2,292 Quotes About Job

She didn't have what one would call a "profession," but I didn't know why she particularly wanted one; it seemed like she'd been infected by a very American idea of identity, to think that who you were mostly consisted of what you did to get paid—that seemed silly to me.

Four years of fussing over spreadsheets until my eyes hurt and kissing egotistical traders’ asses in hopes that I could count on a good word come promotion time, staying late to cover for other risk analysts, planning team-building activities that didn’t involve used bowling shoes and all-you-can-eat MSG-laden buffets, and just like that, none of it matters. With one impromptu fifteen-minute meeting, I’m officially unemployed.

Does anyone actually love their job?”“You’re too young to be that cynical.” He chuckles. “Did you at least like the people you worked with?”“Not really,” I admit. To be honest, I can’t remember the last time I didn’t have to drag myself out of bed, or didn’t watch the hours pass. I loved the feeling that came as I switched off my computer and grabbed my coat each night.“Maybe being forced out is a good thing, then.” He grins at me.“Yeah. Maybe.

I’dnever been the most responsible employee. It was the hard thing abouthaving two jobs: you had to disappoint them at different times andsometimes you lost track of who you’d fucked over worse.

I’d never been the most responsible employee. It was the hard thing abouthaving two jobs: you had to disappoint them at different times andsometimes you lost track of who you’d fucked over worse.

Any economy in which the most common tasks are the shuffling of paper, the punching of buttons, and the running of mouths isn’t an order into which we should be pushing kids as if such jobs there were the avenue to a good life.

You would have to be desperate to apply for a job in a hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.

If you feel that your employer is putting your health at serious risk of COVID-19 infection, you should file an OSHA complaint and consider resigning your job.

Wenn man für das bezahlt wird, was man mit Begeisterung tut, dann ist der Gehaltscheck nur ein Bonus.