7 Job Myths You Should Never Believe August 28, 2012

[GAP]

I am just going to list the 7 myths, not the narrative for each .....

7 Job Myths You Should Never Believe
August 28, 2012
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Myth 1: Your job should satisfy you

Myth 2: You should be given a fair opportunity like everyone else

Myth 3: You deserve to make more money

Myth 4: You deserve to have a job

Myth 5: Your social life, workout schedule, and health and well being shouldn’t be affected

Myth 6: Your boss should look out for you

Myth 7: You should have a mentor
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Don't take the titles only  for gospel....the author tears each one a new one....read the article

 

[MusclesGlasses]

Good Advice?

 

[chrisf]

I call bull-droppings on several of these, mostly because of the word "should" rather then "shall".

I assume this article was written for todays "modern" worker with an overinflated sense of entitlement and a need for instant gratification....

Obviously there's no entitlement to any of these things, but if you don't like your job, find another one.

The reality is, the civillian job market right now has a an extremely high demand for labour, in particular skilled labour.

A little bit of training pays off enormous dividends.

Do somthing you enjoy, and that people need done, and you'll be satisfied, and employed. Be the best at what you do, and you'll be paid well to do it. If you're not paid well, as long as you're the best, somone else will pay you more.

 

[mariomike]

Do somthing you enjoy, and that people need done, and you'll be satisfied, and employed.

Well said.

 

[OldSolduer]

Well said.

So the whiskey and beer tasting job is up for grabs.? Yayyyyyyy !!!!!

 

[MusclesGlasses]

I assume this article was written for todays "modern" worker with an overinflated sense of entitlement and a need for instant gratification...

Well said there. The "no child left behind" generation needs to give its collective head a shake.

Cheers

 

[Poppa]

So the whiskey and beer tasting job is up for grabs.? Yayyyyyyy !!!!!

Position has been filled....unpaid but the perks are out of this world! 

 

[Strike]

I think the first point is not so much to address those who have found a career, but those who are just starting out. Seriously, who here REALLY felt satisfaction in the first job they got?  I'm talking working in the fast food joint or kitchen of a restaurant.

Many come in to the job market today will not even look at those jobs because they feel they should be getting a job that satisfies and don't think about getting one that provides until that comes along.


Edited to fix spelling/grammar.

 

[mariomike]

Seriously, who here REALLY felt satisfaction in the first job they got? 

I did. It was my first and last full-time job.

My first and last part-time job was the militia, and I liked it also.

But, that was a very long time ago.

 

[cupper]

I call bull-droppings on several of these, mostly because of the word "should" rather then "shall".

I assume this article was written for todays "modern" worker with an overinflated sense of entitlement and a need for instant gratification....

Obviously there's no entitlement to any of these things, but if you don't like your job, find another one.

The reality is, the civillian job market right now has a an extremely high demand for labour, in particular skilled labour.

A little bit of training pays off enormous dividends.

Do somthing you enjoy, and that people need done, and you'll be satisfied, and employed. Be the best at what you do, and you'll be paid well to do it. If you're not paid well, as long as you're the best, somone else will pay you more.

I agree. That was my first impression reading the article.

 

[Robert0288]

Seriously, who here REALLY felt satisfaction in the first job they got?

I did as a hockey referee, paid for university and still doing it 12 years later.  Full time work on the other hand... different story.

 

[chrisf]

The whole article smacks of somone who's dissatisfied with their own job, and who assumes everyone else is... here's a direct qoute "Searching for a job that satisfies you is futile."

I didn't like my first job, but that's also why I no longer work in retail, and never will again, unless the alternative is starving.

 

[ballz]

The first point is full of BS. My impression is that this is an entrepreneur who is very short of the ability to emphasize with other people, who doesn't realize that it's not the money he/she is making that satisfies them, but the freedom and thrill of being an entrepreneur.

It is a contradiction that the actual work you do should satisfy you as much or more than the compensation you receive for the work you do. Searching for a job that satisfies you is futile. Instead, look for a job where the compensation, and perhaps not the works itself, satisfies you.

If this were true, then after I quit a job making $100,000/year to join the CF via ROTP, I'd be a very miserable person shortly after. 5 years later, I am now a 2Lt making half that, and am much, much, much happier than I was.

I suspect the CF would be very short on a lot of good people if all anybody cared about was where they could make the most money.

 

[chrisf]

I quit a job making $100,000/year

Did they hire your replacement yet?

 

[ballz]

Did they hire your replacement yet?

Hahaha ... as a matter of fact, they've hired numerous replacements that have come and gone, but they are *still* looking if you're that interested. I like to think its because an 18 year old me with just a high school diploma and big arms was irreplaceable... but the truth is more likely to be that that's just the Fort Mac job market for ya, and I was really just a very fancy and expensive pair of clamps for the people with actual skills.

 

[Shrek1985]

I read recently that to be happy in your job you need three things;

1. feel what you do has relevance
2. feel you have some self-direction in what you do
3. see some connection between what you do and some tangible result or end-product

 

[chrisf]

Are you familiar with maslows hierarchy of needs? It covers all of these things...

The inverse is true as well... if you leave somone out in the rain with no dinner, they're less likely to complain about not seeing their family... it's one of the founding principles of army morale.

 

[cupper]

The inverse is true as well... if you leave somone out in the rain with no dinner, they're less likely to complain about not seeing their family... it's one of the founding principles of army morale.

True that.

 

[cupper]

Something else that goes a long way in job satisfaction is recognition of good performance. And it doesn't have to be monetary. Just giving credit where credit is due can do a lot to make someone feel satisfaction in their job.

 

[MusclesGlasses]

So...I'm thinking we all got trolled by the OP. Discourse or no, discussing this further just seems silly.


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