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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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 Posted - 05/16/2005 : 13:44:34
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In an attempt to appease Kathryn, here's a thread with something for everyone.
Everyone has to work at some point I guess, even if what you do doesn't necessarily fall into a standard category of job.
Myself, I work in a university administration department, and I very much enjoy it (unusual for office jobs I think). The work is perfectly bearable, but I'm surrounded by a really great bunch of people, and because of them I have no objection to getting up and going in each day. The possibility of seeing one's real-life-crush from one of the other admin departments makes no difference, of course.
I started as a temp, and got a permanent job there last summer. They've finally got round to advertising the next post up (which I've been halfway to doing already), that's Admissions Officer as compared to Admissions Assistant. Interview's on Wednesday, if anyone has any handy hints.
Go on, tell us about your job, love it/like it/loathe it. You never know, someone might be interested.
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 05/16/2005 : 14:33:33
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My new job is homemaker. 
These peanut butter cookies I made today kickass!
The nap I took after I ate the cookies kickedass also.
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 05/16/2005 : 14:42:15
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Cue sound of teeth grinding.
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1887 Posts |
Posted - 05/16/2005 : 15:04:55
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I've started using my little PDA to record the happenings in my office.
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I could post a few.
Coffee being poured. Chatting about macaroni salad. Walking into work. Telling dirty jokes.
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Llamadance
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2543 Posts |
Posted - 05/16/2005 : 15:17:10
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I'm a househusband, looking after two kids, ages 3 and 9 months. Sometimes it's great, sometimes it's infuriating, sometimes it's humdrum, just like any other job really. I would say it's the hardest job I've ever done though, but also the most rewarding.
I made bread today as well. :) Never get a chance to take a nap though
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Monsieur
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1688 Posts |
Posted - 05/16/2005 : 15:29:03
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I would say I both love and hate my job.
It is really interesting, and I'm given a lot of responsabilities for someone who has less than one year of experience. I work with extremely intelligent people. It is also a very valuable experience, and it's very easy to find another job after doing this. As my objective is probably to work in research in finance/economics after a while, I think I'm at the right place. Last but not least, the money is OK. That's for the positive aspects.
The negative aspects are quite numerous, too. I work very tough hours, even on weekends, and don't have much time for private life. I have to absorb a high amount of stress every day. People I work with are sometimes (often) completely crazy - one of our bosses was recently shot dead by his mistress in Switzerland (he was wearing a latex suit). The job is intelectually challenging, but not really creative.
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3426 Posts |
Posted - 05/16/2005 : 17:59:08
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i love my job, i just don't like my living arrangements while at my job.
i work as a Mine Geologist in the largest open pit mine in the southern hemisphere, in a small town 1200km north of Perth, Western Australia.
i work for 10-12 hours a day for 2 weeks, then have a week off.
i love the work, but being away from mrs benji for 2 weeks at a time is not fun.
my work is very intimidating. nothing to do with the people, just the size of the operation is phenomenal. for example, the haul trucks carrying the ore are loaded with between 180 and 240 tonnes each load and would run over a light vehicle (eg, me) without even noticing.
it also takes about 25 minutes to drive from 1 end of the pit to the other.
but i love it. after working in an office in london for a year and a half, doing what i do now is so much fun!
and the money a damn site netter too.
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 05/16/2005 : 18:22:30
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I cannot be appeased!!!!
Seriously, great thread, especially Monsieur's latex-clad boss
being shot dead in Switzerland by his mistress. Can we hear more
about that, please?
Like Carolyn and Llamadance, I am at home taking care of a little
person, and my job entails various domestic things. I can wax
and wane poetic about that or tell you about my previous job
which was an actual paying job.
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 05/16/2005 : 19:44:43
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quote:
Originally posted by Llamadance
Never get a chance to take a nap though
You have to wait til they're in school.
Then the party begins...
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 05/16/2005 : 20:56:01
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My official designation is a Research Scientist. I'm really a post-doc who is looking for a permenant tenure-track position. I actually think that this job season (which is in the Fall) I'll probably have some pretty good luck finding a faculty job, but we'll see.
