FabSwingers.com forum: Your job - just a means to a pay packet?

By *inky Biscuit Dunker OP Man
over a year ago

Gloucestershire

I was chatting with a business acquaintance yesterday. We were discussing someone I'd recently employed who's not progressing as well as expected. He said something that rings true -

Some people treat their job purely as a means to a pay packet.

Is this you? Do you just come & go or, do you have a sense of purpose & a real commitment to your work & the company.

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By *elloIntrigueMan
over a year ago

North West UK

"I was chatting with a business acquaintance yesterday. We were discussing someone I'd recently employed who's not progressing as well as expected. He said something that rings true -

Some people treat their job purely as a means to a pay packet.

Is this you? Do you just come & go or, do you have a sense of purpose & a real commitment to your work & the company. "

I've done both in my time.. depends on my motivation. In my previous long term job I had the ambition squeezed out of me so admit by the end I was just getting to the end of every month. Some jobs I've been really motivated for.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No. I'm fortunate to be in a position where pay isn't my main focus when considering a job so I do a job I love and when my contract ends after the summer I'll be looking for something as fulfilling.

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By *rincess peachWoman
over a year ago

shits creek

My pay is wank so ...

It's both to me. It pays my essential bills, so therefore is a means to a pay packet, however I'm the kind of person that takes pride in what I do. So I will do my job to the best of my ability and my standards are incredibly high.

I don't want to progress any further in my field, been there, done that, hello breakdown and 9 months off sick.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love my job, I’m passionate about it and literally waiting for my manager to retire so I can jump into that role

I always give my all to any role, but I’ve been in my line of work for 17 years on and off and will probably be until I retire!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just ask yourself, would you do you’re job for nothing ?

Unless you have another form of income then the answer has to be yes.

I actually enjoy my job but let’s face it if I won the lottery it would take about 30 secconds to decide to quite

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I done both and I think it's down to how management treat the individual (if I spell the right I don't know haha) and also how the individual treats management so can swing both ways to be fair

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By *s_macWoman
over a year ago

Traffic land

I used to love my job, but now it is a means to an end. For what I do I earn a decent salary, so feel rather trapped currently as being the sole earner I can’t afford to take a drop in pay.

(Work is in process to change my situation, but it’s slow going)

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By *iamondCougarWoman
over a year ago

Norfuck! / Lincolnshire

I’ve done the same job for 30 years across 3 different companies. Each time I’ve moved I’ve taken my accounts with me.. hence I have a great job with my current stakeholder employer.

It’s a tough old world out there - it’s all about proving your worth and keeping the figures up there but I have to say I enjoy the job, committed to it, go the extra mile... but!

I FRIGGIN HATE ALL THE CORPORATE RED TAPE AND BULLSHIT!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

On the railway we all know we could be replaced.

That doesnt mean we do any less or sometimes more than is expected.

I enjoy my job and it pays well and its a wage but a wage I enjoy earning because of the people I work with.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I see it as both! If you do somethin you enjoy and are passionate about you forget the money until the bills are due

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By *wesomeSauce!Man
over a year ago

Brighton

I love my job - but I wouldn't do it for free!

The only other thing I really want to do probably wouldn't pay the bills, so I'll save that for when I'm retired.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The nature of the work I do and the family's I deal with mean that I am invested in this job way more than seeking a pay packet. But I've done the latter and in a target and bonus driven environment working for the pay packet has been rewarding

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By *orkie321bWoman
over a year ago

Nottingham

I'm in a unique position at my workplace being the only person there who works out of choice rather than financial necessity.

I need my job for entirely different reasons. Being a full time live in carer for my mum means my job is a form of respite for me. It's only 12 hours a week but it gives me a chance to be away from my mum, to be surrounded by other people and not be isolated, it's an opportunity to be myself for a short while instead of being entirely focused on caring.

It's nice that I get paid for the work I do but I would quite happily exchange it for something in the voluntary sector and do it for nothing.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i only have a job so i can get money to do the things i like to do..my job isnt one of those things..truth is if i didnt need money i wouldnt bother working...

because i work though , i dont have the time to do what i enjoy doing...

its a shite state of affairs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

For me it’s just a pay packet.

My previous roles have been a career.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My current position attracts a crap wage but I do it for love rather than for money anyway

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sometimes it is a more of a feeling like it's just living to work but other times it is more fulfilling. Of late the former seems to increasingly be the case

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I want to leap out of bed with a hard on for my work. Pay is just a side effect... very important side effect but not the whole deal

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By *otSoNewWalesCoupleCouple
over a year ago

South Wales

"I was chatting with a business acquaintance yesterday. We were discussing someone I'd recently employed who's not progressing as well as expected. He said something that rings true -

Some people treat their job purely as a means to a pay packet.

Is this you? Do you just come & go or, do you have a sense of purpose & a real commitment to your work & the company. "

I only work in jobs and environment I enjoy, where I feel adequately challenged and appreciated, and where U like the people and the culture.

I figure that if you have to spend a significant proportion of your life there, it has to be a positive experience.

