Would You Work at a Job You Hate--to Support the Family You Love?

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Would You Work at a Job You Hate--to Support the Family You Love?

  • Yes--I have no pride when it comes to my family. I will do whatever I can to help/support them.

    Votes: 5 23.8%

  • Yes, but I could only work a job I hated for so long, and would eventually have to find something el

    Votes: 6 28.6%

  • Yes, but I would feel resentful about having to do so and it might cause me to love my spouse less.

    Votes: 1 4.8%

  • Are you kidding? I already work a job I hate to support my family.

    Votes: 2 9.5%

  • Maybe--it depends how bad our situation was.

    Votes: 4 19.0%

  • Maybe--it depends on how long I'd be doing this. If I knew it was only temporary, I could stand it.

    Votes: 2 9.5%

  • Maybe--I would at least consider every option, no matter how much I disliked it.

    Votes: 4 19.0%

  • Maybe--if I had the support of my spouse and family, I could do this.

    Votes: 3 14.3%

  • No--I won't work a job I despise under any circumstance.

    Votes: 1 4.8%

  • No--I would rather go on government assistance than work a job I hate.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • No--I would rather ask our families, the church, or the community for help than take on a job I don'

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • No--I would rather stay single forever than feel this kind of pressure to support a family.

    Votes: 1 4.8%

  • Other--I have another answer I would like to talk about in my post.

    Votes: 1 4.8%
  • Total voters
    21
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coby

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One thing I read about Smith Wigglesworth. He worked as a plumber for 60 or 80 hours a week to support the poor. Wow just wow!!
 
zeroturbulence

zeroturbulence

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zeroturbulence said:
I should probably point out that what I mean by emotionally toxic is when you feel like death would be better than working another day in that place.. I've experienced that and I believe it has really hardened my heart.

I used to be a friendly, open and easy-going person. Now I am very wary of people and am very sensitive to things people say or do around me. I have a lot of social anxiety and am never too far from being depressed. This is why I say I learned the true meaning of that scripture (Above all else guard your heart...).
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I should point out (yes, another one...) that the reason I felt like death would be better than going back to that place of work was because working there was a humiliating and frustrating experience. My coworkers did not intentionally humiliate me, but things they did left me in humiliating situations and also in frustrating situations where I had no recourse.

For example, my coworker would promise a customer that their job would be done the next day and not bother to tell me about it, then my coworker spends that day out in the field and I am left dealing with an angry customer who blames me because he/she can't believe that my coworker didn't tell me about it and I am the one in charge of all the projects. This happened quite often and that is just one example and the coworker can't be fired. Another quick example is that I would get a request for a set of technical drawings for submittal to a customer and they take a few hours to create and then when I present them to my coworker they tell me that I didn't follow the specs that they asked for even though I always repeat the specs back to them before I begin because I do not like wasting time doing things over...ugh I have to stop talking about it now..
 
zeroturbulence

zeroturbulence

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Ultimately, I went to school to learn a new career in healthcare but unfortunately I landed in a place where I was bullied and shunned. It was the worst experience ever. I left that job to become full-time caregiver to my father who passed away at the end of last year...
 
AsifinPassing

AsifinPassing

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[video=youtube;_R8GtrKtrZ4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R8GtrKtrZ4[/video]
 
YankeesGurl

YankeesGurl

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Ok....this is SPOT ON!! Your parents have done something right in raising you! Fantastic & perfect answer!


Xeano321 said:
My Dad has instilled in me the idea that you do what it takes to take of yourself and your family. Regardless, and never be ashamed of your job. If you work hard, honor God, and love your family you should not be afraid of such a challenge. (Doesn't mean I wouldn't continue looking for a better opportunity, but I wouldn't resent my job. In such a situation I'd be thankful to have income. (No option in the poll for this? Tsk tsk.)

On another angle at this, you have no business having a wife and family if you don't plan on hard times coming. This is serious. It's no easy task, life's not fair all the time.... It would hurt me terribly to give the impression to my wife that she isn't worth doing what it takes to provide. To rescind on the marriage vows made to God? Noooo way. I wouldn't give it a second thought.
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garet82

garet82

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I would (yes)
Sometime we cant decide if we must work in a field of our diciples or our specialization. but to support family must be ready to take the unconfortable of working thats not i like for them coz i love them :)
 
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