Do people really enjoy their jobs or derive some sort of meaning from them, or is that just a meme?
Every day I have ever worked in my life I have felt worse than the day before. Each action I've ever committed in any workplace has made me feel not only as if I'm wasting my life, but also as if I'm actively making the world a worse place. I have never been "happy" after working hard, just increasingly miserable. I never feel as if I've been compensated enough for my time, I feel like working under any conditions is literally wasting my life to be treated like garbage.
I'd like to believe that it's possible to actually feel good about what you're doing, like you're making the world better or improving society in some way by doing your job. But I've never experienced anything like that. Each day that I do any kind of work I just feel more tired and unhappy. It is hard for me to even justify getting out of bed most days because I know that nothing good is waiting for me for the rest of the day. I have never taken any pride in my work or anything like that, either. When I get money, I just feel disgusted that we've devolved as a species to the point where I need green pieces of paper to ensure my own survival.
So tell me honestly, Veeky Forums, do you take pride in what you do? Do you enjoy it? Do you think it makes the world a better place? Does it make you happy?
Do people really enjoy their jobs or derive some sort of meaning from them, or is that just a meme?
shut up wagecuck fag
No I don't and I don't know how I will
If you're a business owner aren't you just responsible for the misery of your employees? Doesn't that make you a bad person?
I do. I consider myself lucky to have landed that job. Pay is really good but more importantly my boss and my colleagues are people I genuinely enjoy being around. I am given a lot of responsibility and freedom. In the end it's a positive reinforcement spiral. I get motivated by all these things and in return I fucking deliver and they expose me to greater challenges.
TL;DR: your job is shit. Stop projecting.
I'm programmer and get paid well enough. Even if I make extra money via crypto and stocks, I would honestly keep working just out of boredom and again for extra money to spend when I want to do something fun. A working salary is time traded for guaranteed gains as long as they exceed your cost of living.
How do you find a job where that's the case? I've worked in numerous positions for a number of companies but the only thing I really felt good about was a volunteer position where I taught autistic kids how to ride bikes. I thought that at least then I was helping to make someone's life better, but it didn't pay anything.
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So you work at mcdonalds?
get a real job
I do construction, I appreciate what my hard work produces. and im paid well.
How can you justify knowing that you're an easily replaceable employee whose job is stereotypically done by drug addicts and immigrants?
I can't even imagine waking up in the morning and going to work knowing that. Add into account the planned obsolescence of many aspects of construction (around me, roads are literally built in a less than ideal way so that companies can create jobs to fix them later on) and what aspect of that seems appealing?
I'm a COBOL and somewhat Java programmer working on mainframes. Those jobs are in demand due to a generation of COBOL programmers retiring, so if you get a job you can be setup for a 20 to 30 year career with good benefits, company stock, etc. If you're practically autistic like I am, the job feeds into puzzle solving drive. If I wanted to learn a different language or program a video game, I could do that over the workday. If I wanted to watch crypto I could watch it on my phone or work computer - as long as the work gets done reasonably they don't give a shit about computer usage.
Want to make someone's life better? Sheeeet. Establish a life on your own terms, save and invest, tip a stripper, etc. Enlightened self-interest is your friend.
I think the only chance you have of enjoying your job is if you work for yourself and basically get to do what you want, when you want.
Every wagecuck job I've ever had I've truly detested and wanted to kill myself during.
How are you responsible? Your employees don't have an obligation to work for you nor vice-versa. Their misery is their responsibility
But as a business owner, don't you feel at least kind of shitty knowing that the people who work for you are miserable? Don't you feel the need to make sure that your business is respectable not only for the consumer but for the employee as well?
Personally I would probably just kill myself if I were running a business which put profit before people. I wouldn't be able to live with myself knowing that I made someone else's life worse than it needs be just to make an extra few dollars. Money isn't worth that much desu.
ill just keep my trade, my degree in civil, my 80k a year, freedom to travel as my skills are demanded everywhere, and just hustle property when i hit my mid 30's and retire by my 50's thanks. Im 23 and already own a half acre section with a 200k house on it. And I can get up in the morning and not hate my life because i work outdoors surrounded by good people.
Did you vote for Bernie? Just checking
what do you do ?
get the fuck outa this country if you dont like it
>I do construction
europe or canada?
cos anywhere else in the world you are basically a pajeet worker. in fact anywhere else in the world that isnt running a socialist welfare scheme
webdev here
i only work half a day and the other half im looking at crypto charts listening to music or just reading news so what gives
still wanna get out of that life and be independent nothing beats that and im a manlet in my country i wanna move to a country where the women are shorter and i dont wanna have to work there
>manlet in my country
what country is that? netherlands?
germany haha close
netherlands would be hopeless
No, I abstained from voting. None of the people running had the moral character necessary to justly lead a nation.
Also your vote is meaningless, all of that shit is decided long before the official votes you know.
I'm 22, running my own small business (clothing store) in the city and working part time for a bigger store at the same time.
At my own shop I am happy at the end of the day when I feel that I've impacted someone's life with something new I've introduced to them, whether it be a piece of clothing or just the experience of being in the space I've put together. It's not this amazing incredible feeling but it does give me a small sense of fulfilment that lets me keep going without becoming jaded, and I think that's a good place to be.
My other job where I work for someone else is also nice in that the values / principles of the business are something I can get behind, and also take away from to integrate into my own business. It also puts me in a place where I am reminded to be humble because the scale is much bigger than anything I could do right now. But at the same time, work is work and while I do get along with everyone there is always going to be compromises, having to change the way you act or the way you do things. It's not a huge issue but ideally I would like to be running my own shop under my own rules and also making enough money to build my own team of people that I truly connect with.
In conclusion, day to day life, even when working for companies I like and even my own business, isn't this fucking incredible amazing experience where I find ultimate fulfilment (although for some really driven people it is), but it is alot nicer and comforting to the soul, even if there are challenges every day.
Sounds to me like you're not in a specialist area of work. Literally any retard can do the jobs you're doing, that's why you're unfulfilled.
I used to think about workong the way you do but then a few weeks ago I'vv got hired by an it company the job is challenging im still being treated like garbage like in a place of work but in exchange i am learning a shiton load of things is not about the money anymore it is about learning i feel that if i stay in this job a few years when i leave it I'll be able to pretty much put in practice any it idea i have and that's amazing to me
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I love my job and my career. It gives me meaning. It makes the world a much worse place.
Meh I work at a comedy club.
It's a fun environment and not too stressful except when it's really busy.
Plus hanging out with coworkers after is fun.