It's worked for me so far.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I like that I get paid well to do work I love

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By *elma and ShaggyCouple
over a year ago

Bedworth

I worked in an industry that I loved doing a role that I loved! I was an optical dispenser which was interesting, intellectually stimulating, sometimes challenging. Sadly, my employers in this industry all destroyed my desire to stay. I worked for 3 employers and was treated badly by them all, it soured the entire industry for me and I will never choose to work in optics again.

My current role is in a small call centre, 15 hours a week less than my last optics role and pays the same. I work Monday to Friday mornings, get all bank holidays off, have very little stress and great colleagues.

Do I love the role and company? No. It suits me but at the end of the day, all it really is is a pay packet. I do my job to the best of my abilities and then come home. We could possibly survive adequately without my salary but I would miss the act of going to work too much to give it up.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I want to leap out of bed with a hard on for my work. Pay is just a side effect... very important side effect but not the whole deal"
what job is it you do. Although your from the peak District so it's got to be farmer or quarrying lol

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By *edangel_2013Woman
over a year ago

southend

A little bit of both. I adore my job and would happily do it for free. But not the internal politics that come with it. I work within the bitchiest, nastiest back stabbing team I have ever worked for. And I hate that part of it.

We are supposed to be helping our clients, but half the time it turns into a he said, she said competition.

I'm looking for a new role, but it needs to be a similar sort of wage as I can't live on anything lower.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I adore my job but also love the pay that comes with it

Floppsy x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

In my job you have to love and have a passion, if you are going just for the money then it will show in your work and the care and time that goes into it all, the moment that passion goes then it’s time to hand my activities belt up and move on.

Geeky x

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By *andare63Man
over a year ago

oldham

If you love your job . You never work a day in your life !!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I was given a great piece of advice years ago. Work to live, don't live to work. I've seen too many people let work rule their lives to look at a job as anything more than a means to an end.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When the day comes that i don't enjoy my job, I will quit.

Until then I will keep getting out of bed at silly o'clock

I am the front man of the company, without me it wouldn't work.

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By *entleman JayMan
over a year ago

Wakefield

I love my job. If I won the lottery I’d still be at work on Monday morning. True!

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By *laytimenowMan
over a year ago

Essex

Love work

The only thing bad about work is ungrateful employers who think that because somebody works for them, they have a right to ask for lots for little reward.

I set up 2 companies, employed people on the same payscale as i was on . They knew this as i showed them the payslips.

2 & 1/2 years & 3 years into both businesses i sold up to the former employees who earnt enough to buy me out .

They wont change how it works because everybody gains the same share of the reward.

Will start another 1 or 2 companies up again on the same basis. but having a work break at the moment as committed to something elae for the time being

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Once it was...

Now it's not.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My job is the most amount of money I can get paid for the least amount of inconvenience hard work to me.

I’m pretty sure I could get paid more but there would be strings attached in the form of more stress longer hours.

If I won the lottery tonight and it was a big enough sum to support the kind of lifestyle I’m am used to then I would not go back into work.

That doesn’t mean that I wouldn’t do something else maybe volunteer work or work for a charity

But doing what I do now no not a chance

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have two jobs. One is my career such as it is, which I love and put my heart and soul into. The other is menial long-term temp but still a great job which I value a lot.

Neither pay a great deal, but I'm lucky enough to be able to prioritise happiness over income.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

99% of the time I love my job and give my all to it.

1% of the time I fcuking hate it and keep coming just for pay day

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Depends on if its a job that you have that was all you could currently find in order to pay the bills or a career choice in something you loved. And whether the company values its workers or just uses you to get its work done.

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By *ara JTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol East

I sell my time and skills in exchange for money.

That's it.

I'm not here to change the world, only to earn enough to enjoy the time that i am here for.

Does your friend expect people to grow his business for free? I bet he doesn't do it for free.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I sell my time and skills in exchange for money.

That's it.

I'm not here to change the world, only to earn enough to enjoy the time that i am here for.

Does your friend expect people to grow his business for free? I bet he doesn't do it for free.

I quite like changing the world in my small way

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

I love what I do

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By *omesticated_VixenWoman
over a year ago

sw London

I work for myself now which I love doing, I love my job and the freedom it gives me.

But have worked for some big companies and put in many years with them, I like to think it was more than just a pay packet

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The hours suit my needs right now, otherwise I'd be deeply annoyed with my job and pay

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By *ittle earsMan
over a year ago

south oxfordshire

My jobs ok it’s the clients I hate

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By *ynecplCouple
over a year ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

I have had one successful career and now guess I do look at my job as just a pay packet. I have little interest in the company and it future, that may be because I work in an area which I am good at but it is not something I want to do.

My moto these days is

I work to live, not live to work

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By *iSTARessWoman
over a year ago

London

I'm a dominatrix and showgirl. I'll never earn enough to buy property or have a decent pension but I've been flown around the world to perform and DJ, beaten up politicians and generally have a fabulous time doing both. Wouldn't have it any other way

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