I Hate Your Job

Part of the Problem
Have you ever had to tell a customer something that made you mad at yourself?
If you work at a dysfunctional company, there’s a good chance that your customers are even less satisfied than you are. Dealing with incompetence is terrible when you’re being paid to deal with it. It’s much […]

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A Guest Post By Dante Alighieri
That’s right everyone, after a week of working my telemarketing job, I’m back and ready to do some more writing! The Second Circle was terrifying, yes, but this one is worse still.
For anyone who has ever had to depend on an incompetent co-worker, this is the part of […]

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Picture the last unhealthy relationship you were in. Hold that thought while you read this email I received from a reader:
If you’re in a dead-end relationship, your friends tell you to break up and walk away, and *the sooner the better*, because the longer you wait, the worse it will become.
However, if you’re in […]

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Do you have hard time staying motivated to do something you can’t stand? If you are human, the answer is obviously yes. While it’d be nice to find a new job, it’s not always possible to just walk away, not in the short-term anyway.
We all struggle with being motivated to do unpleasant tasks, […]

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Your human resources department might be a fantastic resource for you in the workplace.  Some organizations have taken the responsibility of relating to their employees seriously and approached the task with subtlety and attention to detail.  If this sounds like where you work, love your HR department.
For the rest of you, however, you want to […]

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That’s right, I hate your job. Well, I take that back. There’s just a really good chance that I hate your job. Because if you hate your job, then so do I. And a lot of you hate your jobs. Many more of you wouldn’t use the word “hate,” but […]

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