Top 5 Reasons My Job Is Better Than Yours
1. My boss twitters and strategically uses twitter to stay up to speed with the life of his staff.
2. My other boss makes fun of the word twitter but admits he probably will be twittering before he knows it.
3. Every member of my team could quit tomorrow and go make ridiculous amounts of $$$ somewhere else but they keep showing up here everyday.
4. The first thing Andy told me when I got this job is that his number one goal for me was that this be the best job I have ever had.
5. In 8 months of working here I have yet to wake up and not sprint to get there early just so I have a few more minutes to enjoy my job.
Give me the top 5 reasons your job is better than all of ours…
Los
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RAIN IT DOWN
campus ministry.
1. going to a movie, a concert, a house party, out to dinner, etc will often count as part of my work hours.
2. i get paid to talk about Jesus.
3. traveling overseas is a regular thing.
4. getting to see lives changed. (humbling privilege)
5. ridiculous amount of coffee dates.
it’s not at all.
hahaha. I wash dishes.
sounds good, you hiring?
Actually Depends which job you are asking about;
One of my jobs, I’ve helped bring the dead back to life, helped the poor sick and imprisoned, raced a police car down Ga-400 at over 100 mph in the middle of the night and got two days off for every day that I worked.
Top five reasons huh. Ok, well here goes.
1. I don’t have a commute (no gas $$), work from home office in any attire.
2. Work on the computer all day, easy to keep up with going’s on (not sure if that is a good one or not).
3. Can schedule my own time (not sure if that is good either), don’t have to clock in/out.
4. Days off are whatever I choose (which is usually never though), time during the day to do things without having to take days off.
5. Scenery out my office window is incomparable to an office
Not sure this was a good idea, I think I came up with more than five that were irritating to me
Apple-based Solutions Provider (fancy title for “We know Macs and we help companies switch over from Windows because we all know Macs are wonderful.)
I desperately want to go into vocational ministry. Even still…
My job is better than yours because
1. I took more than a 50% pay cut to take this job (versus the other jobs being offered). I took the job because God told me to. First week being on the job, my boss gives me a pay raise. It wasn’t much but I was more than thankful.
2. In that first week, my boss pulls me aside and asks, “You don’t want to be doing this. You are transitioning into something else? Just stay with me as long as you can.” My boss knows I am not going to be around forever and that is okay.
3. We work with just Macs. Period. This is most significant given my extensive Windows and Linux experience.
4. We can turn down jobs and clients.
5. We have Beer Friday Meetings. Strangely enough, our Friday meetings have been the most productive.
I could give you 5 reasons why my job is much worse. There are no reasons it is better than anyone’s….
1. I get to be at home with my kids all day.
2. I can wear my pj’s until noon.
3. We have picnics every afternoon.
4. Peanut butter kisses.
5. Nap time.
Kat is the winner so far.
Ok Los… you asked for it… you have it really good… maybe the 2nd best… I actually have the best job
1. NewSpring Church continues to be one of the fastest growing churches in america… in Anderson, SC (gotta be God!)
2. My leader, Perry Noble, is a freak and really believes God can do anything.
3. My Worship Leader, Lee McDerment, is the best in the WORLD… no exceptions.
4. The other folks on my team, Joel Yates (Best FOH mix, bar none), Ken Wilson (maybe the smartest and most creative person ever), and Karla Temples (who can run circles around any other executive assistant on the planet) make me look WAY smarter than I really am.
5. I get to work along side Tony Morgan, Jason Moorhead, Jason Wilson and Paul Marshall – the wildest bunch of guys who challenge me daily.
6. (sorry had to add one more) At the end of everyday I have been stretched and I am used up, body, mind and spirit… I love that because its God’s way of letting me know I’m in the game!
1-5. It’s not.
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5. Part of my job is learning Chinese (such a cool language)
4. Chinese college students invite me into the deepest parts of their lives despite all the “barriers.”
3. It’s like teaching English to all your good friends. Such a blast.
2. 3 words. Chinese Singing Competition.
1. I get to stay connected around the world and inspire people that they too can be a part of shaping other cultures and future leaders.
