5 Tips For Loving a Job You Hate

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Rudy of OH - Stop whining and complaining. Stop being a drama queen! Annoying co-workers is actually one of the easiest things to deal with at work. Put headphones on, tune them out. The key is you like your boss, and what you do. Focus on those things. Those are much harder to deal with than annoying co-workers.

John of IL 3:06AM March 24, 2010

I have been at the same corporate company for 5 years. It's a stagnant work to eat relationship. I feel like a slave that is trapped in an office cubicle. Making the coroporation money as I continue to struggle. Due to the economy there seems to be a no win situation here.

Natasha of KS 2:54PM June 05, 2009

I'm a non-morning person doing a morning person's job. I gripe and complain every morning I head in. But I realize that I need to be grateful for having it, especially because it supplement's my income and pays half my rent. The light is at the end of the tunnel....my job will end in 2 months and then I will start school. And school will start no earlier than 4 p.m.! Yes!

of 12:55AM April 28, 2009

It's funny that people think that since you hate your job that you don't work.I work my tail end off and more work is piled on me. I listen to drama queens all day long, whining, complaining or crying.
I hate it. I try hard to please my boss and they do appreciate me, however it the OTHER people that I hate. Totally inconsiderate, selfish and into everyone's business but their own.
Its not fair, but due to their whining, the owner thinks they work harder than anyone else. I am quiet and their big mouths over power me.
I AM A HARD WORKER, I come in early and do whatever I am asked to do. There is no fair where I work. NONE!

Rudy of OH 4:45PM March 06, 2009

I left my job right before the recession, after reading the Alchemist. I figured sky's the limit and indeed at the time I landed an internship doing some work I liked.
The problem is my money is now low, I'm practically broke. My internship is over, and I can't really afford to continue my internship due to commuting expenses.
I feel stuck in a rut and left with no money to take classes =/
Although I did not have regrets leaving the job, I do feel like we are such slaves in today's society. Perhaps one day we will be freed from the cubicle

PaperTape of NY 8:44PM February 17, 2009

As I was walking from the office to the car this afternoon, I thought about how it's almost embarrassing that I hate my job. Especially with so many people in need of one. I try to immediately put my job behind me for the rest of my day, knowing it can't be healthy to feel this way. "Just keep saving money," I tell myself, because sooner or later, my employer's grim reaper will probably come for me.

Frank of HI 9:56PM February 09, 2009

Thx, Bee, for the idea for another post!
Meanwhile, hold your head high and hang in there......

Working Girl of WA 3:16PM January 29, 2009

Ok, so my situation... the job itself is fine...it's the people I do the job with that I just can't stand! Not the entire company, and no, I can't make a lateral move, nothing's open. But my team lead, along with the other 3 people in my department are worse than teenagers. No point in talking to the boss, he's either okay with it, or not willing to have conflict. Meanwhile, I'm disrespected, ignored, and generally made to feel unwelcome. Tormented with a stupid doll that happens to be something I'm phobic about. What to do?

Bee Allik of MD 10:24AM January 29, 2009

You kind of hit the nail on the head for me. With the recent slowdown causing layoffs in our office, I'm covering the workload of two other positions in addition to my own, which causes stress, exhaustion and resentment. I generally like my own position, but don't especially like the other two, which seem to be taking up more than half of the day. I am grateful for a job, but I haven't been feeling that way at all. I've decided the best way to get through it is to focus on what I can control - list the tasks, and check things off the list as they are accomplished.

Tina of WA 7:16PM January 28, 2009