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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I’m pretty sick today, so I don’t have the ability to concentrate on writing a full post. I’m having a good moment, though, and wanted to share this with you guys.
Today we were linked to by www.capital.bg which, as far as I can tell, is a pretty major publication out of Bulgaria.
Thing is, I […]

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A Form Letter of Appreciation
This isn’t sarcastic. If you have a good boss, why not do this or something similar?! You can just click the “email this” link at the end of the article. If you do give it to your boss, you’d better email me to let me know! If […]

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Do you hate morning people?
Well, here’s what I learned today: morning people are persecuted. This is shocking for me because I always thought of them as the aggressors.
There was a while where I was having to be at work every day before the sun came up, and I am a morning corpse, the opposite […]

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A guest post by Dante Alighieri
Imagine everything you hate about your current commute… and be thankful for it.
In the Second Circle of Job Hell, your actual job is irrelevant. Most of your time will be spent languishing in the most heinous daily commute imaginable.
Employees of the Second Circle discover emotions below misery and […]

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A Guest Post By Dante Alighieri
Alright, so first, big thanks to Chuck for letting me have a platform to get back into writing. Let’s get started with a little background about Job Hell.
The 9 Circles of Job Hell get progressively worse the deeper you go. It’s just standard hell operating procedure, really. […]

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Two Points of View
Some of my friends believe that in order to achieve success, you have to really grind it out for the first few years. Working 60 hours a week, being stressed out, and continuing to press in order to “make it.” This is a time-honored American tradition, in many ways–placing a […]

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An Introduction To This Feature
You spend 70% of your waking weekday dealing with your job. Do you want those days to be more enjoyable and more fulfilling? I do too. It’s too big a chunk of your time to just tolerate.
This blog helps you do that in two ways:

To address particular problems: Especially […]

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Have you ever been consumed by your job?
It happens to Americans on a daily basis, and here’s how it can happen to you.
Gradually.
Imagine a frog in a pot of water. Hold it over a fire, and he’ll hop out to get away from the pain. But warm it slowly, and he’ll stay put until it […]

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Do you know anyone under 25 that doesn’t like their job?
The Young and the Restless?
According to a survey published by The Conference Board in February of this year, more than 60% of workers in that age-group are dissatisfied with their jobs, the worst percentage of any demographic.
Why is this newly working generation so frustrated?
It’s […]

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