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5. self
1) I get to work for/with my dad (doing the accounting and bookwork at his architectural firm)
2) When hubby and I are ready to build a new home we’ll get a really nice homie-hookup for a sweet house plan
3) I get to work for/with my mom (again, doing the accounting and bookwork for her new gift shop)
4) I have traveled to New York twice and Baltimore once in the past three months to buy TONS of cool stuff to sell in my mom’s store
5) Again, homie-hookup to the coolest gifts for my friends and family (oh, and me too)!
[student pastor]
1. I’m given permission and pushed to be creative + dream BIG, and then make it happen…
2. Our MHS team is amazing and my fifty6 team is phenomenal (people like Steve, Josh, Corrie, Matt, Johnny…)
3. The whole church staff is pretty phenom also (great people like Rob and Matt and Jettie and Troy and Wendy)
4. I lead our weekly MHS4SQUARE league. Almost 1/3 of the whole staff comes to play each week! People even bring a change of clothes.
5. I get tons of free books (well, free for me). Some of my favs have been Jesus for President, Teaching as a Subversive Activity, Surprised by Hope, and an early copy of Sex God last Christmas.
I love my job!
Kat beat me to it.
1. Getting to spend all day with my girls
2. Being there for all of the “firsts” in life
3. Giggles and grins all day long (maybe not ALL day long)
4. Being able to read blogs all day long!
5. NAP TIME!!
1. I did it for four years without pay, so now, cashing that paycheck each month is A Big Deal To Me.
2. I serve processed nacho cheese and semi-stale chips to girls. Who love it. Mainly ’cause they don’t have enough to eat at home.
3. On any given day, between 3 – 10 college girls (who volunteer with us) randomly stop by the office because they want to tell me about their love lives. Or lack thereof.
4. We never know where the money for next week, next month, next year is coming, so it keeps us on our toes. And knees.
5. I can wear flip flops to the office.
1. Eating breakfast w/ my favorite people on earth.
2. Playing Barbies for hours on end.
3. Random dancing in public. People stare, kids think I’m the coolest.
4. Math lessons while making cookies.
5. Tucking in & saying prayers. God is good.
Just one reason, really. I hang out with 500 kids every day and try to connect with them on a regular basis. Oh, we’ve got a great staff, so that counts also.
Ok, let’s see…
1) Part of my job as a media production professor is I have to do faculty development that’s related to my field. So I get to make movies on the side and call it professional development.
2) None of my classes start before 1:30 pm so on most days, I get to sleep in.
3) I get to pour into the lives of young, aspiring artists and filmmakers. Every now and then I see the light bulb come on and that makes me feel like my whole life is worthwhile.
4) I only work 3-4 days a week, depending on my class schedule, and I get part of the summer off (and still get paid).
5) My students make funny spoofs of me like this one: http://youtube.com/watch?v=miSOERAjT8w.
I work as a web application developer for a Pharmaceutical Marketing & Eduction company. Basically i build websites which sell drugs to DR’s, educate Dr’s about certain drugs, or provide tools for pharmaceutical companies to track the entire life cycle of a drug.
Why is this cool?
1. My boss is 6′ 11′ and that’s without his giant mowhawk
2. There is no dress code, jeans are commonplace in the office
3. My entire team twitters, blogs, and generally stays connected
4. I teach them cool things and they teach me cool things, we are constantly learning from one another
5. I’m able to be a geek and have people understand me when i tell them that my class object is not being passed properly via my gateway to my cfc for the database to consume.
Mine is not, but I really like contributing during clinic so here goes a half-hearted try.
1. I’ve touched more than one beating, human heart with my fingertips.
2. I get to catch babies when they come out.
3. Then I get to say “It’s a girl!” or “It’s a boy!”
4. I can get high off on my own adrenaline while doing CPR
5. Free pens from pharmaceutical companies
Here goes…
1. I make $640,000 a year just to come up with ideas that may not even be used.
2. Last one was not true. The ideas are always used.
3. Alright, fine, I don’t make that much money either.
4. My main focus throughout my day is trying to find inspiration that can be used for the church services and technologies.
