Happy in your job?

[Coyote]

As the title suggests.

[glice]

mostly for now. Im a post man/student, its just gay working saturdays.

[Sully60]

I love my new job, I operate large, noisey and oily machinery and I'm not allowed to carry a cell phone:yes:. I can get as dirty as I want and all my clothes get washed for free.

And the best thing...

I don't have to talk to customers anymore:woohoo:

[Zoolander]

Yup.......

[Boob Johnson]

Absolutely love my job, part owner & full time manager of the business, no complaints here :sunny:

[nallac]

as with most jobs it go's day by day.
you have ya good days and then ya have shit days.

and shift work sucks.

[Gubb]

Hate it. I need a change.

[scumdog]

Ferkin' ek-stat-ic!!!:2thumbsup:blink:

[Stirts]

I wasn't happy in my previous job, handed my notice in, giving ample time to find another. Circumstances changed so I shortened the two month notice period to one month.

I wasn't worried! :sunny:

This was in February. I am still not working, and I am fortunate enough not to have financial stress, to an extent. My concern is the brain drain that I seem to be experiencing (like I had alot to begin with FFS)!

Yes, I have been applying for jobs, and getting interviews BUT I forever seem to be either too qualified/experienced (pffffffffffffft) or under qualified/experienced for the role. :brick:

Feedback I have received from both my CV and interviews is all positive, with warm fuzzes and all.....BUT I WANT A FARKEN JOB!!!!!! This waiting game sucks arse!!!!

so no I am not happy in my current role :weep:

[DEATH_INC.]

Yes 'n no....it's a good place to work most of the time, but it's been a bit quiet lately (the last 12 months or so...) so the boss is being a pain.

[kiwifruit]

Yes :2thumbsup

[Str8 Jacket]

I really hate my job and it makes me really depressed! I handed in my notice today and start my new job in a couple of weeks. Really looking forward to my new job! :D

[onearmedbandit]

What's a job?

[Big Dave]

What's a job?

Dribbling on about motorbikes.

[marty]

my current job is ok. shift work's a bit of a drag (permanent nights). have some other options opening to me soon - all in aviation, all flying related. not sure which path i'm going to take though at this time

[onearmedbandit]

Dribbling on about motorbikes.

Oh come on, that can't be a job.

[Big Dave]

my current job is ok. shift work's a bit of a drag (permanent nights). have some other options opening to me soon - all in aviation, all flying related. not sure which path i'm going to take though at this time


Lucky they have control towers.

[Virago]

Dribbling on about motorbikes.

Sucks to be you, eh?

[325rocket]

Hate it. I need a change.

dude ... you just had a change!

move back to wellington ill hook a brotha up

[Big Dave]

Oh come on, that can't be a job.

I've got 3,000 words to do by Monday. Whoa (fonzie style) is me.

[Big Dave]

Sucks to be you, eh?

If there is re-incarnation I'm coming back as me. :dodge:

[Gubb]

dude ... you just had a change!

move back to wellington ill hook a brotha up

Jobs the same, I realised it was the awesome people that made it down there. Everyone's so negative in Auckland.

Unfortunately (for me), the Missus is in a two year contract with her dream job, and it happens to be the only Hospital she can work in Emergency straight out of Uni. Once those two years are up, i'm pretty sure we might make the move back.

Besides, i'd be a Jafa by then, who wants to work with a Jafa?

[Coyote]

Ferkin' ek-stat-ic!!!:2thumbsup:blink:
I've thought about becoming a cop. Can you get in without a car licence?

[martybabe]

I'd like a job, I consider myself semi retired but I'm starting to think I'm actually retired. Part time jobs worth having are a bit rare in my neck of the woods.

I want to ride a quad bike around the fields of Taranaki with my mp3 singing, my dog on the back rack, fixing fences and hugging trees.Watch the sun go down over the mountain and go for a beer before sleepytime.

Taint too much to ask is it, I've had my day in the fast lane, don't wanna be a mega rich pop star or anything, sheesh. :confused:

[Curious_AJ]

I said no, but then again, I love the animals, though I hate some of the people... however, going to be starting a new job as a vet nurse in a couple of weeks!

[Big Dave]

I want to ride a quad bike around the fields of Taranaki with my mp3 singing, my dog on the back rack, fixing fences and hugging trees.Watch the sun go down over the mountain and go for a beer before sleepytime.

Taint too much to ask is it, I've had my day in the fast lane, don't wanna be a mega rich pop star or anything, sheesh. :confused:

You want to be in a beer commercial. ;-)

[martybabe]

You want to be in a beer commercial. ;-)

:killingme Well spotted,I just wanna have a great time and get paid for it. wassa mara that eh?

