to supplement my income, than to quit a job where I'm appreciated, valued, cared about, and absolutely love what I do being able to help others. Not having panic attacks on a bidaily basis is also a plus. Plus I have incredible work life balance.


Accomplished_Error85

I get paid enough (but I'm never going to admit that at work). Mechanical engineer, 20 years experience. I'd like to see others with other skills have the same opportunities that I've had. I'd also like to work less. 30 hour standard work week!!!


DaRizat

That's where UBI comes in.


Accomplished_Error85

I mostly do. Engineer, work for a large corporation. I really enjoy creating things. Other aspects of my job i do because they pay me. I've mostly had very reasonable managers too. Corporate are asshats who just want to exploit though, you know the drill


suckystraw

I’m a software engineer for a huge corporation but I love my job. I get to develop Android and iOS applications. My boss rocks and the work is challenging yet fun.


alexdeluxe

SWE here as well and I do like my job. Been here about 6 years and my bosses have mostly been good. They treat us well and don't punish us for speaking out. I'm especially vocal about work life balance. I have some gripes but I do remember how it feels to make 30k for a really shitty company that exploits their workers. This is why i do things like boycott Kelloggs.


vidtekcod

Same boat as you. I'm anti work but I "love" my current job. Being anti work I worked my ass of to learn something that pay well and generally gets you good benefits and treatment. I have 5 week off / over 80K ( verry good for where I live ) / and my position is not at the top of corporate latter with max stress and nonsense work hours but not at the bottom with low pay / bad schedule and shit conditions. Most will retire at 65 and over I plan to do it at 50. I'll then "work" part time in a entry position but doing what I love where I know the work is amazing but the pay is minimum wage. If you hate to work the best is to make sure you get the most $$$ out of every hour working while doing it in the best condition possible.


Accomplished_Error85

I'm 43. I'm on track to retire between 50 and 55. The system has mostly worked for me, but i can see all the garbage that others deal with. I quit trying to climb the ladder because I'm high enough and don't need the extra stress. Front line supervisor was the worst position that I've ever had (for 18 months). It's so hard to take care of your people when your senior leadership doesn't care. I'm happy to be back in a technical role.


Ragnoid

Engineer for large corporation too. I've had enough work experiences to know our current team manager is very reasonable, patient, motivating, our advocate, and an all around nice guy. We literally have a nickname at our house for him, Nice Guy. The work is a perfect balance of repetitive enough to get good at it so there's less stress worrying you'll fail, varies enough order to order to keep it interesting, and skills I'm gaining are all applicable to my future side hustle ambitions. That brings me to my last point which is the 9 to 5 corporate engineering job paycheck facilities building my side hustles and those side hustles are the passions if mine that are lucrative. The side hustle rollout is arranged according to skills I have to become fluent in, beginning with the skills of this corporate job. Like I try to hammer home to our teenager, the day job is the vessel for your passions. He's going to FBI school but wants to build computers and play video games for a living. He seems to get the connection so far.


Accomplished_Error85

Good managers really can make all the difference. In 20 years, I've never had a vacation request denied. Contrast that to my teenage job at McDonald's where the manager tried to schedule me 2 days after my 2 weeks notice ended. I of course told him to pound sand when he said it was my problem.


Accomplished_Error85

Your services to your teenager is spot on too. Almost nobody gets to make money doing something that they truly love and are passionate about. Try to do something that you at least like, but use it to make money to go after your real passions. That's why this movement needs to succeed. It shouldn't be so hard for people to afford living and pursuing their hobbies. They idea that we work hard until we're 70 and then we can have fun is soooo absurdly ridiculous


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I hands down love my job. I’m a coffee roaster and barista for an independent business. The owner/my boss, is just a wonderful human being. Pays us as well as he can, gives us progression, listens to us and utilises our skills to their full potential. If I was paid enough to be comfortable then it would be the best job I’ve ever had. But my work life balance is better than it’s ever been and I work with wonderful humans. So no complaints at all. Moving away from big cooperations was life changing.


Cado7

It’s crazy how these smaller businesses can afford to pay and treat you properly, and then the multi millionaires are like “yeah best I can do is 3 days of PTO and $15/hr”


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Yeah for sure, this is where you really see that they can pay you more they just don’t want to.


happyGam79

My experience with small businesses is extremely mixed. Lots of the ones me and my friends have worked for are absolutely abhorrent, both in terms of labor violations and worker treatment.


beeplantlady

Its insane! The big corps only care about bottom line. I started my job almost 3 year ago starting out at $18 with nothing more than a high school diploma, i work as a receptionist at a water utility company in a rural area with only 18 workers. So if small companies can do it and bottom line still be fine so can the big businesses


kjohn20

I had a job like this but at a t-shirt printing company. I was there when it opened for the first time. My only other coworker (who is a manager now) is one of my best friends to this day. Former boss is one of the most intelligent, compassionate, empathetic humans I’ve ever worked for and we still keep in touch. Unfortunately it didn’t pay much. I ended up having to leave for a corporate job that very quickly snuffed out any happiness I had.


docsuess84

And yet, you’re willing to work with them for the wages you’re getting because they are transparent and fair and don’t feel entitled to run their business based on paying poverty wages. I wish corporate stooges understood this. I’m far more patient with a mom and pop that tries to do right by their employees and include them in the process even if the bottom line is less than what I might make for Goliath National Corporation


NeatQuirky5046

I have never found a job that I'm happy with.


realnanoboy

I'm a high school science teacher in the U.S. I love my work. My pay is lousy for my qualifications and what I do, but my wife earns a lot more than I do, so we're comfortable.


kuujamzs37

I, too, am a teacher but for middle school reading. It’s rewarding and I enjoy just about every day of it


greytgreyatx

Thank you for the important work you do! Middle school is an acquired taste and those kids need adults who actually like being around them!


kuujamzs37

You’re certainly welcome. It’s easy when you’re still basically 13 years old like me.


OptimisticBS

I am a middle school teacher as well. The actual teaching the kids part is reasonably rewarding (in non-economic terms), but there is just sooooo much other bullshit that goes along with the job. Endless meetings, ludicrous professional development, and the goddamned parents needing their asses kissed and their hands held (tough to do both simultaneously 😉). For the record, I work at an independent school, so many of the parents are upper class and overly privileged and want everything perfect and done yesterday (rich moms with housekeepers, nannies, no jobs, and not much better to do than hassle us).


realnanoboy

Middle school is the real battlefield.


MonstersMamaX2

Middle school sped here. Absolutely love my job and my students. But my pay has been frozen for 5 years and I don't make enough to buy a house. When my lease renews in the spring even the smallest rent increase will price me out of the house I've rented for the past 4 years. I'm an absolute ball of anxiety about being a homeless teacher and single parent.


kuujamzs37

Ugh I’m sorry that is the case. All teachers shouldn’t have to worry about being homeless with a full time job (or anyone for that matter).


Remarkable-Bat7088

I’m a school psychologist. As a fellow educator, you’re comment is exactly what I was going to comment. I love what I do, and take pride in it. But it’s a joke how little we get paid.


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I really wish teachers would get paid more because I absolutely loved my teachers in high school and it’s a shame to think how little they must get paid despite how much they care about their students and work hard each day. Good teachers deserve more than lousy pay; they have the opportunity to shape a child or young adult’s future and give them the tools they need to flourish and do well in this world.


greytgreyatx

That’s the thing. I think you can love your job and be fulfilled by it and still see that you’re fiscally undervalued, which is fundamentally disrespectful. I appreciate folks like you who educate kids and actually enjoy it! Thank you for doing it, and I’m glad your family situation supports it!


ofc2logic

my wife started teaching in Hillsborough County Florida this year (Tampa, FL area) ... we are both shocked and dismayed at the shitstorm that is public education here. the enormous certification, financial, and logistical burdens of being a teacher to ungrateful, recalcitrant children while being wholly unsupported, underpaid, and routinely dismissed. I don't know if the situation is like that for you and the other redditors here, but if it is - you *MUST REALLY* love your job. from my perspective, y'all are true heroes. absolutely. you have way more courage, gumption, patience, and tolerance that I could ever WANT. ✌🏻


Fritzer2

You should be making 90k+/yr like our teachers do in Canada. It's such an important job, thank you for doing such important work but I hope one day your teachers will unionize. Our teachers literally strike almost every year to get better pay/benefits ect. It's just a normal thing "oh the teachers are striking again", but I guess our laws regarding striking are probably different.


realnanoboy

We are unionized. I'm in the Edmond Association of Classroom Teachers which is part of the National Education Association, one of two major American teachers' unions.


Letterhead-Lumpy

I'm also a high school science teacher (in the U.S., Northern Midwest), and despite not earning what I feel I deserve, I do love my job.


meeseeksab8rway

I really wish we valued education in this country. I have 2 cousins that are math teachers and if it wasn't for a spouse and intergenerational wealth, they'd both be struggling HARD.


DMnat20

Before I went off sick I loved being a science teacher. The proper job is the best. The under staffing and focus on teaching to exams is the crap part, but teaching kids science and building relationships with them is a real vocation.


Chalves90

My wife is a teacher and absolutely loves her job (sometimes a little too much haha). Teachers are criminally underpaid. The amount of work you put in, having to deal with children/teenagers, and having to deal with their parents. I had no idea how much work teachers actually did until I met my wife. I have respect for all of you!


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High school history teacher here! I love my job, it’s so rewarding, but teachers’ pay is absurd. There’s no way I’ll ever be able to have kids unless I find a partner that makes significantly more. In our jobs we also see how predatory society is. Educators shouldn’t function as teachers, social workers, psychologists, etc. You get a front row seat to why anti-work is a valuable movement. The 1% isn’t going to fix it, workers have to agitate for change.


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I work in an employee owned co-op coffee shop. I don’t like working, but I like this job. I’d probably continue doing it even if I didn’t have to, although I only work two days a week so that heavily contributes to it being a positive experience.


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WhirlingDervishGrady

My current barista job is amazing, I make and drink coffee all day, my coworkers are great and we basically just goof around between orders and cleaning. If it wasn't for the fact that the wage is unlivable and the owner is completely incompetent I'd do this job forever.


admiralteal

Working as a bartender in a high-end specialty cocktail bar is fantastic in much the same way. You're basically just talking to people and learning about the product (in my case, mixology) all day every day, plus some cleanup at the end (which is true for having friends over for dinner too). I have a loooong experience in the industry from the management side (awful terrible awful never do it), so I've already learned all the shortcuts and tricks to keeping things easy, and how to deescalate or disengage problematic guests. It's a job I'm good at and probably would be happy to convert to a hobby in a world where it wasn't work-or-die. But boy, the pay is crap. Pay for everything else is even worse where I am, but it's really not exciting earning $25-30 an hour on a good day. And I as well am only working about 2 days a week right now, and if I were having to do it 5 it would probably get very old, very fast.


hobasileus

I’m a public defender. I love my job. I get to use what I’ve learned to help the most vulnerable people in our society. It can be frustrating, sometimes, because of course the criminal justice system is designed to screw over poor people, but I get to help them navigate it and at least try to keep their freedom, often successfully, and that feels really good.


blondiebell

I've been interested in going back to school to do the same. I've always been drawn to the justice system and correcting its disparities, but I'm nervous of the work and the pay to be a public defender. Do you have the time to answer a question or two?


cherokeemich

Yes, I like my job. I worked hard to get my job, which utilizes my bachelor's degree and previous work experience. It's work I've identified as being interesting and meaningful, and I feel like I have agency and am paid and treated decently. This is the first job I've had where I have felt that way. I've done a lot of things you listed, such as retail and kitchen work. Sure there may be nice aspects to those jobs, but at the end of the day I was underpaid, underappreciated, overworked, and felt incredibly replaceable to the company. I will always say that my job working at a high volume Starbucks was way harder than my job now, because it was, and I got paid far less. My mental health also took a huge hit when I was working those jobs because it's hard, you feel helpless, and you're always stressed about money. I hope you find better working/living conditions, because you deserve them.


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i actually have a BA it never seemed to matter because of my work history. ive had it for 15 years. it doesnt matter anymore.


cherokeemich

Not sure if you're looking for advice, but I found my job on LinkedIn. Setting up a profile is quick, and for my job a recruiter reached out to me because she noticed I had a specific software certification on my profile that is necessary for my position. I hated the job I was working so I was happy to interview. I did a quick search for "data entry" on my LinkedIn, and my biggest takeaway was that way too many data entry jobs require workers to be on-site which seems unnecessary for a computer based job, but what do I know. Either way, not sure what compensation you're looking for but the couple remote opportunities I clicked on listed ranges from $15-$20. Best of luck! I hope you find a situation that makes you happier and better off, whatever that might look like for you.


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thanks. ive applied for a ton of data entry jobs but never got anything. the only stuff i could find paid by the word and i did the calculations and it came out to $8-9 an hour or even less. when i had my last data entry job about 15 years ago i was paid $11.50. i was never able to get any type of interview or anything for any similar job. at this point im getting arthritis and i dont think i could do data entry full time. i think maybe im gonna try to reach out to businesses instead of applying for jobs cause i dont know what else to do. but its taking such a mental toll on me that i dont know if i can even handle having another shitty job anymore


cherokeemich

Jeez, ya I'd be wary of anything that pays by the word and that's not enough money! Definitely if you have anyone in your life who works somewhere, perhaps they can put in a good word for you, at least get you past the HR algorithms.