5. I spend more time walking around my block with son in a stroller than anyone I know!
missional, football (american) playing, football coaching, missionary in Prague, Czech Republic.
1) I live in Prague. Need I say more.
2) Come on, football playing and coaching missionary? Cool…
3) My job is to live missionally amongst athletes and college students, in hopes that God will change a culture of nearly 90% atheists…
4) I live in Prague.
5) My job is 1 Corinthians 1:17, “For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and( not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.” And to do it in an outside the box, progressive, let’s experiment sort of way!
How about 5 reasons why I enjoy my job? Not so sure about comparing…
1. I get to write and utilize my college degree.
2. I interview incredible people doing things for the Kingdom all over the county and world.
3. I network with many of the people I interview. Opportunities abound.
4. Even though I could be making a lot more elsewhere, I really believe in what we’re doing here.
5. I am surrounded by a stunningly beautiful campus. I take walks often and write outside.
1. I set my own schedule. If I’m tired today, I can take it easy. If I’m hyper (read: I’ve had a lot of coffee), I can tackle that to-do list.
2. I can run errands when most people are at work, which is the only way to shop.
3. On hot, sunny, summer days, it is my job to take my children to the beach and eat ice cream and get tan.
4. I get to enjoy cooking dinner every night (versus the years when I worked, when cooking was a chore).
5. I don’t have to watch TV news anymore. (Since I used to be in the business, watching one’s product was a bit of a necessity.)
The other stay at home Mommies beat me to it, so I will just say ditto! It is the best job in the world, and I learn something new everyday.
1. One of my primary objectives is to point people to Christ.
2. I get to help people connect and build strong lasting relationships.
3. My boss is my best friend.
4. I work with a great team (not just saying that….I do).
5. I get excited when I think about coming into the office.
Los, I like your five reasons. I want them to be mine.
Okay man, here goes my reasons…
#5 Never have I worked with people that challenge me and motivate me as much as my current leaders & co-workers.
#4 I get to see Jesus give hope and change life after life.
#3 My job totally respects my family time.
#2 Hangin out, being creative and digging into the Word is a huge part of my job. I actually look forward to coming to work.
#1 I am a college drop-out, under 6 feet tall, 2 years ago I was playing bars and have very few true skill sets, yet I have an awesome job serving the Body. All because of JC.
Take care.
Global Marketing Specialist
1. Every day is COMPLETELY different from the day before
2. I get to talk to people on 3 continents different continents daily
3. Job security – I work for the largest Real Estate owner in the world.
4.Great boss who values his employees and our families
5. I can leave on time every day and have time to focus on worship leading with my husband.
Wow . . . you guys are incredible. All I do Is pray all day: That GOD will grant work to sustain life
That GOD will continue to provide our daily bread
That GOD will continue to shape me for ministry, beginning at home
That GOD make me a godly man for my boys for His glory
That GOD is who He says He is
Just bein’ real with myself and y’all and GOD
I actually start my new career in July (high school biology teacher — students with learning disabilities and behavior issues… whew), but I’m gonna take a shot at what I think will be my top 5:
1. Job security (not that it’s most important, but it certainly helps)
2. Summers off!
3. Staying young — hoping those high schoolers keep me young at heart
4. Daily humor — I’m bound to get at least a few laughs each day.
5. But, most importantly: student successes — I’ll be teaching students who have not really been “succeeding” or excelling in the past, so I can only imagine what it will be like to reach a student and what him or her succeed when someone else might have written them off as unteachable.
We all have incredible jobs!
Another ditto from a stay at home mom
1. Kassidy
2. Kameron
3. Kennedy
4. Keeghan
5. Bedtime!
You win. You’re job is definitely better than mine.
What gets me through most days is vicariously living through some of the blogs I read, this one included.
Someday though…
I seriously need to work on my jealousy issues.
1. I work 1 day a week and can pick up whenever!
2. I have had my hand in somoeones chest massaging their heart.
3. One minute I can be doing nothing and the next I can be starting an IV with a swat officer holding a semi automatic! (only happend a couple of times LOL)
4. I get to poke people with needles!
5. I have had pt with maggots!
NEED I SAY MORE LOL!
