Is finding a good job hard?

Jonathan_Powell

When I say good, I really mean one that someone can be content with. I work in "professional services" and loved my first job but left as another role literally doubles my salary. Loved that role too but was made redundant a couple years in and it's been downhill since then.

Next company literally had me banging my head against the wall it was that mind-numbingly boring. I actually got professional help because it made me depressed. Next roll was more interested in propping up numbers so they could sell the company and I was let go along with an entire team a year in.

Absolutely loved my next role, done very well, but long story short was screwed over and left a couple years in. Now, I've taken up a sales role but things have become so micromanaged. Despite beating a record last month and being ahead this, I'm getting my !!!!!! kicked about call numbers and the team is being checked upon every couple hours. Only reason I'm sticking around is because my CV is showing a job hopper and I need to stabalise it.

Would be great to get others people's thoughts on how much they enjoy their jobs, especially if they've moved around a bit. 

lincroft1710

If you took the word "good" out of the title of your thread, there are many who could still answer "yes". 

JamoLew

It seems to be possible but also more difficult.

Employer expectations have (I think) risen -- they demand/expect better and better value for money

Employee expectations have (I think) risen - they demand/expect the employer to bow to their every little demand and request

Finding a middle ground is certainly more challenging

AskAsk

i have moved around quite a bit and i find that i love the job for the first couple of years then things go wrong and i end up hating the job by the time i move on.  there was only one job that i liked throughout for more than a couple of years but then the office was closed down so we all got made redundant.

74jax

I absolutely loved my job, I haven't worked since last summer but was there 9-10yrs and thoroughly felt appreciated and as though I was doing something worthwhile.
My husband has been at his company for 17yrs, again his job is one is loves, enjoys doing every day and I can ever see him leaving even though he could. He gets a real buzz from it. 

MalMonroe

The problem with jobs is that you don't really know what they're like until you get there. I mean, people who interview you can try to paint a picture and when you have the relevant skills and qualifications you know you are capable (I usually did, retired now and working for myself) but you don't know if you're going to love all the content, or indeed, your colleagues. Every job I've had in the past, there has always been one element that I hated. I always wanted to find a job that felt more like a hobby or a favourite pastime but I never was that lucky. Some people are. But most people are just doing a job to get money and if they really enjoy it, that's a great bonus.

I've lived and worked in South Africa and Australia as well as the UK and have found that most jobs are similar, just in a different country and climate. Lifestyles are similar too, although the salaries in Oz and SA were higher. But it's not all about money.

I've worked for employers who applaud what you call 'job hoppers' but call them go-getters so don't worry about your CV. I don't think you need to 'stabilise it' at all. Some bosses see it as a plus if you have had lots of experience in different places. Staying somewhere for years where you are not happy doesn't seem like a great thing, either. One of my friends stayed in her job from leaving school to retirement, almost 50 years. That would have driven me absolutely crazy but she loved it. And of course, got a great private pension to go with her State Pension. But it's not for everyone. 

If you see a job you fancy, apply for it. It's no good sitting there feeling miserable when you spend so much of your time at work. I'm not sure that now is the best time what with the pandemic and all but even so, people are still applying for and getting good jobs. Why not you?

theoretica

If people are more likely to stay longer in a good job they will recruit less often and the bad jobs need filling more often, so oversimplified maths says that bad jobs will be over represented on the job market.

Thrugelmir

A successful role is often the result of what you make of it. Work hard, diligently and professionally.  Contribute positively, do the boring stuff without complaint and doors may start to open.  Over the years I've been involved in many interesting projects and situations. As well as taking on roles that I later regretted. 

Marcon

Depends what you'd be content with - and how hard you're prepared to work to ensure the job is, or becomes, one you really enjoy.

Unfortunately, it also depends on how honest and accurate the recruitment process has been. If the job's rubbish and nothing like the one you were convinced you were being offered, it'll be an uphill struggle to transform it into what you were hoping for - and sometimes even the hardest working and most accommodating employee simply can't magic a silk purse from what has turned out to be a sow's ear.

Sandtree

It depends a reasonable amount on you as well as the job because you can have two people doing the same job and having very different views of it. 

Its been I spent a 3rd of my career in call centres and all in all I enjoyed each of them (though I never did the 192 call centre my ex did and that would have been terrible) but a reasonable proportion of people hated the jobs. The pay certainly could have been better and there were features of each contact centre that wasn't the best but all in all it was good times.

The work itself in theory you should be able to screen at interview... I'd not even apply for any job advertised as say a Windows 10 or Office 365 roll out project as thats just not for me. Obviously thing can change over time but you don't stay in a single role for 40 years. The difficulty is the people and the one job I have hated was because of two others on the team

danjackson2021

My mrs is looking for job for a while bow

 just wants something main wage and easy it’s very hard