Are there any jobs which aren't boring, or you're aren't selling your soul for?

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

To save you starting any more of these threads, you have terrible jobs because you are not very good at doing anything and don't put in any effort to become good at doing anything. You are not worth any more money, and nobody is going to give you an interesting job because there are better people that want it.

Put some effort into a boring job and/or a qualification and you might get something better. It really is that simple.

ThinkingOutLoud_2

ScorpiondeRooftrouser wrote: »

To save you starting any more of these threads, you have terrible jobs because you are not very good at doing anything and don't put in any effort to become good at doing anything. You are not worth any more money, and nobody is going to give you an interesting job because there are better people that want it.

Put some effort into a boring job and/or a qualification and you might get something better. It really is that simple.

Let's frame that positively if it helps you accept the underlying message...

• We get out of life what we put in.
• It won't come to us - we have to go find it and then work out how to get it.
• We will likely fail more than we succeed - we must learn as we go and be determined.
• If we do what we have always done - we will get what we always got.
• We are capable of more than we imagine - but it takes hard work over a long time.
• Try not to simply moan and complain again and again - ask for specific help

skint_chick

I don't know why you think working in a library isn't a career option, if you enjoy it then surely that's the most important thing. There are plenty of libraries all over the country to work in, once you get some experience and cash saved up you can do a librarian qualification and work in a university library making £25k upwards. My friend is a university librarian and makes £38k and the worst she has to deal with is people complaining about fines for late returns plus you get public holidays off and a decent pension.

You need to have a serious think about what you want to do in life, and get on with a job while you train/get experience towards what you really want to do. It's a bit unrealistic to think you'd want to work in fashion without any experience so what are you doing with your free time? ThinkingOutLoud is right you need to put some effort in to make things happen for yourself, if you don't like your current job you need to motivate yourself to do something about it

Jackieboy

skint_chick wrote: »

I don't know why you think working in a library isn't a career option, if you enjoy it then surely that's the most important thing. There are plenty of libraries all over the country to work in, once you get some experience and cash saved up you can do a librarian qualification and work in a university library making £25k upwards. My friend is a university librarian and makes £38k and the worst she has to deal with is people complaining about fines for late returns plus you get public holidays off and a decent pension.

You need to have a serious think about what you want to do in life, and get on with a job while you train/get experience towards what you really want to do. It's a bit unrealistic to think you'd want to work in fashion without any experience so what are you doing with your free time? ThinkingOutLoud is right you need to put some effort in to make things happen for yourself, if you don't like your current job you need to motivate yourself to do something about it

With the current cuts in the library service and the increase of e reading, librarianship is hardly an expanding area for a mature student to consider entering at the moment, unfortunately.

Kantankrus_Mare

I work in hospitality.........not a brilliant paid job and yes at times can be repetitive and boring but............after working at the same place on and off for 13 years, I have met some lovely customers and love interacting with them.

It can be stressful at times and dealing with the general public can be a challenge at times but I look on the positives.

At the age of 50 it keeps me fit........we get reasonable tips which boosts my take home pay.......I like the majority of my work colleagues.......free food and drinks whilst on shift and meet some lovely people.

I personally would be bored out of my brains working in the fashion industry. I like to be busy and as I get older, I can keep gradually dropping my hours to suit my lifestyle and financial needs.

There's always a positive if you look for one.

trailingspouse

When my son headed off on work experience from school, he was a bit worried that he wouldn't know what to do. I told him that no-one would expect him to know what to do, but that everyone would expect him to listen when they told him what to do. I also warned him that the work would be boring to begin with, but that if he did what was asked of him, and was then pro-active in looking for other things to do, the work would get more interesting.

The first thing he had to do was turn up at a specific time, wearing the sweatshirt provided. Not difficult, and accomplished with ease - but the lad he was on work experience with couldn't even manage that.

Result - after two weeks of work experience, my son had swept floors, made tea, stocked shelves, answered the phone, spoken to customers, and taken credit card payments. The other lad spent two weeks sweeping the floor.

Moral - work is what you make it.

Guest101

Got2Save wrote: »

Seriously! I am job searching at the moment and I'm noticing a theme with a lot of min wage jobs, they're either boring as sin or you will end up selling your soul to work for the company, i.e. sales. - Well yes you're looking at minimum wage jobs, that's kind of a given isn't it? What is it with minimum wage jobs being so tedious? I want to start a business because i am not interested in much that jobs seem to offer. - Have you considered getting qualifications? Am I being ungrateful? I shouldn't complain because there's people in Africa with !!!! jobs earning crap money, but in a first world country workers shouldn't be treated like animals while earning minimum wage (which btw is a sorry excuse for a living wage) - c£15,000 ? pretty decent.

Every low paid job out there is just so boring. I needed to rant because seriously it's ridiculous how there's no imagination put into these jobs. I'm sick of job searching. I'm trying to find ways of making money without having a lot of money to invest. I need to be creative and working for myself to keep things interesting. I am not surprised some people look like zombies in these jobs. How do you cope in your low paid job (if you have one)?

Literally this post should be used in schools.

Concerned75

I don't think there is many perfect jobs, at least not this side of the TV screen anyway.
With little or no skills, it will be difficult as most jobs involve experience and skills, which happens with time.
In the meantime, you could try to combine the two if you have a creative driven mind.
Find yourself a part time job, albeit boring, to pay your bills, but if you have ideas or creative flairs in jobs you don't find at the jobcentre, search the Internet looking for freelance workers. Perhaps register yourself as self employed and get yourself on a website called PeoplePerHour.
You might find someone who looking for things you can do and at least if you do generate work from there, you can do it in your days/hrs off and more importantly, be square with the taxman.
I agree, there is a lot of rubbish and nothing jobs out there these days, but where there's an opportunity, take it.

Best of luck.

lincroft1710

Got2Save wrote: »

I am not surprised some people look like zombies in these jobs.

There's one thing these "zombies" (as you call them) have got and you haven't :

A JOB!

Concerned75

When my son headed off on work experience from school, he was a bit worried that he wouldn't know what to do. I told him that no-one would expect him to know what to do, but that everyone would expect him to listen when they told him what to do. I also warned him that the work would be boring to begin with, but that if he did what was asked of him, and was then pro-active in looking for other things to do, the work would get more interesting.

The first thing he had to do was turn up at a specific time, wearing the sweatshirt provided. Not difficult, and accomplished with ease - but the lad he was on work experience with couldn't even manage that.

Result - after two weeks of work experience, my son had swept floors, made tea, stocked shelves, answered the phone, spoken to customers, and taken credit card payments. The other lad spent two weeks sweeping the floor.

Moral - work is what you make it.

By trailingspouse.

I can appreciate what you're saying here and by not knowing the OPs age, your scenario only applies to a school leaver, which most people over the age of 30 today, would have had to follow suit.
I had to skivvy for 4 years, in my choice of job, but that is and was the nature of the beast in that type of employment.
I think someone who has been in work before can be offered better than your son in this day and age.
I've seen jobs in my field of work wanting you to do everything bar wash their clothes as well for minimum wage.
After 26yrs in the business, I think I can safely snub those jobs.