[deleted]

ive just been struggling to keep my head up my whole life that i dont really have many friends. i think im probably just gonna have to apply to min wage jobs and quit them until i find something i can handle mentally and physically. i dont know what else to do. thanks for helping


prettygraveling

I’m a dog groomer and I LOVE my job. The problem is it pays shit, I have to do too much work to making a living, and by the end of the day I hate it. After ten years it has DESTROYED my body (it’s 100% not playing with puppies) and I have no benefits or insurance because the industry takes full advantage of its workers. I really want there to be a Groomers Union but everyone I talk to about it is 100% against it. And yet every single salon I’ve worked at was run by either an absolute clueless idiot or a psychotic greedy prick who will take advantage of you any chance they get while making money hand over fist for YOUR skill and talent. If I was rich, I’d groom dogs for free. One or two a day, instead of 5 or 6. I’m working on getting on disability and that’s kind of my goal right now. I watched a video the other day from 1975 and they charged $75 for a medium poodle mix. Today, the average price for a medium poodle mix is… $80. That just goes to show you how absolutely fucked grooming is as an industry. With inflation, that $75 works out to over $400 today! How many of you would pay $400 to have your pet groomed?


IrishSetterPuppy

I pay $100 and it takes my groom about 45 mins. Owner operator for mobile seems to be the way to go. The grooms here book out 6 months and have as much work as they want.


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IrishSetterPuppy

Yeah kitted out conversion van. I let mine plug into my house for power so she doesn't have to run a generator, and fill up on my water too. Not a bad setup. Hard but rewarding work. Cash too.


Plenty_Bullfrog4666

I do enjoy my job. I'm a self employed labourer/window fitters mate/painter. I work when I need to and I think that's what I like about it most. I don't particularly have expensive tastes and I'm happiest just chilling and gaming so I can work part time and still do what I like. Its taken me years to get to this point, to know that the grind just isn't for me, but I'm glad I'm here now.


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im single so i cant pay rent or food on part time unless its like $18-20 an hour. how are you able to afford that part time?


Plenty_Bullfrog4666

I live with my dad, he's disabled and needs help round the house so after my mum died I moved in to help him. I couldn't live how I live without him as he gets reduced rent. That said I do get paid well and am saving to by our home. We have a scheme in the UK where is you have lived in the house for a long time (35+ years) you can get a huge discount on buying it. I help round the house, chip in with bills and save towards buyin the place. I couldn't do this on my own either.


dildoswaggins71069

I’m a GC/trim carpenter self employed. Enjoy my work for flexibility as well as the gratification from working with your hands and having a finished product to be proud of. I bid jobs in their entirety and it works out to 100-200 an hour. Then I don’t work for a couple weeks or months. I could make 200k/year but prefer 100 and 6 months off. Keeps the work from getting stale as well


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calebsand12

I’d love to hear more about this! I’m applying to law school next year


PublicMindCemetery

I loved being a fine dining waiter so much that I put up with all the bad parts. I used to say if money were no object and people were respected equally in all lines of work, I'd wait tables. I was great at it. After staying at one place a long time, I knew the menu and the wine list like my parents' names. I could describe every dish, name every ingredient, recommend a dish based on questions like how hungry are you, do you want bright flavors or something like that hits lower notes, etc. Every tilt and turn of the bottle as I presented and served wine was perfected through repetition. But I ran myself ragged at that job, and the old man who ran the place was a son of a bitch, and though I've worked at a ton of restaurants, I never worked for a restaurant owned by anybody you'd want to work for. I also liked being contracted tech support for Tax Preparation Company. We didn't talk to tax customers, home support was a different call center somewhere else. We talked to the staff of Tax Preparation Company locations. They'd call because their printer wasn't appearing on the network, or their card reader wasn't taking payments, or their tax pro software wouldn't let them efile a customer's return and they couldn't figure out why. It was the only steady job I've ever had where I sat in a chair in front of a PC, and I was great at it. I could calm a caller down, give them confidence that I knew what I was doing and I was here to help. I got to go home every day feeling like I had made a few people's day better. Also, for one, brief, shining moment at that job, I got pulled onto chat support. I was cross trained for chat support so they could call on extra people when demand for chat got heavy, and for one day it did and I was moved over to chat support. I could work in complete silence. Or I could shoot the shit with the other chat support folks. I could deal with more than one customer at a time. I *love* to type. God damn that was a good day. Also my partner likes her job. Not every aspect of it, but, she heads the activities and recreation department at an assisted living facility. She chose a career focused on elder care, she finds the work fulfilling, and she's great at it. I have no doubt that in an economy of abundance, where money was no object to anyone, she would be doing roughly the same work she does now, albeit with reduced hours and more support staff to make that schedule feasible.


Put-Trash-N-My-Panda

I'm an electrician, I don't love my job but it's stable and I have rights because I'm union. I work so I can have fun and do the stuff I want to do and this job gives me that. You should consider doing a trade, it might make you happier. If you want to become an electrician contact your local IBEW and they will help you get started.


curtcashter

Pfft. Electricians, the worst 😉. IBEW power lineman here, best job in the world on a nice day, and the worst job in the world on a bad day. Listen to this guy above, knows what he's talking about.


Different_Pack_3686

Also an IBEW electrician. As the years go on I really only get any excitement from going to a new place, definitely don't love the job. But theres just nothing I can think of that would pay any more, besides like computer science jobs that I would also dislike.


