Money aside, a large element of team work, customer and people contact in the job secures my enjoyment or at least satisfaction in a project. Well, at least it can make a bad situation bearable.
The contracts I have thoroughly disliked were because there were too few opportunities for human interaction or I've had to work on my own for days, maybe weeks on end. The types of contract where one shares a deafeningly silent room with 15 people for 6m and it's frowned upon when anyone opens their mouth.
I've actually enjoyed some pretty rubbishy jobs because I was meeting people and was working withinn a team. That includes the contract where I was assaulted, threatened with assault twice, threatened with a baseball bat, stuck with a syringe.
Some inherently uninteresting projects, though well paid, have been rendered interesting by the poeple
(Note to agents: the profile on my CV doesn't include the words "team player" for the fun of it.)
Being well paid and being part of a team aren't mutually exclusive. Being poor and enjoying the work won't do long term.
It's just part of the mix I look for.
A staff restaurant helps too and a decent lunch break. It's not like I'm in a hurry to get home at night to see Blue Peter. A proper lunch to break the day up energises the afternoon and eveing. I don't want to spend my evenings preparing packed lunches for work, then having to gulp down what's taken me an hour to make in 3 seconds.
The contracts I have thoroughly disliked were because there were too few opportunities for human interaction or I've had to work on my own for days, maybe weeks on end. The types of contract where one shares a deafeningly silent room with 15 people for 6m and it's frowned upon when anyone opens their mouth.
I've actually enjoyed some pretty rubbishy jobs because I was meeting people and was working withinn a team. That includes the contract where I was assaulted, threatened with assault twice, threatened with a baseball bat, stuck with a syringe.
Some inherently uninteresting projects, though well paid, have been rendered interesting by the poeple
(Note to agents: the profile on my CV doesn't include the words "team player" for the fun of it.)
Being well paid and being part of a team aren't mutually exclusive. Being poor and enjoying the work won't do long term.
It's just part of the mix I look for.
A staff restaurant helps too and a decent lunch break. It's not like I'm in a hurry to get home at night to see Blue Peter. A proper lunch to break the day up energises the afternoon and eveing. I don't want to spend my evenings preparing packed lunches for work, then having to gulp down what's taken me an hour to make in 3 seconds.
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