Jobs

[FireyFirenze]

Ok, this is just because I'm nosy and I am genuinely interested in this stuff...sadly.

If you have a job, what is it, and do you like it? Is it your fulltime job what you want to be doing for the rest of your life? Or is it just a part time one while you study at uni/college etc?

I'll answer me own question. I'm a qualified nursery nurse, whos just come back from working as a childrens rep abroad for 7 months. I'm going back next Summer, but I'm currently working at Asda until then to save up some cash.

How about youuu?

[Dr Pirate]

This should be >>> Here (http://vbulletin.thesite.org/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&forumid=93)

[rachie004]

I'm at college, however I have a part time job as a waitress at one of those brewers fayre/brewster places

I really really really like my job

however it won't be what I'm doing for the rest of my life... I'm gonna be an air hostie

[Life of Kate]

I work in a shop. It's close to full time (30 hour contract), which suits me quite well, as I work from 11 til 5, great since I'm not exactly a morning person!
I have it because I gave up my Uni course last june for various reasons, and just needed a job for a while which was relatively easy, involved no work at home and which was fairly unrelated to what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. Luckily, it's not just a standard till job, and it allows me to work with one of my great passions in life, books, which is great. The only thing I hate about it is the customers... perfectly ordinary people turn into demanding monsters the minute they walk through the door... I don't understand it! It has made me consider working in a place with books where others involved will be less demanding of perfection, such as a library, and I might look into that next year when I'm planning to move on, although I have the problem of there being several incredibly unrelated areas where I might want to work in the future!

[FireyFirenze]

Originally posted by Dr Pirate
This should be >>> Here (http://vbulletin.thesite.org/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&forumid=93)

Ok then. The mods can move it. I don't really care...

[Acrobat]

I word for The Perfume Shop on a Sunday for 6 hours, in addition to me being a student. And I love working there :)

[Cuddilicious]

I work in the club part-time. Just work on the floor, though help out behind the bar when they need me. Generally I hate working behind the bar cause I don't have the patience for the drunks. On the floor is sooo much easier. I do love it though it has it's off points.

Oooo and doing a course on Health Studies then hope to go to Dundee to do Physiotherapy.

[Skive]

I'm presently a Telecoms Engineer working for NEC. It's intresting (I have to use my lump every now and again) and I enjoy it, but it's extremely stressful.
I've had a few jobs but this is probably what I'll stick at for as long as possible. I always promised myslef I'd never get a job workign inside but it pays too well, I have my own assistant to use as a skivy, and I have a company motor. :D

I can always fall back on the fact I have qualifictaions as a Greenkeeper but for the moment I'm happy.

[*milky way*]

I'm at uni and at the moment do volunteer work for the Brownies and Rainbows. In January I have a job as a teachers assistant in a primary school working one day a week. I want to get onto a PGCE primary course, so I'm kinda doing what I want to be doing for the rest of my life.

[chaos_insomniac]

I work part time at the Barracuda Bar in Wrexham. As a kitchen porter. I think I've said quite enough :crying:

I fucking hate the job, I'm just lucky most of the staff there are nice and friendly. I need a full time job but it's the Christmas period and there's fuck all going :(

[Bri-namite]

Originally posted by Cruel2BKind

Oooo and doing a course on Health Studies then hope to go to Dundee to do Physiotherapy.

Christ, please tell me that was a joke :eek: ;)

I work for Mecca Bingo. It sucks.

[Cuddilicious]

Originally posted by Bri-namite
Christ, please tell me that was a joke :eek: ;)

Aye, I just did it for your benefit... :chin:
A place like that could do with having a great gal like me :D haha

[Cuddilicious]

Originally posted by star*
whats wrong with that?

Thank you huni :p
Yes I know, I should be in me bed
*Yawns* I'm going - I'm going hehe

[Bri-namite]

Originally posted by star*
whats wrong with that?

Because it's where I live, maybe? :razz:

[Tim the Enchanter]

Originally posted by Cruel2BKind
I work in the club part-time.

Is it a club in Belfast at all?

I'm a tender of bars and have been for the last couple of months I've been in Edinburgh. It's a cool pub that doesn't get too busy most of the time so I can just talk to the regulars and take it easy. I've worked in a busy city centre bar before and it was wank compared to this!

I only work 12 hours a week because I'm in uni, but this is by far the best job I've had.

[Sa-ra-ra-ra]

Right.

