Are you one of those people who is always complaining about their job? Or maybe you have a friend who does?

Well, I have news for you and your friend: If you have a job, you better stop complaining and start being grateful.

I can’t even count how many of my friends on Facebook complain via their statuses every day about having to go in to work.

Is it really that grueling to go do some mild labor in exchange for pay that will cover your food or rent, or even both? I don’t think so.

I recently found a job and can’t even express how thankful I am for the opportunity.

Places are harsh. If you don’t have the key to all hiring managers’ hearts and – experience – then they won’t even consider you as a possible employee.

After being unsuccessful in job hunting for the past eight months, I finally found somewhere to work, but you won’t hear any job complaints coming from me.

More than ever, college students are trying to get and maintain jobs to pay for things their parents can no longer contribute toward; some are even helping their parents out with bills.

The unemployment rate for Florida is at 11.5 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Retail salespersons and cashiers are at the top of the occupation list for having the highest rate of employment. While occupations like truck drivers and elementary school teachers are at the bottom of the list.

According to the Monthly Labor Review’s regional trends, the 2009 annual average percentage of multiple jobholders in Florida was 4.2 percent.

So 4.2 percent of employed persons have more than one job when more than a 10th of Florida’s population doesn’t even have one.

Sounds like crazy talk to me.

Those of us who have jobs at the moment are very much what I like to call lucky.

Some people don’t understand a good thing until it’s taken away from them.

Those who don’t have jobs can sometimes get offended when those who do have them take them for granted.

I would know, after being unemployed for the past eight months.

Trust me, if you don’t want your job, someone else out there will gladly take it off of your hands.

It breaks my heart when people who are in dire need of a job to support their families aren’t able to find one, and yet there are countless college students who have jobs and aren’t even thankful for them.

I’m not trying to sound like a grumpy person who is out to get those who aren’t being thankful for what they have in life and – I’m actually a very humble person and – but I do want to make a point.

Having a job at this day in time, during this recession, is something to cherish and be proud of.

People are being laid off left and right on a daily basis. People are having to file for bankruptcy. People are having their possessions, like cars and even homes, taken away from them because they can’t make ends meet.

It’s a depressing reality to be forced to boldly face.

One day, everything will start falling back into place and people’s economic states will be mended.

But until that day arrives, all we can do is be appreciative of what we have in our lives, especially those with jobs, and stop complaining about something as silly as making money.

So, next time you feel like expressing how much you hate your job, remember how many other people would do anything to be in your position.