Are You Happy in Your Job?

[William33 110]

I am staying put. Just curious about the position of others and why.

If the poll choices don't fit, feel free to add some comments.

[sparkofcreation 0]

I work in a pretty small field and there aren't many jobs, I was lucky to get one that wasn't in a tiny town somewhere. I'm planning to stay probably 10-15 years at least, until I have the experience to get one of the much-coveted jobs in a city I'd rather live in (plus I need to wait for someone to retire in one of those cities). I love Albuquerque, and it's way better than some of my other options were (I was *so* lucky to get a job here first without having to put in my dues in in a tiny town). So I'm not planning to stay forever, but I'm not leaving any time soon.

Money's good, it's challenging, no chance of promotion with the current structure here but that's okay, I'd hate to be in charge.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

I am leaving due to below-inflation raises in 05 and no raise in 06 and the complete disappearance of the bonus.

[rebeccajo 14]

For the most part I love my job. I've been in that office for nearly five years now - i took a six year sabbatical from it to raise my son after having worked there four years before.

There are 3 of us ladies in the office, which sometimes causes drama but by and large we are friends.

My bosses are the nicest men in the world, they care about us personally, they aren't slave drivers and the hourly rate is not bad - but they are 'businessmen' and they WON'T put me on full time unless they are making raging amounts of money. Plus only one of the girls has insurance and she's taken that in lieu of raises. In short, they are cheap.

I NEED full time work and benefits. I've been looking for nearly a year. I won't apply for things that pay ####### wages - I've got loads of experience and great skills and I'm not going to work for another employer who might treat me badly. At least I get treated as a human being where I work.

[Thingee 0]

I plan on leaving after jumping all the immigration hurdles because of my work hours. I deliver papers...hours are 3:30AM to 5:30AM 365 days a year. It gives me lots of time with the kids, who are still fairly young, thus expensive to put in child care...BUT no time off at all, and the lack of sleep that go with it start to wear on a body. Yes, I really am responsible for distributing the paper 365 days..if I'm sick I have to pay someone else to do it, same goes for vacation or any other sort of time off.

Editted to say quitting doesn't come until after a green card has been granted and the SO finds work.

Edited January 5, 2007 by Thingee

[Marilyn. 340]

I am not working right now.... I haven't worked outside the home since I moved to the US about 2 years ago....

something always came up... we didn't have a 2nd car, I was pregnant etc.....

I would like to work so I can help my hubby out but yet again we don't have a 2nd car... we did for awhile but hubby's car was falling apart and needed a lot of work done so we had to get rid of it......

I am also terrified of working.... I don't know what I want to do.... basically the only kind of job I have had was being a nanny... and I am not sure if I can go back to doing that right now

[LaL 418]

i cannot answer this poll. I am happy (relatively) where I am, however I am leaving my job, not actively searching, or looking for something better.

[brnidokiegurl 0]

Mine runs middle of the road, not going to make me rich, good benefits tho, been here over 10 years, and where else could i look busy and still talk on here so much

[Savanphil 3]

I am staying put, the money is fair....but the benefits are awesome!!!! I mean AWESOME!!! SInce I have a chronic illness, I need a place that has good cheap health insurance, that can send me to all of the specialist that I need to go to....and buy get a cheap price on all of the meds that I have to take.

As a matter of fact my insurance personal choice (futurescripts) is giving us FREE generic perscriptions from now until march...this is saving me some major $$$$$

[Savanphil 3]

I am staying put, the money is fair....but the benefits are awesome!!!! I mean AWESOME!!! SInce I have a chronic illness, I need a place that has good cheap health insurance, that can send me to all of the specialist that I need to go to....and buy get a cheap price on all of the meds that I have to take.

As a matter of fact my insurance personal choice (futurescripts) is giving us FREE generic perscriptions from now until march...this is saving me some major $$$$$

Forgot to mention that they pay more than half of my college tuition.

Edited January 5, 2007 by Savanphil

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

I am staying put, the money is fair....but the benefits are awesome!!!! I mean AWESOME!!! SInce I have a chronic illness, I need a place that has good cheap health insurance, that can send me to all of the specialist that I need to go to....and buy get a cheap price on all of the meds that I have to take.

As a matter of fact my insurance personal choice (futurescripts) is giving us FREE generic perscriptions from now until march...this is saving me some major $$$$$

Forgot to mention that they pay more than half of my college tuition.

That is awesome!

[JenT 0]

I love my job. I'm using my skills and getting recognized for it... I have flexibility to establish my priorities and can work from home when necessary. Compensation is fair and the area I live in provides a 10-min commute every day. Would appreciate less travel, but that's not going to continue indefinitely. I've been with this company for 19 years and 'finally' feel like I'm coming into my own. Life is good.

[ChristinaM 0]

The upsides of my job: flexibility, relative autonomy, good bonus structure, awesome company and nice people, use of company car, great earning potential above quota.

The downsides: my boss leaves something to be desired, my commission plan is horrible, pressure to meet quota is high (but then, I am a salesperson!), a lot of unpaid work outside of work hours is expected. High stress, and I can't leave it at work at 5pm.

So, I'm staying put because of what I've built up in my pipeline over the past year, and because I know the product I'm selling and I can't face starting all over in another sales job. I have looked, but without a college degree I didn't have much luck finding admin work, I couldn't get a job as a property manager and I'm not licenced to be a real estate agent (all things I have done previously). I don't know how long I'll stay, because my husband works in New Hampshire and commutes from Maine every day and it depends how long he can hack the drive.

[Nikita2Charles 32]

OUTSOURCING!!!!!!!!

I love my jobs, it's challenging BUT the major concern is the shift toward ASIA, so in the future the company will move to Singapore, right now they care calling it EXPLORATION stage, The asian countries are being labeled LOW COST REGION

Bye, Bye all the hard work you put up to make a successful product, now the emphasis is more on CHEAP than Quality. And the new DICTATOR corporate system, you either join us or you are against US. In the long run AMERICAN ENGINEERS are the one affected, not those guys at the BOARD LEVEL.

Just a few more million Bonus to them for Shipping Jobs overseas

Edited January 5, 2007 by Nikita2Charles

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

OUTSOURCING!!!!!!!!

I love my jobs, it's challenging BUT the major concern is the shift toward ASIA, so in the future the company will move to Singapore, right now they care calling it EXPLORATION stage, The asian countries are being labeled LOW COST REGION

Bye, Bye all the hard work you put up to make a successful product, now the emphasis is more on CHEAP than Quality. And the new DICTATOR corporate system, you either join us or you are against US. In the long run AMERICAN ENGINEERS are the one affected, not those guys at the BOARD LEVEL.

Just a few more million Bonus to them for Shipping Jobs overseas

Don't despair. My current employer is shifting work to India and Malaysia and I've been on the market since early December looking for a new job. I've already turned down one offer and I just got another verbal offer (fingers crossed, can't wait to get my hands on the paper) that is much more to my liking. The work is out there if you have the technical skills and the communication skills. The days when a techie could bury his head in his laptop and just bang out lines of code all day are disappearing. Buy a suit, get comfortable wearing it and take speech classes if necessary.

Good luck.