The Three Signs of a Miserable Job
by Patrick M. Lencioni
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In his sixth fable, bestselling author Lencioni reveals the three elements that make work miserable--immeasurability, anonymity, and irrelevance--and gives managers and employees the keys to make any job fulfilling and rewarding.

I had a miserable job, so bad that I was unable to get out of bed on Mondays.

The resulting depresssion, supplemented by alcoholism, cost me not only my job, but my marriage and my confidence.

This book makes me feel better that I am not alone in my plight.

I have since left the miserbale job and do consulting projects and seasonal employment. Unfortunately, bosses that are jerks are common and in particular one place I currently work part-time.

I am hoping this book will help me find a solution since I felt that Monday morning depresssion about this current part-time job, again.

Thanks

I was in a miserable job for 8 years. I'm now in a great job. The key difference for me is respect. I received no respect before and was treated like a servant. I heard criticism but never praise.[if I was so bad why were they desperate to keep me?] Now, my opinions are valued, my experience is valued and I am treated with respect as a decent human being. [Note: the job description has changed but I am not higher up on a corporate ladder, I am not in management.] The key to happier employees is to respect them as managers expect respect from their employees.

Miserable on a job is so commonplace, it's sad. People remain on these miserable jobs because employment is so hard to find and the old clique' "better to have a miserable job than no job." So it just continues on...the bad morale remains, business ethics lousy, and poor management.

Just reading the first few paragraphs of the book brought out a sigh that someone actually said the words miserable and job in print. As I continued to read the paragraph, I saw the magnitude of what the character, Brian had done to this small company. Since mud runs downhill, it behooves CEO's and its team to look at how they are operating, and how they treat those who are making their pockets fat.

As I dragged my feet into work this morning, I was starting to think that my email read my mind. I am extremely interested in reading the solutions proposed in this book to ending job dissatisfaction.
I have studied management and superior-subordinate relationships in depth in college. this is definitely a subject that peaks my interest.
In the meantime, I guess I will keep counting the minutes until I leave my boring and futile job.