I am legally blind, so I don't work, and not by my own choice

I sometimes wonder if I might still hve it better than someone who works at a job they despise.

In all fairness, my job pays very well and there are far worse ways to make far less money.

That said, it's shift work (days & nights) and I work lots of weekends and holidays. It just wears you out. And while we definitely sometimes get pretty easy shifts, we also sometimes get very difficult and stressful shifts.

It's a great career with great benefits but honestly if I could find another career with similar pay and more sane hours then I would. Really though, I can't complain.

For those of you who hate your jobs or the company drama, I recommend a website called Askamanager.com She is an HR person who has a well written blog and posts many times a day. Great read, and great information. She tells you how to job search, how to write your resume and cover letter. Office politics, gossip, culture, and so much more. People write in with questions and she answers them, and readers can comment. Wonderful supportive community. And if you think your workplace is messed up, she can show some that are worse. Even if you like where you are, Askamanager is still a good read. I check it out at least twice a day, and usually before i head over here.

I'm stuck because I can't maintain a regular schedule and this is one of very few jobs that accommodates that. Even though it's toxic in many ways.

I really dislike me job. Most days I hate it from the very depths of my hell bound soul. I've worked for the same company for 11 years. It hasn't always been bad but as the company grows, so does my job duties. I stay for many reasons. They're flexible about time off. Having 3 kids is not easy when you work full time. Plus I fear I can't find another job without the drama and company politics. Why put up with new bullshit when you can stay where you are?

I'm burned out in my job. I'm weary. I used to like the work, but it's nothing but stress now. The local economy is poor, and there aren't a lot of jobs in my field (web development) here, but I'd like to do something different anyway. Logo design, branding, promotional writing… I think that would be a nice change of pace professionally while still being in my skill set.

I did hospice and palliative care. I thought at one point, 15 years ago, I’d go back to school for a different degree. After five years, I went back to hospice, right after graduation.

I wouldn’t say no to doing geology, paleontology, or archaeology short term though.

I work fast food and I am on disabilty. It only allows me to do 80 hrs a month. I can't move up and become a manager because of the money and hours. I can't get a higher paying job unless I go back to school in college and graduate, and get off disabilty.

I can't comment because I am Retired. But my advice to everyone... Retired at 62 for the 2nd time and loving Every Second of It. The Soonest You Can Retire, Do. You Will Thank Me Later!!!! No Other Joy in the World Like It!!!!

I actually like my job, and the money is pretty good.... when there is actually work. The last three months have been pretty awful.

I'm in a strange position where I changed jobs earlier this year because I wanted to get back to work within the public sector, but had I known that my ex would have an brief but strong urge to start her own business and move to Dallas, which led up to her request for a divorce, I would have interviewed with communities back east and tried to make a cleaner break of things. I do like the people I work with and it's interesting work, though..just strangely awful timing.

I am classed as in transition to retirement, I have retired a number of times in the past, but life changes, I find new goals or whatever and I rejoin the workforce. I only work 2 days a week = maybe, I do work from home instead sometimes, or attend conferences, give talks and so on. Still some days when I go in, I still feel like doing something else, each day at work I choose what I want to do, and mostly nice people to work with.

No. I am very good at finding a job. I learned it while I was a drunk. I drank myself out of 7 jobs, the last year of my drinking.

I am not stuck in my job, I'm struggling to hold on to it. I'm not terribly fast nor a fast learner. However I have some skills they really desire and what I do usually passes all the QA thresholds, so they are working with me. I like the corporate culture and I'm going to stick with it as long as they will keep me. But as soon as I get to a point where I think I can retire, I'm done. I talk to stressed out people who have had close encounters with the medical field and I am the contact to the money. I am a claims examiner for short term disability claims.

Retired! Yea!

Only in the sense that I am required to earn more credentials to advance or even become fulltime. But I also want to earn more credentials just to see if I am up to the challenge.

oh @Kreig they won't let me work on Long Term disability through work.