For a bit of fun and what I loosely call research, I hit Technorati every few weeks and search for "I hate my job". Some very interesting results show up. Personal blogs from Blogger, Journalspace and AOL Journals make up the majority of the results.
Many of the posts are from younger individuals who blog about their disdain for their hourly wage jobs, others are from people that seem sincerely depressed with their lot in life.
This week's pick: Heather who hates working in the 'dreaded' gift shop at the Historical Society
These personal blogs by young employees probably represent the biggest PR issue for large corporations. Most 16 or 17 year olds don't realize that what they write in their 'personal journal' is being indexed by sites such as Technorati and can be found easily by their employers and journalists.
I have a friend that works at a large retail chain in the PR department. For the most part their company is very low on the radar in blogs. Recently though when I did a search in Technorati for the company name I came across a blog post from a teenager who had just started working their. In his post he detailed the training program and videos they watched as part of orientation. His comments were not very flattering. He doesn't work there anymore.
Visitor Comments
What is there not to hate about work? Besides the fact that it’s something you don’t want to do but are obligated to do it. The company I have been working for in recent times has slashed our health benefits, cut our 4O1K, slashed our raises, has made it harder to get a raise, asks us to do more work for the same wages, & keeps us in basic fear of losing our jobs. When one of our old managers leaves they replace him or her with some young douche bag that knows nothing about the department they’re working for, all they know is how to cut cost, micromanagement, & turning the employees against them. The company I work for used to be a great place to work for, the job market isn’t like it used to be in Las Vegas so you have to hold on to that job you despise.
- Karl Bakla
Posted by: Karl Bakla | October 23, 2007 11:33 AM
I use to like my job....and then five years later I found out I had a brain. Now I hate my job. Stupid brain.
Posted by: K. | November 11, 2007 1:22 AM