Job Satisfaction

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CapitalCitySaint said:
Talk me off the ledge, y'all. I am ready to quit with nothing lined up. I forkin' hate this place.
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I'm going to do the opposite. Jump.

Maybe -- how long can you go without a job? If you have like 6-9 months of savings, just take the plunge. See what's out there. You're still young (ish)... go figure out what you want to do with the rest of your life. It's much easier to do that when you aren't stuck in a soul sucking job.

Disregard if you don't have that much in cash savings... get that first then quit.
 
CoolBrees said:
How do you feel about eating cat food?
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Best answer.

This new business unit I work in now - well I have always been a part of but my former team was a dedicated team and kind of isolated from the rest of the business unit until this year - sucks. Everyone fights over stuff and I just think to myself "why does anyone care?" I literally fight about nothing because I don't care. This isn't my company. If people want to make decisions and I don't agree with them but that's what people want to do? Fine by me. This isn't my company and if it falls apart, then so be it. Legit do enough to get good reviews and not get fired but I am not paid enough to fight with people and be passionate about this ish just to get a 3% cost of living every year. We don't even get our full annual bonus % (separate from COLA) because the BU's that hit targets have to subsidize bonuses for those who didn't.
 
Here's my guide to worker satisfaction:

If, when you wake up before work, you don't think to yourself "wouldn't it be great if when I got to work today, the whole building is in flames?" then you are satisfied enough to keep working at your job.

Once you start fantasizing about your place of employment going fully en fuego, then it's time to start sending out résumés.
 
GW93 said:
Here's my guide to worker satisfaction:

If, when you wake up before work, you don't think to yourself "wouldn't it be great if when I got to work today, the whole building is in flames?" then you are satisfied enough to keep working at your job.

Once you start fantasizing about your place of employment going fully en fuego, then it's time to start sending out résumés.
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I work from home so I don’t want it going up in flames bc that means my house is on fire! lol. I want to be laid off with 6 months severance. I want to say “if you pay me for 6 months, I’ll volunteer and you guys can keep someone else who actually wants to be here”
 
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CapitalCitySaint said:
Talk me off the ledge, y'all. I am ready to quit with nothing lined up. I forkin' hate this place.
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I know you're not the age of my kids but my advice would apply to both. NEVER leave a job without a job ( or plan) lined up. I have a feeling you don't really need my advice though. Not your first rodeo. You gotta find something that makes you happy though and if this place isn't doing it then find the place that does. You only need as much money as you need. Happiness doesn't have a price tag because it's invaluable.
 
CoolBrees said:
He is good at what he does and he has a pretty good personality- which is the opposite of most dentists. He won Dentist of the Year in the "Best of" in the Gazette Telegraph a few years running

He also got incredibly lucky - when he was first starting as an Associate he worked for a women who owned his building and the practice - she owned medical practices all over, even though she wasn't a doc.

She also happened to be a Scientologist who was actively trying to reach Tom Cruise status.

She came to my bother one day and asked him to buy it from her because she needed cash so she could learn to time travel or whatever. At the time the practice was only 4 chairs and two technicians so he built if from that.

The building used to have 8 medical offices. He merged three of the offices (two on the first floor two on the second) with his to make his practice and put the OR and extra chairs on the second floor.
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The oral surgeon who did my implant has one office and a staff of 6. His hours are 9-4 with an hour for lunch. He does not work weekends. As he told me “I’m not going to kill myself or my staff for money. It’s not worth it. I have 3 children who need their dad. I can pay my bills and we live pretty well”

He has a 4-6 month waiting period for a procedure. Mine was done at 11am after which I went home. At 5pm that evening my phone rang “hi it’s Andy Bookwalter (not doctor Bookwalter) I just wanted to see how you’re feeling “. He does not delegate these calls to staff and said these follow up calls are important to him, and part of the reason why he keeps shorter hours.

Without a doubt he’s one of the best healthcare providers I’ve met in my life. We need more like him.
 
0rion said:
NEVER leave a job without a job ( or plan) lined up.
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I have heard this exact advice all my life, but to me it’s not always realistic…. Personally speaking, I have done it (quit jobs without having something else lined up) and it’s usually turned out fine.. ive also had it not work out fine and really get me stressed out and have to take a job i really didnt want until that next thing came along…. The thing is, it’s REALLY hard to devote the time you need to applying and interviewing for new jobs if you already have a fulltime job… like, so hard that im not sure how people do it…. Whereas, if im unemployed, i can, and do, always treat the new job search/hunt like a fulltime job in itself, which puts me at a distinct advantage .
 
Bleu Raeder said:
Channel the hate into something physical. Hit something.
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This was an exchange between me and my counselor while i was at my old job

Me: I'm cursing a lot
Therapist: You've always cursed. you curse during our sessions

ME: is that bad?
Her: you tell me

Me: well, it's cathartic, but I feel it's gotten worse and is more bitter.
Her: do you curse at inappropriate times?

Me: is walking out of my office and across the rehab gym floor with patients and staff present while saying "God I hate this ******-******* job!" inappropriate?
Her: what would be your advice to someone else who found themselves in that situation?

Me: Point taken
Her: On the other hand cursing can be healthy, it's better than hitting someone or breaking things.

Me: well, one out of two ain't bad. I haven't hit anyone since 1983, but I've broken a few things here of late.
Her: Have you been on Indeed lately?

I left the job shortly thereafter. I don't curse as much but job stress is replaced by financial stress :jpshakehead:
 
Sounds like I need to do a few things before rage-quitting:

Taste cat food to ensure I am not a fan.
Go to a rage room and destroy some ish
Get on Indeed (I applied for 5 jobs yesterday lol)
Save up $100K
Potentially start therapy
Go back in time and marry into wealth so I wouldn't have ever had to deal with corporate America in the first place and lived my best life as a lady of leisure (since I was not born into wealth nor acquired it since birth).

Then consider quitting. LOL
 
CapitalCitySaint said:
Sounds like I need to do a few things before rage-quitting:

Taste cat food to ensure I am not a fan.
Go to a rage room and destroy some ish
Get on Indeed (I applied for 5 jobs yesterday lol)
Save up $100K
Potentially start therapy
Go back in time and marry into wealth so I wouldn't have ever had to deal with corporate America in the first place and lived my best life as a lady of leisure (since I was not born into wealth nor acquired it since birth).

Then consider quitting. LOL
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Do not go gentle into that unemployment line
 

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