What is the thing you hate most about your job?

Flasch186 · 05-02-2006, 08:34 PM

I was thinking about that and came to the conclusion that I hate the fact that when the shit hits the fan it is usually the day of closing and sometimes a person cannot move into their home that they thought they were going to. I hate that they call me and ask me what they should do and I dont know what to tell them. That I think is the worst part, that its supposed to be the best day for them and sometimes, rarely I should say, they lose out entirely.

What is yours?

Joe · 05-02-2006, 08:37 PM

FOFC being blocked at work

path12 · 05-02-2006, 08:40 PM

Tedium. I'm an analyst, so I spend most of my week updating forecasts on the same 20-25 spreadsheets with intermittent projects. Pays pretty well though. And four weeks vacation is nice.

Buccaneer · 05-02-2006, 08:41 PM

Stress.

RPI-Fan · 05-02-2006, 08:50 PM

Dealing with others' sloppy, thoughtless drafting.

Ksyrup · 05-02-2006, 08:50 PM

An 11-hour commute. One way.

Bearcat729 · 05-02-2006, 08:58 PM

The customers.

Pumpy Tudors · 05-02-2006, 08:59 PM

Getting the taste out of my mouth

JonInMiddleGA · 05-02-2006, 09:03 PM

The sleazy "I'm gonna try to get one over on you" nature of 3/4ths of the people in my industry.

Mustang · 05-02-2006, 09:11 PM

Being in a management position but, not having a management title or powers.

sterlingice · 05-02-2006, 09:26 PM

Customers who think they know how to do your job better than you do when they don't (heck, if they do, I'll gladly take advice- it's the ones who think they know stuff when they don't that are the problem).

SI

Greyroofoo · 05-02-2006, 09:31 PM

no hot chicks

Drake · 05-02-2006, 09:35 PM

Debugging.

Flame Eater · 05-02-2006, 09:35 PM

1. I don't like the water.
2. I don't like boats.
3. I'm not very good working with my hands.
4. I hate broken things.

Soooo.....

I own a marina, and work, basically, as a boat mechanic.

BRILLIANT!!!

Drake · 05-02-2006, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Greyroofoo

no hot chicks

dola...

And hot chicks who sleep with everyone but me.

Deattribution · 05-02-2006, 09:37 PM

This thread should be titled 'help me get fired'

jamesUMD · 05-02-2006, 10:08 PM

Too many hot chicks, being married (with said hot chicks), and the sub-standard pay (that they say is along industry standards for my job).

amdaily · 05-02-2006, 10:10 PM

Working with my ex girlfriend.

MikeVick7 · 05-02-2006, 10:13 PM

The union. End of story.

Oh, and my manager who is just riding out the last couple years of his 30-year career.

Buccaneer · 05-02-2006, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Drake

Debugging.

See: Stress.

The worse part is when you get an error and you have absolutely no idea what it mean, what it relates to and where to start looking for solutions. It's not so much that I don't know what it means but that it would take me too much time in solving it. I almost had one of those today when I got an ORA-09048 error on a failed trigger in the table. Luckily I work with the schema dba and found it had a typo in the trigger function.

duckman · 05-02-2006, 10:36 PM

Dealing with people everyday who claim that they want a job, but in reality all they want is a handout.

Poli · 05-02-2006, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Flasch186

What is yours?

Going to Africa.

Arctus · 05-02-2006, 11:27 PM

Inept clients that do the opposite of my recommendation and then point the finger at me when things get ugly.

Raven Hawk · 05-02-2006, 11:47 PM

Not getting paid enough.

hukarez · 05-03-2006, 12:16 AM

Micro-management.

Rizon · 05-03-2006, 12:25 AM

The idiots:

My idiotic co-workers who do nothing but play on the internet and fuck things up all day long then ask for help on how to fix it, then get praise from everyone else for "working so hard" when all they're doing is working in circles. If I don't help them the problem just festers until I'm made to fix it, which takes 10 times longer than just fixing it right away. And the ones who can't tell a computer mouse from an indoor fern ... ugh.

My idiotic boss who can do no wrong, yet constantly fucks up and talks his way out of jams, and somehow has managed to portray himself as the second coming of Jesus to his bosses. Despite letting huge problems slip through the ... gaping holes he's created ... his bosses are convinced he is perfect, and are more than happy to provide him with all the tools he needs to keep diging himself in deeper.

Equipment. Something breaks down every day. Every day. And I have to fix it.

Franklinnoble · 05-03-2006, 01:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Getting the taste out of my mouth

Winner.

AENeuman · 05-03-2006, 02:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

I got an ORA-09048 error on a failed trigger in the table. Luckily I work with the schema dba and found it had a typo in the trigger function.

