Well, I'm at work. I'm bored. How about the rest of you? What type of work do you do? Do you enjoy it? (see poll)

I'll start this out. I work in the aerospace industry. Currently I am a 'Buyer'. I source parts and whatnot for our facility. I have mulitple other job functions as well but that is my primary. I enjoy it some days. It's a decent job with decent pay so i can't complain. It'd be nice if it were a little more lively here though :wink: .

eh... ok y not... work forone of the "baby bells" phone co's.. here's a hint.. stadium has same name now as of recently :P
test phone/data lines.. mainly lines for atm's, lotto, metering ckts, bank lines gov lines... blah blah blah.. all the way up to t1s or more..... pays great... bennies pretty good... rest sux... but pays the bills..
No i cant get you free phone/data/cell service...but can refer ya new stuff at some intro prices(limited time) we even sell direct tv subscriptions... :P...
anways... ok.. 45min down.. 7hr 15min to go... damn it

i don't have a job.. BUT i need one badly!

so when im bored, i play vcounterstike! LOL

Well, I work in IT doing support for a 3rd party logistics company. There are days when our program breaks we cant find 2 seconds to ourselves and then there are other days when we dont know what to do with ourselves. Pay is good, bennies good and I get to work with my Dad which is pretty cool. Big downside is being a 'fix-it' guy, i never get to deal with people in a great mood, kinda tough always dealing with the frustrated and angry but I'll live.

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I work for a company that consults with hospitals on how to manage their professional/liability insurance

my job is "iight" for the most part. good bennies, decent pay, etc. i won't complain too much. as for what i do:

im the VP assistant and sales coordinator for a large employer/supplier of temporary manual labor. pretty much anything that has to do with signing, pricing, etc. large accounts i do that (i don't actually SELL the account, thats for the sales people to do). and of course all of the duties that go along with being a VP assistant. i also book and manage tradeshows, and blah blah blah, the list goes on and on.

I am a Library Assistant and Information Specialist Substitute at the Bellevue Regional Library (thats a mouthful!).

I've been at the library for 7 years next month, first as a page (grunt) and now in the aforementioned positions. What that basically means is I'm part of the inner workings of the library. I check items out to you, and back in when you return them. I answer questions over the phone, and call you when you screw up. I grab items that are requested via phone or catalog. As an Information Specialist, I help you find items you're looking for, and control use of meeting rooms and study rooms.

Do I enjoy my job? Sometimes. It can be one of the most rewarding jobs around, helping people (and especially children) find literature that may affect them in life-altering ways can be an amazing thing. But it can also be the worst job around, dealing with people who care nothing for how the system works and what the rules are, and would rather _____ incessantly about a $.10 fine for 20 minutes, than spend 30 seconds digging through their fat wallets looking for a dime.

On top of that, my co-workers are a mixed bunch (like any other job, I'm sure). One of my co-workers is my best friend and room-mate. Several of them I count as good friends, entertaining individuals whom I would gladly interact with outside of work as well as while there. There are others whose continued employment defies logic. Altzheimers victims and ESL students whose lack of understanding of the english alphabet makes our job more difficult, as we clean up the mistakes they make.

I rant because the job can be trying sometimes, but it pays very well and has great benefits. I find it nearly impossible to leave because of how difficult it would be to find better. I appreciate the job, what its done for me and what it continues to do. I just wish conditions were a bit better. If wishes were horses, eh?

*Edit* DAMN I talk too much!

i m not really bored, because i m a student. architecture student at U of O.

btw, anybody play soccer here? me and my friends play very frequent.
:P

I'm the Director of Technology for HealthTalk (http://www.healthtalk.com) in Seattle. It's a great job and I have a great team, but it can be highly stressful at times. :crazy:

I'm Active Duty in the AF. Currently I work in a communications career field. It's allright. I'm still adjusting to it. I used to be Aircraft Armament, so pretty much anything is better than 12 hour shift's around F-16's in all weather conditions. I do miss the excitement and adreniline rush that came with my other job (not to mention the commrodory). Here I "manage" a LAN as well as WAN. The best aspect about doing comm is the training that we get. Which I consider to be part of the benefits, you can't really beat them. You put up with alot of sh!t at the same time though, deployments, hours etc... (too many to list). And the pay isn't that great, but this is an excellent stepping stone if I chose to follow up in the IT field after my enlistment is up (not until 09). Which I haven't decided on just yet...

will u guys feel better abt ur job because u will have good pay like being a director of an organization????

mainly because of the salary that u can get gives u happiness or the job itself?

^^^^both.^^^^

yeah, both

I enjoy my job for the most part as a car salesman. Pay is decent most of the time and I get to meet lots of people. THough I am considering a stint in the army again though I am not to sure why my brain would allow that thought to come around.

