"Start Your Slavin' Job To Get Your Pay"

Work isn't fun anymore. It's a sad, sad fact, but it's the truth--working at the Writing Center has lost its joy, lost its spark, vim, and vigor.

It's still a great job to have--decent pay, decent hours, and I like the other consultants and my boss. But...well, with all the crap that's going on with the hierarchy here and various problems with my boss's boss, the joy is slowly seeping out of this occupation.

I know that there are some people who would argue that it's a job and thus isn't supposed to fun. But I disagree with that--I don't think there's any point in working a long-term job that you don't like. I've been working here for almost three years, and that seems pretty long-term to me. Personally, I don't think I'd work a job I didn't enjoy for longer than a couple of months. What's the point? If your job makes you miserable, why stay in it? Work won't necessarily always be easy or a barrelful of the proverbial monkeys, but shouldn't you at least enjoy and like what you do for a living?

Well, that's becoming increasingly difficult, given our working environment. Ev compared it to working in a police state, which seems all too accurate. I know that the NCAA has started causing all sorts of problems for schools across the board, tightening up restrictions and regulations, making our lives more difficult. I also know that a few student-athletes have caused us specific trouble, restricting what we're actually able to do with our jobs, and that non-athletes have been coming in causing trouble.

The espirit d'corpse seems to have died, if you'll forgive the pun. This is increasingly merely what I do for a paycheck rather than what I do because it's a wonderful working experience. The fact that such a distinction needs to be made saddens me in indescribable ways.

~chuck

Song of the Moment: BTO, "Takin' Care of Business"