I'm a full time student at uni, and i have a job working behind the bar in a club up here. I do about 12 hours a week, sometimes more, the pay's really not great but i have a laugh - i get on really well with everyone i work with, and it gives me a bit more cash to spend on the nights that i'm not working :) They also employ a lot of students so there's no problem with me not being there over the holidays.

When i'm at home, i temp full time, in Mayfair, which pays a hell of a lot better but isn't as fun because you don't get to know people. I type mainly, but i also file. Which is incredibly dull.

[Silverberg]

I'm a till monkey 16 hours a week at Tesco. Jobs not great, could be worse. It's something to do.
At least I have some money now. But problem is I don't do anything other than 16 hours a week usually...too much spare time on my hands.

[Cuddilicious]

Originally posted by Tim the Enchanter
Is it a club in Belfast at all?

Yeah in the Odyessy - Ya know Precious?

[ruby_soho]

Bah this subject makes me depressed :(
At the minute i am looking for a job. Although i do have the one i have had for the past 2 years, i work part time at Tesco although the past month/couple of months i have been doing lots of over time 40+ hours a week to save up a bit of money for erm something.

I start in 20 minutes actually, best get moving...

[Tim the Enchanter]

Originally posted by Cruel2BKind
Yeah in the Odyessy - Ya know Precious?

Ah yeh I've heard of it, it's meant to be quite exclusive isn't it? I can't say I've ever been though, I don't go to the Odyssey all that much.

[Olive]

i'm a copywriter for a website. this involves me writing stuff, pissing about with photoshop, tinkering with prices and uploading everything.

i like it. it's pretty laid back and i NEVER have to deal with customers, which is absolutely the best part of my job. don't know if i'll do it forever, but i wouldn't mind.

[Cuddilicious]

Originally posted by Tim the Enchanter
Ah yeh I've heard of it, it's meant to be quite exclusive isn't it? I can't say I've ever been though, I don't go to the Odyssey all that much.

Aye well Precious use to be strictly only members. (Though not anymore) Which was filled with upper class people and when ones were doing concerts in the Arena - they would usually came over. Get Westlife and Brian McFadden there when they're in Belfast.

Then ya have Coyote that is joined to it. I love it when I'm put in there cause we have male and female dancers on the bar. Getting Brazillian dancers in on Friday to promote this new drink. Naturally I have to go in for that :p

[Ilora-Danon]

Originally posted by MoonArcanum
I word for The Perfume Shop on a Sunday for 6 hours, in addition to me being a student. And I love working there :) I applied there, had an interview and she said she'd phone in a couple of days 'if she had gotten her act together', if not, she said.. 'I'll phone within the next week'.

I heard nothing. :rolleyes: :mad:

Ilora x

ETA: Job?? - I don't work. I have social anxiety which makes it extremely hard to work, so I'm a bum atm, until I get my anxiety sorted... lol.

[Miguel Sanchez]

i work for a bank but im not allowed to tell you what i do :p

[RiSe & ShIne]

Originally posted by Tim the Enchanter
Is it a club in Belfast at all?

I'm a tender of bars and have been for the last couple of months I've been in Edinburgh. It's a cool pub that doesn't get too busy most of the time so I can just talk to the regulars and take it easy. I've worked in a busy city centre bar before and it was wank compared to this!

I only work 12 hours a week because I'm in uni, but this is by far the best job I've had.

What pub d'you work at? I'm coming in for a pint :p

I'm 17, so don't ID me, k? :razz:

[Miguel Sanchez]

yeah what bar u at tim ? i'll come for a pint too any excuse to get pissed :D

[RiSe & ShIne]

Originally posted by rossco
yeah what bar u at tim ? i'll come for a pint too any excuse to get pissed :D

You stay at Corstorphine? That's like, 5 minutes away from me. My local is the Corrie Inn :D

[Tim the Enchanter]

Haha yeh youse should do! It's called the Sheep Heid Inn, it's away on the other side of town from Corstorphine though, round the side of Arthur's Seat. It's in a village called Duddingston, about 25 minutes walk from the uni.

It's kinda hard to describe more than that because it's not near anywhere else that I know, but youse should come in!

