Do You Hate Your Job?

“I hate this job!”
You may say this to yourself or you may hear this often from people who are not satisfied with the job they hold.
But you can’t take this thing called “job” away from you because it brings food to the table, buys you clothes, buys medicine to keep you healthy, and pays for almost everything you need on a day-to-day basis.
Technically, it’s ironic that something like a “job” would be hated by so many people when it can bring so many benefits.

Psychologically, if you hate your job, it only means it’s something you do against your will. Anything that resists a flow makes the flows difficult. Similarly, anything that assists a flow makes the flow move faster.

Equating this with the way you may think about your job, if you put “love” instead of “hate” to your job, work becomes easier for you. This will make you more productive. The company will profit more and as a result, they will pay you more. Then, everybody becomes happy.

If you are the employer, you can also do many positive changes that will benefit your employees. In the end, you will be the biggest beneficiary of this change.

You can start by putting up slogans around the walls of the workplace. These slogans may promote unity and harmony between management and staff where everyone will benefit out of it. These slogans may suggest positive attitudes that will form part of their work habits.

There is power in words. These words, once written on slogans, will guide your staff to change in positive ways. It would be wise to turn these words into action. In time, the “I hate this job” chant becomes “I love this job”. This improvement in work attitude will be reflected in turnover of employees. As an employer, you will find less people leaving the company and more employees being satisfied.

Visitors visiting your company will be impressed with the slogans you place on the walls of your work place. So make them as meaningful as possible.

If you’re the employee, you must make a change in the way you think about your job. It cannot be denied that hating or loving a job has a lot to do with the way you treat it.

There are many instances wherein an employee does not see the good side of his job until he has left or lost it. You need not wake up one morning to this kind of scenario. To avoid this, let the good side of keeping your job pervade your thoughts.

It’s either you keep your job or you don’t. Hating it is not an option. Changing the way you think about your job is the most beneficial change you can make instantly.

Longer term strategies could include, requesting a promotion, a moving to another position with different roles and responsibilities or you may express your feelings with your superior. You superior will help you in bettering your time at work and this will directly enhance your love for work again!


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