On a scale of 1-10, how good are you at your job?

4.5/10

I am so bad at my job. I'm so ashamed. I'm surprised I'm not fired.

You see, I have this tunnel vision problem. It's a psychological problem. Not a physical one. My shadow self blocks out things, important things. Visual and aural things. For instance, I will be looking into a storage closet and not for the life of me can I find what I'm looking for. But it's right there! And was all this time! Someone will be pointing at it and it'll take me the longest time to recognize it.

I also have a hearing problem in which I cannot hear bad talk. Like if someone were saying something mean, swearing at me...I don't know. I don't hear it.

Anyway, last week. Something pretty bad happened. I'm surprised I'm not fired. I'm thankful to still have my job. I don't think I will ever say "I'm good at my job." I can shoot for mediocre, at best. Barely competent.

How about you? Are you good at your job?

Maybe 7/10. I get the job done but I lack the concentration and the effort to approach my tasks on a deeper level, which would elevate me to a great asset. Then again I often belittle my achievements and don't give myself enough credit so maybe it's all in my head.

I have the same problem!! it's so frustrating.

good enough to keep doing it

Good enough that my superiors never bothers me so yeah, I'm just that damn good at my job😎👌

11/10 when I put effort in.

About a 9/10 when I'm cruising.

Hey man, it's just a job.

Remember: you don't have to be the best, you just can't be the worst.

Haha yeah sometimes I worry about not hearing from my bosses but then review time comes and they're always happy.

No news is good news, right?

10, but I'll never go anywhere because I don't suck up to management like a shameless sociopath.

Prob like an 8.

Could be a 10 but they don't pay me enough. 10/10 cost you at least six-figures.

They again I could prob go independent and make six-figures easy and put out 7/10 effort and they'll still think I'm a rock star because tons of engineers I work with at major companies are extra incompetent when it comes to modern tools.

I just got a raise I wasn't asking for, so pretty good.

The higher-ups at my company have been reluctant to hire new people at the administrative level over the past two years. In that time, a few coworkers have left including our IT guy. So I've been taking on responsibilities outside my job description to make up for it, playing a hybrid admin/facilites/maintenance/IT guy. I kinda feel like a jack of all trades-master of none, but it's going well enough that my supervisor felt I deserved more money.

Soooo 9 out of 10 maybe?

8/10. I get the job done and know what I am doing. The only thing that hinders a 10 is my confidence, hesitation and not getting paid enough.

Depends, from 6 to a 10.

If things are going smoothly I'm a 6, mostly focused that people are delivering, making sure nothing funky is building in the background and doing my best to meet my goals in the chilliest environment possible. Something that some higher ups don't love but **** them, above them I'm well respected and kind of untouchable. I'm the guy that when the CFO or CEO visit they make sure to come to me personally.

When needed I'm a pretty flawless 10. I can endure long and intensive periods with a smile on my face, can push my teams to follow my lead. And I always share my bonuses with my right hands.

The darkest side is that I can become very competitive, it's not something I'm proud of and with age it became better, it's not something rational either. But if I see a POS above me that I see can take his place or if someone tries to **** me, then I turn it to 11, but I can't say it's great to be around me, or being me, during those more maniac moments. It served me well in the past but that fire is fading fortunately.

I find it funny that the OP not being able to see things in front of him. I'm like than when I'm home. I don't know why but sometimes I'm looking for something that's right in front of me and I can't find it until my wife tells me it's there.

Depends on how I feel. I have a really short attention span and get easily distracted. My work is pretty repetitive so I know if I can plough through the first few hours and get a section done I can let my mind wander for a bit..!!

I'd say 9/10 for being good at what I do as I have a very low error rate. 5/10 for not giving a crap about it.!! The boss has said anything so that's a good sign yes..?

9-10 depending on how I'm feeling. I'm very hard working and I also have OCD. It can be pretty bad where I start feeling anxious (getting towards a panic attack level of anxiousness) if things aren't going smoothly. I'm pretty fast and thorough, and I can go into overdrive if shit hits the fan. We had half our staff sick with Covid a few weeks ago and I was doing double shifts and whatnot. I'm not perfect. I make mistakes and I could work on my attitude at times. I get compliments from my colleagues, management, customers and patients constantly. Got several promotions and moved up in the ranks. Covid helped, good for the health industry.

probably a 8/10 these days. i'm not the most organized person but I don't take shortcuts and consider myself very reliable.

I'm a quick learner but don't always take the time to learn things in a deep way, and I have a bad habit of learning something just enough to do my job, then forgetting it, and having to re-learn it if its not something I have to do on a frequent basis.

I'm OK at it. 7-9/10.

9.5/10

I have to say that I am very committed when I am doing a job I love and enjoy any achievements, challenges and frustrations that come with the job, except for that annoying self-righteous boss!

9 out of 10 I guess, but I have 22 years experience.
I'm a strategist & designer at an internet agency. My work has won quite a few awards in Europe.
My colleagues often come to me for solutions, so I guess they value my opinion.

8.7/10: I work with assiduousness on my journalism when I must answer it ASAP. I may have a few holdups from the research missing a few parts to gel together, but I can find during close calls to the deadline. I used to think too little about me when I wrote once a month than my peers who write 2-3 weeks. My followers report I am worth the wait for digging into healthy living than copypastas. I do think I have room to naturalize into a better writer, if I must because you learn more about you years later.

I think a good chunk (maybe even most) of development comes simply from time. For all the talent one might have, you're going to be better in a year, three years, ten years, etc. than you were when you started.

There might be dips in quality here and there but like any safe investment there's an upward trend.

I'm great. Soon, we will manage it.

7/10

I could be so much better at what I do. Problem is my conscious keeps getting in the way. That and, if I go around firing people, that leaves me in a bad spot of needing to work those positions myself...

7/10

Starting a new job on Friday, and it's customer-facing, dealing with Americans, who apparently have expectations about customer service and rapport and things... so I expect that to fall to around 6, but you never know.

Always give minimal effort unless forced to do otherwise.

5/10, do enough to never be problem but too much to be noticed and have to do more work and have more responsibilities

Right now at my new job, 4/10. Its been a crazy month adjusting and I also already feeling like I am not getting what I should earn compared to the job I am doing. My problem with my new job is that a previous employee absolutely caused massive stock discrepancy in our system and nobody wants to do a new stock take until a proper experienced specialist joined.

But since its a familiar job like my last time I am thinking I will be 7/10 soon.