your job

[tris-]

heh i pitty the IT supporters. i am the one who goes an installs the PCs and fucks em up a bit so you got some work, if it wasnt for people like me you wouldnt have a job!



no only joking. i do install PCs etc but i dont fuck em up, half the time they want me to fix some problem anyway, even though its not my job or on the job sheet etc etc

Pros
money
only in the office 5 mins a day
only work 9-4
varied work, keeps me interested

Cons
snappy bastard customers who think they know more than me

 

[Munkey-]

Originally posted by Brinx
[shameless pimp due to a bad day]

I'm also looking for tech (support) work like omni.. pretty much anywhere in the UK/English speaking Europe. :spin:

Free custom title for a successful job offer

I offer you the job of moderator. Seeing as you are already a moderator it would appear that this job offer is succesful.

 

[Brinx]

I await my cheque.

 

[Munkey-]

that's bels department.

 

[old.tRoG]

I test/develop rockets, radars, etc. for different armies.

Pros:
I can say I'm a rocket scientist
Not particularly stressful
Good pay for the work
Free coffee
Lots of 'team building excercises' (We all go out for the day and absail, or something)
Lots of holidays

Cons:
Takes ages to get into the office (Security etc)
When the Germans come in

 

[Sharma]

I work for safeway.

Cons:

Aching feet;
Tiredness;
Having two arses who unload tons of work onto me THEY should be doing;
Not a lot of socialising time.

Pros:

10% discount at safeway stores;
Pay.

 

[Danya]

I make computer games.

Cons:
Hours
Stress

Pros:
Games rock

 

[Danya]

Originally posted by Serbitar
IT Supporter also...

Pros:

internet access - going through company firewall but it hasnt been configured properly - i.e. I can view any website i want
Nice friendly ppl to work with, a fair few fellow stoners in the office
Allowed to go home early every day

Cons:
Hour drive to and from work (work in didsbury, south manchester, live in liverpool)
Lots of mancs around (see above)
Not enough £££

Hmm, I live near didsbury.

 

[Sharma]

Originally posted by Danya
I make computer games.

Cons:
Hours
Stress

Pros:
Games rock

<grumbles>

Lucky C..

 

[old.Kerosene]

Run my own software house...

Pros..

Work with me mates.
Make shitloads of cash
No boss
No hassle
Only deadlines are the ones I set..
Work from home
DAoC when I like
Hot dinners cooked for me by the wife coz she has no job the sponging tart.

Cons..

I work in China so odd hours on DAoC
Sometimes difficult to concentrate since I work from home
Wife is around me 24/7 til she gets a fucking job the sponging tart.

 

[)nick(]

Prog(r)a(m)mer!

Pros:
muneh
muneh means I can pay for subs to daoc
subs to daoc allows me to login and play daoc
daoc is a pro

Cons:
whilst making teh muneh I can't play daoc

 

[Cyradix]

I do IT support too.

Biggest con must be stupid people

Latest example :
Lady calls me because her screen is broken.
I ask her if the power is still connected, if the monitor is turned on, etc.
She assures me she checked everything.
So I go over to the other side of the building (a 5 min walk) just to find out the monitor is simply switched off.
5 min walk back inventing all kind of new swear words.

Thank all the computer gods there are also nice networking problems to solve

 

[Whoodoo_RD]

Telecomms / Networks Engineer for the NHS

Pros:
Lots of tasty nurses
No real boss to miss me when i bugger off home early
Lots of tasty nurses
Good pension / get in quick to NHS card
Good travel claiming
Unlimited net access
Lots of tasty nurses

Cons
Shat pay
Doctors are knobs who think the world revolves round em
Some seriously ugly patients and nurses
No DAoC access (unless i use dial up, shhhh)
Most of the jobs i do are PEBCAK*

what the hell, it get paid to oggly nurses and surf the net, aint all bad......oh and from time to time i fix sommit.













*(Problem exists between chair and keyboard)

 

[Cyradix]

Originally posted by Whoodoo_RD

Most of the jobs i do are PEBCAK*


*(Problem exists between chair and keyboard)

hehe, we use that term too

 

[Serbitar]

Originally posted by Whoodoo_RD
Most of the jobs i do are PEBCAK

heheh we use UATM error (User at the machine)

and Error code 101 (incompetant user)

 

[old.Tohtori]

Used to work a summerjob at a printing house.

Cons:

Shitty hours.
Poor pay.
Only one 15 min lunchbreak.
No overtimepay.
Overtime work.
Inkstains on fingers that stay for a week.
Papercuts.
Boss with a whip and a personality disorder.
6 days a week, 10 hours a day.

Pros:

GF who worked the same job so the lunchbreak was well used.