Nerd

Marc Vaughan · 05-03-2006, 02:44 AM

Not meaning to be cocky - but there isn't really anything I 'hate' about my job - there are parts which I'd prefer not to happen (mainly longer hours around releases, but this is something we've been improving upon year in year out and hopefully it won't be for more than a few days this year) but by and by I love my job ...

mckerney · 05-03-2006, 02:50 AM

Sundays

kingnebwsu · 05-03-2006, 03:12 AM

Shoplifters

Icy · 05-03-2006, 03:17 AM

That every time that a server fails putting all my websites offline is at night when i'm sleeping or just when i'm away on holidays without internet access. It has made me really paranoid, the first thing i do when i wake up, even before dressing or cleaning my face is to check the servers while my wife waits impatiently with the breakfast getting cold over the table.

I hate also the time differences as i work mainly with USA guys and they are sleeping when i wake up and they love to talk business when it's my time to go to to bed, forcing me to go to bed really late. That is probably what my wife hates the most about my job too.

Marc Vaughan · 05-03-2006, 04:47 AM

Quote:

That every time that a server fails putting all my websites offline is at night when i'm sleeping or just when i'm away on holidays without internet access. It has made me really paranoid, the first thing i do when i wake up, even before dressing or cleaning my face is to check the servers while my wife waits impatiently with the breakfast getting cold over the table.

I've noticed this is amazingly common with practically every area of IT - we've an IT chap at SI who looks after our internal infrastructure, its always 100% smooth with no problems at all until he takes a day off when it always seems that all heck breaks loose ...

Raiders Army · 05-03-2006, 05:19 AM

working.

MacroGuru · 05-03-2006, 05:39 AM

For me, it's just the travel.......

jeff061 · 05-03-2006, 06:11 AM

People around me trying to make every issue a IT vrs Developer, who's fault is it. Rather than just helping out and getting the problem fixed.

Course this is just currently what I hate most. I'm going to wring some necks today.

GrantDawg · 05-03-2006, 06:28 AM

The hours. I leave the house at 7:30AM and get home about Midnight every day. Eventually it is supposed to cut back to 12-13 hour days, but I have yet to see any evidence of that. At least I get weekends (except this one).

GoldenEagle · 05-03-2006, 06:42 AM

The swings.

Draft Dodger · 05-03-2006, 07:02 AM

no raises.

judicial clerk · 05-03-2006, 07:19 AM

the paperwork

timmae · 05-03-2006, 08:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RPI-Fan

Dealing with others' sloppy, thoughtless drafting.

what he said... think a little about those lines on that screen!

JeeberD · 05-03-2006, 08:41 AM

Cheap motherfuckers

Buccaneer · 05-03-2006, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AENeuman

Nerd

If I truly was, bro, I would've known what the problem was. I still just like making maps but it's a lot more complicated these days.

Zippo · 05-03-2006, 08:57 AM

the commute.

Radii · 05-03-2006, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raiders Army

working.

yup.

heybrad · 05-03-2006, 09:57 AM

Too many salesman, not enough people to implement.

Every sales guy thinking every piddly customer he brings in is the most important customer of all time and requires everyones undivided attention at all times.

flere-imsaho · 05-03-2006, 10:52 AM

People failing to use basic common sense.

duckman · 05-03-2006, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by flere-imsaho

People failing to use basic common sense.

If it was common, everyone would have it!

KevinNU7 · 05-03-2006, 11:05 AM

Commuting 30 miles each way but having it take over an hour to two hours each way lately.

Yellow5 · 05-03-2006, 11:14 AM

Being primary on-call 24/7 for a week. This happens once a month and usually means zero sleep during that time.

05-02-2006, 08:40 PM	#3
path12 Coordinator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Seattle, WA	Tedium. I'm an analyst, so I spend most of my week updating forecasts on the same 20-25 spreadsheets with intermittent projects. Pays pretty well though. And four weeks vacation is nice. __________________ We have always been at war with Eastasia.

05-02-2006, 08:50 PM	#5
RPI-Fan Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Troy, NY	Dealing with others' sloppy, thoughtless drafting. __________________ Quis custodiets ipsos custodes?

05-02-2006, 08:50 PM	#6
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	An 11-hour commute. One way. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

05-02-2006, 08:59 PM	#8
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	Getting the taste out of my mouth __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

05-02-2006, 09:03 PM	#9
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	The sleazy "I'm gonna try to get one over on you" nature of 3/4ths of the people in my industry. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

05-02-2006, 08:37 PM	#2
Joe Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Minneapolis	FOFC being blocked at work

05-02-2006, 08:41 PM	#4
Buccaneer Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Colorado	Stress.

05-02-2006, 08:58 PM	#7
Bearcat729 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio	The customers.

05-02-2006, 09:11 PM	#10
Mustang Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Wisconsin	Being in a management position but, not having a management title or powers. __________________ You, you will regret what you have done this day. I will make you regret ever being born. Your going to wish you never left your mothers womb, where it was warm and safe... and wet. i am going to show you pain you never knew existed, you are going to see a whole new spectrum of pain, like a Rainboooow. But! This rainbow is not just like any other rainbow, its...

