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post 1650796313 11-14-2021, 10:54 AM
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Thoughts on office job?

I currently work in an office full time as an engineer, and tbh I count down the hours till I’m done work so I can go home.
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post 1650796493 11-14-2021, 10:59 AM
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"find a job that you love and you'll never have to work another day" just a buncha bs tbh. working for somebody other than yourself sucks no matter what you do.
post 1650796573 11-14-2021, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted By johnnyboi123⏩
"find a job that you love and you'll never have to work another day" just a buncha bs tbh. working for somebody other than yourself sucks no matter what you do.
Yeah tbh Idk what I’d be doing; beats minimum wage work which I used to do.. Amazon warehouse, retail jobs etc.
But here people gossip too much and complain about chit, people are nice but idk I still do count down the hours till I’m finished for the day.
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Originally Posted By DanSDA⏩
Yeah tbh Idk what I’d be doing; beats minimum wage work which I used to do.. Amazon warehouse, retail jobs etc.
But here people gossip too much and complain about chit, people are nice but idk I still do count down the hours till I’m finished for the day.
yeah dealing with coworkers is what makes work ****ty for me. most are braindead normies. don't mind the actual work itself.
post 1650796903 11-14-2021, 11:10 AM
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I'm on the project management/controls side mostly focused on cost and schedule, and I definitely enjoy what I do

Almost always on the road chasing adventure
post 1650797073 11-14-2021, 11:13 AM
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Depends on the job. There could be 2 jobs in the same industry, same job title, similar description, yet totally different depending on the work environment, coworkers, how busy it is, and how valued you are.
post 1650797083 11-14-2021, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted By monster0ultra⏩
If you're talking about construction, then IDK. If you're talking about IT PM, you're a professional time waster, of course that would be a chill gig.
Yeah I'm in Oil & Gas and mining construction
post 1650797153 11-14-2021, 11:14 AM
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Try to find another job and/or see if theres another line of work similar to what you do but that you enjoy more.
Originally Posted By tadpole25⏩
Depends on the job. There could be 2 jobs in the same industry, same job title, similar description, yet totally different depending on the work environment, coworkers, how busy it is, and how valued you are.
This is true as well.
post 1650797253 11-14-2021, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted By DASBUNKER⏩
Try to find another job and/or see if theres another line of work similar to what you do but that you enjoy more.



This is true as well.
I’ve only started this job 2 weeks but it’s mind numbing and I hate just sitting in my desk all day.
In my lunch break I go for long walks
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post 1650797893 11-14-2021, 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted By DanSDA⏩
I’ve only started this job 2 weeks but it’s mind numbing and I hate just sitting in my desk all day.
In my lunch break I go for long walks
tough call then, sometimes things dont work out for whatever reason and some employers would understand if you leave them or apply with them to different job so soon.

Gotta scout jobs better next time too, sometimes you cant afford to discard offers but if you can try to get in something that you wont hate in such short time, maybe you didnt know you dont like desk jobs before but at least you can look while you're employed.
post 1650798373 11-14-2021, 11:40 AM
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I'm an engineer, its literally office space.
Lol, lmfao
post 1650798483 11-14-2021, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted By DanSDA⏩
I’ve only started this job 2 weeks but it’s mind numbing and I hate just sitting in my desk all day.
In my lunch break I go for long walks
If you hate the job this much two weeks in, it might be time to consider a career change into something that interests you more (srs)

My first job out of college was a mind-numbing office job that I hated. I did it for about a year before quitting and applying for jobs in an area which interests me more and now my job is probably a 7.5/10 in terms of job satisfaction/low stress. The first job was probably around 2.5/10. It was miserable

I make the same amount of money as I did starting out at my other job and I enjoy the work 3 times as much.
post 1650799063 11-14-2021, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted By Sophus⏩
If you hate the job this much two weeks in, it might be time to consider a career change into something that interests you more (srs)

My first job out of college was a mind-numbing office job that I hated. I did it for about a year before quitting and applying for jobs in an area which interests me more and now my job is probably a 7.5/10 in terms of job satisfaction/low stress. The first job was probably around 2.5/10. It was miserable

I make the same amount of money as I did starting out at my other job and I enjoy the work 3 times as much.
I was thinking leaving it around summer is 6-8months enough in terms of experience on the CV?
It will prolly look bad if I leave a job after 2 weeks so I’ll do it atleast 6 months tbh.
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post 1650799503 11-14-2021, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted By DanSDA⏩
I was thinking leaving it around summer is 6-8months enough in terms of experience on the CV?
It will prolly look bad if I leave a job after 2 weeks so I’ll do it atleast 6 months tbh.
The experience might look good on your resume if it's your first job out of college or it might be irrelevant. In my case, it might have helped that I had a year of experience in a "real" office job before switching even though what I did isn't really relevant to what I do now (an office job in different industry)