Ya, thats wierd

man i HATE! my job... i push carts at Gloucester Wal-Mart... i know paper work can get stressfull for some of you guys... but me, man im like to post man... i will those carts in there snow rain sleet or shine... i work in weather that people can't even imagine.... most people are like "It ain't that bad out here" HA!!! :rofl: try being in it for 9-10 hours straight like yesterday temp went from 19 with winds up 30-35 mph in 3 hours the temps is now 8 with winds at 20-25 thats puts the temp to i dunno about -8... and that is 3 hours after i start workin i still have 6-7 hours left in -8 weather AND STILL DROPPING! i had layers of clothes im not stupid... that doesn't bother me what bothers me is when im tryin to cross the main drive to get to the door and these people in these cars as follows: cadillac's 99-up Dodge trucks jacked so high you have to us a 20' ladder to get in it, lincoln and every SUV you can think... don't stop for me when i cross that road to the door and WHEN they don't stop i have to wait cause they want that up front parking spot... and this one more thing gets on my nerves too... when they get their up front spot and go inside and spend 100-200$ they come out and put their stuff in the car and what do they do... LEAVE THE CART RIGHT THERE!!! and they parked right next to the return area... they will leav it in the next parking spot so other people can't park there... one word LAZZY!!! so let me think do i like my job... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm NO! i do this 6 days a week 9-10 hours a day and i have done it for 4 years... and for what... piddly a$$ pay and put up with people lazziness....

Im a Space Systems Engineer. Work on Life support systems and cooling systems for the space shuttle and space station. Im kinda new here, so I havent done anything too exciting yet. But I am hoping it will pick up soon. To kill time, I visit scionlife often.

so let me think do i like my job... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm NO! i do this 6 days a week 9-10 hours a day and i have done it for 4 years... and for what... piddly a$$ pay and put up with people lazziness....

Ouch, :flame:

I feel you on the weather. I've worked 12 hour shifts in rain, sleet, snow... 100 degree temps.


You could always join the military. :eyebrow:

lol yeah i could... even though i fit for a navy seal... lol i have thought about it... but i have way to much in my life goin on right now i can't do nuthin but work and take care of all the prob in my life... BUT i am a proud owener of a BSP Bb... and loven it

I work for a Real Estate / Construction Company. I write all the paychecks, "sell" all the apartments, pay all the bills, etc. I have been here for four years. It's boring as all hell, but it pays well.

well as far as my job goes i love it i work for my self, i do custom car work. from body kits to custom fenders to paint jobs to full frame of restorations and i love it there aint nothing else i would rather do with my time. if any one needs any thing in the washington area pm i also do interior and stereo.

i can honestly say i hate my job most of the time im a manager for a major automotive retailer. i have considered changing my title from manager to complaint dept. but it has its good days and bad days :P . whatcha gonna do?

man i HATE! my job... i push carts at Gloucester Wal-Mart... i know paper work can get stressfull for some of you guys... but me, man im like to post man... i will those carts in there snow rain sleet or shine... i work in weather that people can't even imagine.... most people are like "It ain't that bad out here" HA!!! :rofl: try being in it for 9-10 hours straight like yesterday temp went from 19 with winds up 30-35 mph in 3 hours the temps is now 8 with winds at 20-25 thats puts the temp to i dunno about -8... and that is 3 hours after i start workin i still have 6-7 hours left in -8 weather AND STILL DROPPING! i had layers of clothes im not stupid... that doesn't bother me what bothers me is when im tryin to cross the main drive to get to the door and these people in these cars as follows: cadillac's 99-up Dodge trucks jacked so high you have to us a 20' ladder to get in it, lincoln and every SUV you can think... don't stop for me when i cross that road to the door and WHEN they don't stop i have to wait cause they want that up front parking spot... and this one more thing gets on my nerves too... when they get their up front spot and go inside and spend 100-200$ they come out and put their stuff in the car and what do they do... LEAVE THE CART RIGHT THERE!!! and they parked right next to the return area... they will leav it in the next parking spot so other people can't park there... one word LAZZY!!! so let me think do i like my job... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm NO! i do this 6 days a week 9-10 hours a day and i have done it for 4 years... and for what... piddly a$$ pay and put up with people lazziness....

And that, my friend, is why I went to school. 8 Hours a day, 72 degrees, bennies and great pay. School sucked, but work is great.

sounds like for the most part, people seem to enjoy what they do. That is pretty nice for us all I guess. Got to enjoy your job.

I work @ KSTW/ UPN 11 in Seattle. Killer fun- I am a sales coordinator (fancy name for assistant) and I am also the webmaster.

Hey UWbradley, what would it take to get some TV coverage of one of the events we're doing?

Yeah, we were suppose to get something on the news about our Toydrive and all that got covered was the Neons or something. Damn news people.

I am a security Guard! I sit in a guard shack in the midle of the night and play on the computer. I make decent money to do jack crap. Youd think it wouldnt get that bad, but after a 12 hour shift you run out of things to look at on the internet. I only work 4 days a week, but I work two 12 hour shifts so I still get a full 40 and there is always overtime available. My job rocks all in all, I just get bored WAY too easy. Im considering going BACK into the military (I was in the navy). yup.

