Re: Job Satisfaction.
Re: Job Satisfaction.
Well this thread is very timely,Re: Job Satisfaction.
Re: Job Satisfaction.
Generally, I've been satisfied with the jobs I've been in and moved if I lost enthusiasm or I saw an opportunity for advancement. I hated the office politics and those who wanted to take credit for other peoples' work. Still, I had a good salary and benefits and that allowed me to retire early. That was the best career move that I made.Re: Job Satisfaction.
A problem that some of us have, particularly as seniors is our skills can become obsolete. I would have been excellent as an editor or writer. Back in the day that meant working your way up in a newspaper or magazine. Journalism has become a completely different climate now. Ditto for teaching, in the US teachers are doing less free style teaching anymore. The big push is to get students through standardized testing by any means possible. Can't even get a danged bookstore to hire me yet.Re: Job Satisfaction.
I´ve been lucky I guess, I enjoyed both my careers, first in Press/PR for an international trade magazine and then as a social worker working mostly with learning difficulties/abused children and alcohol addiction. I felt like throwing myself off a cliff many times but it felt good when I had some success stories.Re: Job Satisfaction.
The only work I do, as you all know, is volunteering (therefore unpaid) at my library to run computer classes.Re: Job Satisfaction.
I offered to volunteer at our local theatre in the cafe . I was told it would be assisting the paid staff , clearing tables and washing up , I was happy to do this , after my fourth session I had noticed the paid staff disappeared while I was there , or would work slowly , I was up to my arm pits in washing up , piled high by the staff , I would go out to clear more tables ,come back to the tiny hot sweaty kitchen and wash up again , non stop for 3 hours with little help from the paid staff .....Re: Job Satisfaction.
I was really lucky in my career, because no matter how much the bureaucrats and politicians tried to direct and control my work, I always had the enjoyment of working face to face with young people. Having said that, it was hard sometimes to keep doing a professional job in the face of constant budget cuts and curriculum interference from complete idiots who didn't have a clue what you were doing or why. After 35+ years of direct work with young people, I was eventually forced into senior management for my last three years (a complete nightmare) - but at least I had a final salary pension to look forward to. I've always been a hard worker - not for the rewards, but simply because I enjoy it. For the last six months I have been a volunteer lock keeper on our local canal one day a week and that has been really enjoyable (although with all three of my team being over 60, it's sometimes like "Last of the Summer Wine" with boats!Re: Job Satisfaction.
Gone are the days when if you were not happy in a job you could hand your notice in,work a weeks notice and start a new job straight away. When jobs were secured by word of mouth, recommendation or because they wanted you to work for them. I have never had a job interview and laugh now at the palaver and performance one has to go through to secure an interview.
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