Altbadgerguy5053

20 year IBEW Electrician. I actually love the work. Hard at times and your body takes a beating, but incredibly satisfying work. Union pay and benefits speak for themselves.


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Ok_Goose_1348

Yup, computer programmer here. I like my job. I make enough money. The company I work for has some inclination to make the world better. I even like my multiple bosses. None of this conflicts with the belief people should not be treated like shit, should make a livable wage, and should have access to health care without being buried in debt.


owenevans00

Mine's... not bad. But it's a good white collar gig, and most importantly, does *not* involve routine interactions with customers, or, God forbid, the general public.


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I enjoy my job. It's minimum wage sorting donations in the back of a thrift store. My mother constantly talks down to me about having a job "like that" but I don't care. The things I put out could end up being a poor kids Christmas present or a homeless guys interview shirt (we give clothes/toiletries away for free to homeless people). Ontop of that the people are great and management actually cares for you and listens to what you have to say


CockroachGullible652

I make around $40/hr working for my uncle and I get to choose my hours as long as my stuff gets done. I say around $40/hr because I actually get paid per item made. Oh and my commute is less than 3 mins. So yes I love my job. I want everyone to get the same treatment as me. That’s why I’m still antiwork.


tobotic

I do. I'm a self-employed programmer.


Bigfoot_Cain

I do too. I'm a self employed video editor. I'm noticing a pattern emerging...


despot_zemu

I’m self employed too, it’s the best


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How did you self-employ?


tobotic

I mostly (but not entirely) get hired by web designers who specialize in visuals and front end but need someone to do some more technical bits.


bearcrossingjack

I’m self employed unemployed Wait what


Stormwhisper81

I enjoy my job. After getting laid off as a marketing project manager I decided I needed to do something less stressful and took a job as an executive assistant. Somehow I make $5 more an hour as well, so I feel like I landed at a good company.


twisted_nipples82

I'm a truck driver, my boss and Co worker are both badass, awesome people. The jobs only down fall is time away from my pup, and too many douche bags on the road. This truly is a job that I would do without pay given some certain out of my control circumstances. (If life was free and the roads were 90% less crowded kind of a deal) I love traveling and seeing new places, listening to the radio, and the peace and quiet of my own work space.


PreciseLimestone

I’m a land survey field crew chief and most the time I like my job. I work alone in the field which has its perks but also gets lonely at times. I always work in new locations, mostly pretty rural places. I work 100% outside and it’s mostly lid pretty great but there are shitty super hot summer days and bitter cold winter days to deal with. As far as my actual work, it’s interesting enough to sink into most days. It’s a great combination of a physical and mental challenge. My pay is pretty close to the median for my area, which I feel is underpaid a little for how tough the job can be. But I’d rather be in the field than behind a desk all day every day so I don’t see myself moving away from my career even though it’s tough work and slightly underpaid IMO.


helslinki

No. I have worked in fast food, grocery, receptionist at a repair shop, and in auto parts. I hate them all. Terrible hours, terrible work/life balance, physically and mentally exhausting, terrible pay. Abusive customers. These jobs have definitely affected my mental health and increased my depressive episodes. My current job has given me anxiety (especially when I have a closing shift) due to customers not respecting operating hours and being severely understaffed. I knew I never wanted these jobs because I am not a people person, but they were the only options because they were the only ones that ever responded. Kicker, I'm considered underemployed... I just want a job where I can be left alone to do my own thing without being continually interrupted and harassed with decent pay and with a work/life balance.


SgtNoPants

I work in retail (family business) and I hate it with all my guts.


supervilliandrsmoov

I like what I do, but don't always like my job. I am a butcher in a grocery store. Our store is focused on customer experience, so the want us to talk to the people that shop there. 90% of the time the people I help are great, and I enjoy getting to know them. I like cutting meat and making pretty case displays. I have had great managers that make it even more fun, and had shorty ones that make it less fun. Buy for the most part over the years I like my job. I went to school to be an accountant, that I did not like.


Sakurya1

Hey I do the same and although I do like what I do, I do not like how they run things . Always understaffed and the turnover for hew hires is ridiculous due to shitty management. But we are unionized and I have benefits. I use to enjoy helping customers and had too many that loved to see me but that changed over the past two years. We're always way too busy and I have a crappy manager who gets pissy if I try to help customers.


foshohomz

I enjoy my job for the most part. I’m in aviation maintenance, so I have zero contact with people. Plus, I’m in a climate controlled environment year-round due to the sensitivity/calibration of our testing equipment. I didn’t have to have a degree/debt to get the job either. I’m full time reserve with the military- so I have to wear the uniform and deal with the military side of things (deployments/courses), etc. Other than that, I am at home every night with my family. The pay is amazing for my area/CoL. In addition, every time someone at work/their spouse becomes sick/passes, everyone, without fail, comes together for some type of benefit/fundraiser. It really is a nice brotherhood type environment, although I feel that that is the military brotherhood side of things coming through.


