Describe your 'work ethic'
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Topic: Describe your 'work ethic'
Posted By: Blacksword
Subject: Describe your 'work ethic'
Date Posted: June 20 2008 at 12:24
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I guess I'm borderline 'I do my best' and 'If a jobs worth doing it's worth doing well..'
Although I'm convinced there's a layabout in me, just itching to burst out..and lie on the couch eating Doritos in front of the Simpsons all day.. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_ethic - Wikiworkethic I just cant resist a wiki... 
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: June 20 2008 at 12:26
Voted for "I love my job", but I would do my best in any case. And as much I do enjoy my work, it's still called work...
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: June 20 2008 at 12:42
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Voted for "I do my best", though I'm also a borderline case like Andy. At the moment, I don't really care about my job - it is not what I wanted to do in life, and I know that I won't be doing it very long in any case because I am leaving Italy soon. However, I have a very strong work ethic that prevents me from not doing my best. That's the kind of person I am, even if those around me sometimes don't understand. |
Posted By: Hawkwise
Date Posted: June 20 2008 at 13:03
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I hate work. and now I do as little as possible, thats why i dont have a job i love not being a wage Slave , But i worked damn hard to get here , but got here i did and i love it, and will never have a real job ever again. ------------- 
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: June 20 2008 at 13:03
| I pobably wouldn't go as far a saying I love my job, but I know that if lost it, I would be very upset. I've been there for 17 years, and I certainly never dread going to it every day. I like the people I work with, and the work can be interesting, and considering I dont have a degree, I'd be hard pushed to find something that paid as well, after all these years. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 20 2008 at 13:19
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"I dont take work that seriously. It just keeps me in CD's" ... I've been doing my current job for the past 25 years. In that time I've had highs and lows, I've given everything and taken little, I've built up a team of first-class engineers and been forced to lay them off en-mass, I've become "respected" in my profession (however small that pond may be) and made a few enemies along the way, I've had pay-cuts and wage-freezes but I've also had pay rises that would make your eyes water and your nose bleed. I love my job, but I'm past taking it seriously. ------------- What? |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: June 20 2008 at 13:38
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If you love what you do, if you managed to work in that which you love, then it's not a job.. it's a paid hobby... And that should bring you happiness, at least in that area of your life.
Right now, I'm just with a job. I give my 90%, I don't give my 100%, to be honest. Now, eventually, when I have a degree, if I can position myself, I may be in the situation described above. ------------- 
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: June 20 2008 at 14:10
Nicely put, Dean. It's important to differentiate between loving your job and taking it 'seriously' I think your position is similar to mine, having been with one employer for so long. |
darqDean wrote:Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: June 20 2008 at 14:14
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I work as a dishwasher. I give it about 80% effort, doing all that needs to be done, but not exquisitely.
------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: June 20 2008 at 14:16
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clicked on hate work
something to do with my being unable to avoid bursting into tears when people are watching me coupled with the fact I find it laughable that anything I, an ineffectual and essentially talentless hermit, could do anything for someone with the sway to hire me worth anything other than contempt ------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: Zitro
Date Posted: June 20 2008 at 15:18
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i chose "I turn up, do whats expected of me then go home" , but that's because I am on an annoying part-time job while I'm studying. If I get the job I'm looking for after graduating next year, I'll choose either 2,3,4. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: June 20 2008 at 15:21
| To quote Morrissey: "I never had a job because I never wanted one." |
Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: June 20 2008 at 16:03
Or: I was looking for a job, and then i found a job And heaven knows i'm miserable now I'm an artist, with a scholarship. I love my "job" so much it hurts. I hate the very idea of working for some company or a boss, five days a week though. Did work for two out of the supposed 16 moths throug something called the civil service (as a punishment for refusing the one year obligatory military service) eight years ago. Had something like a breakdown, and got out of it. As well as myself, I imagine my colleagues were also thanking the gods for that. ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: June 20 2008 at 20:13
| Do my best no matter what. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: June 20 2008 at 22:55
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How about, if I had the money to quit my job and live independently wealthy I would but that's never going to happen still I take pride in my doing my job as well as I can? Speaking of jobs...  , no not going to go there, resist temptation, resist temptation, resist temptation. 
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: June 20 2008 at 23:46
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My work ethic is nonexistent.
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Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: June 20 2008 at 23:49
| Work, work work... not for me, really. I'd much rather be a happy homeless man than work somewhere I hate all the time. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 21 2008 at 00:40
Bingo.
If I find something I like I'll do it. Simple as that. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: June 21 2008 at 05:57
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I show up. I do my job. I go home. Work for me is a necessary evil. It pays my rent, buys my beer and allows me to maintain my prog addiction. That's it. I don't love my job. I don't hate my job either, but I'd rather be sleeping, drinking, listening to music, having wild sex, traveling the world, watching tv, staring at the ceiling, reading, picking my nose, picking someone else's nose, etc., etc., etc.
Whoever invented work should have finished the job.  ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: limeyrob
Date Posted: June 21 2008 at 16:03
| I do my best |
Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: June 21 2008 at 16:10
In school, my work ethic is incredible, especially compared to my peers. I certainly consider myself someone who works hard. As for a job....don't have one. 
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: June 21 2008 at 18:49
As much as I share the feeling... it's leisure that was invented... from the beginning of time, humankind has had to work... all day long... it's these days that have finally brought to us the concept of leisure time and hobbies and sh*t.... civilization.. lazinization.... -------------
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Posted By: Kid-A
Date Posted: July 02 2008 at 10:12
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If its a job I like doing, I do my best. If I hate it, I do the bare minimum. ------------- 
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: July 15 2008 at 17:48
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I'm somewhere between 'if a job's worth doing...' and 'I love my job'. I love the teaching part of my job (most of the time) but that's now less than 50% of my working hours, the remainder being divided between management (a loose description in my case) and the associated admin (which I'm much better at supervising than actually doing).
I was ahead of the cutting edge when it came to slackerdom, and only got started on what might be called a career well into my 30s. There are still days when I miss my bong and daytime TV, but unless I win the lottery that's all behind me now  .------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: July 16 2008 at 13:14
If I won the lottery I'd have bong of my own, and of course a second bong in the country.. Alas, it's just a PIPE dream.... see what I done there..??
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: July 16 2008 at 14:09
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I had an exhilarating 8 hours of scheduled work last week! I think I might have milked 9 out of it. When they say you can have 20ish hours a week during the summer, they should probably, y'know, give you at least half of that. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |