Of all the jobs I've had, I am glad not to be at only three of them

[Rabrrrrrr]

I consider myself pretty lucky - the majority of jobs I've had over the last 25 years have been really good.

And of the three that I would never go back to, they were good in their own ways and not utterly awful. In one of them, I wasn't doing what I should have been doing (career-wise, not that I was lazy), so I was unhappy. Another one was just a shitty clerk job at a drug store that assumed every employee was a thief and treated us like shit (and that was from the corporate office on down). And the third was a great job, but I had a real asshole, with delusions of grandeur, for a leader who didn't like me and, during the two years, didn't offer much help or guidance, and then at a critical time left me out to dry to protect his ass (and for something that was totally inocuous and wouldn't have caused a single problem at all). That guy is still an ass.

So, really, I'm very fortunate. Other than the one shit clerk job at the company from hell (it was Walgreens, by the way), I've had a GREAT experience at all my jobs (even the one that I was on the wrong career path, and the one with the self-appointed GodKing). Hearing of the shit jobs from others, and awful experiences, I think I've been pretty fuckin' lucky, from restaurants, to day care, to working in the Investment Bank world on Wall Street, and a grocery store, I look back on all those jobs with great fondness, many friends, and incredible memories of wellbeing, goodness, and feeling like I was really doing something every day.

How about you guys?

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. this is worth a kick. I'm curious!

[progmom]

2. Waitressing at Denny's may have been a character-building experience

...but I would never want to go back there.

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. I don't know if I could have survived a Denny's

Ewwww.

I'm glad you are out of there and doing worthwhile with your life!

[samdogmom]

4. Hmm. let's see...babysitting kids from h***, does that count?

My first job was babysitting a family of four little boys that kept me on my toes. The kids would escape out of their windows after I tucked them in at night. I'd be horrified to discover them running in the street after I thought they were safely asleep! And, the littlest would remove his diaper and make a mess in his crib that I would have to clean up. YUCK! After that, everything seemed too easy! I did work in some political hornets' nests (an ad agency where it was important to be on the right "team" for the perennial in-house battles--it got old quick! And, a professional services firm where nepotism reigned supreme. If you weren't born into the family, it didn't matter how good of a job you did, you weren't going anywhere!) My experiences made me a very good stay at home mom for now. What can I say?

[Droopy]

5. I'm as happy as I've ever been at my current job

Truck driving is just cool and I take pride in my work. I can only say that about one other job that I had and that was at a pizza joint making pizzas. I didn't make a lot of money at that, but I was a teenager and I didn't need a lot of money at the time. There were a lot of cool people that worked there.

[BeTheChange]

6. Well..

I thought I liked technology, then I met the dot coms.

Now, I would honestly be happy if I never saw another computer again. My life feels like office space, but with high strung assholes, who exist in a little boys club and treat me like I should be fetching coffee instead of saving their asses.

Being a woman in a highly technical position is no fun. Im currently evaluating what to do for the rest of my life because I just cant continue down this path.. money be damned.

6 more months to freedom.