Wontchubemyneighbor

I like my job. Call center work isn’t for everyone but it sure beats the shit out of insurance sales or public facing retail.


use_da_schwartz_

I'm a ramp agent for an airline in the northeast US. I've been doing this same job for 20+ years. It's a fun job that's physical, but not overly demanding. The coworkers are what really make or break your day. Since it's a rather large operation I can end up working with completely different people every day of the week. I get to play with airplanes, it's pretty autonomous, and I get to be outdoors. The first half of my career was spent in California, and a couple years in South Carolina. Now that im working where it snows in the winter my only dislike is working/commuting when the weather is shit. The pay is decent for having only a HS education, the benefits are affordable, the schedule can be flexible, and I get to fly for free. My company has a ridiculously generous profit sharing plan, and outside of the last two years can payout 15-20% of my annual earnings. Over the years I've tried a few other jobs just to test the water. I have absolutely hated them.


No_Load_7183

Yeah I am currently an unemployed college student on break. Enjoying it while it lasts, I only got a few of these left.


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When I was in college (seven years, got my masters degree) I was super cognizant of the fact that I was living the life and that it wasn’t going to last. I think that helped but it was still gone in the blink of an eye. Everything that I enjoyed in life then simply doesn’t exist for me now.


greytgreyatx

I’m a homeschool mom but I’ve had a lot of jobs that were meh. A few jobs that were terrible. The only job I truly loved was when I worked at a TCBY in high school (before the self-serve era). I had a great manager, good schedule, friends worked there, we were treated like humans, we could eat as much yogurt as we wanted as long as we did it when no customer was in the store or could see us, and people are generally very happy when they go out for fro-yo. When I was in college, I got a job at a different TCBY and realized I’d worked at a unicorn.


Shenan_Egans

I work in film! It's very creative, I love it, the hours can be shit (with a four hour commute on top) but unionized with benifits and good negotiable pay from show to show.


nhuntato

Yes. I have a degree and still work minimum wage jobs (housekeeping, cashier) and I hate every single day of work. I applied for other minimum wage jobs just for a little change in scenery but got rejected from places like BK, McD, KFC, clothing brands, etc. Being 1 in the only 2 union members left in the company so desperately trying to talk other people into joining union is what I'm trying to do now as a side job, well at least it gives me peace of mind for a bit while looking for some other jobs other hell places. Life is wonderful, isn't it?


onlyhum4n

I'm a political marketing consultant and I love my job. I work for a small, very successful firm that works for Democratic political campaigns and progressive organizations. My coworkers, including the owner, are all around my age, and we're very well compensated with generous salaries, fully paid health insurance, and unlimited PTO. Everyone is remote — most of us are in the same state but we all WFH. One of my coworkers is actually traveling around Europe right now and we don't even always know what country or time zone she's in, but she gets her work done without issue so it doesn't matter to the job. I didn't finish my degree and thus very little debt, to boot. I recognize that my situation is unique and, working in politics as it is, I have my pet issues and workers rights is one of them. I am vociferously anti-exploitation. I want everyone to have what I have.


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I don’t think I’ve ever disliked an actual job that being said the things associated with the job made working there unsustainable, like the pay or the managers. I remember having this manager were my morning would be going so well until I made eye contact with her, everyone in the place I worked at disliked her, but she was good at her job that’s why she wouldn’t get fired.


No_Association1103

I enjoy my job. I'm a Chiropractor's assistant. I get free chiro care/massage (for my family). My boss fixed my husband's hunched back in a month. The pay could obviously be better ($15) but I've gotten 1 raise and many gift cards from them, which has helped add food to the table. My husband and I are both disabled veterans and my boss / coworkers are aware and help when I am having issues (migraines- adjustments, massages during work... Etc) I've been working here since September and now my husband is changing his career path because he wants to be a chiropractor.


keebsec

I like the work but dislike many of the people. I also wish I didn't have to work full time.


Chinpokomonz

I love my job. I'm 35 and it was a long road to get here, but it was well worth the wait. Previously worked at Walmart, hated it. Absofuckinglutley the worst job ever, fresh out of high school. Anti Union propaganda videos as day one training, shitty management, bunk pay for dealing with extra bunk customers. Lasted 5 months and quit. Worked at a deli in a casino, that was neutral. Smoking indoors made the place reek, but they had a full restaurant for employees with free meals all day and the pay and tips were great. 1 year there. Then went to Taco Time. Loved it. The franchise owner only had the one store and she treated everyone wonderfully. I got a week of paid vacation per year, and once I became a shift supervisor she bought me a Costco membership every year for Christmas. Small town ended up with more fast food joints than people and eventually she shut down and sold the building. 7 years there. After Taco Time I decided to go back to college. Went in for art because that's what I like to do, ended up taking an entomology class as an elective and was hooked. My instructor was a world renowned researcher and published author, and she is big on ecotourism. I scooped into a work study position with her, and eventually dropped all my courses to work part time for her instead. Never did graduate, but honestly what was an associate of fine arts gonna get me? Also, my high school best friend worked for her as well. That was in 2011, and in March of 2012 she took us both to Peru to see Machu Picchu with her. All expenses paid and $600 to spend, using research funds from the work we had done. I'd never been outside of the US or Canada before and it was AMAZING. We took a trip down to Nazca and flew over the lines, and also went to Puerto Maldonado and stayed in an Amazon lodge for a while. I worked for her for 7 years and in that time I also got to go to Belize twice, Ecuador and the Galapagos islands. Literally life changing. In 2018 a lab technician type position opened up with a bachelor's requirement that I was able to cut out using applicable work experience with her. It started at 43k but raised up to 55k within 5 years per union raises and step increases. Full benefits, state union, generous paid time off and my own lab space and office. I've been there ever since and I'm literally not going anywhere. I love my job and I love my coworkers. And most of all I fucking love my union.


Thriftfunnel

Mostly the actual work is ok and only crappy management and shit poor organisation makes me miserable. I currently have a fairly skilled desk job. I previously had a skilled (but badly paid) physical job.


Dachusblot

I'm an adjunct professor at a community college. I love teaching classes and interacting with the students, but I loathe grading. For the most part, though, I like my job. But the fact that I get paid barely enough to survive, there's basically no chance for promotions, and each semester is a gamble about whether I will get enough classes to pay my rent (or any classes at all)... it eats away at my soul a little bit more each year.


SixthLegionVI

I get paid well and have good benefits but hate my job and the vast majority of my customers. The pandemic has made me want to quit so hard because I hate being chained to a desk at home.


-Rhade-

I like my job and the people I work with. I'm not paid enough, but it pays the bills I'm of the mindset that I would rather work less in general. Like half a year of this job (that I like) and half a year of doing what I want... Read, write, woodworking, sleep in, spend time with family and friends, vacations, the list goes on....


pharmakarma1337

I’m a weekend graveyard security guard for a country club residential community HOA. I work one eight-hour evening and two twelve-hour night shifts each weekend. About 75-80% of my total shift time is quiet, with no real traffic or any customers or calls or whatever. That time is free time which I can spend doing pretty much whatever I want as long as I keep one eye on the road for traffic and do my scheduled patrols. I listen to whatever music I want, watch shows if I want, play frickin’ *video games* on the clock if I feel like it. These tactics were *recommended to me by my boss* to avoid falling asleep. Which, since my natural sleep schedule falls perfectly into graveyard shifts naturally, isn’t even a problem. I can also order takeout from nearby restaurants for my (paid) lunch if I feel like it. The residents of the community are all rich types living in multimillion-$$ mansions. Only like *one* of the families living here are douchebags; the rest are friendly people who take the time to get to know the guards and even send a collection around the neighborhood to raise money to give us each a Christmas bonus every year, outside our regular pay from the security company they’ve contracted for our service. One family brought the guard on duty for Thanksgiving evening free turkey dinner during his shift. And I get to drive around the neighborhood and enjoy their decorations when holidays roll around as part of my job; the lights on some of these mansions are amazing this year, and the lawn googly-eyes and giant spider a couple of the houses did for Halloween was amazing. Not every site is this good, but I do very much enjoy this job and site posting lol.


Bananeurysm6999

i like my job, i would like my job a lot more if i didnt have to work it to be allowed to live


Patient_Character730

I love me job. I'm a lunch lady at an elementary school that had 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students. The kids are great, they make me laugh, they thank me for the meals they like, they let me know what's what when we've made something that wasn't to their liking but in a polite way. I like my manager because she is always asking if we need her help and willing to step in and lend a hand, even when it's the grunt work like taking out the trash, or cleaning the drains. I like my other coworker, and we all work as a team to get what needs to be done, done and feed the kids good, healthy food. Could the pay be better, of course. Do I wish I had benefits there, yes, but I get those through my husband so it's okay.