[girl with sharp teeth]

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[*TiNK*]

Im at college doing my a-levels, but i have a part time job at debenhams in the lingerie department :D

[Mr_Wobble]

I work in a call centre for a chain of high street stores. I hate it. I loathe it. It stresses me out and contributes to my insomnia and poor sleep patterns. Christmas is the worst time of all. The phone hardly ever stops ringing, and there's never enough time to do your job properly, and that generates more problems and more stress.
There's good stress, and there's bad stress. The job is pure bad stress. I want out. I'm seriously considering quitting the job before Xmas as I feel I'll just crack this Christmas. And the worst thing is it'll ruin my Christmas and New Year again.
I want a new job NOW. And I don't want to have to even speak to customers ever again, let alone do a job where I have to meet them face to face. I've had enough of them. I'm sick of them, and they're making me sick. :(
The only thing I hate about it is the customers... perfectly ordinary people turn into demanding monsters Kate1 has it there. What is it that turns them into absolutely abusive mental bastards and bitches, hell bent on making your life an absolute misery - and often because they're so thick as to forget to keep a receipt, or check the terms & conditions or returns policy before buying. Some of them just deserve a slap and to be told to shut the fuck up and behave themselves as they're an embarassment to society.

[Kentish]

Originally posted by Mr_Wobble
What is it that turns them into absolutely abusive mental bastards and bitches, hell bent on making your life an absolute misery - and often because they're so thick as to forget to keep a receipt, or check the terms & conditions or returns policy before buying. Some of them just deserve a slap and to be told to shut the fuck up and behave themselves as they're an embarassment to society.
:lol:

Call centres are bad for you :yes:

Have you got any amusing anecdotes of stupidity?

I work at a private hospital when I'm not being a student, and I'm on the phone to patients about their bills and things all day long. Normally it's good fun, but you do get morons. We had one woman in the summer who rang up after she got her invoice and said that she didn't realise it was a private hospital when she had her Xray and couldn't afford the bill. Yes it's private, luv - you wouldn't get a routine chest xray the same day on the NHS. :lol:

[Schnap me Baby]

I work at an accountants in the payroll department. I send people money and have shitty thick arse people shout at me all day about how they need more money! Don't we all mate! The most depressing thing about it is that most of theses people earn about a grand a day and have the cheak to moan at me on 11 grand a year!

some people are so greedy and so bloody rude! :mad: as you can tell i love my job

[Mr_Wobble]

Originally posted by Kentish
Have you got any amusing anecdotes of stupidity?
I'm shattered at the moment, and too tired to think, but give the time to think I could think of plenty. I can certainly think of non amusing anecdotes of aggressiveness, nastiness, and abusiveness. :(

[Char_Baby]

im an adviser for a high street bank, tis like others customers can be a pain in the arse, some get really nasty about things when theres a lot of regulations in place we have to adhere to or we'd be closed down/sued etc, they also see you as some sort of servent, however you can get real gems that are really pleasant everytime they see you, also dont like the uniform, aint to stylish but looks smart. i wouldnt wanna do it all my life but im staying put until i decide what i do want to do. another perk is being able to go shopping in my lunch hour and a really cool manager

[Guest_]

I study for the honours bit of a degree. I'm not entirely sure why at the moment.

[Miffy]

Originally posted by bad seed
I study for the honours bit of a degree. I'm not entirely sure why at the moment.

It'll come to you. About 15 years from now when you're not stacking shelves in Kwik Save for a living. ;)

[Guest_]

Originally posted by Miffy
It'll come to you. About 15 years from now when you're not stacking shelves in Kwik Save for a living. ;)

Haha :D, I've got the ordinary degree somehow :crazyeyes , I'm just debating the importance of the extra bit.

[FallenAngel84]

at the mo i work full time as a baker for sainsburys.
The job would be managable if it wasnt for the piss poor so called management of the store and company.

i would never ever reccommend anybody work for them.

Im going to reapply to the police as soon as i have myself sorted out or on the right path at least.

[HunnyPot]

Originally posted by Mr_Wobble
I'm shattered at the moment, and too tired to think, but give the time to think I could think of plenty. I can certainly think of non amusing anecdotes of aggressiveness, nastiness, and abusiveness. :(

I quit my job as a cashier at a convenience store about ten months ago, and even now I get depressed just thinking about how horrid and abusive some customers were to me.

http://www.customerssuck.com

Right now I am a full-time Food Production Operative. I pack Couscous, operate machinery and do a bit of paperwork. It's alright actually, no customers and you don't have to use your brain all the time. I was an Office Administrator before and making all those figures balance drove me bananas! I've also done lots of cleaning work.

