Take this Job and...

[superfan]

here, it'll be easier if I did it this way....

Sylinde Bren:
*It's great to have a computer for easy access to MuppetCentral! Paycheck can be handy at bill-time, but extra spending money can be few and far between.

redBoobergurl:
*Yay for casual dress! I worked at a daycare that required us to wear only black and white. Jeans are a woman's best friend. Your pay's good, too? Must be nice! Well, you gotta be good at it or you wouldn't be there! What did you go to school for?

MuppetsForever:
*Coworkers and rumors!? Oh, brother, can I sympathize. Hopefully you haven't been a victim of one! And family focus is a definate bonus! More companies should be flexible in that area.

KimptheShrimp:
*You love your job and the pay's good. You're very lucky. Direct me to this job, will you!

VicRomano:
*So nice to hear people who love their jobs! Haha, you gotta wear a monkey suit! (shirt and tie!) Just kidding, I bet you can't WAIT to get home and get causal again! And a long commute can be stressful. Hopefully you have good music to listen to.

Luvtosr:
*You love your job and hate the pay, well that sounds familiar! Put small minded people on top of that...ouch.

Peachesncream:
*If you can FIT into a cocktail waitress uniform, well, that's one personal bonus for you! But I do agree that the type of work you do is demanding! You're on your feet all day, and dealing with probably not the most savoury of people. Kudos to you for sticking with it. As someone in the childcare profession, I hope you eventually get to pursue that avenue!

There...thanks for answering, guys!

 

[peachesncream]

thanks superfan. i fell a little bit better about my job now. if my email was working i would send youa pic of my wonderful outfit. thankfully we're supposed to get new ones in december that cover me a little better on the bottom. i've only been posting for two days and i already love this place.

 

[superfan]

Glad to hear it. Now go to work.

 

[Janice & Mokey's Man]

I'm a News Monitor. I watch newscasts and syndicated/entertainment programs all across the US, and type up summaries of each segment.

The good:

• I can sleep till 4 or 5 p.m., get home at 2:30 or 3 a.m.
• No traffic on the way home at all
• No crowds in Wal-Mart when I do my bi-weekly shoppin' at 3 a.m.
• I can wear whatever I want (casual to the max)
• The Co. is very relaxes and flexibile on vacation time, day swaps, etc.
• I get my birthday off, and 2 "floating holidays" ("freebie days")
• I get paid to watch MTV's "Total Request Live", "SportsCenter", "Oprah After the Show", "Arizona Midday", "Life and Times Tonight", "What Not To Wear", "Weekends at the D.L.", "Access Hollywood", "Jimmy Kimmel Live", "CMT Insider", and "Speed News" weekly, and sometimes other entertainment shows that I pick up that are leftover on the table
• With the awful news I have to watch, I can speed up the speed so I don't have to suffer through the bad news in "real time"
• I have Mondays and Tuesdays off, so I can do things that most M-F people can't on their days off (oil changes, doctor's appointments, etc.)
• I can go to places like the zoo, parks, malls, on my days off and there aren't crowds of people or little unruly children everywhere
• I can work as much overtime as I want for more $, and I put in 10 1/2 to 11 hours in on Fridays since that's my day with my highest number of "fun shows" to do

The bad:

