A job/career

[Hannabanana]

I have a love/hate relationship with my job.

Anyone else feel this way?

[JustJen]

Does hating my catering business count?

It sucks to lose every saturday during the Summer. I'm so glad we cut this season short. I'm still trying to decide if I want to re-up my contract for next year. But after 9 years, I'd hate to lose my spot. I have more seniority then anyone there. And the money I can't complain about.

I have until the end of April to decide.
Sorry you are hating your job. Hope it gets better.:hug1:

[Mrs.Greevy]

oh yeah....

[Hannabanana]

Thanks Jen. :) It sucks to have this feeling!

:bighug: Megan ...

I have been ok until about a month ago and now I dread Sunday nights ... I don't want to go to bed because I just lie there thinking about work and dreading the next morning. It's so not healthy!! But then the day starts & I think "this is not so bad ... I CAN do this. I care about what goes on here so I won't just up & leave" :Rolleyes: It doesn't help that dh is self-employed & works from home ... and the fact that I had a "taste" of that freedom while i was off on mat leave with Hanna for a year (way back when) ... long rant huh!?

[Nadine]

:bighug: Sorry about that, Aimee.

I actually like my job these days. But you are right - it is a love/hate relationship. I am not cut for being a SAHM or WAHM. But working means that I don't have a lot of time for myself / things I want to do.

[Mrs.Greevy]

Thanks Jen. :) It sucks to have this feeling!

:bighug: Megan ...

I have been ok until about a month ago and now I dread Sunday nights ... I don't want to go to bed because I just lie there thinking about work and dreading the next morning. It's so not healthy!! But then the day starts & I think "this is not so bad ... I CAN do this. I care about what goes on here so I won't just up & leave" :Rolleyes: It doesn't help that dh is self-employed & works from home ... and the fact that I had a "taste" of that freedom while i was off on mat leave with Hanna for a year (way back when) ... long rant huh!?


Sounds like you are burned out, I was like that at my last job and since switching it has gotten a little better. I love what I do, but I am not a coporate warrior type so it is hard. The idea of staying home with the kids is wonderful, but someone's got to have insurnace KWIM

[Darcy]

I couldn't have said it better.

I love what I do, but I hate the politics and the company. I also hate my commute--they've started doing construction, and it takes me 1.5 hours to and from work. :mope: We just bought a house in June, and it's so far from work because that's all we can afford. I was looking for another job, and then got pregnant. We decided to focus on DH getting another job, so I'm just sucking it up.

But the main thing is that I hate I only get to spend about 2 hours with Riley each night. It breaks my heart about that. I hate that she spends so much time with her teachers and playmates than she does with her mom and dad. :blue:

[Dawnie]

Count me in. I love the work I do but hate the bosses and their two kids that work here. I also lay in bed in the morning and dread coming here. I come in with a bad attitude and leave with an even worse one. My 10-15 minute trip to get the kids is usually spent screaming and swearing about what BS the boss said or did that day. Most recently I was passed over at raise time and they didn't tell me they "couldn't afford it" even though the boss gave himself a nice hefty raise that came to almost three times what I usually get. I am now looking for a new job because I cannot stay here much longer or I will go insane!

[Martian Lullaby]

Yep, totally. Actually it's more of a hate/hate relationship.

[Brooke]

Actually it's more of a hate/hate relationship.

This is me. It's just a hate relationship at this point.

I'm so burned out! I'm so glad to be on maternity leave and I'm taking until the end of the year this time. I need it.

I'm also going to be looking for a new job while I'm on leave. Right now, I don't even want to think about going back to my old job in January.

[Martian Lullaby]

This is me. It's just a hate relationship at this point.Yeah . . . I hate this job and I hate being here. It's a waste of time. Unfortunately I have the insurance. I'm so unhappy that I fantasize about getting pregnant just for the maternity leave. Although all I got with Maya was six weeks. :rolleyes:

[bunybomb]

but someone's got to have insurance KWIM

Yes, I know what you mean. I carry the insurance too and if we had to buy it through my DH's company, we'd be poor and have lousy coverage.

I have a love/hate for my job. I love my job, love what I do, love all those I work with EXCEPT my manager. She has been around for a year now so you would think I would get over it, but I can't. Mostly because she is useless and when I do need her help, she won't step up to the plate. My director used to be my direct boss and that was so much better.

I just want to have the flexibility to work from home again once in awhile.

[Dawnie]

Yes, I know what you mean. I carry the insurance too and if we had to buy it through my DH's company, we'd be poor and have lousy coverage.


This is our situation too. I don't pay anything for our insurance since we get it through the union and it's in the contract that the company pay 100%. If I leave and we need to get insurance through Jim's work his boss is going to make him pay big $$ for it and the coverage won't be as good.

Why can't I win the Powerball? :lol:

[Hannabanana]

I'm so unhappy that I fantasize about getting pregnant just for the maternity leave.

I COMPLETELY understand this line of thinking!

If only we had gotten pg again when I wanted to, then I'd have something to look forward to.

And about my co-workers ... I'd say that they're all freaks but I'm probably just as bad :lol: It bothers me that my pay has been cut (1/2 day per week that I take off when I can even though I'm not paid for it) and yet two owners drive porches, one drives a BMW, and two others drive just as expensive vehicles ... all leased under the company name.

My only perk is driving the company leased Mini when my boss is not in town. Woopie! :scratch:

[Mrs.Greevy]

At my last job, which was hell, in the 5 years I was there I went on maternity leave 3x for a total of 36 weeks or almost a 3/4 a year :blush:

lease they could do the bastards!

[Hannabanana]

:lol: Megan -- oh how I'd love to do that to them especially since we're a really small office!

[lizziebeth]

I have the love/hate thing with my job too. I find my job creative (I make short films) and I work my ass off literally for 3 weeks then my boss shows up to view my latest film and is sometimes not complimentary. Then I hate it!! grrr. He has never directed so I don't think he understands how much hard work it is!