Do you enjoy your job?

[Complete Turf Care]

In another thread, some were discussing how much they enjoy their occupation.

1. Do you enjoy your job? Or if you are retired, did you enjoy your work?

2. What type of work do you do?


I enjoy what I do most of the time. I own a small business. We build and maintain athletic fields. And I sell 3 different lines of highly specialized equipment for sports turf and golf. Growing up, I wanted to farm rice and soybeans. That didn't work out, but now I 'farm' grass on sports fields.

My biggest headache is finding and keeping employees.

 

[workinonit]

I am a self-educated electrical engineer and work for a very large global company based in Pa. The sector of the company that I work for makes process control systems for industrial purposes and the specific division I work in manufactures, installs and commissions voltage regulators for commercial steam turbines primarily for the power industry. I absolutely love what I do, especially now that I work for them and work and travel from home. It's basically semi-retired. The part that I have grown to detest is the travel. Flying has gotten to be such a hassle. So much so that if it's an extended installation I have increased my driving radius to 8 hours. Of course a ton of our work in in the west and mid-west so that is impossible. I plan to work 4 to 5 more years if all works out. You can't quit the gig I have.

 

[RalphVa]

I'm a retired chemical process engineer. I travelled around the world doing work in service to people and plants that made solvent-based lubricating oil. I worked for a large oil company and its licensees of its technology. Came back and worked for 4 years at the USA's largest wax manufacturing plant to keep from returning to the main research and engineering office to do more world travelling.

Very much enjoyed my work but also enjoy being retired. They called me twice to come back to do some work in Thailand and in Pakistan. Nope. Did I miss working they asked. Nope.

Now retiring from being master gardener newsletter editor for 16 years.

Ralph

 

[mjarrels]

Was a career Navy Chief Petty Officer. Single for the most part, just traveled the world on aircraft carriers. Never a dull day. Was always told that the live expect of a retired chief was seven years beyond retirement. Retired in 1997 and I am still very active at 66. Yes, life is good. I've seen things that were good and I've seen things that I never want to see again. Most people would love to spend a couple days on an aircraft carrier, I spent many years on six and lived through it all.

mark

 

[fried1765]

Was a career Navy Chief Petty Officer. Single for the most part, just traveled the world on aircraft carriers. Never a dull day. Was always told that the live expect of a retired chief was seven years beyond retirement. Retired in 1997 and I am still very active at 66. Yes, life is good. I've seen things that were good and I've seen things that I never want to see again. Most people would love to spend a couple days on an aircraft carrier, I spent many years on six and lived through it all.

mark

I spent time on an aircraft carrier.....as a Navy pilot, but was mostly land based.
5-1/2 years in the Navy. (The CPO's ran the Navy)
33 more as an airline pilot.
Retired 20 years ago as an international 747-400 captain.
In my opinion, this small town, only child, did OK.
Will be 80 in November.

 

[Egon]

I liked any job I Had as I also liked to eat!

 

[ArlyA]

Best job I did was 20 years of ski trail grooming. Didn't pay squat and I did some sled trails after doing XC thing. We of course ski and loved that type of work and would do it again in a millisecond. I'll attach a few photos which will not convey how the world looks in the early morning light, seeing snowshoe hares etc, etc. I was educated at this job.

 

[Citydude]

I retired in 2012 from 34 years of coal mining. Looking back, I enjoyed running equipment far more than managing people. Maybe that’s why I’m a wannabe hermit and get away from people?

Now my job is developing 23 forested acres where we will build our future home. Now I have my dream job. Hard work but very satisfying.

 

[ArlyA]

I retired in 2012 from 34 years of coal mining. Looking back, I enjoyed running equipment far more than managing people. Maybe that’s why I’m a wannabe hermit and get away from people? Now my job is developing 23 forested acres where we will build our future home. Now I have my dream job. Hard work but very satisfying.

I spent a few years in the powder basin in the early 80's. Seems like most of those mines have been sold or closed or and have new names now. Was Amax the largest mine there back at that time? Worked on a 27 yard payloader bucket while there!

 

[Citydude]

I spent a few years in the powder basin in the early 80's. Seems like most of those mines have been sold or close or and have new names now. Was Amax the largest mine there at that time?

Yes. The Belle Ayr mine was the first in the basin and the largest until Arco built the Black Thunder mine in the mid 80’s.