In most ways my job is fantastic. I don't have set hours. I show up to work whenever I want and I can wear whatever I want. Most days I spend 3.5 hours taking care of my son and my daughter (if she's out of school) and then about 5.5 hours at work. My job is doing research, writing papers, and helping undergrad and grad students do experiments. I like the research and I have total control over what I do the research on. I love being on a college campus, and I missed it in my previous two jobs in downtown Santa Barbara and out in the middle of nowhere in western Michigan. And, finally my office is only a 15 minute bike ride from my house. Very nice.
Bad parts: the pay is ok, the complete freedom and lack of deadlines that I have means that I have to motivate myself (sometimes it's hard to not just screw around all day, thanks fb.net), and the people at work are nice but no one there is much fun to joke around with (which I had in previous jobs) |
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Frog in the Sand
-+ Le premiere frog +-
France
2715 Posts |
Posted - 05/17/2005 : 00:36:37
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I work for Gaumont-Columbia, as a writer and hopefully as a screenwriter soon. Actually I just finished the first version of what may someday become my first (commissioned) screenplay.
I love my job, the only problems I face are my occasional (and probably inevitable) doubts about my ability to do it well.
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cassandra is
> Teenager of the Year <
France
4233 Posts |
Posted - 05/17/2005 : 04:17:35
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work is slavery
pas de bras pas de chocolat |
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Scarla O
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
947 Posts |
Posted - 05/17/2005 : 05:01:27
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Good luck for Wednesday Simon! |
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Surfer Rosa
> Teenager of the Year <
4209 Posts |
Posted - 05/17/2005 : 05:28:03
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I work as a studio manager for an ad agency and as a web mistress for an adult site (though that's more work avoidance than anything else - internal politics blah blah, I dare say that'll go the way of the porn and soon be history). I love my job and most importantly the people I work with are like family to me.
As for interview hints - be enthusiastic, smile and for goodness sake don't grab the interviewer's butt and call her a sexy bitch.
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 05/17/2005 : 06:12:50
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Believe me - I know who the interviewers are, and there's absolutely no chance of this.
I'm having difficulty working out my weaknesses though, if they ask that
As serious as your life |
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Surfer Rosa
> Teenager of the Year <
4209 Posts |
Posted - 05/17/2005 : 06:15:27
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The trick is to turn one of your strong points into a weakness - like saying that you're a perfectionist - that kind of thing. I've always said that I'm too eager to help out which means that I take on more work than I should.
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 05/17/2005 : 06:17:33
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Originally posted by Monsieur
I work with extremely intelligent people.
I will show you fear in a handful of dust
I didn't know you worked in England.
Good luck Simon.
I guess floop WAS right!
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cassandra is
> Teenager of the Year <
France
4233 Posts |
Posted - 05/17/2005 : 06:27:56
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pas de bras pas de chocolat |
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 05/17/2005 : 07:41:24
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I am a student, I had on an average week 6 hours of lectures, when not at lectures I am either asleep or bungled up in a coffee shop working through notes/assignments or sat at the computer getting papers and things for assignments and revisions and the like (the like being dicking about on here). Now lectures are over my days comprise of sitting at the computer revising for the exams (and dicking about on here). Exams finish next monday and I have technically two weeks off before my two months of lab work starts, these two weeks will be spent with a short break to the cornish coast and working on my dissertation and three essays and lab preparations. After this a month of write up followed by a couple of weeks of vivas and tying up loose ends. It's not a bad life, as it stands. If there were any money involved it'd be better.
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 05/17/2005 : 15:15:10
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soon, i won't have to work for the rest of my life due to this idea i have that's going to make me billions of dollars.
it was nice knowing you guys..
ps. http://forum.frankblack.net/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11865
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Surfer Rosa
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 05/17/2005 : 23:45:10
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quote:
Originally posted by floop
soon, i won't have to work for the rest of my life due to this idea i have that's going to make me billions of dollars.
it was nice knowing you guys..
ps. http://forum.frankblack.net/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11865
"It's somethin' 'bout these motherfuckin' West coast G's"
You seem to have made a mistake - that should be linking to your breakfast tacos (that fucking rule) recipe.
