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comment by Kaius
Kaius  ·  4340 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Do you like your job?

I work in a warm comfortable office, I work with nice people, I am paid a fair wage with benefits etc. There are things about my job that I dislike, there are things I would like to improve but on the whole I like my job.

I spent a summer working with a plumber when I was 17. He was a mean old guy and he didnt pay me much because it was a summer job and I was naive. I think back to that time every now and again. I learned a lot that summer, having a boss that watches everything you do sucks, getting paid little for hard work sucks. I didn't earn much money that summer but the experience was invaluable to me.

Now when something is bothering me in work I can always say "At least I don't have to unblock a sewage pipe today"