• Question: Do you ever get bored of your job

    Asked by anon-216531 to Robert, Olly, Nicola, Jasmin, Dennis, Caroline on 10 Jun 2019.
    • Photo: Robert Dempsey

      Robert Dempsey answered on 10 Jun 2019:

      I think I’m lucky in that my job doesn’t get too boring as there’s so much variety. I’ll be honest in that it can be boring when I have to mark a lot of work, but I try to mix up my marking with doing other tasks. I love the freedom in my job to research what I want and the variety keeps things interesting!

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      Oliver Clabburn answered on 10 Jun 2019:

      As with anything, it can get boring at times when you do lots of the same thing! Like Rob, I’m also quite lucky that my job is quite varied. If i get bored of doing something as I have recently done a lot of the same thing, I can pick something else up and do that for a while.

    • Photo: Dennis Relojo-Howell

      Dennis Relojo-Howell answered on 10 Jun 2019: last edited 10 Jun 2019 7:00 pm

      Nope. I have been blogging for 15 years and I enjoy every single minute of it! It pays the bills and it opened a world of opportunities.

      Blogging has allowed me to:

      * visit 28 countries
      * be invited to speak at conferences
      * be interviewed at a radio station in London
      * be interviewed at TV station in the Philippines
      * I also write a weekly column for a Malaysian newspaper
      * I often receive gifts such as books and product samples from readers of my blog
      * And, more importantly, I met friends all over the world.

      Those happened because of my blog, that’s why I never find blogging boring.

    • Photo: Jasmin Moon

      Jasmin Moon answered on 11 Jun 2019:

      I think most jobs have some parts that can be a bit boring unfortunately. For me, I love working directly with people (either face to face or by phone/email) but the part that I find boring is the admin that comes with that, for example typing up notes after visiting someone. This is an important part of the job as it means that we are keeping track of someone’s progress but it’s definitely not my favourite part!

    • Photo: Caroline Brett

      Caroline Brett answered on 11 Jun 2019:

      Generally my job is pretty varied and so even if one task is boring there’s always something else I can move on to. There are, of course, some exceptions – marking multiple versions of the same essay can get a little tedious! I find a nice cup of tea helps

    • Photo: Nicola Johnstone

      Nicola Johnstone answered on 12 Jun 2019:

      Sometimes. Filling out forms and keeping track of ‘housekeeping’ type things tend to bore me. But I’m not very careful with this type of work and often get told off and have to do things over. So, I’m probably boring myself by not being careful enough.

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