Is a bad job better than no job at all?

ILW

falko89 wrote: »

I bet you a lot of "I'd do any job" brigade are in the pull yourself together camp when it comes to mental health issues.

That is a different issue completely.

There are people who think that not being happy and satisfied all the time means they have a medical problem though. For most stress, anxiety and worry are just part of life.

falko89

ILW wrote: »

That is a different issue completely.

There are people who think that not being happy and satisfied all the time means they have a medical problem though. For most stress, anxiety and worry are just part of life.

We all have different levels of stress in our lives, 1 in 4 people will suffer from a mental health problem at some stage in their lives, and unless properly treated can leave you house bound, no one expects to be happy 24/7 but yes if you are unhappy for a good percentage of the time you may well have a medical problem.

Valli

nightingalesgarden wrote: »

My Mum always told me there are two types of people

Those who will wash floors when the going gets tough

and those people who will still wait for someone to do it for them.....

I've done cr*p job and hated them, to the point of crying - but those jobs led to better jobs, more choice and promotion.

My mum cleaned toilets as a single mum bring up 3 kids, I cleaned toilets to get through Uni and again when my husband was sick and I couldn't get any other job to fit round his care - we both hated it...but I still think it was better than not doing anything to resolve the terrible situation of debt and being flipping broke...

Dignity of labour. When I've done menial stuff I've still taken a pride in doing the best job I can. I know it does sound awful but it proves you can get up in the morning - you can get a reference for timekeeping, being a good worker, being a team player. It's a step on a ladder.
When the loos get blocked at work (primary school - overuse of paper!) it's quicker to plunge in and sort it rather than start making a fuss and get someone out to it. Half the time the boss doesn't even know I sorted it.
Last week (boss was out) I cleared weeds from a (low - only needed a stepladder) gutter. If we had got someone in it would have cost £££ and we are on a tight budget atm. Boss seemed to have forgotten the gutter was blocked.

morganedge

LadyMissA wrote: »

I don't know how anyone can be happy with no job.

Isn't that most people's goal in life?! To have enough money not to have to worry about work. Everyone is dreaming about an early retirement!!

I don't see how anyone can be happy WITH job!

LadyMissA

morganedge wrote: »

Isn't that most people's goal in life?! To have enough money not to have to worry about work. Everyone is dreaming about an early retirement!!

I don't see how anyone can be happy WITH job!

Not to worry about work? Dreaming of an early retirement? I doubt it since you wont be able to get the state pension till you are 66 soon.

morganedge

LadyMissA wrote: »

Not to worry about work? Dreaming of an early retirement? I doubt it since you wont be able to get the state pension till you are 66 soon.

Never mind the state pension.
You said that you can't see how people can be happy without a job, but that is the main reason people want to find a suitcase with £1m pounds in it. So they can quit their job and never have to think about work again.
Let's not kid ourselves that work is something that we, as a human race, enjoy! It's just a depressing necessity. (or maybe not so necessary depending on your views of benefits, lol)

LadyMissA

morganedge wrote: »

Never mind the state pension.
You said that you can't see how people can be happy without a job, but that is the main reason people want to find a suitcase with £1m pounds in it. So they can quit their job and never have to think about work again.
Let's not kid ourselves that work is something that we, as a human race, enjoy! It's just a depressing necessity. (or maybe not so necessary depending on your views of benefits, lol)

Work in my opinion is not depressing at all.

ska_lover

cleggie wrote: »

As a single mum i have worked doing loads of things. Yes, DO think a 'bad' job is better than no job!
I'll clean toilets to put food on the table so that my kids can eat, and i am not embarassed to admit it!

Hear hear Cleggie. You are quite right and should be proud of yourself :T I was a single parent for years and cleaned toilets to put steam on the table. It has never occured to be that I would or should be embarrassed, there were other single parents that I had met through playgroups etc that pulled the 'single parent card' rather than work, and a couple of them never have, even though their kids are late teens early twenties now...

There are too many people who think otherwise, think they shouldn't have to do anything other than their ideal job, and claiming benefits whilst waiting for this ideal job to come up is acceptable. Its disgusting and makes a sheer mockery of all the hard working people who are working for minimum wage and are being taxed to pay for benefits

The job market is fluid people are talking as if you take a job and have to stay in it till you retire - IT IS FLUID - You can find something better and leave - which I did, one carp job led to a better one.

It goes deeper though - what are you teaching your kids? You must always get your own way in life? It is OK to sit on your harris and expect everyone to bail you out cos you are a lazy so and so? It really is very poor parenting to be ramming this down your kids throats - they will see you fit and healthy and able to work but will not, and they have to claim free school meals. Apples do not fall far from the tree, and to behave like this when you have got kids, just PROVES that you do not want your kids to have any ambition or achieve anything in life - as kids learn from their parents as every parent knows. You are teaching kids that being unemployed is a life style choice.

HappyMJ

I would much rather have no job than a bad job any day.

falko89

ska_lover wrote: »

Hear hear Cleggie. You are quite right and should be proud of yourself :T I was a single parent for years and cleaned toilets to put steam on the table. It has never occured to be that I would or should be embarrassed, there were other single parents that I had met through playgroups etc that pulled the 'single parent card' rather than work, and a couple of them never have, even though their kids are late teens early twenties now...

There are too many people who think otherwise, think they shouldn't have to do anything other than their ideal job, and claiming benefits whilst waiting for this ideal job to come up is acceptable. Its disgusting and makes a sheer mockery of all the hard working people who are working for minimum wage and are being taxed to pay for benefits

The job market is fluid people are talking as if you take a job and have to stay in it till you retire - IT IS FLUID - You can find something better and leave - which I did, one carp job led to a better one.

It goes deeper though - what are you teaching your kids? You must always get your own way in life? It is OK to sit on your harris and expect everyone to bail you out cos you are a lazy so and so? It really is very poor parenting to be ramming this down your kids throats - they will see you fit and healthy and able to work but will not, and they have to claim free school meals. Apples do not fall far from the tree, and to behave like this when you have got kids, just PROVES that you do not want your kids to have any ambition or achieve anything in life - as kids learn from their parents as every parent knows. You are teaching kids that being unemployed is a life style choice.

Love your signature, matches exactly post 29.