The Job Thread!

[WhiteRat]

I'm a munitions systems apprentice (soon to be journeyman) for the USAF. Interesting stuff but I can't stand most of the people that I work with because everyone here seems to love to gossip and stab others in the back.

[MarioRPG]

McDonalds employee. :/

[Evil Robot]

I fix and "re-work" air powered screwdriving robots that they use in factories. Currently Im the only person in North America who does this.

[Supafly345]

All the best jobs are found completely by accident.

I draw blood.

[Misdemonar]

The alst job I had was cleaning Construction Sites, I got 100$ a day.

[glowbelly]

i just got a job as a staffing coordinator at the cleveland clinic. it's part-time. $15/hour. i'm all kinds of excited about it.

[RectalWart]

Originally Posted by Jixby Phillips

but I live with my parents so its cool

Living with your parents is COOL? :/

[Marine]

I worked in a library for two weeks once, but i quit when they tried to pay me in little coins that had'nt been usable in any store for like thirty years. :/
Oh and i worked at a school for like three weeks this summer but got fired for corrupting the young ones with FPS games like Doom, Blood, And Serious Sam...

[sadie]

i teach high school english and journalism. this year, i have three english 12 classes and two classes of journalism, in which i advise the publication of the school newsmagazine. the school board office claims i make more than $20 an hour, so minus the time i spend outside my "normal" hours (8:30 to 3:30), i'd probably be better off financially working fast food.

[Grislygus]

Originally Posted by RectalWart

Living with your parents is COOL? :/

Watch out peoples, this guy's a quick one.

[soundtest]

I was working for a software company doing GUI testing and deployments for a bunch of clients in the US. I was making an alright salary (~45k) and had full benefits. The job bored the fuck out of me though, and I hated the completely incompetent management.

Last Tuesday, at 5pm my co-worker (this one other guy I work with, super nice kid, does not slack off or have a shitty attitude or act like everybody owes him something [like me], always tries his best, etc.) got called into the office. He came out two minutes later and said, "Hey Steve... can you go over my work and handle these blah blah work stuff next week?" I didn't notice his eyes were kinda watery. I said, "Why the fuck am I gonna do your shit?" He said "... because I'm gone. They're letting me go. They say I don't show enough initiative."

See at this point I lost it. This poor kid was always a scapegoat there, and the bloodsuckers were all over him because he took it. I hated the management there so much. But I hate management anywhere so much. I hate bosses. It's a carryover from always fighting them in videogames as a kid. lol

I just grabbed my bag and said, "No I don't want to do your work. I'm gone too. Fuck 'em." And I haven't gone back since. My boss called me panicking, because I was the only other one there who knew how to do what we did, she offerred me more money, but I said no and that I didn't want to return to such an 'unhealthy' work environment. So instead I got drunk, woke up the next day and went to the passport office and bought a ticket at a travel agency. I'm selling all my shit and flying out in 3 weeks.

[Command Prompt]

I rotate between a barback and a bartender. I just quit the nightclub I worked at because I was barbacking for the GREEDIEST bartenders ever. The general rule of thumb is the barback makes half of what the bartenders make, since they can't do thier job if the barback doesnt do thiers (refill the ice, beer, liquor, help them serve...) however, I got tired of getting a measily 60-100 dollar cut of thier anywere from 300 to 900 dollar tipout. Fuck I would of been happy with an extra 50 bucks a night. Which would of required 6 people to pull an extra 10 bucks out of thier gigantic pile of free money. Ugh. On to the next club.

Working in this industry is amazing, I recommend it for anyone who isn't appearance dissabled. EVERY town, regardless of big a shitstain it is has a bar, and the best part is for you greasy americans, as long as you are 18 you can serve booze, you just cant drink it till your 21. I'm sure this varies state to state.

PROTIP - The most money you'll ever make without even finishing highschool.

[Command Prompt]

soundtest - I sure hope that kid goes to the labour board. Thats the fucking weakest thing I ever heard, and I'm pretty sure he could take them for a hell of alot, starting with wrongful dismissal, improper notice of dismissal, etc.

Of course I live in a NDP mandated province, were nothing you do is ever your fault.