Does anyone not view their job as torturous?

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I am curious, because I have never had a job that wasn't agony from beginning to end.

I don't think I ever would have described my jobs as torturous. Some of them were very difficult and frustrating, and a couple of them sucked because of having a boss who screamed abuse at everyone (literally abuse -- personal insults), though.

I enjoy my job. It's active but not busy, there's a lot of room to do things my own way, and I get to help people.

I have had bosses who made life unpleasant, and I have been far underpaid but I loved the work I did, no longer working though

I wouldn't say my job is torturous. I think being on unemployment benefit was more torturous because they expected you to be looking for job all day every day in lots of forms, including going round with a CV and handing them in shops or offices or whatever sort of employment you was aiming for, and I sometimes found it very daunting. I did try to avoid all that, by using the internet to look for jobs or sending CVs off through email or post, but sometimes it was hard to apply online and very time-consuming, and so I had to go out and manually hand out CVs/ask for applications myself. Plus I needed the fresh air and exercise because of depression.

I have a job now, and it is only part-time. It is just cleaning at a nursing home. It is not hard, and when I first started I picked it up within less than 2 days. I am an Aspie but I don't need everything explained to me in every detail in order to pick it up. I just like people to get to the point and I can learn much quicker, and if I do have questions, I'll just ask. Anyway, I've been in my job now roughly about 16 months - and I must admit it did take me about a year to actually know if I really liked it or not. I remember about 7 or 8 months after I started, I still felt apprehensive and still couldn't figure out if I liked it or not. Now I feel like I fit in more and can converse better than I did before, although it did take me about a year to fit in. That might be because I was unemployed for a few years and was getting nowhere. I know I did voluntary work whilst unemployed, which was good.

Although my job is not all that bad, and the people there are nice and understanding to me, I still prefer to stick to part-time while I can afford it. But I suppose most people feel like that, unless they are money-mad workaholics.

My job is great except for the fact it is WAY too easy and doesn't provide much challenge. The money is great, the coworkers are great, the hours are short but I would have to admit I thought I would have had a much better job and a family by now. I did work for a psychopath boss once who pretty much ruined by mental health: thank God he got transferred weeks before I would have had a nervous breakdown: the guy was a slave-driver who treated his male employees like s*** and he had the nastiest temper I have EVER see. He was scary and even threatened me in front of customers

Every job sucks. I try to regress into my mind but everything interrupts my thoughts, plus I am a slow worker, focus on the details and get overwhelmed easily. Executive functioning, working memory and planning are bad too...I don't think I was meant to work.

Been fired from a lot of jobs for working to slow.

My current job works really well for me as it's only part time and I don't have to be focused on anything, pressured to get things done quickly or solve problems. I live independently pay my own rent and food and still have money in the bank. I think I can just forget about my past. I want to go to college for community mental health once i'm stable on meds.