Comments on: Unhappy with your job? You're not alone.

By: Starlit

Starlit — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:08:04 +0000

at least you have jobs try being a atay at home mom now that’s sucks bigtime!

By: Yani

Yani — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 08:40:15 +0000

i luv my job have been working 5yrs. My company went bankrupt and new company take over. Since then it change my life. I hate the working environment & hate the management. They employ new hire n give training to them but not me :( i fell outcast. I’m happy with my salary but not so happy with my job. Planning to switch career & find new job. I rather work in happy environment.

By: Christina

Christina — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 18:45:05 +0000

I am very happy with my job, to bad that the salary is not very good.. :( But I can’t have it all..can I? :)

By: Gina

Gina — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:35:15 +0000

I had a lot of problems with my previous jobs.. :(

Crazy boss, crazy activity, stupid colleagues..But now I am very happy with my job..makes me feel happy and so good about my self.

From my point of view, it you are not happy with your job, search for another! There is no point in getting stressed.. ;)

Good luck!! :*

By: Snuggles

Snuggles — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 11:22:47 +0000

I am surprised by negative impact to health not being higher. I think studies tend to downplay the negative impact as companies don’t want to have to make things better for employees or deal with lawsuits from a heart attack etc.

I would say negative impact to health is my number one. I was recently fired from a job for suffering a nervous breakdown. It took me 1.5 months to even begin to feel normal again. I was depressed, had trouble sleeping, very anxious, high blood pressure, etc. and now I feel fantastic, better than I’ve felt in years.

I’m also in IT and still like what I do even though it is boring and stressful. I left management to go back to hands on and there is nothing wrong with that.

I think the problem is the work week is just too long. After all the hours and the commute, a person hardly has any time to do anything except collapse on the sofa.

American jobs are nothing more than sweat shop conditions anymore. Work tons of hours for very low pay. I left the country and won’t be back and feel compelled to get the rest of my family out of there before it collapses.

By: KG

KG — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:03:44 +0000

I’m glad I read this blog. Today reminded me that sometimes, it is not the work, nor the benefits, nor the management, etc. that make working an unhappy experience. It could just be the toxic people you work with and around that create an intolerable environment to work in. Other than that, working is great!

By: July Bucks

July Bucks — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:27:49 +0000

Great post!
It’s not at all surprising that inadequate compensation is a top reason why employees are dissatisfied with they jobs. However it’s very surprising that undesirable impact on health is such not a reason for disliking a current job. I guess that it’s true that we are ready to stress ourselves to death for a good salary.
You are saying that you have tons of work but most of the time you donÂ’t enjoy doing it. Did you talk to your managers and told them you were bored with your job? The thing is, I like the way you stand in all things you mentioned but I doubt if talking to managers really helps. In which situations this approach helped you?

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