Do you feel grateful for having a job that you like?

[Simslover92]

Sometimes I think about when I was unemployed and looking for work while doing deliveries on the side and it felt like hell not to have a full time job but it felt more like hell when I was at a job I didn't particularly like last year.

I am very thankful to have one and glad that I enjoy it. My coworkers are so nice and great peeps.

[i_am_tbjxii]

Yes I’m a teacher and I love my job. My students drive me crazy sometimes but seeing them all learn and grow was very rewarding. I did everything in my power to improve as an educator too. As I go into my second year year of teaching I feel very good.

[Simslover92]

That's nice. I hope your second year goes smoothly as possible. I know how crazy it can get. I subbed for a while.

[i_am_tbjxii]

Thank you yes it can get crazy lmao.

[i_am_tbjxii]

Thank you for Mho

[Simslover92]

You're welcome!

[NathanDavis]

I do feel very fortunate, yes... and grateful that I am able to do what I do and they way I do it too...

definitely appreciate it

[Simslover92]

That's great!

[AI Opinion]

Feeling grateful for a job you enjoy is a wonderful sentiment. It's a reflection of both personal and professional growth. Having experienced periods of unemployment and working in roles you didn't love, your current appreciation is deepened. Enjoying your job, connecting with great coworkers, and feeling professionally fulfilled are key components of career satisfaction. Remembering past challenges can enhance your gratitude and motivate you to make the most of your current opportunities. Embrace this positive phase in your career and continue to nurture those connections and skills.

[midnightmoon05]

Hard for me... since with any job... I liked.

I had a babysitting job around 12/13 years. old. I folded table clothes while in HS. I worked at my grand uncles restaurant around 11 years. old. Then as a cashier at a local supermarket called c-Town. Then filed paperwork at SS administration office when I finished HS as a summer job... I worked and didn't care. I always worked and any job I had, I was glad I was working. I don't like to be idle. For many... those are probabley jobs they would complain about... I don't, I liked them and I met people that I learned about their life.

In College, I worked retail in The Gap store. And taught my native language to investment bankers. Then my junior year, I was hired to work full time and completed my college in 6 years. part time. I also worked at summer camps. One thing... I made very little money... but I saved and I learned to invest well.

Then completed my masters degree... and 30 more credits.

I think, in life, as long as we move forward and making good decisions... every path we take is a journey. I learn from and grow.

Now I look back, I am grateful for all my life work experiences. I want to do more! :)

[Beckybooboo]

Yes, I'm extremely grateful, especially for my coworkers. When I started, I was new to the state and sad, lonely, homesick... lol but they made me feel so welcome! They turned a stressful situation into something really nice. They made me realize I made the right decision and we have all developed a great friendship.

[Simslover92]

That's great! I'm glad they made you feel welcomed especially with you being new to the state and feeling sad, lonely and homesick. I made a friend at my job unexpectedly and it's the first time I can honestly say that I'm happy with my work life and coworkers. They are really awesome folks. Glad you can relate.

[Beckybooboo]

Coworkers can definitely make or break a job. I've worked with some real idiots in the past that ruined it. You seem very likable, so I'm sure you would be great to work with.

[Simslover92]

Aww thanks. Same to you. And yes they can. My last job proved that. I had to leave because they made it so miserable.

[Shiprex]

I do on the whole and am rn (Friday night) parked outside my new job location in a new country I've only just arrived in.

Shiprex new workplace in a few weeks.

[Simslover92]

Cool!

[Shiprex]

Yeah thanks quite exciting

[Geo1970]

My personal opinion about this, is this, what ever country you live in, it doesn’t matter. You will never get enough wages that fall in line with inflation!


We are constantly ripped off left right and centre, or at least especially in United Kingdom!

[Simslover92]

That's very true. Luckily I live with a roommate which helps a lot. I don't think I could do it on my own but with her, it makes living with my wages easier.

[Simslover92]

I live in the U. S. by the way

[Geo1970]

If you live in the United Kingdom, then you will know that the private sector for accommodation, that is anything from rooms to a flat or a house is extortionate.

People are constantly being priced out, and not being able to afford these kind of accommodation facilities.

