What do you do for a living?

[Luna]

To start off, I have been employed with the government since I completed high school. The typical work day involves me sitting on my ass in front of the computer, completing data entry all day long.

The government-related experience looks great on a resume, but the job itself gets monotonous and tiring. I earn about 40k a year - before taxes - and while I don't love my job, I don't hate it. I want to find something that I am passionate about and with a salary that I can support myself on too. Still searching...
:club:

Now tell me about you...

 

[samba101]

Yes I'm looking at a government job when I finish my course, they pay on average $40 K gross more then any other job doing the same thing, fingers crossed I get it when I apply.

To work in a call centre for the police it was $43 K so the government definately looks after you in that respect.

I'm a student and working as a domestic cleaner, which I don't hate but I don't want to do it and there's nothing else availabe at the moment, my hourly wage is $18 which is good money but then wages in Australia are good.

I've been offered a temp job with a company I did work with but is sporadic the casual rate for that is $25 an hour.

Over here they employ casuals more than full time or part time, that means that you get paid at a higher rate BUT you don't get sick pay or holiday pay and when public holdidays come up it means no pay for you.

 

[h i]

wow.

put me to shame.



ive worked 3 years in retail. made 14k first year, 12k second year, and now this year ill make about 7k. i had benefits, but dropped them when my hours were cut, due to expenses. i started out unloading trucks. now im operating forklifts and other equipment.

 

[Brian]

You should take that forklift experience to a production plant or mill of some sort, Hi. Around here a good forklift operator starts out around 14-15 an hour. Or you could get in to heavier equipment and make the real bucks.

People don't realize it, but those guys get a pretty good paycheck at the end of the day. And, hell, it sure doesn't look that boring to me.


Anyway, I take old people back to the retirement home from the hospital. Which is to say, I drive an ambulance for $8.00 an hour. We're not a 911 ambulance right now, we just do transports from the hospital to other facilities, so it's pretty rare to see our bus lit up. But having worked 2 1/2 years in the brush and snow prior to this, I can't complain! And it's a foot in the door to a better fire job eventually.

Despite the low wage, the checks aren't bad for around here. I get a 72 hour week and anything over 212 hours a month is overtime.


Though I think we deserve a bonus for dealing with political/beaurocratic bullshit all the time. That's probably the most stressful part of the job. I don't think I genuinely felt like strangling anybody until they're cold and blue until I started this. Which is sort of ironic. Some days I wish I was out in the brush again...every now and then I go and work with the guys again for a day or two.



Now repeat after me: I love my job...I love my job...I love my job...I love my job...I love my job...

 

[Samuel]

Sparky (Electrician) Earned about 17k the last financial year. Pay rise soon

 

[scarsacrossthesky]

I have, what some call, a very lowly job. I am a McDonald's employee. That's right, I wrap sandwiches for 6-7 hours a day, 5 days a week. The pay is $7.35 with my ten cent raise... (laugh it up). I have done worse jobs but... they paid better. I'm just thankful I have a job, really.

 

[nerdygirl]

I rub naked people. No. Really.

 

[Punisher]

I rub naked people. No. Really.

:O

 

[Samuel]

Hmm, massage? I wouldn't mind one of those!

Your HIRED!

 

[loketron]

im hoping to count prescription pills all day long as a pharm tech and then maybe
even go to pharmacy school so i can learn to tell other people to count pills all day

and yes, i to want a massage,
guilty

 

[PoWer2tHePeOpLE]

i am a 'newspaper man'. have been for about 1 n half years. simple job, get to the shed 2am on weekends 12am weekdays, unload the truck roll papers, load van, throw papers whilst hooning around empty streets at night listening to music with the heater turned up full blast.

i almost never work more than 3hrs a night. there is no uniform. i can (and have) worked in ugg boots, i can smoke and eat on the job. on a good night i can earn about as much as a dentist per hour.

the job is good to make a living but you couldnt earn enough if you had dreams of a sports car or an investment property or supporting a family.

reaching low

 

[Brian]

I have, what some call, a very lowly job. I am a McDonald's employee. That's right, I wrap sandwiches for 6-7 hours a day, 5 days a week. The pay is $7.35 with my ten cent raise... (laugh it up). I have done worse jobs but... they paid better. I'm just thankful I have a job, really.

