Scully Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Being self employed has its ups as well as downs. All my 'subbing' work is done locally unless we're erecting on site, but even then all accommodation, food etc is paid for; even got to watch TT practise week on the Isle of Man when erecting a building just outside Peel. All my other work is done locally also, which is handy; no long haul to work, and when that's quiet I stay at home and do my artwork, which is my favourite job, as it entails not only painting but visiting galleries or my framers, sketching outdoors or taking photos, giving demos etc, and not forgetting taking the dog out (with gun of course!) so can't complain. Very rarely get bored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 A man who loves his job will never work a day. My job is pure stress but I love it - the people I work with and the clients I work for. I have always been quite lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medic1281 Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 It's the best job I've ever had, but working for the worst firm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Hate it - but only because it stops me going shooting whenever I feel like it. I am kept very busy which means the days fly by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyska Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 I love my job too, I can't afford to get anything wrong, when I mean serious consequences I mean life threatening ones. It makes the days fly. My unpaid job of 'looking after' the vermin on the wife's farm, and our pedigree sheep flock, I love that too at the weekends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tis1979 Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Love it 99% of the time hard work but rewarding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flynny Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Love it or hate it we all have to work unless your born with a silver spoon in your gob or your lucky numbers come up Spot on ,it's a means to an end, I'd like my job to be one that I get up and tend to my small holding each day,that would be my job growing stuff and livestock to fill my time and belly Dream on flynny lad Atb Flynny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
des Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 at the moment i hate it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 What do you do KW? ( if you don't mind me asking) Take it from me not a lot the money grabber working sunday again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetter Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Love my job it has its up and down but I love going in every day. Got a young new team again to train up and have jettisoned the employee who was giving me issues (he left so is some other unfortunates problem now!) so all is rosy. It so good at the moment that even though a new position on site has opened up with the offer of more money I am not going for it as my current role is much more interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiggum Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Currently hate mine moved off the tools (electrician) in to a management role looking after 14 engineers of different skill sets. Unfortunately we are set unrealistic targets and are unsupported when we ask for support. I've been with the company for 20 years and didn't even get a thank you. I've recently been considering returning to the tools as I would earn more as I currently don't get o/t despite working 7am - 5pm without time for a dinner break for 8 hrs wage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 love my job. hate the politics and micro management / other bull. its the crazy i cant handle. its kinda cracking me up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Love what I do. Pay and hours are carp. Joys of farming I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotShot! Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Love- Farming and keeping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klatuveradanikto Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Love it .no 2 days are the same, however hate the culture of the organisation i work in, also i'm not used to working in a "team" environment was working for myself for over 20 years so joining a "team" environment was and still is hard for me i much prefer working on my own which is possible on certain days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Mongrel- Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Can I add a third option of bored and frustrated? I'll join you on that one. Been doing it too long and its no longer challenging. Trouble is it pays too well and though I'd like to change, I can't afford the massive wage drop re-training would entail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delburt0 Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 I'll join you on that one. Been doing it too long and its no longer challenging. Trouble is it pays too well and though I'd like to change, I can't afford the massive wage drop re-training would entail.just become a agony aunt on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Love it .no 2 days are the same, however hate the culture of the organisation i work in, also i'm not used to working in a "team" environment was working for myself for over 20 years so joining a "team" environment was and still is hard for me i much prefer working on my own which is possible on certain days. you can say that again. the powers that be hired someone else. a graduate who needed a visa to work. he ended up costing us an absolute fortune, and to add insult to injury, what jobs he did do he screwed up and he had the gall to download porn and watch cricket all day everyday ! i`m a "team" player, but in every job i have had, it has always been someone else trying to screw everyone over. case in point, i run these little reactions. i have a slightly high QC pass rate. its easyer to to state that i have 1 in 400 faii. my counterpart has 40 in 100 fail. since i`ve been working solo. my quality and quantity has skyrocketted. i`m the guy that has to clean up all the failed jobs, get stuff working etc its absolutely crazy ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickS Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 I am a teacher and love what I do. If I didn't, I wouldn't have to, which is a good position to be in . Nothing I do in the classroom is completely wasted, unlike in my previous incarnation - someone will get something out of it.l Working with kids keeps you young and no two days are the same. I gave up being a head of department a few years ago as I hated the carp that came with it. If Gove and the rest of those who think that going to school turns you into an expert in education were to remove their oar and stick it up somewhere more appropriate the job would be perfect. Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Take it from me not a lot the money grabber working sunday again :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeh Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 A man who loves his job will never work a day. My job is pure stress but I love it - the people I work with and the clients I work for. I have always been quite lucky. Also the great big wads of cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stokie Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 I love my job . But not the company I work in the repair industry fixing pumps fans motors and gearboxes . My main role in this is welder fabricator . There are no two days the same . During this last recession companies couldnt afford to buy new so they got old stuff fixed . For my boss this has been boom time and we've never been so busy . He now lives in a £2million mansion and thinks he's lord of the manor . He's turned into a greedy horrible person . But he pays well so I'm along for the ride . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overandunder2012 Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 (edited) how much i love or hate work is on a sliding scale of how much it pays if it pays well i love it if the pays **** i hate it Edited December 8, 2013 by overandunder2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikk Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Love it .no 2 days are the same, however hate the culture of the organisation i work in, also i'm not used to working in a "team" environment was working for myself for over 20 years so joining a "team" environment was and still is hard for me i much prefer working on my own which is possible on certain days. I used to work on the rigs, often in foreign sandbox type countries. We had a good laugh back then. Then I started doing the same job remotely from an office in big oil companies but had to spend some time in the offices of the company I worked for those days/hours were the worst. Finally they forced me in to a job I hated, I was the coordinator/manger for the product line in was in and I was in the office every single day and I hated it. Like you say about the politics I just cannot do that and I think a lot of them hated me for that because I didn't play the same game. In the end I got made redundant because of the revolution in Libya and I've worked for myself for the last 3 years. Hours are long and I seem to work all the time but its so much nicer and I quite like my own company even if it can be lonely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 (edited) I worked for a large Japanese electronics company and hated the politics. Where I work now is small so no politics. It's great! Edited December 8, 2013 by keg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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