Oh oh, a woman in uniform...watch out sheepy. ;)

Oh man.. Sheep won't know what to do with himself now... Drives a tc and military status... score.

Looks like a match. And not just on the SS tC's.........

ex-Military here to. And they know how I love a girl in uniform. ;)

Being a cub scout does not make you x-military sheepy...
:rofl:

Hey, I was Weblow or however you spell that.........

Yes, that is really the name of the group after cub scouts and below eagle scouts....... sad, isn't it?

Actualyl I was in the Army for 6 years so :P

what was yer MOS, private sheepster?

74G Telecommunications computer operator/maintaner
then switched to:
74B Tactical LAN specialist ..... or something to that effect

ANd i was a Specialist promotable

I see how that relates to your current career...not :wink:

I guess the same could be said for me, but 11B/11M (Infantry) doesn't have much of a carry-over into civilian life unless you want to be a mercenary or a serial killer.

:gun:

Hey , don't knock the serial killers......they have avery important job in society. Its called population thinning. :rofl:

I get bored sometimes . . . I work at a bank so there's usually customers that need money or have some sort of problem that of course, isn't their fault. When I'm bored I either email or play online. Makes the hours go by a little quicker!

evette

Haven't you realized yet....none of it is any of our faults......BLAME CANADA!!!

aw sheepy your ex military and drive a ss tC AND live right by me? damn :P

What was your number again?........







j/k I still got it.

Childcare at the YMCA..... not bad for $8.75 a hour... for 30 + a week... fand a part time nanny on the side......

Hey UWbradley, what would it take to get some TV coverage of one of the events we're doing?

It depends. My station isn't really a news station- so unless it is commercial related or we are making money off of it there isn't a chance really. I saw the thread about the Carribean grand opening thing- that has potential, being that it is based around a commerical for a client.

If the group wanted to get together and sponsor an event that we cover (like daffodil parade, or sponsor one of our locally created shows like Movies on the Run on Sunday afternoons) - there is another opportunity to get coverage. (however, this is not cheap)

One other way I can think of to get on is having our host of the Movies on the Run show, Chris Cashman, use you guys as the basis of one of his Movies on the Run shows. For example- for the Movie last weekend, 8 Millimeter- he did his show from the Underground Tour in Pioneer Square. Kinda neat. Maybe if we have a movie about cars or whatever coming up- he can base his segements of the show around a club meeting or something like that. I don't know the movie list of the top of my head- but I can check it out at work tomorrow-

Brad

Haven't you realized yet....none of it is any of our faults......BLAME CANADA!!!

i resent this comment sheepy. :P

ugh, just shoot me. this day is going by sooooooo unbelievably slow. there's only so much you can browse through on the internet until you get bored outta your mind.

I MEANT ohcanada...........


just thought the South Park reference would be amusing. ;)

I am the manager of a pizzeria its treated me well these last 5 years (managing for three)...steady job, steady pay, free cell phone etc....this last week was so horribly slow though. Thankfully I've got a laptop and watched movies on the slow nights.

I feel so special, I tied the vote, wha woo, I work at Lowe's in customer service, and for fun I roll around in my office chair. but at least I get to answer the phones and press alot of lighted buttons, and say "thank you for calling Lowe's of Nampa, we install and deliver, this is Sam, how may I direct your call?" and sometimes just for fun I do it in a funny accent. that really screws people up!

I build and manage SQL Server databases for a collections MIS group. I love working with technology and this stuff is great. I don't however enjoy the politics and wierd management shenanegans that go on around here. :doh:

I am an admin assistant for a transportation engineering firm. My job consists of typical clerical duties such as answering the phones, filing, making copies. But i also type reports, progress reports for invoices, memos, etc! They also let me plan the events for the company which is great because i start school next month to get a certificate in Event Planning. Hoping someday I will move to LA and plan big over the top events for celebrities or rich people! :-) My company is also going to pay half of my tuitiion for any classes that relate to what i do here at work!

I work for a big healthcare/hospital chain we have been in the news lately for information being stolen. My job consists of converting liquid oxygen to gas for portable cylinders, pretty easy, and free health insurance for me and the wifey.

like my job, pay is OK, decent beenies, work inside, most times sitting in front of a computer, I work for the State, in export grain inspection. Been here for 27yrs., longer than most of you have been alive, lol.

I like my job sometimes. I drive a delivery truck for Circuit City. I am the one that carries your heavy arse 36" Tv up Three flights of stairs only to find it doesnd fit in the spot you measured twice but in the wrong direction. Other than that I love my job.

...and two+ years later i hate my job can i change my vote? haha

just another teenager working Fast Food! CHICK-FIL-A. haha. not bad, boring somtimes. free meals though :P

but over all, pays the bills.. (i mean, pays for parts) :rofl: