Good Grief - Tough It Up

[Motasyco]

Let's encourage unemployment. Then the rest of us that don't like our jobs, but keep showing up, can support you.

Bad job or no job? Study shows unemployment may be a better choice

"Bad job or no job? Study shows unemployment may be a better choice

[vontar]

Well, some companies do use the hire unemployment rates to keep employees scared. Nothing short of threats like well if you don't like your job just quit, we can hire someone one cheaper anyways. Some will use the threat of the most minor mistake of fire a person. They keep these thing hanging over a person's head 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week or more. In some cases only the tough can get though it. I would not want my wife to try to handle the stress at my job. I have seen other crack under it.

[Guest bkelm18]

I'd bet that those who said they'd rather have no job are currently employed. Those that said they'd rather have a bad job than no job are currently unemployed. It's a rather arrogant thing to say that you'd rather have no job at all compared to a job you are unsatisfied with.

[1gewehr]

I've worked a lot of jobs that weren't much fun rather than not work. That's part of being an adult. If you really don't like your job, then it's time to look for another. But if you have responsibilities, you don't quit until you have another job.

I don't have much respect for the fellow who quits his job just because he doesn't like it and doesn't have something else lined up. I have even less respect for the idiots that intentionally do a poor job so they will get fired and collect unemployment.

[Guest Old goat]

I worked for a guy once upon a time that said "the only time I give a guy a raise is just before I fire him, so he will be loosing a better job".

[Guest friesepferd]

oh. for a second i thought this was going to be an article with actual statistic or something.... hahaha yea right.

really though. if someone would rather have no job than a bad job.. unemployment benefits are too high.

[dunndw]

My wife is dealing with one of "those" managers now. They didn't really hit it off when the manager was just another agent, now she's in charge and makes damn sure everyone knows it. The wife made a VERY SMALL mistake, cost the company approx 67.00. Three meetings with a supervisor and manager, and a corrective action that went on her record for who knows how long, that also stopped the process of the cont. education she was signing up for. The manager does everything possible to make sure the wife and everyone else knows they can be replaced anytime the compay feels like it.

She will be leaving as soon as possible...no matter what I have to sell off to get her back into school for massage/physical therapy. I worked under a boss like that, there's no way someone I love is going to put up with that type of treatment if I can do anything about it.

[vontar]

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Some Jobs pay less, have less stress. Higher paying jobs normally have more stress.

Sometimes a person has to find what they can balance.

I have worked less paying jobs and went home happier then my current job. I also went home with less money.

Edited March 18, 2011 by vontar

[Guest Grantonius]

My great-grandfather told me "Son, it don't matter what you do, just keep doing it until something better comes along"

[Ebow1]

Dunn-I've worked for bosses like that and I can't stand it. The way I see it is this: If you're going to fire me, fire me. Don't sit there and threaten me all day about it.

[Worriedman]

I washed Topping House floors (unitized hog operation) at night while I was going to college. I could study till midnight, then work till 4:00 A.M., did it on a sq. ft. price. Scraping and washing down pig crap is not glamorous, but it fit my schedule, and it payed the rent.

One has to decide if their family is worth the effort. Lots of other young couples with kids while in college opted to go on food stamps and take handouts, I guess I am just bullheaded enough to grow a garden and work for my daily bread.

[vontar]

I washed Topping House floors (unitized hog operation) at night while I was going to college. I could study till midnight, then work till 4:00 A.M., did it on a sq. ft. price. Scraping and washing down pig crap is not glamorous, but it fit my schedule, and it payed the rent.

One has to decide if their family is worth the effort. Lots of other young couples with kids while in college opted to go on food stamps and take handouts, I guess I am just bullheaded enough to grow a garden and work for my daily bread.

after college, I worked in frozen foods, night time sanitation. It was good hard honest work. I did it better then 2 years until I was able to get a better job.

I always said if I had to, I could go back to that type of work but I hope I don't have to.