Whats your secret big guy ,you seem to be living the dream. Good onya :clap:

[Toaster]

I've thought about becoming a cop. Can you get in without a car licence?

Nope.

Strap two motorcycles together and go for your car licence. You'll piss in.

[Big Dave]

Whats your secret big guy

Do you know what Shtick is?

[Toaster]

I hate my job so much I am on leave.

The work stories when I was a copper were so much better than this shit.

[Coyote]

Nope.

Strap two motorcycles together and go for your car licence. You'll piss in.
If I can't patrol around in a police car catching speeders, I'm not much good then? :p

I'll eventually get forced into getting a car licence. Sigh...

[martybabe]

Do you know what Shtick is?


I think I'm about to find out. :yes:

[Number One]

My job is like a box of birds....All shit and feathers!

Just jokes! I love my job actually.

Pretty proud of myself that after several years of hard work honing my skills in my chosen field....I'm now in the position where I have enough credibility and positive reputation that I've been able to successfully negotiate 4 day weeks for the same money!

My job allows me to work with a huge range of people from all over the organisation (across NZ) + varied levels of seniority within the org from the CE to the mailroom staff AND because I seem to be fairly well liked AND not a manager people tell me EVERYTHING...I know all the good gossip ;) :clap:

[Big Dave]

I think I'm about to find out. :yes:

I got good shtick. :-P

[Motu]

After 20 years of being in charge,I'm wallowing in irresponsibility.I get told what to do,and make no decisions....I have no idea what is going to happen tomorrow,that is someone else's job...that apostrophe says it belongs to them.I don't get paid much,but that means they don't get much either...I'm under utilized,I feel like an old bull put out to pasture.....and that's ok by me,I'm all fucked out.

[Bren]

I've got 3,000 words to do by Monday. Whoa (fonzie style) is me.

so what the freak are ya doing posting here? GET BACK TO WORK!


Jobs the same, I realised it was the awesome people that made it down there. Everyone's so negative in Auckland.

Unfortunately (for me), the Missus is in a two year contract with her dream job, and it happens to be the only Hospital she can work in Emergency straight out of Uni. Once those two years are up, i'm pretty sure we might make the move back.

Besides, i'd be a Jafa by then, who wants to work with a Jafa?

Hehe....i used ta be a jaffa....now me is jus a hick!

[martybabe]

I got good shtick. :-P

OK, thanks for clearing that up ya big crazy. so where can I buy a kilo of good shtick.

The secret of my sucsess, I drink speights old dark when I'm out on the quad and stacks of sticky shtick. :rolleyes:

[lb99]

I am havung a great time.
I have tried a few things out, eventually settling for store work because it pays the bills, then becoming a coldstore supervisor (which means hand loading containers with 60lb ctns 6 days a week on a salery, then spending the 7th day doing bullshit paperwork, while the casual labour is earning more per week cause they are on wages and actually paid for the hours they do), so I took a complete change of direction....a drainlaying apprenticeship....our company does all sorts of construction work, so it something new every day, huge trucks and diggers, gigantic sandpits, knuckle dragging oafs to feel superior to, long drives in trucks to enjoy, did I mention diggers :love:, but also fuckin concrete :crybaby:.

oh did I mention time and a half after 40?, I am making more money than ever (finally) and I am just the boy....cool

[Bren]

as for me....i love my job...absolutely love it to bits....i spend all day screaming round on a forklift....on the hot days its just a tank top, my tattoos and a pair of sunnies...on a cold day its them fluro jacket things...
what could be more redneck than being a forklift driver.....all i need now is a def leppard T Shirt and the Mullet-Joe Dirt style!
http://zoo.parkingspa.com/dspa/hcimages/nonadult/beauty-47-hair-mullets/main.jpg

[Big Dave]

OK, thanks for clearing that up ya big crazy. so where can I buy a kilo of good shtick.

The secret of my sucsess, I drink speights old dark when I'm out on the quad and stacks of sticky shtick. :rolleyes:

You make it yourself
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shtick)

[Big Dave]

so what the freak are ya doing posting here? GET BACK TO WORK!

Research my good redneck - research.
This is but one of the sources of mah ideas.

[lb99]

as for me....i love my job...absolutely love it to bits....i spend all day screaming round on a forklift....on the hot days its just a tank top, my tattoos and a pair of sunnies...on a cold day its them fluro jacket things...
what could be more redneck than being a forklift driver.....all i need now is the Mullet-Joe Dirt style!

I must admit I hopped on a forkift today for the first time in ages, then I remembered some of the fun times at the coldstores.
although I sometimes moonlight at a local supermarket in the evenings as a storeman, so I can get my forklift fix then, :), by the way, some fridgies I know have taken to calling me "joe dirt", but thats ok cause in the end....he scored Brandy :drool:

[325rocket]

when we lived in scotland i had a job as a quad bike instructor ... now that was a job

[Number One]

I feel like an old bull put out to pasture.....and that's ok by me,I'm all fucked out.

So...you are a Manwhore past his use by/hiring date then? :shutup:

[Bren]

I must admit I hopped on a forkift today for the first time in ages, then I remembered some of the fun times at the coldstores.
although I sometimes moonlight at a local supermarket in the evenings as a storeman, so I can get my forklift fix then, :), by the way, some fridgies I know have taken to calling me "joe dirt", but thats ok cause in the end....he scored Brandy :drool:


what coldstores are these? maybe we have worked together...i used to drive reach trucks at P&O Cold Storage Hornby

[JATZ]

I am havung a great time.
I have tried a few things out, eventually settling for store work because it pays the bills, then becoming a coldstore supervisor (which means hand loading containers with 60lb ctns 6 days a week on a salery, then spending the 7th day doing bullshit paperwork, while the casual labour is earning more per week cause they are on wages and actually paid for the hours they do), so I took a complete change of direction....a drainlaying apprenticeship....our company does all sorts of construction work, so it something new every day, huge trucks and diggers, gigantic sandpits, knuckle dragging oafs to feel superior to, long drives in trucks to enjoy, did I mention diggers :love:, but also fuckin concrete :crybaby:.

oh did I mention time and a half after 40?, I am making more money than ever (finally) and I am just the boy....cool

Holy crap, sounds just like me.Tried a few things ended, up managing a coolstore, long hours,stress,5/8 of F.A. for it.
spent yesterday instaling home irrigation, enjoying the view over tasman bay, today, small engine maintenance,and retail, tommorow ?
lifes good with no responsibility

[Mike748]

Hmmm, depends.
I agree with "it's the people who make the job enjoyable"

Generally I enjoy work as I have a great team around me, but we are being slowly morphed into uncaring disgruntled individuals by those who know better.

There are still enough laughs to make things interesting but after 6 years I know it's time for a change.

[Bren]

Hmmm, depends.
I agree with "it's the people who make the job enjoyable"

Generally I enjoy work as I have a great team around me, but we are being slowly morphed into uncaring disgruntled individuals by those who know better.

There are still enough laughs to make things interesting but after 6 years I know it's time for a change.


thats the thing i love about my job. I manage a Fibre store in a yarn mill, and work by myself 95% of the time, so the only arsehole I have to worry about is me....although ya go stir crazy talking to yaself all day.....





....It's the arguing that I cannot stand....When I argue with myself its like arguing with my wife....I never win!

[homer]

my jobs a job
i do all i can do
i have a great boss , and the works not to hard , welll sometimes .
i only work for the money .
i still find i get down at times , and yeah id leave the job in a week .
why i have no idea , most people would love to have the job i have

[Mikkel]

I can't consider being a postgraduate student a job - it's a bit of a grey area really... Quite happy with it, although it can be frustrating at times.

However, I have a side-job as an assistant teacher that I am rather disappointed in. So disappointed in fact that I was extremely close to going over to tell my boss that he could shove this piece of unprofessional rubbish somewhere the sun doesn't shine. It's horrible being supplied with teaching resources that are both uninteresting and a waste of time... No wonder that the students have a hard time motivating themselves, I know I would.
This coupled with "slightly below average" (as in non-existant/utter crap) communication between the people who organise (tui) this course makes the job an altogether unfulfilling experience.


If there is re-incarnation I'm coming back as me. :dodge:

I hope you've done a great job of being you - otherwise you're likely to come back as something a bit further down the food-chain.

[nodrog]

no, its fuckin good money for doing fuck all, but i am being underutilised and my brain is wasting away, i have seen the entire internet. i would rather be busy or at least simulated to make the day go faster.

[smokeyging]

The workmates and customers i work with, we have a ball, everyone's so positive, i’ve never had so many laughs in years. i have been offered bigger salaries to go elsewhere but i have proved in the past that you can’t put a price on happiness. the days for me just fly, and they are 12 hour days too.