 

[Whoodoo_RD]

I used to be a doorman at a Theme Restarant, Friday and Saturday Nights

Friday Nights WOMEN ONLY!!! - All in one price, drinks, food and caberet, and beleive me when i first started there I was really shocked to see what a room with 150+ drunken, randy women is like!



Needless to say i had a lot of phone numbers and even the odd underwear given to me and the other guys who worked there (10 men total )


Cons my GF came one friday noght and decided it wasnt really for me....not that i agreed but what can you do

 

[old.Biffsmash]

I'm a manager in a cheque cashing / pawnbrokers:

Pro's: I can play DAOC or any other game at work while the staff work. I can surf the net, watch dvd's. Go out for lunch with friends... well pretty much anything as I work with my mom, one of my best friends IRL and another staff member who don;t care


Cons: Tuesdays and thursdays the boss or MD come to shop and I can't play all day but only part of the day

Work on Saturdays

 

[old.yaruar]

IT operations manager (mainly support and sys admin though with a few perks)...

Pros
I totally own the firewalls, so I surf where I want.
Pay is ok, could be better
Work near Liverpool Street so it's an easy journey to work.
Relaxed working atmosphere
After 2 years financial experience I get to earn scary amounts of money
I get to buy lots of shiny computer equipment

Cons
I work with stockbrokers
Occasional customer support sucks the devils balls
Pay could be better
Long hours
I work with stockbrokers
Did I mention I work with stockbrokers......

 

[Brynn]

Waiter at a Tea Shop

Pros

Fit staff
Old people have no sence of time so i can take ages with their meals
Free Scones!!
Discount Jam
Free lunch


Cons

Working with the public
One staff member seems to have a bug up her arse
Shit pay (£4 an hour)
Shit uniform
no sitting down all day
Smells funny

 

[-ElemenT-]

Carmechanic/testdriver

PRO
- Fun job
- Fun ppl
- Good money for the little work
- Drove about any car that's allowed to drive in Belgium
- Very nice hours

CON
- Nothing really... cars always been my "passion".

 

[cadiva]

Ex journalist now working for Sainsbury

Pros of old job

Freebies! CDs, gigs, theatre tickets, cinema trips, meals out, sporting events
Get to meet loads of people from all walks of life


Cons of old job
Freebies from shite things you really really really don't want to go see
Get to meet loads of people from all walks of life who are totally and utterly off their rockers
Shite pay
Pain in the arse senior management
No overtime pay
Lots of overtime
Constantly changing job roles/new ways to work


Pros of new job
No stress
Set hours
10% discount card

Cons of new job
Aching feet!
Even worse pay than previous job

 

[)nick(]

Originally posted by -ElemenT-
Carmechanic/testdriver

PRO
- Fun job
- Fun ppl
- Good money for the little work
- Drove about any car that's allowed to drive in Belgium
- Very nice hours

CON
- Nothing really... cars always been my "passion".

Models get to keep the clothes they model - do you get to keep the cars you drive?

 

[-ElemenT-]

Sadly enough no.

 

[razorboy]

I got a friend doing exact the same job like you Max, has to test drive new Porsches (700+ pk/hp) for some racing team in Zolder

And for the job I do: I study, so not really any pro's, only con's

 

[Hargh]

OMG IT Central

Work in a Bank in Moorgate in London doing IT

Pros:
Hmmmmm. All day surfing.
Decide my own projects.
Office manages itself.
The only quiet trading floor in London
35 mins travel in on a good day - tube

Cons:
DaoC port closed on group f/wall
hour and a half travel in on a bad day with some guys armpit in your nose
No foxy ladies...

 

[old.yaruar]

Originally posted by Hargh
OMG IT Central

Work in a Bank in Moorgate in London doing IT

The only quiet trading floor in London

Just round the corner from me as our offices are on Finsbury Cicrus.

We never actually seem to have that many traders in, although they haven't taken up my idea of a wireless link and terminals installed in the local hostillary they frequent ;-)

 

[Gef]

Head Graphic/Web Designer for a small web development company

Pro's

Relaxed atmosphere
Can surf, IRC, game whatever all day without hasstle
Total freedom of opinion
Okay money (profit related)
I own shares
Good people
Lots of pub lunches

Con's

Nowhere to hide
Office politics can be a nightmare
Deadlines !

 

[Hargh]

Originally posted by old.yaruar
Just round the corner from me as our offices are on Finsbury Cicrus.

We never actually seem to have that many traders in, although they haven't taken up my idea of a wireless link and terminals installed in the local hostillary they frequent ;-)

I sit above the sandwiches in the small marks and spencer. maybe that says more about me that i thought.

i am there now - whoooooo spooky!

 

[Hargh]

Yaruar you have some freaks on your website eh?