If you can stick it out 6 months-1 year while job searching, I don't see a downside
post 1650799853 11-14-2021, 12:05 PM
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office jobs are easy as fukk. I used to be a tradie but I do less work now and get paid 3x as much working from home

never understood the hate on them
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post 1650800043 11-14-2021, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted By bfdehewdbyywhn⏩
office jobs are easy as fukk. I used to be a tradie but I do less work now and get paid 3x as much working from home

never understood the hate on them
Wish I could work from home lol,
My commute is 1 hour each side so 2 hours in total.
Quite a lot but I enjoy listening to audiobooks on the drive
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post 1650800203 11-14-2021, 12:10 PM
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I've always worked for myself, at home in my dressing gown wherever possible. I've enjoyed almost every moment of it.
post 1650800263 11-14-2021, 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted By Sophus⏩
The experience might look good on your resume if it's your first job out of college or it might be irrelevant. In my case, it might have helped that I had a year of experience in a "real" office job before switching even though what I did isn't really relevant to what I do now (an office job in different industry)

If you can stick it out 6 months-1 year while job searching, I don't see a downside
Man it took me months to even find this job srs, job market was bad for people with no experience.
This isn’t a perfect job at all, but my job title is “engineer” and I’m working with professionals, so I can bear it for 6-12 months I reckon.
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Offices are so 2019 , if you are not working PT hours for FT pay working from home and life maxxing what's the point?

much respect for those who do physical jobs but i prefer to choose when to sweat and get tired
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Originally Posted By DanSDA⏩
Man it took me months to even find this job srs, job market was bad for people with no experience.
This isn’t a perfect job at all, but my job title is “engineer” and I’m working with professionals, so I can bear it for 6-12 months I reckon.
I feel you but don't weigh sunk costs into your decision-making process (srs)

You won't get those months of job searching back regardless and if the engineer experience won't help in your next career, then that's not worth considering for what to do next either
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Originally Posted By Sophus⏩
I feel you but don't weigh sunk costs into your decision-making process (srs)

You won't get those months of job searching back regardless and if the engineer experience won't help in your next career, then that's not worth considering for what to do next either
What do you mean by “don’t weigh sunk costs into your decision making process”
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Most days yes, some days not so much. New requests I'm not used to, or military flights mixed with bad weather and chitty pilots asking for things I can't do. Those make it irritating where I can't wait to get home.

But other days where it's chill and not busy at all in the winter time I start to realize how much I can't stand my other coworkers, so it's basically like any other office job of "it's really dope if you like who you work with"
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Originally Posted By DanSDA⏩
What do you mean by “don’t weigh sunk costs into your decision making process”
Don’t get you brah.
You mentioned how long it took you to find the job. Not relevant to what you want to do moving forward
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Originally Posted By Sophus⏩
You mentioned how long it took you to find the job. Not relevant to what you want to do moving forward
You realize not all jobs for the same positions are actually the same right? OP doesn't need to change his whole career to have a different kind of work environment
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Originally Posted By DASBUNKER⏩
You realize not all jobs for the same positions are actually the same right? OP doesn't need to change his whole career to have a different kind of work environment
I said itmightbe the case he wants to switch industries, then said why I thought so (because that's what I did)

Yeah maybe doing the same type of work in a different environment/company might make him happier. I haven't done that, so I didn't recommend it

I did accept a better paying different job title within the same company that 1 year of work though and I still hated it
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Originally Posted By Sophus⏩
I said itmightbe the case he wants to switch industries, then said why I thought so (because that's what I did)

Yeah maybe doing the same type of work in a different environment/company might make him happier. I haven't done that, so I didn't recommend it

I did accept a better paying different job title within the same company that 1 year of work though and I still hated it
We don't really know what line of work OP is so there could be other related fields within it that may benefit from the experience he's currently getting. Changing industries might or might not be too drastic, only OP has the whole picture here.
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Originally Posted By DASBUNKER⏩
We don't really know what line of work OP is so there could be other related fields within it that may benefit from the experience he's currently getting. Changing industries might or might not be too drastic, only OP has the whole picture here.
He said he's an engineer.
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Originally Posted By Sophus⏩
He said he's an engineer.
lol yeah but what kind? and there are many jobs engineers of any kind can do.
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Jr. Electrical Engineer here... I loved my work until I felt I wasn't learning anything new.

As an Engineer your mind probably does best solving new problems you haven't experienced, if something is mundane it's probably hell.
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Originally Posted By DASBUNKER⏩
lol yeah but what kind? and there are many jobs engineers of any kind can do.
Mechanical,
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