I've got a sideline selling my crap off cheap on the web, hoping I could turn it into a real mini-business and make a living from it. I don't want to work, my job's okay but I hate going somewhere I don't want to be, away from my loved ones 5 days of the week. I'm with GWST, I want to just raise a family. I'd like to run a little farm as well with lots of vegetables, fruit trees and some chickens running around.

[Franki]

I work in Toy Dome at Freeport...it's GREAT :D

I work...erm...*counts* 14 hours (8 on Saturdays, 6 on Sundays). And my boss is uber cool, and is letting me have the Saturday before Christmas off...that be how cool he is :).

I also am doing the International Baccalaureate (http://www.ibo.org/) at Colchester Sixth Form College (http://www.colchsfc.ac.uk/)...which is much fun...yes. If much tiring :(

[Smash]

I'm a student who spends her weekends hiding from customers in a huge toy shop.

I think you'd need an electronics degree to figure out some of the things kids have nowadays.

[Lil Laura]

I'm at college full time doing those A Level things. I also work in Morrisons cafe, doing anything between 12 and 120 hours a week, or so it feels like. The job is shit. The people I work with are fantastic, and some of the customers are wonderful, but generally they're horrible. They talk to you like shit, they expect us to be able to work miracles or something, and leave a mess when they go. It's stressful, draining and I'd even go so far as to say it's degrading.

However, I am reliably informed that after Christmas I will be moving departments - to the oven fresh counter! Can't wait. :D

[Lacy]

I work 35 hrs a week, 10-5.30 as a Pensions Administrator for a company thats owned by Halifax :)

Definately do not want to be doing it forever. In fact don't wanna be doing it next year! Moneys good though, it's just dull.

[KinkyBoots]

Ive got a lot of time on my hands at the mo cos Im struggling to find a job. It really sucks. Since I left my boyfriend and moved back home Ive felt completely useless so Ive just been decorating my bedroom and looking for jobs! I would love to go back to college but Im not sure what I want to do :/

Thing is, Ive applied for lots of jobs and then they never get back to you. It takes the pee really cos I have lots of good qualities and nobodies interested :(

[Jaloux]

I work in a tourist shop. Been part time for a while although I was fulltime-ish last summer.

I hate this part of the tourist industry and definitely don't want to work there in the future.

The pay is not bad though and in general I'm treated well, I just don't like how all they care about is milking tourists for all their worth.

[Fenix Blade]

I work at Halfords on the bike department - I build/repair/sell bikes etc, i love it.

I'm at college which i hate, and am looking into apprenticeships since my financial advise one fell through last year. This time I'm looking into business management - Ferrari or Porsche if i'm lucky; I have a job at Mitsubushi if I want it :)

I'm off to Spain within two years to spend time with my best mate - I'll work the bars and try my hand at club reps etc.

Idealy i'll be super rich and own loads of businesses :)

[rachie004]

I should shag my boss so I can get finished on time/swan around doing nothing

[Franki]

Originally posted by Smash
I think you'd need an electronics degree to figure out some of the things kids have nowadays.

:yes: don't ya just :eek2:

[Mr_Wobble]

Originally posted by Miffy
It'll come to you. About 15 years from now when you're not stacking shelves in Kwik Save for a living. ;) Ain't that the truth! I wish I'd done a degree many years ago. It would've opened doors. It doesn't matter what the degree is really, it's a qualification that shows you're up to a particular standard of education, and therefore know about useful things to employers such as researching and writing essays and reports.
It helps.
Wish I'd managed to do one now. :( Especially as I'm looking to get out of my job, and move, and considering almost any job - such as shelf stacking in Tescos. :(

[Girl_gunner]

I am doing 3 A levels (Eng.Lit, Fr,Ger) and I work part-time, a sunday lunch shift in a pub kitchen. I love the job.The A levels, are, however killing me.

[Miffy]

Originally posted by Mr_Wobble
Ain't that the truth! I wish I'd done a degree many years ago. It would've opened doors. It doesn't matter what the degree is really, it's a qualification that shows you're up to a particular standard of education, and therefore know about useful things to employers such as researching and writing essays and reports.
It helps.
Wish I'd managed to do one now. :( Especially as I'm looking to get out of my job, and move, and considering almost any job - such as shelf stacking in Tescos. :(

Please understand I'm not saying there is anything wrong with stacking shelves, and I understand the pay isn't bad if you work nights.

