Working - love or loathe?
 

As I’m about to enter a major change phase in my chosen career I’d be interested to see what you fellow DSC ‘hard’ workers actually think of your working lives.

I know a couple of you have just jacked in jobs and some are moving to new companies and careers, some with trepidation, so I thought I’d poll your views.

Major changes in your 20s are not so life impacting (IMO) as when you reach your 40s (like me :( ) so tell me what you think today – at your time of life – what does work mean to you?

[Edited on 28-7-2005 by everton]

Interesting poll. I'm in a listing phase with work ...

I enjoy the technical challenges of my job and sometimes even the political ones. At the moment though, I'm bored. When my job is interesting and I'm motivated I get a great deal of satisfaction from it but I would never say that I live to work.

There's too many other things I like doing and fortunately my work pays well enough to afford me a few luxuries like the Ducati's I'm currently hoarding :D

I'm thinking I need to move on in my working life though ... I am already a career changer having previously been a soldier/electronics technician.

What are you up to then?

What we talked about in my car the other Friday Tim.

Only bigger, hopefully better, and mucho more investment from me :(

We must have that chat sometime - perhaps after the summer hols.

I`ve been with the same company for the last 22yrs(I know,I don`t look that old)started at the bottom,now factory manager,have been for the last five years,and I`m bored witless!My own worse enemy really,good at what I do,so they keep me doin it.From the outside in it looks ok,close to home,no travelling:D but no unwinding on the way home either:( as long as the work gets done I have a free reign to run the place as I see fit,the wage is reasonable for our area,but boy do I need a change!

Understand entirely Dave

Well we ain't gonna talk about work on Sunday are we? ;);) Really looking forward to it - please, please be dry :smug:

[Edited on 28-7-2005 by everton]

Good call - lets do that.

I'm off out for a ride now - which should it be, ZX10R or 996R!!!!

Tim

Definetly not! As for the weather............Hmmm

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/7days.asp

I enjoy it now I do it for myself rather than someone else! Always focusses you knowing whatever you earn you keep rather than just getting a cut.

oooh hard one....

part of me says i hate it and only do it for the money, but part of the reason i left my last job was because I was bored half the time.

When I actually get to do something myself rather than dealing with numpties I enjoy what I do. Sometimes I think I would like to jack it all in and do something completely different, but I think my job suits my personilty and my attitude... or maybe i have this personality and attidue because of my job...hmmm

I still do roughly the same work as in my previous role just with a company that has some huge differences to my one which means things that would have been an everyday task previously is now a major headache :(

Having said all that, i get paid so i get to keep my bike so can't be all bad (for today anyway)