things you dislike about your job/things you love about your job.

[beastieangel01]

I'll go first.


When people expect me to remember some task they said they MIGHT give me about three weeks ago. I have had at least 20+ tasks given to me since then, as if I will remember something they said they MIGHT give me. If you tell me that, it's on the backburner and probably will leave my head, buddy.
People who do not clean up after themselves in the kitchen. I end up cleaning things up since no ONE ELSE DOES IT! ARGH!


Love list:

We have a coupon for a free gallon of beer a month for Karl Strauss (which is right next door). Thus, at least once a month, I get to drink beer on the job.
Most of the company enjoys drunken get togethers and parties, and most of them are under 30, so there are lots of get togethers all the time.
Being the unofficial assitant to my boss and the owner. I get lots of perks: free lunches, free stuff they may get from other companies, etc.

[adam_f]

Hate List


The folks on the large side whose orders tend to take half my shift at the snack bar
The guy who fired me once already
Kids who sneak into the theater who think they're the shit.

Love List


Tossing out those same kids. Especially if I'm feeling pissy. Then I call their parents just to piss everyone off.
Free movies
I got to keep one of the Land of the Dead posters.

[kll]

hate:
*assholes who think that the rules do not apply to them
*assholes who are not accountable for their own shit
*assholes who do not realize that you DO have other duties than to cater to them
*assholes who bitch about anything and everything and yet, when given the opportunity to offer input to make changes, they never do
*stress and deadlines

love:
*my boss, my co-workers
*my own huge office with tons of windows
*not having someone's thumb on me, keeping tabs on me at all times

[skinnybutphat]

I hate:
Using bullet points
The location - 10 miles North of the city
The insurance plan - a cool $780 per month
Being too busy to fucka round on the web, usually

I love:
The people I work with
The respect people have for my thoughts
The summer BBQs

[enree erzweglle]

dislike
. at least once a year, we take fundamental "self-discovery" seminars
. there can be too much gossip
. my building is often the location for anti-war protests
. there's too much pettiness and jealousy


love
. flexible hours
. good atmosphere for learning new things (not just work-related things)
. close to where I live
. some nice people work here

edit: I did mine in the wrong order. :) I had love first. I'm a sucker for romance.

[hpdrifter]

like
* variety of projects/responsibilities
* predictable
* I've been at it so long I know everything

dislike
* extremely high stress
* unfair balance of workload (I have way more to do than anyone else in the office)
* super high energy over productive boss
* never meet anyone new, nothing intersting ever happens

[mp-seventythree]

Hate:

Just talking about my job could land me in jail (stupid Official Secrets Act)
Long shifts, sitting at a desk for most of it
Shitty long drive into work, through slow speed limits for at least half of it
No parking on site, have to pay for contract parking
We have kitchen facilites at work as our office is 24/7, but they suck
I work with some complete pricks
I have to talk to some complete pricks
I get e-mails from some complete pricks
I work a lot of weekends

Love:

Get lots of days off
Get paid quite well
The long drive in can be quite chilled, as I always miss rush hour because of the shifts I work
My team are all pretty cool
I'm right in town so things like Starbucks are close, and when we're on nights there's a kebab shop just round the corner

[adam_f]

Originally posted by Mae
lots of spare time.

No shit.

I'm glad I work at night so I don't miss all this hilarity.

[Lindsey_1535]

Hate:
the general maneger
customsers
prep
the guys from mac's who can't speak english and ask for 5's when I don't have any, and are creepy and ask every girl who works there out even though most are under 18
making gross meat subs
pushy people asking for more veggies
ridin my bike in the rain to get there
the food

Like:
co workers
cleaning
location
riding my bike in the sun to work
getting slurpees
the food

[HEIRESS]

HATE

dealing with substances that are probably causing cancer day in and day out
raw sewage samples
lack of air conditioning
acid burns
coworkers who poo on the toilet seat
coworkers who sexually harass me


LOVE

being able to play any CD I want all day long
dancing with my coworkers to said CDs
funny bunny and smart as shit coworkers that I get to hang out with alllll day long
getting paid to stand around and play on the computer during the slow winter season
lunchtimes that extend 1.5 hours because we are playing poker with the boss
pizza/donut lunches
going to conventions and getting paid to get drunk and have mining industry bigwigs hit on me
the sweet OT time ripe for the taking
being taught so much stuff that is going to look awesome on my resume, that I technically already should know if I had a chemistry degree, but I dont so SCORE
coworkers who sexually harass me

[Jodry]

Famous Players movie theatre
Dislikes:
-Some managers can be dicks
-working with douches that don't know how to wipe their own ass
-"guests" that try to joke with you when you're never in the mood
-riping tickets
-sometimes very boring
-nothing works, everythings broken

Likes:
-great co-workers
-friends
-laid-back, not hard
-putting together standees
-half off food
-free movie posters
-free movies

[Trimm Trabb]

Hate
- Crappy worktimes (evenings, or very early mornings)
- I never know my schedule till a week in advance, and when I plan to do something on a day off it's always changed a day before, so I have to change my plans
- My boss. ("yeah you need to wear the red DE shirt this week. hmm.. you don't have one? well I have one, but you won't fit that anyway, it's only an L." Jezus, I'm not that fat you asshole!)
- Rude customers
- Having to ask the same fucking questions over and over again. (Do you want something to eat/drink with that? Regular or Large? GRRRR!!!)
- Colleagues who leave their junk behind all the time but complain when you've left 1 bit of cardboard.
- Colleagues that talk about you behind your back.

