I don’t like my job, but I don’t hate it most days. I’m only there because I need the money and conditions are decent. I clock in, do my thing, clock out and try to enjoy my hobbies and eat decently.
I don’t believe most people would disagree with what I just wrote.
Mine is a blue collar job, physically demanding. The last 2 weeks have been working non stop from the beginning till clocking out, sometimes doing overtime that my employer pays, but not at a different rate. Yesterday I didn’t do my pause. Today I barely did it.
One younger coworker asked me if I enjoy doing my job and I asked him if he’s here as a volunteer. Obviously he is not, but he kept pestering me about me liking my job. I told him I like my hobbies and I’m here to work because I need money.
His is an office position btw, he sits way longer than I do.
By the look of his face you could tell this wasn’t an answer he was ready to accept. To me however, this younger coworker is naive (and stupid).
I plan to keep my conversations with this person to a minimum and not disclosing personal information around him, and I really hope he doesn’t talk to me anymore.
How would you deal with such a character?
Now I wonder if my answer can be used to fire me for ‘lacking motivation’, which is something any employer would write to justify firing somebody they don’t like.
This person is not a manager and is not a close friend of any manager afaik.
You have to enjoy your job to a certain extent or you’ll grow to hate it. I like my job - I get paid well, have plenty of holidays, they are flexible, there’s bonuses, annual raises, and a good pension.
Do I enjoy the work? Enjoy is a strong word. There’s a thousand other things I’d rather be doing, but I’m good at it, it’s technically demanding, and the people I work with are predominantly nice.
As a caveat, I worked a dozen other jobs that were full of dicks, poorly run, zero prospects etc for 15 years before landing a good job. It’s a long slog, but if you really don’t enjoy it I’d aim to move to something you do enjoy or at least are interested in. It’ll benefit your wellbeing.
Even if you love your job, you’re going to grow to hate it, to a certain extent.
Sure there will still be aspects you enjoy, maybe. If you’re lucky. But there will still be times you hate your job.
Like nurses might love that they save lives. But then there’s always that person who’s constipated and the giant turd in a bedpan. Take a guess which happens more often.
I never hated my job. Sure, there were times where I wasn’t that motivated and I probably a few days, where I didn’t like to go to the office. But ai never hated it during the nearly 20 years I worked in this field. It is not ok to hate your job and most people don’t. Hate is a very strong feeling.
Yes, I got a job in a line of work I like and now I don’t like the line of work because it’s my job. I associate it with bad things now.
I’d be with you if you switched hate for dislike. If you really hate your job at any point, it’s time to look elsewhere. You wouldn’t stay with a person you hate, or do a hobby you hate, or listen to music you hate.