{"id":78,"date":"2010-05-16T20:50:47","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T03:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.luanneoleas.com\/?p=78"},"modified":"2010-05-16T20:50:47","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T03:50:47","slug":"three-ways-to-know-you-hate-your-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.luanneoleas.com\/?p=78","title":{"rendered":"Three Ways to Know You Hate Your Job"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Is it just me, or is this normal?<\/p><\/div>\n

There may not\u00a0be a litmus\u00a0test for how much you dislike your job. However, I’ve done some intensive research at past jobs. (BTW, this research is on-going.) The signs include:<\/p>\n

You would rather be at the dentist.<\/em> Any time that sitting in the dentist’s chair is preferably to sitting at your desk at work, you have a problem.<\/p>\n

You never whistle at work.<\/em> I heard someone walking down the hall, whistling and realized, I never whistle at work. This may not be a valid test if you can’t whistle. You could substitute singing.<\/p>\n

You volunteer to be laid-off.<\/em> The order is out at your company\u2014after all, it is Silicon Valley. They want to reduce your department by 10%, and you are waving your hand like a kid in first grade who needs to go to the bathroom.<\/p>\n

Now that you know the warning signs, you can’t do a thing about it. It’s a recession, for heaven’s sake. There are no jobs out there for you. Just the lousy one you have already.<\/p>\n

You can either reassess your situation<\/a> or you can take some tips from the characters in my latest novel, OLD HU$BAND$’S TALE$<\/a>. HINT: Play the lottery or plan a bank heist. Empower yourself!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There may not\u00a0be a litmus\u00a0test for how much you dislike your job. However, I’ve done some intensive research at past jobs. (BTW, this research is on-going.) The signs include: You would rather be at the dentist. Any time that sitting in the dentist’s chair is preferably to sitting at your desk at work, you have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.luanneoleas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.luanneoleas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.luanneoleas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.luanneoleas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.luanneoleas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.luanneoleas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85,"href":"https:\/\/blog.luanneoleas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions\/85"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.luanneoleas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.luanneoleas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.luanneoleas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}