Poll: Are you happy at your current job?

Bump. Anyone sour on their gig?

I've been in my current role about a year now and it's starting to look like I was sold a false bill of goods. Travel requirements were misrepresented.

I hate to start looking again so soon but it isn't what I signed up for.

yes

I just signed an offer 2 weeks ago after searching relentlessly since mid-September. 

I'm excited and slightly nervous. I haven't done "meaningful" work since last June. First day is Monday. I'm ready to get after it!

It's remote, but I need to be in a territory, so moving back to Denver. Bittersweet...Mexico fun is over. :/

I'm still pretty happy.

Well. I work at a hospital, so it has its own category of unique ups and downs. 

I guess mostly yes but sometimes no.

Love my job and company. Fanatics, Owens Corning, and Lockheed Martin have all tried to poach me, but I have way too much freedom here to ever leave. 

Good enough

Love the good kids and the kids that have good reason to be bad but choose otherwise.

Kids are definitely getting worse though.

posted by CenterBHSFan

Well. I work at a hospital, so it has its own category of unique ups and downs. 

I guess mostly yes but sometimes no.

I forget but I think you said night shift ER RN? 

RT here, also night shift, sometimes ER. Game recognize game. 

posted by Automatik

It's remote, but I need to be in a territory, so moving back to Denver. Bittersweet...Mexico fun is over. :/

this is my life right now. I was told my territory would largely be two states but I am regularly everywhere *except* those two states.

hopefully you don't get screwed like I did

I took a new Job last June and am very happy with it so far. 

Half of the management quit at the old place the end half of last year after I left as well, so I think that says a lot for the decision to go.

Started at current company just over 5 years ago (was 5 in December). 

I am currently making twice as much as I did at my previous company just 5 years and 2 months ago. 

3 “promotions”/raises along with regular ones along with the 20% I took to move.

Doing the same job but moved from basically engineer “2” to engineer “3” and another “technical” career promotions (company has a technical promotion ladder for those that like engineering but don’t care about being managers).  

Never seen a company do such a thing, so it has been good. 

So yeah, stressful at times but like it 5 years in.  

posted by MontyBrunswick

this is my life right now. I was told my territory would largely be two states but I am regularly everywhere *except* those two states.

hopefully you don't get screwed like I did

I'm not in sales...marketing, but under the sales umbrella. Most travel will just be local, aside from a few times a year. I'm aiming to install some systems and hopefully keep the travel to a minimum after 6-8 months. Currently only 15 employee startup, so the beginning will be a grind. 

posted by Ironman92

Kids are definitely getting worse though.

100% this, 100x over.

posted by ernest_t_bass

I like what I do, and for the most part, like the people I work with.  But "happy" is such a relative term.  My kids are about the only thing that truly make me happy.

posted by friendfromlowry

I forget but I think you said night shift ER RN? 

RT here, also night shift, sometimes ER. Game recognize game. 

Oh, no, I could never be a nurse. Too much gross stuff for somebody like me with a weak stomach. I'm on the social services/family relations side of things. On my slow nights I will do some tech things, just so the night isn't so long - transport, distributing warm blankets and such. 

I have cousins who work here, too. One is an RT like you, one in dietary and one in housekeeping. My dude is an engineer here also lol

posted by Automatik

I'm not in sales...marketing, but under the sales umbrella. Most travel will just be local, aside from a few times a year. I'm aiming to install some systems and hopefully keep the travel to a minimum after 6-8 months. Currently only 15 employee startup, so the beginning will be a grind. 

i travel and implement a product at wherever i'm needed. i was told my local area had a backlog of work so that'd be my focus. NOPE.

Currently a 8.2/10, would recomend 

posted by justincredible

I'm still pretty happy.

Less happy these days, by quite a bit. The last few months have been brutal.

Only 2 months in, but it’s been going well.

I make my own hours with minimal oversight. It’s been an adjustment but I’m enjoying it.

Some travel coming up but not terrible. Going to Dallas next week for the first time. 

Just put in my notice and accepted a new job. Big life change after 8 years. My nerves have been a wreck but I'm starting to feel the relief kick in.