When I thought about it, my job boils down to three broad catagories. Cooking, cleaning, and helping others (customers and co-workers). This is a broad description of my job and work. All of which can be broken down to an infinity. So when a customer or freind walks by and says "what is going on?". I can comfortably say "cookin' and cleanin' ".
So what are your primary tasks? For most of us we have a specific or many tasks with which we are expected to perform. This is our job description. This is what we do. There is always a lot of related chores that go with these. Unfortunately a job means work. " I just wanted a job, not work". An employer mostly does not hire you to pay you. They hire you to do work for which they pay you. Otherwise they would do it themselves or it would not need to be done. We all tend to forget that. We exchange our time and effort for money. That is the deal.
If we get lucky, we get benifits. Long ago employers decided that benifits retain good workers. So after a couple of generations we all feel entitled to these benefits. Like anything else we get used to this treatment. When it comes down to it, no one owes you anything (unless of course they do).
The bottom line is that with all the daily strife. The aching body. I have to consider myself lucky to be employed by a good company. I feel that they are as sincere as any large company could be. That does not mean that they will be jumping in bed with me. But if I make a decent effort, they may just take care of me.