Well, as much as I would love to answer this, I just graduated and am unemployed… however, I am enjoying my first “day off” in way to long. Currently, my job is searching for a job that I can make a top five list from!
Worship/Chapel Coordinator for a Christian-based treatment center for women struggling with eating disorders.
1. I get to take part in showing these girls/women their identity in Christ and not the mirror.
2. Part of my job is to spend time with Him.
3. Taking the time daily to think creatively.
4. The songs that I’m writing out of inspriation from the Spirit moving here.
5. Seeing literal transformations in these women…so awesome!
1. I meet new people every single day.
2. My work goes between 50% desk work and 50% field work.
3. I work with family.
4. I can bring my dog to the office.
5. My schedule is never definite.
1. Days of our lives
2. bon bons
3. nap time
4. cleaning ladies and
5. you coming home to me.
1. im the boss
2. the sky’s the limit
3. i get to design and make cool signs and stuff
4. i get 3 day weekends. every weekend.
5. im the boss
Chief Petty Officer, United States Navy
1. I’ve been around the world…twice. And everywhere in between.
2. Regularly work with and influence lives of countless people.
3. Free medical, free dental, 30 guaranteed paid vacation days a year.
4. Finishing my degree is costing me a grand total of ZERO dollars.
5. Retire at 39. Who doesn’t love that.
-gun/badge
-breaking down doors (my personal fav)
-arrest/search warrants
-moving surveillance
-telecommuting
I will not give you five things, however, I will give you 5 comments…
1. I will not envy Los
2. I will not envy Los
3. I will not envy Los
4. I will not envy Los
5. I will not envy Los
Ok, I feel better now…I needed to do that…it is great when your on a great team, and a working with a great leader and organizaion. Blessing BRO!
I will not envy…I had to do it one more time!
Wish I could tell you why mine is better than yours, sorry.
production manager for a large publishing company
1. My company cares about the employees and their lives. They encourage us and recognize accomplishments both in and out of work. They often reward us financially – who doesn’t love that?
2. I can arrive at work and leave work with no questions asked, as long as I stay accountable for my time.
3. On Fridays we have a standing lunch date with a vendor and we can wear jeans and flip flops. (We actually get lots of lunch dates with vendors=lots of free food.)
4. Our motto is “we inspire the world” and I really believe we do that through our books. I feel like there’s a purpose behind what I’m doing.
5. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the people I work with, so much so that in October some of us are planning to vacation together. How many co-workers do you know that like each other so much they want to hang out together outside of work? We’re real with each other and love each other and confront each other. We’re like a family – and that’s what makes me excited to go to work in the mornings.
1. June
2. July
3. August
4. a week @ Thanksgiving, 2 @ Christmas, another in April.
5. 181 days on, 184 off. nuff said.
1. Snuggly Day with 2 toddlers when it rains or they’re sick or I just feel like sitting on the couch with them
2. Watching 5 year old Batman run to the aid of the fair Princess Annaliese(3) because she can’t find her Barbie purse
3. Watching the kids learn how to ride(and crash)bikes without training wheels for the first time.
4. Reading with my 1st grader
5. Getting things like a giant playdoh omelet for Mother’s Day
Mine isn’t better, how foolish of you to consider that it might be
1. I stay home with my kids
2. I spend 99% of every waking moment with my kids
3. I haven’t missed any milestones that my kids have accomplished
4. I get to take my kids to play during the un-busy times of the day
5. I am always with my kids
Heidi Reed
1. I stay home with my kids
2. I spend 99% of every waking moment with my kids
3. I haven’t missed any milestones that my kids have accomplished
4. I get to take my kids to play during the un-busy times of the day
5. I am always with my kids
Heidi Reed
my job as family assistant kicks it because
I get to sit by the pool for hours on end even jump in if I get to warm!
I make it possible for them to be the best parents they can be!
It helps me stay young at heart!
The upcoming summer ice cream shop tour!
1. I can play guitar almost anytime I want.
2. My boss isn’t always looking over my shoulder.
3. I like the people I work with.
4. No Commute.
5. I can take a long lunches to watch Champions League Soccer. Go Man U.