And I'm lucky enough to work with people who understand when I say I need to leave at 3 so that I can go watch the same band for the second night in a row to maintain sanity.
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2005 : 03:10:15
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OK, well it looks as if the interview went OK. We'll see how it turns out, I should hear tomorrow afternoon.
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3426 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2005 : 03:38:29
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well if it doesn't work out McCheese, they're just screaming out for workers over here.
it's nice and warm and never rains (honestly, it never does)!
as long as you don't mind millions of ants and others potentially nasty little critters....
hehe
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2005 : 03:44:48
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Mmm, Australia. That would be ace actually. As long as I'm not burrowing around in a huge pit, obviously.
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3426 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2005 : 03:49:17
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McCheese, what could be more fun than working in a place like this:
[edit: removed piccie]
it's 1.5km to the other side, 300m to the bottom and the length of the entire pit is 5.5km.
it's more than a big hole, it's a mind-numbingly big hole!
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2005 : 06:19:54
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They are falling over themselves to get skilled workers in Australia. They will pay £300 a week for hairdressers. That's a lot more than they get here and the money goes further there too.
I guess floop WAS right!
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3426 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2005 : 08:32:38
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yep.
severe skills shortage across the entire country, but especially in Western Australia.
seems to be really affecting the potential of the economy.
and the pay over here is very good.
much higher than in NZ.
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mosleyk
= Cult of Ray =
USA
607 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2005 : 09:11:33
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I am a Clinical Research Assistant for Pediatric Oncology. And on my days off I also help my husband in our Plant Nursery business.
When I am wearing my CRA hat I do everything from getting a children enrolled on one of our research protocols, verifying eligibility, checking labs, helping with samples, reminding the doctors of procedures that need to be done (etc., etc.,)...to...getting a new study ready for submission to our IRB (Institutional Review Board). One of my specialities is taking a research protocol and writing a consent form explaining the study in lay language for potential participants. I also am usually the lead on our quality of life studies.
When I am wearing my Nursery hat I help with watering, transplanting, and loading and unloading our delivery truck with orders. It is absolutely the best workout around, and a nice balance to my other job.
All in all I really can't complain.
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Surfer Rosa
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 05/18/2005 : 09:18:05
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You've all got proper grown up jobs.
I still feel like I'm not really doing proper work - like someone is going to walk in one day and go "right, you've had your fun now - time to go"
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mosleyk
= Cult of Ray =
USA
607 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2005 : 09:27:55
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quote:
Originally posted by Surfer Rosa
You've all got proper grown up jobs.
I still feel like I'm not really doing proper work - like someone is going to walk in one day and go "right, you've had your fun now - time to go"
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
What are you talking about? Your a manager, right? That is loads of responsibility plus you stated you love your job and who you work for.
Everyone should be that lucky. |
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Surfer Rosa
> Teenager of the Year <
4209 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2005 : 09:35:53
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Yes - but it doesn't feel or sound like proper work most of the time - and manager is just a made up name really
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2005 : 11:09:23
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Count your blessings, Surfer. If you job doesn't feel like a real job
you're lucky.
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The Marsist
= Cult of Ray =
Ireland
730 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2005 : 11:21:46
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i got sacked on monday.i was fired for usein the register when the "till girl" was in the toliet after the boss specifically told me not to.was i supposed to do stand there and look at the customers like a fuckin idiot.fintin mac mahon if ur a secret frank fan and are readin this.you are a fuckin tool
BTW if ur ever in kildare in ireland dont go to maxol in brownstown because he sells dirty petrol out of date bread has rats and criminally underpays staff
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2005 : 13:15:04
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That sucks man. Hope you find something soon.
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2005 : 18:06:07
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I work at two college libraries. I'm a reference librarian at one, and a circulation assistant at the other. I should be switching over from circulation to cataloging soon, though. I enjoy both of them, but they're only part-time and I don't make much money, so that sucks.
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2005 : 18:07:24
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there must be perks to working at a college campus though, eh VoVat?
*cough*
*COUGH!!!* |
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