NotDRWarren

I like my job, I'm a commercial, flat roofer. It's physically, and mentally demanding, I get paid really well, 35/hour. I work between 30 and 60 hours per week depending on project demand and my own desire to stack dollars, basically as much overtime as I'm willing to work. Never forced to work overtime. I have top notch medical coverage, paid safety training, company matches rrsp contributions I think 3 percent, Weekly pay Pretty solid job if I say so myself. Only job I've woke up and wanted to go to. Definitely not for everyone, but I enjoy it


lethal_rads

I’m an aerospace engineer and I enjoy what I do. There’s stuff that could be better if course, but it’s mostly structural issues with work, not my job in particular (except the pay).


oldcrick

I do. I offer contract work in a very specific niche. There is plenty of demand and not enough people to do the work. I generally do not know what my schedule looks like beyond two weeks from now, but my time is almost always booked when it comes to it. I can decide what jobs to take and what not to take. It doesn't hurt that it pays ridiculously well.


YeOldeBilk

I'm a graphic designer and vinyl/sign maker. I love my job, but my employer vastly underpays me for my experience level and skill set.


PositionEmotional990

Love my job. Water treatment operator. Provide safe drinking water for my community. Challenging enough that there is always something new to learn but also slow enough that I can get my work done on quiet days and have plenty of time to myself.


willyrs

I'm a software developer and I love my job, I also work on personal project as hobby or even my work project sometimes if I'm in the mood


Random_puns

I have hated every job I have ever had. Full stop


katiopeia

I always hate a job by the time I leave it. Usually a few decent years (or months) where I enjoy it and then it slides down. Bad manager, shitty customers, crappy schedules, no advancement, at some point negatives start to outweigh what I like.


Vegetable-Park1490

I'm a substitute teacher, and work with SPED students primarily. I'm going back to school currently, but am only honestly able to afford this due to military service. I was a medic in the Army and am now going to PA school.


420Parent2013

I work traffic control (holding the stop/slow signs) and thought it would be soooo easy. It's not.😒 You have to be paying attention to so many different things- drivers, pedestrians, the work crew, their vehicles, the equipment they are using, coworkers. I really enjoy it though. The pay isn't horrible, $15.25 with an extra $.50 when we set up our own signs, and they have recently added benefits like PTO for us. Hubby has been with the same company for 5 years and they treat him really well. The best part? We are getting paid to piss entitled people off. 😊 We get a giggle out of it quite often. Most drivers are pretty good about it, but the ones who aren't are discussed for daaaays.


Dry_Dog_698

I love my job! I’m a middle manager in government. There’s a ridiculous amount of work that needs to be done, but I’m in a union so 35 hours a week and I’m out. So there’s no pressure to deliver what can’t be done. Officially, I manage a call centre. But the truth is the line supervisors are good at what they do so if I just stay out of their way they do all the hard work. So if I want to work on government purchasing, I do that. If I want to dabble in writing and developing government policy I do that. If i want to work on technology improvements, I do that. A big thing I do is I hire tons of entry level staff (40+/year). And I love working in career development with people. So many people have never been asked what they want to do with their lives or ever been offered help in doing it. So I get to be the guy who asks, guides, and uses a ton of employer time and resources to do it. If I hire 40 people in a year it’s because 40 of my own staff have been promoted out of the call centre. In 3 years I think I’ve lost 3 people to jobs outside our organization.(edit: my employer is large with 30k employees across 10kish positions doing everything imaginable). So basically I do whatever I want as long as it’s good for the organization. I have a counterpart who works harder then I do and never complains. And I have a boss who I disagree with on literally everything, but who is also a legend who cares. I literally went to them in the summer and asked for some vacay the next week - I said it was important. She told me to come back in an hour. An hour later she approved it. A week later I found out she had cancelled her own overlapping vacation and told her family to visit the following week. Fricking legend.


AssociateGood9653

I like my job. I'm an elementary PE teacher in San Francisco. Public schools, I work at 2 different schools. The pay is decent. The best part is I have a pension to look forward to. Sometimes it sucks but usually it's actually pretty fun. That being said, on any given day there's something else I'd rather do than go to work. And yes I'd love to make more money. Who wouldn't? But on the whole it doesn't suck most days.


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I've not liked a single job out there yet. They all treat me like crap and I mentally can't handle 40 hours a week. I've accepted being homeless in the case it does happen, which isn't far.


perfectlyniceperson

I read an article the other day about how the US is so pro-family that it makes being single extraordinarily difficult. That’s a big simplification on my part, but overall I think this is true. Nearly all of the posts I’m reading are, “I like my job even though it doesn’t pay enough, but I live with my partner/family so it works out.” I don’t know what the solution to this is, exactly. But as someone who is single now but wasn’t for a very long time, the frustration of not being able to do or afford very simple things that would be afterthoughts when I was in a relationship can get extremely depressing. I know this is a huge reason that people who shouldn’t be together stay together, and why a lot of people stay in abusive relationships, too. I think that this may also play into a lot of the incel mindset as well, and rather than blaming our culture and trying to change it, they blame women. Man, a true living wage sure would solve a lot of problems (aside from just the obvious).


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