People who feel the need to work

williamcornwall

Itismehonest wrote: »

The irony being that you would find yourself spending all your time making the things you would need to live & with very little time to do any of the things you say you want to do.

Why? Anarcho communism and syndicalism does not advoate a Robinson Crusoe world. Things can be produced though voluntary effort, what we have under capitalism is coerion which is made to appear freely given.

Axled

RexBanner wrote: »

I enjoy my job almost to the extent that I'm institutionalised into not looking around for otehr opportunities. It's enjoyable, socially usefully, fulfilling and reasonably well paid. But I'd pack it in in a heartbeat if I had the means.

I think if you enjoy your job and the finances are adequate there is no reason to look for another job, would there? I do agree with you though, a lottery win would promptly get my resignation letter written too. And that is after training for nearly a decade to get my current post. I love the job but have dreams of making salami and cheese. Good times ahead maybe.

williamcornwall

Axled wrote: »

I think if you enjoy your job and the finances are adequate there is no reason to look for another job, would there? I do agree with you though, a lottery win would promptly get my resignation letter written too. And that is after training for nearly a decade to get my current post. I love the job but have dreams of making salami and cheese. Good times ahead maybe.

Why not just quit then? Go and do it, you get one life.

Axled

Because I need to buy the raw materials to make the salami and cheese and so I need a job. I also decided to buy a house and have a wife and child so have others to consider in my decisions (wife is a vegetarian so won't take on to the salami idea to easily). I'm not an expert on capitalism or other economic systems but I do feel that this topic has slightly digressed. You always start at the bottom and move up. That is if you want to of course. Unfortunately we do live in a world where money is needed and so we have to work. This can be in a variety of forms so will depend where your interests are. If you love travelling and learning languages (assumptions from an earlier post) then you can make money from that, the possibilities are endless. Just because you aren't in great employment now doesn't mean it has to stay that way.

marywooyeah

williamcornwall wrote: »

exactly, in the world where capitalist exploiters are a bad thing and being obsessed with meeting targets is not the aim of life. Shame you don't agree.

OP if you are really unhappy in your job have you considered retraining? you could do an evening or distance learning course if you are unable to get away during the day.

Itismehonest

williamcornwall wrote: »

Why? Anarcho communism and syndicalism does not advoate a Robinson Crusoe world. Things can be produced though voluntary effort, what we have under capitalism is coerion which is made to appear freely given.

I lived through the 60s. Try looking up the communes & philosophy of the hippies. These ideas come around with a sad regularity & every time a new one surfaces the current generation always thinks it's a new idea.

No form of communism has worked for long because it goes against human nature.
Every society requires structure & that structure means having certain people with some control over certain areas of life.
As soon as you have that you are on the road to having people who take advantage.
Ultimately, the society finds it has it's own hierarchy & the ones at the top can be looked on as taking advantage of those below in just the same way as you now think of those people who work for a living as being taken advantage of.

t0rt0ise

Lots of people say on retirement that they don't know how they had the time to work and I'm feeling that already and I have yet to retire! As you get older you realise that time is short and you need to pack so much in while you're still healthy and able.

CornishW

williamcornwall wrote: »

I have other plans in fact I've already made enough money to stop working and just wait until October before I start doing something which is worthwhile. Having views based on gut feelings isn't really good enough. Its the kind of thing Daily Mail readers do.

Can you share with us 'wage slaves' what you did to earn enough money that you no longer need to work? How do you pay for your rent/mortgage/utilities/food/etc?
I would love to not work but have to house/clothe/feed myself somehow!

cherylim

I love working. I get paid to do what I consider a hobby, and find the world of business an interesting one to be involved in.

If I won the lottery, I'd continue to do what I do now. I'd also run a holiday cottage, but I imagine that bit is a dream I'll never achieve.

To me, it's the simple things that matter. Being paid to do something I love is much more enjoyable than spending money doing other things I love equally, and ultimately my aim is to continue doing what I do and to have and raise a happy family.

Give me a stable home life, a relaxed environment and my home comforts any day.

Sharon87

I personally like to work. I'm in a career I aimed to be in, be it on the bottom rung, so the work is a bit more mundane, but only if you make it mundane, you've got to have the right attitude. I find that I do enjoy my days off, but if I'm unemployed for a week I get really bored and unmotivated. I spend the first couple of days of unemployment relaxing, catching up on things, then I just get the need to work!

If I won the lottery, I would probably stay in the same industry, I would just probably buy equipment and train up to be in a better position, or start my own company. Either that or try and get into photography, as that is a hobbie of mine, I just can't afford the latest equipment right now.

I work freelance and don't have any work for the next 4 weeks apart from 1 day, so I'm dreading not working. I'd like a day or 2 off but that's it. I do have a busy social life, and try and plan my work around it, but sometimes it's not always possible, so have to cancel things. For example I had to cancel a gig for 10 days working in another town, it was good pay and good experience, I enjoyed myself on that job.

If you don't like your job, only you can make changes to secure a job you actually want, whether that's getting training, applying for the jobs or setting up your own company or going freelance.