Poll: Are you happy at your current job?

posted by justincredible

Take less money and be happy. No brainer.

If you need help budgeting a pay cut my wife is a certified budget coach and is REALLY good at getting personal budgets under control. 

Shameless plug: https://startsmartbudgeting.com/

I have turned down multiple offers to leave my current company. All of those offers paid more, but the freedom I have here is unmatched. 

posted by justincredible

Take less money and be happy. No brainer.

This is how I feel as well. I think a lot of people just chase jobs that pay more money.

I try and balance pay vs. annoyance.

As long as a job pays the bills and doesn't annoy the piss out of me, I'm completely content.

Currently my job is annoying and happens to pay decent. I'd happy accept 15-20% less money to feel better at the end of the day.

posted by justincredible

Take less money and be happy. No brainer.

If you need help budgeting a pay cut my wife is a certified budget coach and is REALLY good at getting personal budgets under control. 

Shameless plug: https://startsmartbudgeting.com/

Interesting. Does she get a lot of clients?

I'm a huge fan of YNAB. Started using it in 2019, changed my life. I didn't need a coach though, just used Google. ;) 

posted by Automatik

Interesting. Does she get a lot of clients?

I'm a huge fan of YNAB. Started using it in 2019, changed my life. I didn't need a coach though, just used Google. ;) 

She's just starting out. We've been using YNAB since 2018 and she's obsessed with it. She got through a couple rounds of interviews with them but didn't make the final cut. Decided to take their coaching certification class last year. It's definitely changed our financial life for the better.

posted by MontyBrunswick

IT/Systems Admin stuff.

I've gotten increasingly jaded towards the tech field over the past 5-7 years. Most of my project work consists of implementing security controls (which is tedious/annoying) and implementing new versions of stuff we already have (which is pointless).

By and large the tech space seems to be evolving but they aren't solving any problems. They're essentially just moving shit around. Moving shit around generates work, but it isn't accomplishing anything. 

As such, if I knock a few tasks off of my todo list, I walk away unfulfilled because the goal isn't really benefiting anyone. 

The job is stable and the money is fine, which is probably enough/plenty for some people, but not me.

I shoveled snow for an hour on Monday and felt better about that than I have over any work tasks in the past month.

That sounds unfulfilling 

I'm having a terrible time getting used to afternoon shift 😕 

Honest question.  Is there a good website to narrow down a search for remote jobs?

Not really, they all pretty much lead back to LinkedIn. 

You'll see posts that aggregate all remote only job boards, but they're all mediocre.

Just use LinkedIn Premium and filter by remote. It worked for me. 

posted by Automatik

Not really, they all pretty much lead back to LinkedIn. 

You'll see posts that aggregate all remote only job boards, but they're all mediocre.

Just use LinkedIn Premium and filter by remote. It worked for me. 

I've never used LinkedIn premium, usually a headhunter just finds my profile for a related job and contacts me.

Is it something that is only really useful if you are looking for a new job?

Or hiring. 

I only turn it on for job searching or applying. I just turned it on last week because I saw something amazing pop up. It allows you to see who viewed your profile and provide "top" jobs based on your profile/resume. Price also went up, but still worth it IMO. 

Had a good meeting with my manager on Wednesday. He’s been talking with our CEO about me and the other guy (who hasn’t gone in once) and he thinks we’re going to have a little more flexibility to set our schedules than it seemed. I worked from Newark this week so I’ve still only gone in once since the New Year. 

I was all set to put in my two weeks on Tuesday but I think I might be good for a bit longer. I’m going in on Tuesday because the ticket I’m working on makes sense for being in the office to meet with my manager. But I’m not planning on going in any other day. 

Basically I think we called his bluff and he realized keeping us is more important than seeing us every day.