I hate my job!

Zanshin · January 16, 2012, 10:00:50 PM

I've worked with some folks from Accenture, and they seemed pretty tightly wound. It wouldn't be the place I'd look to make a change for the betterment of quality of life. But, like most things, it depends on the people and the situation. I seriously considered making a switch to Novartis a couple of months ago, but didn't for a few reasons...and now they're laying off another 1500 that the position might have been part of.

That said, I still don't like my current situation, other than the whole supporting my family thing, which I do enjoy.

So, since I clearly do not have it all figured out, feel free to ignore anything I say that you don't like. But when you figure it all out, please let me know.

hbionic · January 16, 2012, 10:54:13 PM

Z, don't worry about it. I figured it all out. I just have to win the lotto. And I have to remember to give you half.

Zanshin · January 17, 2012, 08:27:55 AM

I've been waiting patiently for my check.

Diomedes · January 17, 2012, 08:40:15 AM

Where Z says "tightly-wound" I would say "stressed to the point of burn-out." From my perspective, it looked like a machine that chewed people up. The ones who I worked with were mostly competent and some of them were actually talented, but none of them seemed even remotely happy. Lots of bags under eyes and tired-of-travelling/working 70 hour week faces.

Zanshin · January 17, 2012, 08:44:42 AM

Agreed.

rjs246 · January 17, 2012, 08:50:50 AM

Awesome.

PoopyfaceMcGee · January 17, 2012, 09:23:08 AM

If I'm going to travel that much and work that hard, it's to build something I've created. I've pretty much come to the conclusion that you have to either give up on money or start your own business to truly take control. I might do some of both.

rjs246 · January 17, 2012, 09:27:53 AM

I want to do neither. In fact what I want to do is quit this farging rat race. Being a responsible adult with a mortgage is like a goddamned jail sentence.

ice grillin you · January 17, 2012, 10:08:39 AM

its a hard world to catch a break in.....all the good things have been taken....

rjs246 · January 17, 2012, 10:24:09 AM

~~Hip hop quotes~~Song* lyrics aside, that's not my problem. I've caught just about every break a guy can catch. My life is pretty amazing, actually. And I do really like my house. It's just the nature of things now. A mortgage, student loans, car payments... we live in an economy predicated on perpetual debt which locks us into a certain range of salary that we have to make to maintain the ability to pay. It's remarkably limiting. If I want to quit my soul sucking job and start at the bottom somewhere or go back to school I am only in a position to incur more debt. And my mortgage is totally reasonable, not a bank-breaker at all (yay Richmond). I could probably make it work even at a significantly lower salary but the stress and bullshtein would simply be coming from a different angle. Instead of originating from my job, it would originate from my finances. I can't imagine being someone who has a massive mortgage and can't stand their rat-race job. Totally, absolutely locked in. No escape. Anyway, farg adulthood.

*I actually have no idea if those are hip hop lyrics. Just made an assumption...

SunMo · January 17, 2012, 10:30:50 AM

i'm doing a series of subway stations in Pittsburgh and the last one downtown, the centerpiece of the project is supposed to be finished by late March. that should be fine except for the contractor finally released me to order a product with a 6-8 week lead time. So, it might get there in time, it might not. Top that off with there is a non-movable opening ceremony in which the Vice President is going to attend.

So, between now and the end of the March I will be having sleepless nights and an ulcer. Yay!

ice grillin you · January 17, 2012, 10:49:12 AM

Quote from: rjs246 on January 17, 2012, 10:24:09 AM
*I actually have no idea if those are hip hop lyrics. Just made an assumption...

its actually the animals

Tomahawk · January 17, 2012, 12:47:46 PM

Quote from: SunMo on January 17, 2012, 10:30:50 AM
i'm doing a series of subway stations in Pittsburgh and the last one downtown, the centerpiece of the project is supposed to be finished by late March. that should be fine except for the contractor finally released me to order a product with a 6-8 week lead time. So, it might get there in time, it might not. Top that off with there is a non-movable opening ceremony in which the Vice President is going to attend.

So, between now and the end of the March I will be having sleepless nights and an ulcer. Yay!

Why stress? I understand you take your job seriously and more than likely do it well, but you've done what you can.

DH · January 17, 2012, 01:05:42 PM

I love my job, but I got busted earlier this morning...Last Friday, I had a morning meeting in NYC, followed by a quick lunch meeting, followed by what I looked forward to as a short day, leading into a 3 day weekend. So, I told my manager that after the two meetings, I was meeting with "made up company 1" at 2 and "made up company 2" at 4, so I could just turn my phone off and get home by mid-day.

I got called on it this morning - worst part is, I was asked how each meeting went, bullshtein about each for a few minutes, then he dropped the hammer on me that he knew all along...talk about feeling like shtein.

Diomedes · January 17, 2012, 01:08:27 PM

Oh...SNAP!