05-02-2006, 09:26 PM	#11
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Customers who think they know how to do your job better than you do when they don't (heck, if they do, I'll gladly take advice- it's the ones who think they know stuff when they don't that are the problem). SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

05-02-2006, 09:31 PM	#12
Greyroofoo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Alabama	no hot chicks

05-02-2006, 09:35 PM	#13
Drake assmaster Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bloomington, IN	Debugging.

05-02-2006, 09:35 PM	#14
Flame Eater H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Albany, NY	1. I don't like the water. 2. I don't like boats. 3. I'm not very good working with my hands. 4. I hate broken things. Soooo..... I own a marina, and work, basically, as a boat mechanic. BRILLIANT!!!

05-02-2006, 09:37 PM	#16
Deattribution College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2003	This thread should be titled 'help me get fired'

05-02-2006, 10:08 PM	#17
jamesUMD High School JV Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Baltimore, MD	Too many hot chicks, being married (with said hot chicks), and the sub-standard pay (that they say is along industry standards for my job). __________________ HailtotheRedskins!

05-02-2006, 10:10 PM	#18
amdaily College Prospect Join Date: Nov 2003	Working with my ex girlfriend.

05-02-2006, 10:13 PM	#19
MikeVick7 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ron, Mexico	The union. End of story. Oh, and my manager who is just riding out the last couple years of his 30-year career. __________________ Hattrick - Seattle Reign (224367)

05-02-2006, 11:27 PM	#23
Arctus H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: May 2005 Location: Richmond, VA	Inept clients that do the opposite of my recommendation and then point the finger at me when things get ugly.

05-02-2006, 11:47 PM	#24
Raven Hawk College Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Thunderdome	Not getting paid enough. __________________ Owner of The Shreveport Pride in The CFL

05-03-2006, 12:16 AM	#25
hukarez College Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Chula Vista, CA	Micro-management. __________________ ...what we have here is a man who looks like Tarzan, but fights like Jane! My VG collection \| Xbox 360 Gamertag: ManThol \| PS3 Network ID: hukarez Doce Pares International - San Diego Council Filipino Martial Arts Digest tweet tweet twitter

05-03-2006, 02:44 AM	#29
Marc Vaughan SI Games Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Melbourne, FL	Not meaning to be cocky - but there isn't really anything I 'hate' about my job - there are parts which I'd prefer not to happen (mainly longer hours around releases, but this is something we've been improving upon year in year out and hopefully it won't be for more than a few days this year) but by and by I love my job ...

05-03-2006, 02:50 AM	#30
mckerney Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Sundays

05-03-2006, 03:12 AM	#31
kingnebwsu College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Ohio	Shoplifters

05-03-2006, 03:17 AM	#32
Icy Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Toledo - Spain	That every time that a server fails putting all my websites offline is at night when i'm sleeping or just when i'm away on holidays without internet access. It has made me really paranoid, the first thing i do when i wake up, even before dressing or cleaning my face is to check the servers while my wife waits impatiently with the breakfast getting cold over the table. I hate also the time differences as i work mainly with USA guys and they are sleeping when i wake up and they love to talk business when it's my time to go to to bed, forcing me to go to bed really late. That is probably what my wife hates the most about my job too. __________________

05-03-2006, 05:19 AM	#34
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	working.

05-03-2006, 05:39 AM	#35
MacroGuru Coordinator Join Date: May 2003 Location: Utah	For me, it's just the travel....... __________________ "forgetting what is in the past, I strive for the future"

05-03-2006, 06:11 AM	#36
jeff061 Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: MA	People around me trying to make every issue a IT vrs Developer, who's fault is it. Rather than just helping out and getting the problem fixed. Course this is just currently what I hate most. I'm going to wring some necks today. __________________

05-03-2006, 06:28 AM	#37
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	The hours. I leave the house at 7:30AM and get home about Midnight every day. Eventually it is supposed to cut back to 12-13 hour days, but I have yet to see any evidence of that. At least I get weekends (except this one). Last edited by GrantDawg : 05-03-2006 at 06:28 AM.

05-03-2006, 06:42 AM	#38
GoldenEagle Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Little Rock, AR	The swings. __________________ Xbox 360 Gamer Tag: GoldenEagle014

05-03-2006, 07:02 AM	#39
Draft Dodger Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Keene, NH	no raises. __________________ Mile High Hockey

05-03-2006, 07:19 AM	#40
judicial clerk College Benchwarmer Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Portland, OR	the paperwork

05-03-2006, 08:41 AM	#42
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Cheap motherfuckers __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

05-03-2006, 08:57 AM	#44
Zippo High School JV Join Date: Jan 2004	the commute.

05-03-2006, 09:57 AM	#46
heybrad Norm!!! Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Manassas, VA	Too many salesman, not enough people to implement. Every sales guy thinking every piddly customer he brings in is the most important customer of all time and requires everyones undivided attention at all times.

05-03-2006, 10:52 AM	#47
flere-imsaho Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicagoland	People failing to use basic common sense.