Do you go to work smiling every day or do you hum your favourite tune as you walk towards your desk at work? Regardless of how you feel about your work, there are ways to tell if you love your job. Just as well, there are tell-tale signs if you hate your job.
No job is perfect, even the best of jobs have their down days. Sometimes, we all have to do things we don’t like at work. However, if we have more down days than good days, then there is a job satisfaction problem that needs our attention.
Tell-Tale Signs
Here are 20 common ways to know that you hate your job. Put a tick against the ones that are true:
You don’t want to wake up in the morning
You are most happy when you are not at work
Can’t stand your manager and colleagues
Your assignments are like punishment
You postpone things
‘Whatever’ is your answer to everything at work
You are not a team player
Don’t care about adding value to the organization
You bad mouth the organization
Prefer to surf the net instead of working
Lack of flexibility
Lack of buzz from your work
You don’t think you are learning or progressing
Your work life balance life is non-existent
You love Friday and hate Sunday evening
You are not motivated
You are always clock watching
Work is the last place you want to be during working hours
Customer facing role is like torture
Calling in sick frequently
The more ticks you put against these points, the more you hate your job.
Now can you rank the points in terms of importance for you? Compare the ones with ticks and the ones without. Do the ticked ones outweigh the un-ticked ones in number and importance?
If so, then you should do some soul-searching about what you really want out of life and whether it is time to look for another job.
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