Challenge at work
I have decided to turn down the position with Aldi's, for any who are interested. It came to just a few key issues.
3. Losing 2 vacations when I am about to gain one(2 for each of the next 3 yrs vs 5 next year).
2. The hours will be fewer, but less preferable shifts. Explanation: I don't want to work every single Saturday (yes, I'm whining there), and if most of my shifts will be later in the day it leaves less possibility of evening church functions which I am heavily attached to.
1. The number 1 reason took me some time to even realize. Challenge-I feel the need to be challenged.(Is that a man thing?) While an easier job is tempting, will it be fulfilling? I spoke with a seasoned store manager and the District Manager, both of them told me this job would probably be easy for me. I don't enjoy every challenge at McDee's, but I do enjoy that there is challenge. When this thought first came to me, I dismissed it as trying to rationalize myself out of change. But truth is, I like the challenge.I wonder, does that confirm "anonymous'" accusation of me as having an overdeveloped sense of servitude? (Btw-I have never struggled to hold anything in just because I was at work. I just don't plan certain activities during the workday, and I seem to have figured out how to control myself.)
There is another good argument for not going to Aldi's at this point. What I really want to do is full-time, paid ministry. Aldi's is not a stepping stone toward that, and that might be enough right there.
Anyway, that's the second question for today--Do you find easy jobs fulfilling?
3. Losing 2 vacations when I am about to gain one(2 for each of the next 3 yrs vs 5 next year).
2. The hours will be fewer, but less preferable shifts. Explanation: I don't want to work every single Saturday (yes, I'm whining there), and if most of my shifts will be later in the day it leaves less possibility of evening church functions which I am heavily attached to.
1. The number 1 reason took me some time to even realize. Challenge-I feel the need to be challenged.(Is that a man thing?) While an easier job is tempting, will it be fulfilling? I spoke with a seasoned store manager and the District Manager, both of them told me this job would probably be easy for me. I don't enjoy every challenge at McDee's, but I do enjoy that there is challenge. When this thought first came to me, I dismissed it as trying to rationalize myself out of change. But truth is, I like the challenge.I wonder, does that confirm "anonymous'" accusation of me as having an overdeveloped sense of servitude? (Btw-I have never struggled to hold anything in just because I was at work. I just don't plan certain activities during the workday, and I seem to have figured out how to control myself.)
There is another good argument for not going to Aldi's at this point. What I really want to do is full-time, paid ministry. Aldi's is not a stepping stone toward that, and that might be enough right there.
Anyway, that's the second question for today--Do you find easy jobs fulfilling?
posted by Anonymous @ 12:20 PM
2 Comments:
At 9/14/2005 11:41 PM,
Tater_Pez said…
Do I find easy jobs fulfilling...no.
Do I try to make everything I do a challenge and or battle....yes.
Would I take a mundane job and make it interesting....you answer that.
At 9/15/2005 12:01 AM,
adam said…
do what you think is right. life is all about choice and commitment.
I would not take an easier job just because it is easier, but I might take it if I needed a change of pace badly enough.
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