[Coyote]

Suppose I should say what inspired this thread. Been at Weltec for the last 2 months doing Auto Refinishing, really enjoying it there. But today I did my first afternoon of work experience. Had a chat with the guy and gal that work there and they were very bleak about everything. Said it was a dull job and they're getting sick of it. Mind you they've both been in it for 10+ years. Even so, It's got me wondering "shit, what have I got myself into" :(

They did give me some hope, they said working in a bigger workplace is usually better since they always have something for you to do and it's often more challenging and rewarding work. A mate of mine that had been through Weltec doing the same course is in a bigger place and he's enjoying himself (which convinced me to do the course). But I think I'm in the right place to learn since it's pretty small time and cruisey.

[Number One]

mmmmmm I lurve the smell of paint :shutup:

[terbang]

Absolutely love it. Flying a high performance jet on a global basis. Currently on a week over in Geneve. Apart from an apprenticeship as a motorcycle mechanic, I've flown all my life, law enforcement, airlines and corporate. I would do it all again the same if I had the chance. Some people have to work for a living..! The rest of us fly.

[Magua]

Hell pizza has its bad nights, but overall it's not bad.
Merchandising for Lion Nathan, choose my own hours, so I can't complain.

STUDENT! Looking forward to graduating.

[rudolph]

I chucked my job in a couple months ago, I got my motorcycle mechanic qualification a couple years ago and worked in shitty bike shops ever since.


I hate quads I hate quads I hate quads I hate quads I hate quads and harley and cheep arse GN250 owners :angry2:

[DingoZ]

Ferkin' ek-stat-ic!!!:2thumbsup:blink:

Yup I love my job, one reason is I get to speak to people like scumdog every shift......Plus I get to tell them what to do and where to go, legally :devil2:...:)....Now ya just can't get any better than that...


I've thought about becoming a cop. Can you get in without a car licence?

Nah I believe you need a Class 1 Licence......


I don't think I will be changing career, or job in the forseeable future....:)

[Ghost_Bullet]

I have been workin for the same company the last ??? shit in 2009 it will be 20yrs... started from school back in 1989. Me Dad told me, "go out get a job, earn money... ya dont want to be bothering with going to uni..." So I did... was not meant to be for a long time at this one, working in the poultry livestock industry.... a couple of weeks at the max... but that is become a few more than that.... like all jobs.. has it moments... but I walk into work everyday with a smile on my face and happy as hell a shit load of the time... but then there have been the shit... "I hate this" moments... but they make the good seem even better...

:sunny: Working tomorrow!!!!! yay... one more day and the weekend... god damn it... two days until Monday and work :crybaby: do I have to take 2 days off???

[Curious_AJ]

in the small space of a year and a half i've worked in The Baby Factory, Hell's Pizza, Animates and now will be working at a vets... lol.. part time jobs suck (first two) and so does casual work (animates) ... but FINALLY I'll be getting a job that I can really try to apply myself in and learn loads! and well, use my damned vet nursing qualifications finally! lol.

I'm kinda scared though... in 3 weeks time... AAAH!

[Hinny]

My concern is the brain drain that I seem to be experiencing

Stay off the drugs.
Stay off the booze.
Leave ya old fella alone.

[Sparky Bills]

It has its moments...

[Oakie]

Interesting to compare this poll to the news item a couple of weeks ago that indicated 1/4 of all police are dissatisfied with their job because presently, this poll indicates that 1/3 of KBers are dissatisfied with their jobs. (For those of you, who like me, failed school cert maths that means police are happier in their jobs than KBers are.) No conclusions, just an observation.

[Lissa]

I love my job!!

I have a beautiful view from my desk of the Tararuas... at the moment they have a bit of snow on them. A huge deck that I spend my lunch time lounging around on in the sun. As the only female who works here I don't have any bitchness that goes with working with other females, I have some great guys at work that I have a laugh with, and I work in the wairarapa.... no better place!! :niceone:

[vifferman]

Ferkin' ek-stat-ic!!!:2thumbsup:blink:
I thought you were one of the "24 percenters" (or whatever it was)? :spudwhat:

[vifferman]

My job is good - it's mah heid that's the problem. :crazy:
If it wasn't for that (and all the shit going on in my life at the moment), it'd be all good.

[Dilligaf]

Ask me next week after I've picked up another job...(see below pic - our new family member for a year).

Work volunteer with children and soon to be an animal. And enjoy it. :wari:

[Str8 Jacket]

Work volunteer with children and soon to be an animal.

Wow, you work in a freaky-weird industry dude!! Though children may be a bit more bearable if you could just turn them into cute animals! :dodge:

[Dooly]

Dunno about love or hate.
Guess its a habit now, somewhere to go to each day.
Do what I like when I like, spose its ok.
Lucrative.
Days drift into weeks, months, years, then you retire.

[gijoe1313]

I'm a teacher and I'm okay,
idiot students and colleagues too,
It makes me feel high and low,
but you gotta take the joke y'know?
It keeps me feeling I have a life
Pity my mum says "wheres your wife?"
Never mind I always say,
at the end of the day there is my bike!
I'll take a hawt asian biker babe anyday!
Now its the second school semester
Got some tests to administer!
I'm a teacher and I'm okay,
got my jailbait in with me today,
Kids to beat around the head
Why didn't they stay home instead?
I'm a teacher and I'm okay,
Public servant stealing his pay,
Watching the clock and marking time
Almost soon to be on the bike again!
I keep my work in the school,
I gripe and bitch and moan and complain,
But, I'm a teacher and that's okay!

:msn-wink:

N.B. As usual the dribble that I dabble in is utter tripe and poppycock, I wish I could be like those teachers who end up as a headline for molestermacating their teenage charges, but the truth be told, if I had my druthers , I'd be fiddling with me bikes! :innocent: Mmmm hawt asian teenage biker girls... :drool:

[Oakie]

Though children may be a bit more bearable if you could just turn them into cute animals! :dodge:

You could just feed them to the cute animals.

[lb99]

what coldstores are these? maybe we have worked together...i used to drive reach trucks at P&O Cold Storage Hornby

Provincial coldstores, spring creek blenheim

[lb99]

Holy crap, sounds just like me.Tried a few things ended, up managing a coolstore, long hours,stress,5/8 of F.A. for it.
spent yesterday instaling home irrigation, enjoying the view over tasman bay, today, small engine maintenance,and retail, tommorow ?
lifes good with no responsibility

It wasn't an ENZA Store was it?

I used to be CA manager here in blenheim when there was still some fruit

[Coyote]

Mmmm hawt asian teenage biker girls... :drool:
Pics or it didn't happen.

[oldrider]

If there is re-incarnation I'm coming back as me. :dodge:

Imagine coming back as a tampon, the location would be fine but the job would still suck! :sick:

I really don't know why but this just sprang to mind! :o Oh well, :doctor: back to the hospital. John.

[erik]

Mostly happy. The people I work with are good (the boss can be a bit indecisive though, maybe not the best manager). The work is a nice balance between stressful and boring ;) , most of the work (setting up programs to run on the turret punch and then loading the tools and running the machine) keeps my mind busy, so the days often go quickly.
It's my first proper job after leaving uni, I've been there a little over a year now. I regularly experience monday-itis, but usually tuesday is a bit better and wednesday better still (if only because the week is half gone already ;) ).

[Ragingrob]

Yep gotta love straight cash payment and just teaching the sport I love :2thumbsup

[LilSel]

Yep I love my job!! even got a bonus today... shame that almost half of it was taken away in tax tho!!! :angry2: !!! I was kinda like... :2thumbsup yay bonus... then... checked bank account n its like... wtf... better than nothing but still... taxed out my ass for being rewarded... :argh:
that isnt works fault tho... thats just the way the cookie crumbles huh!!

Edit: over 40% tax... :(

[Oakie]

Yep I love my job!! even got a bonus today... shame that almost half of it was taken away in tax tho!!! :angry2: !!! I was kinda like... :2thumbsup yay bonus... then... checked bank account n its like... wtf... better than nothing but still... taxed out my ass for being rewarded... :argh:
that isnt works fault tho... thats just the way the cookie crumbles huh!!

Edit: over 40% tax... :(

When we give bonuses (bonii?) at work we gross them up so the person actually gets the amount we say - in the hand, ie, if we tell someone they're getting a $500 bonus we may finish up paying about $800 before tax depending on annual earnings, student loan and kiwisaver. That way they get in the hand the true measure of our appreciation for whatever they've done. Costs us a bit more but hey, it all goes towards our staff turnover figure of 15% in an industry where over 30% is the norm.

[yungatart]

I love my job. Yesterday, I played around on the computer for an hour, helped a student cook bacon, eggs, hash browns and tomatoes which we than sat down to eat, went for a walk to the park, fed the ducks, watched the little kids play, went to a cafe and had coffee and yummy muffins, back to work in time for lunch, another hour on the computer playing and then home.
Pity about the pay though!

[Ms Piggy]

Yup, finally doing what I'm supposed to do.