Job Satisfaction On A Scale Of 1-10

In My Humble Opinion
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This poll is to determine how satisfied you are with your current job, on a scale of 1 (I hate the place and my job with every fiber of my being) to 10 (I love my job so much I would probably keep working there for free!).

The poll will be anonymous (in case you have any friends or co-workers lurking), but just was wondering how happy people are with the jobs they have.

Feel free to add any info - like perhaps the job used to be great but now sucks, or that you used to hate it but now like it, or whatever.

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I picked ‘7’. I like what I do, I like the person I work for, and I feel that I could grow in this position. Those are three important things for me.

That said:

  1. The benefits here are horrible.
  2. There are some people I work with I cannot stand.
  3. I could always be paid more… :smiley:

Aside from #3, those two reasons knock my job down from a solid 9 (IMO) to a 7.

I’m not sure what a job I rated at a 10 would be…

3

The only thing that would make my job better would be if I was owner rather than employee, and if we could afford better heath benefits.

4

I’m a therapist, have been working in the social services field for about 12 years. Current job is the first one in 10 years where my supervisor is even a damn human being. Benefits suck, pay sucks. Other than that, I like working with the clients.

5

I voted 9. I like the work I do, the autonomy I’m given, the people I work with, and I think that what I do has a (small) positive effect on the world. I think my pay and benefits are pretty good. The biggest downside is the commute (40-60 minutes each way), but I work at home twice a week. I’m a little overwhelmed by my to do list right now, but that’s OK.

6

Wow, we’re basically exactly the same, right down to the commute and making a (small) positive effect on the world. I picked 10 though because I think my pay and benefits are great.

7

I said 8. I love the work and (most of) the people I work with, and the commute is about as good as I could ask for in this area. I took a point off each for so-so benefits and a very nice but sometimes drippy manager.

8

Compared to other jobs: about an 8
Compared to being independently wealthy: about a 2

9
  1. I’d do it for free; in fact, I have done it for free. I’m constantly surprised and delighted by the fact that people actually PAY me.
10

I said 5.

I dropped the hospital blood bank life because management was cheap and shortsighted, and overtime and chronic understaffing was killing me, not to mention probably putting patients at risk. I left to work in a manufacturing setting, very different, very low-key, which I thought would be good. And… it is… but I’m bored. I miss the direct impact on patients’ lives. I miss the human contact with the nurses and other techs. The group I work with now is nice enough, but very small, and the way the workload is spread out I have a ridiculous amount of downtime.

I shouldn’t complain, I know. But I feel like I’m driving an hour each way to do a little work and then sit alone and fuck around on the internet for half the day. My brain is turning into mush. I think I’m going to look into getting a certification or another degree of some sort while I’m there, because I certainly have the time to study.

11

I gave it a 10.
Of course I’ve been retired for 10 years.

12

I’m a solid 8.

I love what I do and adore my coworkers. The pay is ok – not enough for me to cover my family with health insurance, though (which is hideously expensive at work), which knocks it down 2 notches.

If I got paid enough to buy health insurance for MrPanda and PandaKid, it’d be a 10.

13

I give my situation a 4. Get rid of two people on the day shift and it would be an 8.

14

I’m retired now, but would rate my 30 years as a high school science teacher as 10. The high score is pretty much due to the students, which made everything else unimportant.

Great career choice for me personally.

15

I’m not sure what number to pick. The company is great to work for, excellent pay and benefits, great colleagues to work with, incredible working environment, and a solid company in an excellent market. The only problem is I don’t like the work I’m doing.

16
  1. It pays the bills, it provides benefits, it has zero opportunity for advancement, learning anything new, or for ever, ever changing.
17

Very similar, even the commute. I don’t work from home on any regular basis and I do get frustrated sometimes at trying to push changes through where I have to rely on the involvement of others which is why I gave it an 8.

18

I gave it a 9, although I am retired for 13 years. I loved teaching (and actually gave a lecture a couple weeks ago) and adored research (and still do it for free); it was only having to mark tests that downgraded it from 10, since the rest I do for free.

19

I said 6. I have a good boss and the work is interesting, but it just doesn’t spark me. Know what I mean?

20

I went with a 7. The negatives are that the pay isn’t all that great and there aren’t a whole lot of advancement opportunities. The positives are that I enjoy what I do, health insurance is reasonable, the hours are great (I make the schedule for my department and there are no strict guidelines when it comes to scheduling, so in a way I set my own hours), and I like the people I work with. So it may not be the greatest job in the world, but the positives outweigh the negatives.