Not in the slightest, but it’s easy, and I work from home, so that’s pretty nice

No, I don’t feel like my job is full filling. Would I switch though? No. Why?

• The people I work with are awesome
• The companies culture is overall great
• I feel valued and supported

So why is the job not full filling? Because I dislike and borderline hate the industry we are in: Marketing/Ads. Probably only next to fossil fuels the reason why the world we live in today sucks.

Could I go elsewhere with my skillset? Certainly. But having had terrible employers with whos’ products I could somewhat identify with before, I came to the conclusion that it’s not necessarily most important what you do but with who.

Thankfully, yes. I grew to hate my previous job because of shitty leadership. I was cut when there were two rounds of downsizing because I was the best-paid on my team. They did me a favor. I was only half-heartedly looking for a new job because doing so is challenging when your morale is blasted from working a shit job.

The new job is far higher stakes, but also far easier 95% of the time. I’m reading books during my downtime between putting out fires. I’m uniquely qualified for the role. I can also walk to work in ten minutes. And I absolutely love my boss. It’ll be six months tomorrow. Wooooha!

They killed my job and gave me a huge win.

Edit: OP, how about you?

Yeah. Left print media and IT for driving people to the hospital.

Crossing now into better pay than IT. Actual pension. Still get to problem solve. Help. Do craziness. Do naps.

Yep, I fix problems that affect millions of people, downstream of me and end use customers.

I also manage a team of people and find helping them build a team they’re satisfied with is in turn very satisfying for me. Big win the other week: one went on vacation for an entire week and did not need to answer emails or phone. Another team member was assigned to cover and had the information and resources she needed. I’ve been the manager for less than six months and working hard on cross training and access and workload balancing. Compare this to the last four years where I was a part of the group but not manager; anyone out of office for more than a day could expect to be interrupted on vacation. I was once out for three days bereavement and had my phone silenced in my car during the funeral. Now as the manager, I want that to never happen to one of my employees.

It has its moments. The opportunity to figure out a tough problem or create an innovative solution can be very rewarding.

What busy work there is I can work at my own pace, so long as I meet deadlines.

I work from home, have a fair amount of autonomy and responsibility and have no one looking over my shoulder.

I recognize I’m very fortunate.

At the moment I am intensely bored at work. The job is not challenging and most of my stress comes from dealing with broken software, useless vendors or a few business units that vacillate on requirements. But:

• Most of my internal customers are very nice
• My team is eccentric but tolerable.
• I am compensated well.

But I’m still looking for a new position because I feel my brain is melting by staying here.

My job is not fulfilling…anymore. I started in the industry and consumed knowledge. Landed a high level job in the industry but due to regulatory bodies (which is understandable) I’m not able to use most of my knowledge and am wilting in capabilities now.

Moving up is nigh impossible within the company. However, I do get paid enough that I’m not cheque to cheque and can focus a bit more on my outside life. That with the additional fact that my specific job is extremely stable to economic factors comparatively, I’ll probably stay.

No, but I am fulfilled by the things my wage pays for

Sometimes it’s pretty neat. I’ve found new signals and genes needed for red blood cell development.

I’ve worked on an ambulance for 37+ years. Still enjoy work. I’d be happy to reach 50 years. We’ll see…

I haven’t been able to work for a few years due to disability, but my last job was surprisingly fulfilling. It was very challenging. Without that, I get bored.

I work to live.

I like what I do now. 80% work from home in a smallish company without enterprise bullshit. :) We have no standups and no agile shit which is amazing.

My career is fulfilling. My current employer is trying to make sure this specific job is not.