1. Work hard, stay at job, play the politics
2. Become upper level manager, wield capitalist might
3. Work snot-nosed underlings like slaves

 

[muhahahahaha]

I have, what some call, a very lowly job. I am a McDonald's employee. That's right, I wrap sandwiches for 6-7 hours a day, 5 days a week. The pay is $7.35 with my ten cent raise... (laugh it up). I have done worse jobs but... they paid better. I'm just thankful I have a job, really.

nobody starts with a phat 500k salary right off the bat dude , My friend's cousin started working at McDonald when he was 17 , now he is in mid 30s and manages 4 McDonald , owns 3 cars 1 benz 1 x5 and a Porsche and a huge house or my summer job's boss , started wrapping burgers at burger king when he was 16 , he is not even 40 and owns 5 burger king store , and has 6 cars , changes his house once every few years and lives like a king.This is how the system works , you start at the lowest level and work your way up until you get to the top.

 

[Coverage]

I worked for about a year as a gas station attendant.

As it stands right now I'm unemployed and simply attending college.

 

[scarsacrossthesky]

I don't need your guys' ******* advice. I'm here to make friends and instead I get told how to manage my life. I was just stating that society looks down upon people in the fast food business. As far as your friends, whether they exist or not, are not the typical example of management. Grow up man and stop telling me how to live my life. I'm just trying to share a piece of myself with new friends.

 

[Brian]

I don't need your guys' ******* advice. I'm here to make friends and instead I get told how to manage my life. I was just stating that society looks down upon people in the fast food business. As far as your friends, whether they exist or not, are not the typical example of management. Grow up man and stop telling me how to live my life. I'm just trying to share a piece of myself with new friends.

Um, neither of us was trying to 'tell you how to manage your life'. He was just saying that even though fast food sucks, it's not always a dead end. As for me, I was mostly joking. I mean, come on, am I going to seriously tell someone to 'wield their capitalist might' and 'work their snotnosed underlings like slaves' if I'm giving real advice? It's a situational caricature. Sorry if I was too dry and came across like I meant it.

Maybe you shouldn't be so snappy. It's not very endearing. There's a dozen better, more tactful ways to say "That's all well and fine, but I have plans outside of the soul-sucking fast food industry."


Oops, there I go again, telling people how to live.

 

[tal]

I work in a solicitors collecting debt, which is not very profitable in an economic climate where almost everyone seems to have debt but no money to pay any of it off. It's also quite boring. lol

 

[h i]

owns 5 restaurants and lives like a king... lol. totally made that up. most of those places are firing people with more then 10 year experience. as management goes, people who have been there longer know the old ways and are resistant to change, and have higher paychecks due to past raises. new employees accept new company policies, and work for basic pay.

 

[mucenjannepo]

Hi Luna,

Well,I met Gabriel and Jill, who have since become good friends. Not long after I met him, Gabriel asked me to go into business with him. He was starting a company by pulling together a group of people from different backgrounds, who all wanted to change the world in big ways. Wow, huh? Talk about being at the right place at the right time!

Thanks

 

[epileptic]

To start off, I have been employed with the government since I completed high school. The typical work day involves me sitting on my ass in front of the computer, completing data entry all day long.

The government-related experience looks great on a resume, but the job itself gets monotonous and tiring. I earn about 40k a year - before taxes - and while I don't love my job, I don't hate it. I want to find something that I am passionate about and with a salary that I can support myself on too. Still searching...
:club:

Now tell me about you...

Seriously?? 40k for simple data entry?? How can i get me 1 of those jobs? I used to hate the concept of getting a job that involves sitting in front of the computer, but honeslty, you get paid decent for something that isnt incredibly hard. I always found myself getting jobs that require much physical endurance but ended up paying honeysuckle. I guess it was cool that I was able to keep myself in shape and maintain a healthy lifestyle, which is great, because health is very important to have. It just is hard to pay the bills sometimes... Right now, I work through a job agency for fedx moving boxes around and stacking them in trucks. Pay sucks ass, but at this point atleast I have a job. I have over 8 years of forklift experience so hopefully they will hire me on soon... I also have an associates degree in music recording technology but its impossible to get a job in that field, so i plan to get me some certifications involving information technology, and then perhaps I'll try and apply for something relating to IT through fedex, or some other place.. Atleast, that is the plan at the moment.

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wow.

put me to shame.



ive worked 3 years in retail. made 14k first year, 12k second year, and now this year ill make about 7k. i had benefits, but dropped them when my hours were cut, due to expenses. i started out unloading trucks. now im operating forklifts and other equipment.

I think forklift operation is fun