Is your job boring?

[themechanic]

Made me think about a Pink Floyd song: Welcome to the Machine. I've had a few production jobs that paid well abd got monotonous. Then I went to the Army, got my college fund and chose something better.

 

[Richard Cranium]

I was at my job for 44 years (total) & when I took over the business from my dad in 1997, I was excited as it was a new challenge. I took the business in a different direction by focusing strictly on one type of product and a different manufacturer than my dad was with. By the time I retired 3 1/2 years ago, the business had grown substantially and I was just tired of it. What was once exciting had turned into more of a grind and I just didn't want to do it any longer.

 

[icetech]

Mines not exciting but it's more exciting than sitting at home... Jobs just a job... some days are good most are bad. Really depends on the customers that come in.. Just tired of living in a place where the average reading level is 7th grade...

P.S. i work 65-70 hours a week at my own business and i do prefer here to being at home though.. i don't make money at home and money is the only thing that matters in life.

 

[YY1]

My job is not in the least bit boring.
It can be, but not for long.
Waiting on installs is idle time, and time to post on FxBO.
However, the most common thing I say, on an almost daily basis is-
"I've never seen that before".
If you do this job right (computer network administrator), it becomes a "cruise control" situation, and you only have to adjust for major projects.
Those, however, can be quite challenging and even fun sometimes.

 

[YY1]

My "other job"- managing rental properties is 95% doing nothing, and 3% depositing money in the bank.
That last 2%, however, is repair and remodeling, which also can be challenging and sometimes fun.

 

[WileE]

I don't have a job.

 

[icetech]

I don't have a job.

I can't comprehend staying home or being retired.. even 2 days off in a row makes me nuts

 

[WileE]

I can't comprehend staying home or being retired.. even 2 days off in a row makes me nuts

I got so much to do, I don't have time enough.

 

[XS22J8R]

I can't comprehend staying home or being retired.. even 2 days off in a row makes me nuts

I’m sort of in the same boat. I have more than enough invested to retire and keep telling everyone I’m retiring. But so far haven’t pulled the trigger.
I don’t have much in the way of family, my friends for the most part are always tied up with family stuff or work if they’re still working. I have time off I often get bored, all dressed up nowhere to go.
My work is getting really boring, I’m in the truck industry and sales are down a lot. I’ve had nickel and dime orders to work on but no big projects. My main excitement many days is listening to podcasts with earbuds while staring at my computer screen. I’ve been hoping for a buyout offer. That’ll surely come weeks after I finally got motivated to retire!

 

[themechanic]

Has anyone got any comments on the video? They mentioned Dodge near the end.

 

[WileE]

Has anyone got any comments on the video? They mentioned Dodge near the end.

I worked a summer job during my HS teen years at a factory. To save $$ for a car when I got my license. A hot, manufacturing factory where I was doing boring, menial, repetitive work day after day, hour after hour. Some may be content with that environment. Others, an incentive to further get educated and seek a challenging career. I became one of the "others".

 

[68BabyBlue]

I was at my job for 44 years (total) & when I took over the business from my dad in 1997, I was excited as it was a new challenge. I took the business in a different direction by focusing strictly on one type of product and a different manufacturer than my dad was with. By the time I retired 3 1/2 years ago, the business had grown substantially and I was just tired of it. What was once exciting had turned into more of a grind and I just didn't want to do it any longer.

I had a somewhat similar career evolution, working 42 years in the tank truck business. Like RC, my crossroads was in 1997, when I became a corporate general counsel. Never boring, but stress would probably have killed me if I hadn't bailed out. I switched gears, and followed the path of finding a niche market, with one truck. Zero employees. When everything went right, it was a bit boring, but I made really good money, and got tremendous satisfaction out of beating the system. It could get really interesting too, but only if the bottom line was getting assaulted.

The last five years, I also experienced the transition into a grind, as the result of market changes, regulatory evolution, and my own physical deterioration. When there was no longer a financial incentive, retirement was an easy decision.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Has anyone got any comments on the video? They mentioned Dodge near the end.

Working conditions, pay and automation have increased since that film was made. It would be interesting to see a more up to date film production.

 

[YY1]

The city I grew up in was still 50% factory town when I got out of HS, but all the available factory jobs were minimum wage.
I spent about 3 months running the slowest machine (dual MIG welder) in a metal MFG shop, in between the fastest machine (roll cutter) and the second fastest machine (stamping press).
NO, thanks.
All of the "good" factory jobs were full, and/or waiting for laid off employees to be recalled.
My uncle got recalled to AirTemp after 15 years!
He spent 8 hours a day screwing on sanden compressor heads.
Paid well (42K in 1983 money) but NO thanks.

 

[1 Wild R/T]

Mines not exciting but it's more exciting than sitting at home... Jobs just a job... some days are good most are bad. Really depends on the customers that come in.. Just tired of living in a place where the average reading level is 7th grade...

P.S. i work 65-70 hours a week at my own business and i do prefer here to being at home though.. i don't make money at home and money is the only thing that matters in life.

Really? Sorry no.... It's good to have money but it's far from the only thing that matters in life... Who would even say something like that?

 

[icetech]

Really? Sorry no.... It's good to have money but it's far from the only thing that matters in life... Who would even say something like that?

everything in life revolves around money, our entire way of life is based on it. And the more you have the better life you can have.

 

[Under Pressure]

I wish it had been boring at times, but it was always interesting. 55 years is enough in the plumbing & waterworks industry for me, 32 years with present company who has been great to me.
37 days till retirement and looking forward to traveling without deadlines, no schedules, and no more 60 hr work weeks.
I’ll no longer be Under Pressure.

 

[YY1]

Mines not exciting but it's more exciting than sitting at home... Jobs just a job... some days are good most are bad. Really depends on the customers that come in.. Just tired of living in a place where the average reading level is 7th grade...

P.S. i work 65-70 hours a week at my own business and i do prefer here to being at home though.. i don't make money at home and money is the only thing that matters in life.

Wow.

In my last job, where I interacted with people who had masters degrees and doctorates, some even in the education field, writing IT project documents and procedures...

...I'd have killed for an average reading comprehension level of "middle school".

I tried to write docs for my crew at the high school level and docs for "other stakeholders" at middle school level.

I was amazed by who didn't/couldn't understand and when some of those same people tried to accuse me of "writing over their heads".

Come on, folks....you have a masters/doctorate and I have a high school education.....

I'm not throwing terms out, I'm talking about procedures- I will do this, and you need to do that. That sort of thing.

Try to keep up.

 

[themechanic]

Working conditions, pay and automation have increased since that film was made. It would be interesting to see a more up to date film production.

Agreed. Especially, decade by decade.

 

[Richard Cranium]

There’s a propaganda element to that film too showing the first character always glum.