To ask... how many of you honestly care about your work

[karmacoma1]

... and see it as a career. Or at least a stepping stone to where you want to be.

And how many of you just see it as a nessicary evil - to get paid, at the end of the day.

I ask because I’m in a fairly new job. Something happened today meaning our day to day roles were impacted. All of my colleagues were up in arms, even ones I had considered pretty passive.

I however just feel ‘meh’ towards it... I was so engaged in my last job. This can’t be a good sign for my new role, can it?

Teacher here and after 12 years I’ve become a bit disheartened.

I really care about my pupils and love it when they learn and progress.

The horrendous behaviour and abuse from parents (minority but still) makes it really hard.

I have no intention of retiring- I don't relish the thought at all.
I will keep working until I drop.

Hairy I just want to say thank you for everything you do at work

I love mine, it's so important to me (academic). I think about it all the time, plan work in the shower etc. It's all consuming. I genuinely enjoy it, with a healthy side dose of ambition and a bit of fear I'm not doing as well as I should.

Yes I am. I'm there to make a difference and feel passionate about it.

I don't like my job (although many in the same job and at the same level would see it as a "career").

By nature I'm very conscientious though so although I would love to be that person who rocks up, works their hours to the minute, does the basics and goes home, I can't bring myself to do it and still find myself working (unpaid) overtime, doing additional projects etc.

I used to have a job I cared about and gave my all to. I worked very long hours and thought about it outside of work.

Then I had my D.C. I still cared but struggled with the workload, leaving "early" (7pm when I'd been there since 8.30am) and working again once D.C. were asleep. My firm didn't give a shit about us as long as we were producing and making money. I burnt out.

Side-stepped into a different company. Earning the same but fewer promotion opportunities.

I really don't care about my current job. I don't care if I don't shine. I just want to do my work and go home. Neither do I care enough to look for a new job.

I love my job, definitely a career.

Me! I love it :) (but I'd rather be a sahm)

I used to care about work - got made redundant after prioritising work. Realised employers actually don’t really give a shit about you, seen colleagues die and after initial - it’s terrible we’ll do everything to support their family email it’s like they never existed. I work in professional services and about 80% of the people there see it as pay the mortgage, have nice holidays/ things necessity. The other 20% comprise of bright eyed bushy tailed graduates or people who would kill their own mother for a promotion. Taking away people’s desks, daily emails about new pointless admin initiatives etc is pushing that 80% more to the brink

I love my job. I moved into the position two months after returning from maternity leave to a department that had changed, and whilst my new job has tested me way beyond the previous one, I really enjoy it. I see a huge cross section of my business and my team are amazing to work for, supportive and funny and makes going into work a pleasure.

I get to be a mum 24/7 but also get 8 hours of the day where I can be myself.

Hmm. I like my job and love my colleagues

Posted by accident, I do apologise! Anyway! The above, and I do care about the customers but no, I don't truly care about my job. I work nearly 50 hours a week and they simply don't pay me enough to care much. Plus if any one of us quit, management wouldn't care. NoT being valued does somewhat taint your view of your job.

This is an interesting read, about how we view work. I think our attitudes to, and energy for, work change in different ways throughout our lives. I work predominantly with younger people, none of whom have children, and most whose parents are still relatively young and well. I'm sandwiched with parents becoming frailer and children to care for, and work can feel an added pressure. But is also a place where I am 'me' and not someone's relation, and that's good.
I have a 'professional', challenging and (I feel) relatively well-paid job. There are times when I wish I could give it all up (I certainly would move into voluntary work if I didn't need the money) but also times where I feel it is such a part of my identity that I couldn't imagine giving it up (and part of me that is pleased my DDs see their mum managing to work).
I've liked reading other's posts. It's fine to work-to-live, and it's fine to live-to-work. We are all somewhere on that spectrum at different points in our lives.

I HATE my job.
It pays ok and the hours work well for childcare so I'm stuck.

Nurse here . I do my job to the best of my ability I get on well with patients and theirs families and always try my best to make people feel better BUT ultimately I know I’d be replaced 2 minutes after walking out the door and I’m only a number , my family and life outside work matters more and if I won the lottery I can’t say I wouldn’t be out the door like a shot .we are treated appallingly as a profession at the minute so I can’t even say I’m in it for the money , one not had a basic rate of inflation payrise for 10 years .

I should add that there is things I dislike about my job (anyone else fancy a read of the volume on staff appraisal, which changes each year, with an increasing amount of hoops to jump through to demonstrate impact). But the balance is good, and the flexibility keeps me sane.

I work hard, and I mostly enjoy what I do. They pay me well.

But care? Nah.

I work for a charity and I like my job. I dont love it though and if I could afford to give up work, I would. To me, its largely a means to an end, pays the bills and funds my life.

I work in a shop and I absolutely love it.. There are pressures, obviously not like nursing and finance etc. But we do make a difference to people days, especially the elderly. My colleagues think I am a bit weird because it means a lot to me. We are all friends outside work which is lovely.

I am extremely good at what I do and (most of the time) I work well. I am well paid and that allows me to go on holidays etc.
But I have changed jobs / companies quite frequently and I lost my faith in managers / corporations. So I don't care as I know I am disposable.

I work to live.

In my last job I was fully invested towards the end which was a sign I needed to leave.

I’m my new job, I’ve gone in with my eyes wide open. Life’s too short to care about the job I do. Yes it’s interesting but I’m not saving lives and anyway there are so many things wrong that need changing, I don’t have the power to make the change so will just do my day job. Get paid. Enjoy my life.

Not a good sign.
I absolutely love my job. I work with dementia in a challenging behaviour setting so it’s hard work but everyday is different and I just feel so privileged to work with the individuals i do and to help support the families through such a tough period and hopefully make it easier.
I am a nurse so on a career path and have progressed quite quickly but I am wanting to learn and develop more all the time!
I get up excited to go to work and I never thought I would feel like that. I know I’m lucky to do so.

I’d call mine a career not a job. It’s interesting, challenging and fulfilling. And I’m lucky enough to be part time so I get to spend lots of time with my kids too.

I work with vulnerable children and families in education and I mostly love my job. It is massively stressful and often I can't do much to change their situation but sometimes I can and that's the best feeling.

I would probably carry on if I won the lottery to be honest, might hire myself a deputy though.....