Like
- Some colleagues are ok.
- staff discount.
- free coffee
- the money.

[Tone Capone]

Hates...

Having to deal with the politics of being in a Communications Squadron
I can't just quiut my job if I get sick of it.
Mass briefings that don't enrich my life or intelligence in anyway.
There are so many more but I'm getting angry just thinking about this.


Likes...

Getting paid every two weeks (could use more money but, I'll always day that)
Getting to meet some really cool folks (who drown out the majority of dirt bags)
Medical and Dental benefits get the job done.

[beastieangel01]

another thing to the hate list: when people hand me things and walk away.

Yesterday someone handing me an open fedex box with some stuff in it, and said "here" and walked away. I was like ummm, ok. So I set it to the side. They just asked me if I sent it out yesterday.


me: "I would have if I you would have told me you needed it to be sent out, rather just just hand it to me and walk away."

Although I could have assumed it needed sending, lots of people also give me things to either hold on to or store. Thus, if you want something specific done TELL ME. I do not mind read. :mad:

[Ferdinand_2]

-Bad,all the toughs,a lot of work ¡SHITE!
-Good,Daniela

[LongDuckDong]

Good- Cool peeps, cool location, interesting, every day is different, looks good on the resume

Bad- Stress, not being able to delegate as I am the only one who does this job

Ugly- Jerks, jerks and more jerks, unable to just CALL IN SICK

[wavin_goodbye]

good - i work alone
- not much to do, so plenty of relaxing/reading time
- i don't work a lot
- close to home

bad - long hours (10 hr shifts)
- i work alone
- 75% of the job is in french, which is my 2nd language
- sometimes i feel that i'm pressuring the clients too much
-minimum wage

[alruggs]

Things I love:


my seniority and awesomeness
my co-workers and "boss" if you can call her that
espresso bar on site
I love cars so working with them is a plus
Internet access all day long
good compensation package and benefits

Things I hate:


I've been here 4 years so it's tedious
customers can be real assholes and I've been cussed at from time to time
Nobody trusts car dealerships so I have to overcome that a lot
no room for advancement

[i'mcrafty]

ok, i don't really have a "real" job! but i'm a stay at home mom...so i'll use that!

hate:
cleaning
breaking up fights between siblings
my children's friends who are over and are out of control
laundry
studying (instead of playing with my kids)

love:
being at home to RAISE my kids (instead of them being in a daycare all day)
enough said above! i love watching them grow, and being "there" for every moment of their lives!!! even if it means we are poor for the next few years! (wow that felt like a master card commercial "priceless"!)

[Beth]

clients.

[marsdaddy]

love
* being respected
* pretty cool but ineffective boss
* autonomy
* working out of the house
* talking to people
* some cool coworkers
* decent cash

dislike
* unreachable quotas
* out of touch upper management
* ineffective but pretty cool boss
* talking to some people
* some bothersome coworkers
* don't use most of my brain

[Mr. Boomin'Granny]

hate:
all the scientology crap

like:
doing what i went to school for

[Dr Deaf]

my last day was yesterday. i have no job anymore.

i really like the industry and the fact that you never know what to expect. i liked having my leadership and orginizational skills tested to the extreme. i liked running into the odd celebrity or professional athelete. i like trucks and planes and fuel. i love the constant noise that surrounds you. i like turning out a 757 or 767 in the winter and feeling the warmth of the jet blast on my back. i liked assembling 14 saudi arabian ambulances in one room and rocking all the sirens full blast for 2 straight minutes. i liked the tips, the people and environment.

i don't like supporting the wages of people that aren't insignificant to the continued success of a failing enterprise.

i don't like managers who don't really have a clue about the industry and are just trying to get thru the day without doing any real work.

^if the above had been corrected everything else would have worked out the way it should for those that remain.

[icy manipulator]

things i like, even tho i have a superior, i can get away with just about anything, because he lacks self confidence :p

[dublirie04]

I dislike the fact that I was to be there at 10 am this morning and I was up till 5:30am.

I like the fact that I called my boss and worked out for me to go in at 2pm

[cosmo105]

dislike:
-when people say, "are you new here? i haven't seen you before," when i've had long conversations with them over the TWO YEARS i've been working there
-when my boss doesn't listen to me about what we should do - which is frustrating because i'm there all the time and he isn't
-when parents let their tardatee kids roam the place and ignore them while trying to keep MY attention as their offspring are using their goddamn wheelies to terrorize the supplements
-it gets so boring because i've gotten so used to it/good at it

love:
-when a good customer raves about how much he/she loves the store and having us around
-when someone thanks me sincerely for helping him/her out with supplements and saying something like "you've been very helpful" or "you're so knowledgeable"
-i'm good at my job and i've learned so much there that i'm easily marketable to other places
-i know that i'm valued by my bosses, even if they don't always show it :rolleyes:
-flexible hours, they're very understanding and willing to give me what days off i request
-these people are like a second family to me

man, i'm gonna miss it. :(