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Life & Living => Work Avenue => Topic started by: lost_forever on June 02, 2016, 06:41:34 PM
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I never lasted more than five years at one company. What are your reasons for staying? Do you really enjoy doing your job? Feeling unmotivated. :( For me, if the pay is lower than $17, the job doesn't really seem professional and stable. Of course, we gotta make a living too. Every time I see other better jobs, it makes me want to leave. Salaries tend to peak around age 40.
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No motivation really....it's more like I have bills and taxes so thus I work.
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Yeh, same here. It's just the bills, taxes, and plus I need to eat. I really have zero motivation to work. If I can get unemployment now, I rather go for that. So tired of working... A good 1 or 2 year absence in the states would do me some good.
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No motivation really....it's more like I have bills and taxes so thus I work.
Exactly. Its a no brainer.
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Yeh, same here. It's just the bills, taxes, and plus I need to eat. I really have zero motivation to work. If I can get unemployment now, I rather go for that. So tired of working... A good 1 or 2 year absence in the states would do me some good.
That would be a good time to travel and explore the world.
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I never lasted more than five years at one company. What are your reasons for staying? Do you really enjoy doing your job? Feeling unmotivated. :( For me, if the pay is lower than $17, the job doesn't really seem professional and stable. Of course, we gotta make a living too. Every time I see other better jobs, it makes me want to leave. Salaries tend to peak around age 40.
When I'm at a cross road, I normally asked myself these questions:
1. Is the Job still rewarding? (I'm not talking about my salary/benefits either)
2. Do I still make difference in terms of positive contribution?
One of my job example,
When I was at the Post Office where many have made those jobs their life career, my job got boring so I left after 6 years...It was an easy job but just wasn't rewarding anymore...
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I never lasted more than five years at one company. What are your reasons for staying? Do you really enjoy doing your job? Feeling unmotivated. :( For me, if the pay is lower than $17, the job doesn't really seem professional and stable. Of course, we gotta make a living too. Every time I see other better jobs, it makes me want to leave. Salaries tend to peak around age 40.
People's salary will not increase if they stay at the same job for long... you want to increase your salary, move around. At my last job (an international company), I was told that promotion is not happening unless a position open up (each mfg site has a certain # of employees at each skill level)... we get the raises but not the promotion, unless we move to another mfg site within the company or someone above leave the company. I got promoted because someone above me left the company and the position was vacant. I left the company in 2014 when a better job offer was available that moved me to a higher level and 20% increase in pay.
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When I worked outside the home, I loved it because I loved what I did. I worked with people and money although I'm terrible at math, I always enjoy the jobs where I played with money, than any other jobs (i.e., medical). The deadlines and meetings kept me on my toes. What I didn't like was the pay. I felt like I did too much for what I was being paid. That was one of the main reasons why I resigned. Of course, if I didn't enjoy what I was doing, the pay wouldn't matter no matter what. I have been offered, a couple of times, positions with bigger pay but have turned them down because I either didn't want to put up with certain people (who were prejudice) or I didn't feel that company (boss) was being honest.
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When I'm at a cross road, I normally asked myself these questions:
1. Is the Job still rewarding? (I'm not talking about my salary/benefits either)
2. Do I still make difference in terms of positive contribution?
One of my job example,
When I was at the Post Office where many have made those jobs their life career, my job got boring so I left after 6 years...It was an easy job but just wasn't rewarding anymore...
In terms of rewarding, No. It is not rewarding. If you have a bad manager and coworkers, it'll get worst. Positive contribution, just a little contribution but not much that affected the department.
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When I worked outside the home, I loved it because I loved what I did. I worked with people and money although I'm terrible at math, I always enjoy the jobs where I played with money, than any other jobs (i.e., medical). The deadlines and meetings kept me on my toes. What I didn't like was the pay. I felt like I did too much for what I was being paid. That was one of the main reasons why I resigned. Of course, if I didn't enjoy what I was doing, the pay wouldn't matter no matter what. I have been offered, a couple of times, positions with bigger pay but have turned them down because I either didn't want to put up with certain people (who were prejudice) or I didn't feel that company (boss) was being honest.
I agree. If the pay is also much too low for the amount of work you do, its not worth it. A lot of times, they will add on more responsibility and task without giving any increase pay or offer any rewards, promotions.
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Never did I enjoy any of my jobs even though some were pretty laid back. I work so the bills and taxes will get off my back to do things I want to do. There is nothing rewarding work for others when I can spend more time to work for myself first.
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Never did I enjoy any of my jobs even though some were pretty laid back. I work so the bills and taxes will get off my back to do things I want to do. There is nothing rewarding work for others when I can spend more time to work for myself first.
lol Yeh, never enjoy any of my jobs even though it helps broaden my horizon. Working for yourself? How do you do that? I mean pay yourself-just where you get the money? hehe
lost_forever,
I like to travel the world but that's a luxury I can't afford. It's easy for others to just take $30k and disappear for a year or two. I just simply can't do that.
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My motivations...
1. Buying a home
2. Making sure I have enough to provide for my future kids
3. Traveling
4. Spoiling my mom and family
5. Getting bills paid
6. Having money for shopping!!! :p
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lol Yeh, never enjoy any of my jobs even though it helps broaden my horizon. Working for yourself? How do you do that? I mean pay yourself-just where you get the money? hehe
lost_forever,
I like to travel the world but that's a luxury I can't afford. It's easy for others to just take $30k and disappear for a year or two. I just simply can't do that.
pay yourself with pure satisfaction of accomplishing things you always want to do in life is what I really look at it as working for myself, money is just a plus. I don't care much for money at all. If the things I want to do doesn't involve with this piece of paper called "money". Heck I wouldn't even work or should I say majority of us wouldn't be working. ;D
some live to work, some work to live... which one are you?
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I work to live because I don't have a choice. If I can get SSI or welfare I go for that.lol You know, that's a confusing question to ask.
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Been in my job for 9 years now. I stick to it because the pay is good, it's not stressful, I don't have someone watching over my shoulder every minute, I get to work from home and be wife and kids, and most importantly it is necessary when you have a family to support -- having money to pay for bills and healthcare insurance.
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Good paying job
Discount :D
Love what I do
I can make people feel/look good
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1. family to support.
2. easy job.
3. not supervise much if any at all.
4. pay is good.
5. hours are good.
6. get along with co-workers, (sometimes).
7. I like how that run their schedules.
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i like the flexibility (if i want to go home, i can but i would rather stay and be on pH... :P) and like being the boss, even though i work for the people i hire!
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Enjoy what I do
Family
Money
Coworkers
Flexibility
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I like what I do but the bureaucracy leaves much to be desire... and it also burns a lot of people out.
This is strictly from a male perspective, correct? Because we can open a whole different discussion about gender pay gaps.
gender pay gaps don't exist. do your research please. :idiot2:
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Hmmmm let's see... I've been doing this for sooooooooooooo o long now and yes it's a career not a job. I enjoy working w/ the population I'm serving, work load is manageable/not stressful, got nice office windows w/ sunlight coming through, my own little space where I can listen to music - make the work day relax and peaceful, supervisor don't monitored every step, and pay & benefits are fine.
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My motivations for staying with an employer:
* Positive company culture = happy employees
- Happy employees will feel like they can grow personally/professionally, will feel like they are valued/appreciated for their work, will feel like they can contribute positively to the company
* Flexibility
* Money
* Benefits/other factors
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My motivations for staying with an employer:
* Positive company culture = happy employees
- Happy employees will feel like they can grow personally/professionally, will feel like they are valued/appreciated for their work, will feel like they can contribute positively to the company
* Flexibility
* Money
* Benefits/other factors
You are lucky to find a needle in the hay stack
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I never lasted more than five years at one company. What are your reasons for staying? Do you really enjoy doing your job? Feeling unmotivated. :( For me, if the pay is lower than $17, the job doesn't really seem professional and stable. Of course, we gotta make a living too. Every time I see other better jobs, it makes me want to leave. Salaries tend to peak around age 40.
Looking back to when I was 16 years old, it appears my history proves that I typically start looking for opportunities to move up within any company around 2.5 years. Depending on the company's way of treating my application and I after applying determined if I stayed or left the company altogether.
Currently where I am at, I do enjoy it most days...some days it can get a bit wild, but my current reasons for staying at my place today:
1) Satisfaction in helping people get into their homes
2) Monthly bonuses
3) Health Insurance
4) 401k
5) The people who I work with and who work for me