Do You Guys Like Your Jobs? Really? Come On, Be Honest.

[jenny_ravenclaw]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Cindy C." <cindysphinx at c...> 
wrote:
 
> I've been contemplating getting back into the job market one of 
these days, hopefully not too soon, mind.  And every time I think 
about it, it depresses me.  Does *anyone* like their job?  What kind 
of job is it, and why do you like it?
> 
In my profession, the really fun jobs require you to kill yourself 
with long hours and travel, and the stable jobs are worse than 
watching paint dry.  Are other professions/jobs like that?>

Hey Cindy -

If you, Cindy, don't know how I feel about my job, then I guess you 
haven't been paying any attention to me since you joined HPFGU way 
back when.  :-P  For those of you who don't know me from a hole in the 
wall, I teach English at an alternative public high school in the 
South Bronx.  The stress can be overwhelming and the conditions 
literally make me sick all the time, but I am so proud of what I do, I 
cannot imagine doing anything else or working with anyone other than 
my kids.  I sure as hell couldn't sit in an office in front of a 
computer and next to a phone all day.  I'd be fired in a second... in 
fact, I was fired from a number of jobs before I became a teacher.  

I must agree with Amy about how insane the work week has become.  
There is NO WAY I would ever take a job that expected me to work well 
into the evenings.  I treasure my summers off and if I was Queen of 
the World, I'd make the work week four days instead of five.  I'm 
lucky enough to live with a man who feels the same way even though he 
loves what he does too (tennis instructor now, HVAC technician next 
year).  One of the reasons we like to work is to enjoy our time off!

I guess what you need to think about is why you want to go back to 
work.  If Raul and I won the lottery, I'd probably quit tomorrow and 
never work again (I'd volunteer, though).  It also can't hurt to send 
out your resume just to see what happens.  Maybe something great will 
come along.  Maybe no one will respond at all.  Maybe you'll take a 
job and hate it.  The nice thing is that you can always quit.  

--Jenny, who actively fantasizes all the time about winning the 
lottery **************************************