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Let's just say I am happy where I am, but I worked hard to get here. I don't see my success as a handout from anyone.
Agreed. I also still try to help others find jobs.
Any form of employer has to fact in a number of things beyond a wage.
Benefits
This is easy enough. What's the health/dental/vision plan look like?
commute
I used to drive 100 miles a day. Now it's 30. Highway vs suburban traffic too. Easily 60-90 minutes vs 30. I have more time during the day, more energy etc.
environment
Environment? Before I had a interview in Boston and I noticed I could hear a few sounds. I asked the receptionist and apparently a lawyer works above and sometimes they can hear him yelling at clients
Most of the threads on this board are negative and understandably so given the realities of today's job market. However, are you personally grateful for your job or have things improved for you recently? I've personally more than doubled my salary and benefits package from where it was at the beginning of the year, and even though things are still harsh out there, I'm grateful for the gains that have been made.
"Grateful" is the wrong word to use here! We work, we get paid, the end. The flip side in increasing homelessness, and system sucking!
Not grateful, I expect to have a job, so I can pay for my $hit! A job is not a handout!
God, yes, no matter what happens from here on out.
I'm two years out of college, didn't see this opportunity, nor this trajectory, this soon. Working in an industry I would've never guessed I would be in.
Born and raised here in Northern California, in a middle class family. Applied and was accepted at UCLA. Relocated to Southern California for school and ended up staying for 20+ years after graduating. I fell in love with LA. Work brings me back here to the Bay Area where most of my family and friends are. Working in Silicon Valley, in Technical Sales and loving my career!
No. Im not. Im grateful my mortgage gets paid and my kids eat. But the environment in which i work is ridiculous. I despise going into that office everyday and have sworn to myself that within 2 months I will be gone regardless of what I have to do to make that happen.
I currently work for a federal government agency and telecommute full-time from home. I'd say this is a rather good situation for what I want to be doing at this point in my life.
I hope to be financially independent in about 20 years from now. That is my ultimate goal which I'm working hard towards.
I've been very fortunate. Once I had a great business... then decided to "hedge my bets" and go for my mba and learn something to help the business as well. Long story short, got sick, out of work for 8 months, economy failing... I was in a bad situation.
Due to my situation, decided to pick up a job... picked up a job... then another... and finally where I am now. And my business is doing fine now as well (built it back over the last couple of years).
Funny, I don't change the world in my job, but I help people who do... it is a satisfying job and I'm also satisfied when I see my check. Best of both worlds...
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