• My hands and wrists sometimes really hurt from all the typing
• Body cramps and "blah-ness" from sitting sedentary all day
• Working nights has gotten old, social life-wise
• I have to watch news in San Francisco, L.A., Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, Detroit, Denver, Indianapolis, Northwest Cable News, Studio B (world news), and I don't get paid nearly enough for the horrors, tragedies, and inhumanity I see day in and day out
• On my days off it's tough to get up before 3 p.m. to do anything out in the world
• My parents paid for my college and I'm barely usin' my degree
• I don't really get to be creative
• I love to work on my writing at home, but it's hard a lotta the time cause I type so dang much at work
• I don't play piano nearly as much as I used to due to my non-stop typing at work
• I'm stuck with headphones on my ears every minute I'm workin' cause that's how we hear the shows through the computer (while we watch 'em onscreen)---so it's very isolated and you can't talk or joke around much due to the nature of the job
• I hate it on the weekends when other people grab the "funnest" shows before I get a chance---especially if I get stuck with more crappy news
• I feel like a cog in a factory wheel---about 60 people do what I do on my shift alone, not to mention the other shifts; and what I do doesn't really make a difference to anybody
• When I get down and depressed, I unfortunately remember the brief 3 months after college when I was a Technical Writer and got paid nearly $17 an hour and got paid to read, surf the 'net, and talk with other people since the people there barely had any work for me to do (which is why I was laid-off...there were budget cuts and they realized they didn't need a Techincal Writer)...man, was I spoiled...*sigh*...

But the bad outweighs the good simply for the fact of all the newscasts I have to watch (and some multiple...I do 2 Chicagos Wed. and Thurs., 2 Detroits on Fri., 2 San Franciscos on Sunday, etc.)


I am so ready for a job change...more than a job change, I'm ready for a career (besides writing, which takes time). As a matter of fact, I had a 3 1/2 hour meeting with a P.I. in a restaurant last night (always been interested in private investigating) and he gave me a LOT to think about...certainly an option...

 

[anathema]

[*]I have Mondays and Tuesdays off, so I can do things that most M-F people can't on their days off (oil changes, doctor's appointments, etc.)

And he certainly does get through a lot of hair oil... :-P

 

[Don'tLiveonMoon]

[*]My parents paid for my college and I'm barely usin' my degree
[*]I don't really get to be creative

Boy, do I hear ya there. Good luck with the job search. Hopefully the writing thing will take off for both of us before too terribly long! Meanwhile, Byron, P.I. sounds rather nifty...

 

[redBoobergurl]

Hey Superfan, wanted to know what I went to school for? I went to school for communications which I guess does apply to working with youth...but there's other things I'd rather do. But, I do still enjoy the perks I mentioned earlier!

 

[Crazyminnyhaha]

I use to work at McDonalds. I really liked working there with my other co-workers espically on Friday nights. When it wasn't busy we would all crack jokes and a woman I worked with her husband use to bring cold cuts in for us, even thou we got free food from McDonalds. The things I hated about it was the customers thinking they were always right when they weren't. The pay (one reason i quit), and (another reason I quit) the hours I was scheduled for. I would work one night till closing then be there the next day at 9 and open the day after that. I quit a few weeks after I became a manager (no pay raise there). So some advice to all those in HS or looking for a job....NEVER WORK IN FAST FOOD.

Now I work in Citibank. Boring as heck but I like the pay, and I get benfits and 401k. I do somthing like check processing its called Lockbox. I handel a lot of checks.

Im also going to college at night and working towards becoming a teacher between grades 1-5.

 

[JaniceFerSure]

my job...

I work for BJs Warehouse,shipping books.I've been there almost a year and a half.

The Good:

• early hours(early in/early out first shift).I work 6 a.m. 'til whenever the job gets done
• get to wear jeans,t-shirt and sneakers
• able to see the new books coming out,have seen and bought several books from pre-glances
• work is near one of the major malls in Maryland

The Bad

• hot weather this time of year,inside a warehouse,feels like an oven all of the time
• standing on my feet for hours on end(from 6-12 hours)
• production is never fluid,something always goes wrong
• hours are not consistant,could work some weeks 21 hours,sometimes like this week 33 hours(that's in 3 days)
• lots of lifting,anywhere from boxes ranging 20-50 pounds
• lots of paper cuts

Overall,I like my job.It's not bad really.I like dealing more with employees and employers,than with retail and customers.I just wish my hours were better.No biggie,lol.

 

[superfan]

Janice and Mokey's Man:

*Wow! You have got a pretty interesting job, encompassing all pros and cons of it, it's a too good to leave, too bad to stay at times, I'm sure. well, hang in there and all this work that you're doing will look pretty impressive on your resume when it's time for a change.