I was prompted by one of the other posts on here to ask the question of whether anyone is truly happy about their job. Someone mentioned that, in researching a company, they had a hard time finding anyone who was vocal about how they enjoyed their position and the company for which they worked but it's relatively easy to find people who are willing to shout about how much they hate their job. In that regard, if you're happy with your job and the company for which you work or if you are pleased with how management is running things or, for any reason at all, if your life and your place of employment should be the envy of others, let us know.
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If you're happy and you know it
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I couldn't be happier.
I'm in a management level position at a 2 billio dollar health care company.
I recently had a quadruple bypass after passing out at my desk. The company paid $104 thousand dollars and 3 months of paid leave. MY share of the bill was $300.
The job is quite stressful, but my boss is fabulous. I've been here 5 years.
Before this I owned, some funeral homes. Before that, I had a 25 year radio career that included dj, sles, management and ownership of 4 stations.
Getting out of radio was the smartest thing I ever did.
I'm in a management level position at a 2 billio dollar health care company.
I recently had a quadruple bypass after passing out at my desk. The company paid $104 thousand dollars and 3 months of paid leave. MY share of the bill was $300.
The job is quite stressful, but my boss is fabulous. I've been here 5 years.
Before this I owned, some funeral homes. Before that, I had a 25 year radio career that included dj, sles, management and ownership of 4 stations.
Getting out of radio was the smartest thing I ever did.
Prais said:
You got it! I'm happier now than I think I ever could have been in radio!
Good for you Prias.. and I hope you are feeling 100% well. You probably feel better now after the bypass than you did for 5 years before.
Your move has worked well for you. I am glad.
But you miss the radio days and the excitement. You may be financially in a better place. But you know you miss it to some degree.
It has always been a young persons business... you have your fun and go on your way.
You certainly won't see me installing batwings and roto tillers anymore! LOL
Your move has worked well for you. I am glad.
But you miss the radio days and the excitement. You may be financially in a better place. But you know you miss it to some degree.
It has always been a young persons business... you have your fun and go on your way.
You certainly won't see me installing batwings and roto tillers anymore! LOL
Towerclimber31 said:
Roto tillers? That's exactly what brought me to this thread, the whole idea of greener grass.
I saw it on the Radio-Info Announcement board, and was almost about to say "Indiana Wants Me."
It's interesting because I've got this one tape with a lawn-like name called "Lead the Field." It was produced in your neighboring state of Illinois. Okay, it's from Nightingale-Conant which some write off as touchy-feely motivational stuff. NC was originally started by broadcaster Earl Nightingale. The back says something like, "If the grass is greener on the other side, it's probably because they watered it better."
The tape then goes into these stories about not appreciating what you have. That's the state I find myself in. For many years I've been on the periphery of radio, mostly as a listener. Lately I supply leads for marketing projects, whether it's finding places to put ads on air or a nice PR-type story giving a person, company or group exposure. (I always liked the tech part of radio, I love even more its Sales & Marketing potential.)
It's precisely in these tough times when I read all this stuff about radio going away, radio ceasing to exist as we know it that I feel obligated to do something about it. Right now I don't know what it is, I'm trying to make sense of it. All I can think at times is telling people, "Please don't go."
I know that sometimes you have to leave something in order to appreciate it, or even find out it was never for you. However, as first a listener/consumer of radio, I'm really saddened to see a lot of shedding. Either management thinks it needs to get rid of weeds when the local talent is actually bringing in the green. Or some people who like it think they have to leave before they get weed-whacked like their colleagues.
I'd also like to add that I'm in management, and many managers do want to do right by their staff, their bosses, their shareholders. I've never liked seeing a division between management and workers no matter where on the ladder I am. So my last comment isn't a slight against management -- if you workers help management, you can help yourselves!
I really hope some of you think twice before looking somewhere else for your paradise. Radio can and does supply many moods. Sometimes I have to turn off the bad news. Other times, I'm just dieing to hear another new program, another new host, an old host taking a new approach to things perhaps with new technology. I like the surprise and spontaneity of radio; a playlist in my iPod even if it's random isn't the same.
I think it's time to fertilize radio, with oldtimers and newcomers too.
;D I've been in the industry 29 years and counting [though these days you need to keep your fingers crossed]. I can honestely say the industry has been very, very good to me. Sure, a few bumps in the road [what's the old saying, if you've not been fired a time or two you must not be doing anything] - but there are still some good corporate operators out there, providing good wages, benefits, and perhaps most importantly, appreciation of their people.
Ask me again in a week and who knows these days; but right now I'm in the industry and I'm happy and I know it!
Ask me again in a week and who knows these days; but right now I'm in the industry and I'm happy and I know it!
I'm a happy camper. Being hired by Emmis as their first employee in 1981 was the best thing that happened to me...that is until I was downsized out of a gig there in early 2002. That became the new best day of my life professionally. Now I'm a big fish & many small ponds & see a lot of beautiful country side in the process. This industry gave (& continues to give) a kid with a 12th grade education quite a ride.
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