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Once in a while you’ll hear these kind of statistics: blah-percent of people enjoy/dislike their work. Regardless of the percentage, I’m always amazed. My thoughts are either “Wow! So many people love their jobs?” or “How can that many people hate what they do?”
Since the US censor has not ask me that question yet, I assume that these surveys are probably informal ones with a small group of people. That would explain how widely the ‘blah’ number varies.
For me, the feeling changes from day to day but it’s starting to become more unanimous lately. Picture this: You’re in a room with 4 persecuters, 3 cringers, and 1 moron; all of them hate their jobs. How much would you enjoy working with this bunch?
Today during turnover, I handed Pete my comments on an ICP he had co-signed. He took it and, in one movement, tossed it into the garbage. I knew he would do something like that. He had already found a new reviewer and got everything signed, therefore my additional comments are more of a nuisance than anything else. He then went through and discredited every one of my comments. I knew I could win this fight if I wanted to, since he has several procedure violations in his ICP. But it was late and I was tired, so I plainly told him that if the roles were reversed he would never had let me off the hook so easily.