[Simslover92]

Wow. That's awful. It's getting bad here as well. That's why I must have a roommate and many people I know live either with family or roommates. Inflation is ridiculous right now in many places.

[Geo1970]

That’s why in the United Kingdom, many people are pushed into Social Housing.
This particular area of housing is not the best of, and the landlords treat you like dirt.

[exitseven]

Yes, for 20 years I had a crappy sales job. I worked a lot of hours, hardly ever had a vacation and was treated like crap by my boss and my customers. I changed careers when I was 40 and got into IT. I had a good career and now I am teaching computer science which I like doing.

[Simslover92]

Yeah sales is an area I would never work in. I hear it's one of the worst fields to be in. Makes it probably worse when you don't hardly have a vacation. Don't see how you did that for 20 years. Kudos to you for doing that and then finding a job you like doing.

[exitseven]

@Simslover92 I had a wife and 3 kids to support and had no other options. I really lived on the ragged edge for society.
Truthfully if a car jumped the curb i am not sure that i would have jumped out of the way.

[DCVsMarvel2]

I don't "like" my job, but, I'm good at it. The problem with my job is, if I ever need someone to work for me, because I have an emergency or something, I can't ask anyone to, because I'm the only who does my job. So, if I need to take time off I literally have to ask for vaca. or sick, which depletes my vaca and sick time, very quickly.

They need to hire a second person, so I can at least ask them to take my job when I can't

[Simslover92]

Oh wow that sucks. Sorry.

[DangerouslyCute]

grateful? but why? if I have the job it means I earned it... it wasn't a gift or something I could be grateful for... it was my hard work...

[LiamJHayden]

I'm thankful for running a business that generates a lot of income. I am not really fond of the job itself, but it allows me to do what I want in my non-work time so I am content with it.

[Simslover92]

That's great. If I could run a successful business I would so that I could do what I really want to do on the side which is to write my books.

[LiamJHayden]

Good for you! and don't give up. J. R. R. Tolkien did not get The Hobbit published till he was 45

[Simslover92]

Wow that gives me hope! Thanks!

[molonski2]

Massive advantage.

But honestly the most important thing is the NETT financial position , because it's a job , make as much $$$ as absolutely possible.

[EmmaMary]

@Simslover92

Thankfully I have never experienced unemployment, and indeed have been in the same field that I studied and graduated from university.

[wynning]

I'm grateful for having a job at all really especially in such a niche field! Unemployment is a horrible prospect...

[DeeDeeDeVour]

Do I feel grateful for having a job that I like?

I do, especially since I'm boss.

[WhitneySnow]

It’s a good job, but it’s just a part time summer job and I wouldn’t want to do it my whole life.

[RavVid]

Well I have carefully curated my job into being one I enjoy. So my gratitude is for having made a career out of what I enjoy.

[slatyb]

I feel lucky. I´ve been a software developer my entire career and these days it pays very well.

[Anonymous]

Yeah. I just wish i wouldn't have went through what I had to to get it. It's like winning the lottery and being paid 100million dollars 1 day before the collapse of the gov't and now that 100million dollars is all of a sudden worthless.

[genericname85]

i guess so. but to me personally, being "grateful" is for things i didn't earn myself.

[ProbablyClueless]

Oh yeah! My life is fantastic. I'm incredibly grateful for my situation.

[Nikki1989]

Yes, I am grateful and feel very lucky.

[Brandi555]

I have a job that works for me. Like it fits my current lifestyle but it definitely isn’t what I want to do forever.

[Jeff51]

I dont like doing what I got myself into 13 years ago but it's paying the bills anyways.

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately, I don't have a job that I like.

[Peace0fMind1994]

Ofc I have my days but for the most part I get along with everyone

[BCRanger10]

Yes, I do.

[Simslover92]

That's awesome!

[WonderingManII]

I don't know I never got a job I liked.

[Tom567456]

Yes but I should have been promoted by now

[Nora2004_]

Yes and job I enjoy for the most part.

[eagle1951]

yeah retirement sucks

[talka20]

Yesss💯💯💯

[MannMitAntworten]

Boss aside, yes.

[fish5505_87]

Yes!

[RedInnocent69]

Yes, indeed

[Szellem]

👍 yes 👍

[QuietRunner]

yes I do