Comments on: Turn the Job You Hate Into One You Love

By: Neal

Neal — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:22:45 +0000

Stealing a little bit of office supplies each day can turn any dull job into a fun time.

By: Not the Amy that's a registered user.

Not the Amy that's a registered user. — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:13:59 +0000

“Most people don’t hate their jobs. They hate the conditions under which they have to do their jobs.”

Amen. I love what I do. I despise the people above me who keep our department from becoming the highly-effective dept I know it can be.

Vive la revolution!

By: Hmmm

Hmmm — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:47:45 +0000

So, to summarize:

1. Ask for more responsibility that you won’t be paid for and still have to do 100% of the job you were hired for.
2. Get someone else to do the crap you don’t want to.
3. Point out to your boss that you’d rather do something other than the job you were hired for which he/she needs you to do and who will have a nice talk with you about your attitude come review time.
4. Pitch ideas to your boss who will either take credit for them, reject because they fear you’re gunning for their job or be the jerk who convinces the idiot in the next cubicle that whitewashing fences is super fun.

This book is written by the classic example of someone who has never had a support level job and has no idea about the reality of corporate life. It sounds like a blueprint for the typical douchebag manager to more effectively ream the people who report to him/her.

Most people don’t hate their jobs. They hate the conditions under which they have to do their jobs. If they worked someplace that would allow these suggested changes, they wouldn’t hate their jobs in the first place. What a joke. Is it filed in the humor section?

By: GailW

GailW — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:10:44 +0000

Trivia: “Love the One You’re With” was written by Stephen Stills about / for his then-girlfriend, who eventually became the mother of actress Christina Applegate.

By: AmbroseC

AmbroseC — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:55:03 +0000

Technically, the song “Love The One You’re With” was originally released by Stephen Stills as a solo act, although CSN&Y did have a version on their “Four Way Street” album.

In terms of relationships, I have to say, it’s always struck me as incredibly bad advice…

By: detarmatol

detarmatol — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:34:15 +0000

“so if you can’t be with the one you job, job the one you’re with..”?

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:20:49 +0000

Well, I thought it was a nice quote from my Screen Printing instructor, thanks for pissing on his memory. Even though, my favorite from him was:

“My wife once told me if I lost 1/2 an inch off my dick, I’d have a second belly button.”

By: PaulVI

PaulVI — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:08:41 +0000

Nice work if you can get it,/
And you can get it….

If your parents had the same attitude
and didn’t just steer you into the field
with the highest (perceived) probability
of high income, high job security,
autonomy and respect.

(E.g., physician, lawyer. Not teacher. Pity if you were “born to teach” but took the long journey through medical school to realize this.)

By: Robin

Robin — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:05:02 +0000

How do I learn to love a job that has not given me a raise in 8 years, has a sale director that makes me do half of his job, and a boss that won’t listen to anyone who isn’t male?

By: HollywoodBob

HollywoodBob — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:04:19 +0000

^Nobody can love their job that much. That’s like saying raising a family isn’t work.

Sometimes no matter how much you “love” something, it’ll get on your nerves.

This is just more capitalist propaganda to make people not be pissed about being wage slaves.

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:36:21 +0000

If you love your job, you won’t have to work for another day in your life.

By: Old Geezer

Old Geezer — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:52:33 +0000

So, forget the bonus, stop whining and just be happy. Is that it? And for that it took a whole book?