But you know, it's never too late Mr W.

[Godders]

Im studying A-levels at college. So I have a part time job at Tescos working on fruit and Veg.:rolleyes:

Working 40 hours every week in the summer had made me realise that im going to continue to work hard at college and uni and get a good job that actually uses my brain.

[MrG]

I work 6:00 till 14:15 4 days during the week

and then 07:30 till 13:30 on saturdays

i work for BT doing weird things from the start of work till like 09:00, then i gets to use a computer

[Acrobat]

Originally posted by Ilora-Danon
I applied there, had an interview and she said she'd phone in a couple of days 'if she had gotten her act together', if not, she said.. 'I'll phone within the next week'.

I heard nothing. :rolleyes: :mad:

Ilora x

ETA: Job?? - I don't work. I have social anxiety which makes it extremely hard to work, so I'm a bum atm, until I get my anxiety sorted... lol.

When was that? I've not been in the one at home since September now-Oxford all the way.

[Jinx]

Originally posted by KinkyBoots
Ive got a lot of time on my hands at the mo cos Im struggling to find a job. It really sucks. Since I left my boyfriend and moved back home Ive felt completely useless so Ive just been decorating my bedroom and looking for jobs! I would love to go back to college but Im not sure what I want to do :/

Thing is, Ive applied for lots of jobs and then they never get back to you. It takes the pee really cos I have lots of good qualities and nobodies interested :(
Thats exactly what Ive just done, decorated my room I mean, coz Im jobless. What colours yours?
Ive applied for everything, I mean If I could just get an interview Id be ok, Im sweet at talking to people.
For every job theres millions of forms to fill in, and no churchhill dog to help.
Ive applied for:
Estate agent x3
Postman x2
Police officer x2
Fireman
Hod carrier x3
Chef
Domestic disturbance officer
Track engineer (hasnt got back to me yet)
security guard (also hasnt got back to me)
So you cant say I havent tried.
I went for an interview for a post person postion the other day, I thought it was for the royal mail; I ended up working in a firework factory for a day; 30miles away from where I should have been working. It was nuts, we ended up playing cricket with a firework box for stumps; while surrounded with millions of fire works. Some of the workers were smoking too!

[Dear Wendy]

Go to a real estate office once a week after school, and clear up their kitchen - which consists of me throwing out their excess food (waste, I know) and put the service in the dishwasher. Then I get copying and franking tasks and so.
Easy job, good pay, and it's on my way home from school either way. Plus I can take all the coke, mineral water and hot chocolate I want.

Though I am only staying there until the summer, as after that I am most probably moving to Britain :D

My dream was always to work as an air-hostess while studying, but to be honest I am too crap to work in jobs where I need to be servicing others. I am the one that needs servicing.

Once I am totally grown up, then I will work as a world dominator :)

[KinkyBoots]

Originally posted by Jinx
Thats exactly what Ive just done, decorated my room I mean, coz Im jobless. What colours yours?

Ive painted my walls a light yellowy colour which is really quite nice. Other parts of my room are dark green (carpet, blinds, ceiling). My walls used to be pink! :yuck: really bad combination!

[Olive]

Originally posted by Xila
I work at Halfords on the bike department

mr. kaff sends his condolences. ;)

[Basic Instinct]

I work on the Pharmacy Department in Sainsburys. I'm a Dispensing assistant which basically involves dispensing prescriptions for folk, putting the orders away, dealing with customers and drinking tea. :p I do 3 days @ 8am till 5pm and one day @ 2pm till 10pm. I generally have a laugh when at work but we recently got a new manager and shes a right twat so I'm hunting for a new job, which is a shame.

[Jazza]

I haven't got a job right now but I did work in the office of a Health Centre doing filing 9-6 during the October week and up to last monday, 2 weeks 4-6 (same job). I applied for a PT job in the Hilton doing kitchen work/waiter. Im not looking forward to it but I need money or else Im out on my ear!

During the week Im at school doing 3 highers and 2 Int 2's

[go_away]

I'm a full time student. I've recently got a part-time job (haven't started there yet) but I'm a receptionist at one of the Marie Stopes clinics in London.

Number of friends who have a problem with my job so far: 1

[*hellie*]

I'm a student at Uni but I also work part-time at a recruitment agency doing general admin type work. I want to work in Human Resources once I've graduated and although I enjoy working for a recruitment agency at the moment it isn't the area of HR I want to end up in!