your job

[gengi]

Was just sat here at work wondering, as is my wont, what other people view as the pros and cons of their jobs. Here are some of mine.

Cons for my job.

no DAoC for a month at a time, a ping of 6 - 700ms and a pl of 15 - 20 % = unplayable.
Working in a place that can be injurious to health (disease, civil strife, scurvy due to lack of fresh fruit and veg )
Working midnight to midday for 28 days, takes me 3 or 4 days to straighten out when I ge home.
Not having a beer for a month is a fairly bad point too.

Pros

Relatively cheap fags.
Airmiles, can be very useful.
I can surf the net almost at will, bearing in mind I am behind a company firewall.
I enjoy flying in Aeroplanes and helicopters .
I get to see parts of the world that I probably would not have if I didn't work there.

pro/con a bit of both

I am away from home for 30 days at a time, I am at home for 26 and in the days at home have no work. About 6 months holiday a year .
I miss things because I am work, this year is quite bad birthdays anniversaries, christmas and new year. Next year I should be home for all the ones I miss this year so its a swings and roundabouts kind of deal.

Anyway if you feel like it add your own, if not, thanks for reading and have a good one

Later

 

[Validus]

what do u do, does it pay well, is it legal and do you get free crackers?.

 

[Addlcove]

IT-supporter here

cons:

lusers, no daoc, no IRC, having to go 1 hour by public transportation 2 days every week to get at second office.

Pro's

main office 5km from home, within bycicling distance, good wages, lots of forumtime, free coffee, 1 hot meal a day for 25£ a month (and breakfast included on fridays), easy access to Firewall hardware (all the old things we "throw out")

 

[gengi]

Originally posted by Validus
what do u do, does it pay well, is it legal and do you get free crackers?.

I work on an Oil Rig off the coast of Africa
The pay is reasonable + 15% extra because of the requirement for armed guards when travelling to and from the airport and staying inside a walled, razor wired, gated compound for one night a month.
Yes it is legal.
Yes but they are usually stale.

Hope this answers our questions

Later

 

[Cush]

Originally posted by gengi
I work on an Oil Rig off the coast of Africa
The pay is reasonable + 15% extra because of the requirement for armed guards when travelling to and from the airport and staying inside a walled, razor wired, gated compound for one night a month.
Yes it is legal.
Yes but they are usually stale.

Hope this answers our questions

Later

you didnt say anything about them crackers

 

[Addlcove]

Originally posted by Cush
you didnt say anything about them crackers

Orignally posted be gengi
yes but they are usually stale.

 

[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 £££

 

[Cush]

Tought he meant the armed guards were stale (prays and hope they bought it)

 

[old.job]

Gengi you weren't held hostage about a month ago were you?

 

[Jonaldo]

I'm out of work atm
Anyone near Basildon got any work for someone who knows a little about PC's?

 

[gengi]

Originally posted by old.job
Gengi you weren't held hostage about a month ago were you?

Not a month ago April/ May I was held on the Rig for a couple of weeks.

Later

 

[old.TeaSpoon]

I'm a lifeguard at the local pool.

Pro's:

Pays good
Can use the facilities free

Con's:
Despite popular belief, there is nothing nice to look at
Its hot
The public are horrible
It smells
The people I work with are lazy
The hours are long
Cleaning the changing rooms, espcially the females is nasty
Lots of bins to empty
If things go wrong, they go WRONG
Strange hours
My sister is my boss
The only water they provide us to drink is warm

 

[Addlcove]

Originally posted by old.TeaSpoon

Despite popular belief, there is nothing nice to look at

My sister is my boss

well..... your sister is hot though but can understand if you aren´t looking at her

 

[Cush]

pff nothing wrong with having sexeh dreams with your sister in it..
or..
wait...
on second tought it is



(bloody good thing i aint got a sister)

 

[old.Tohtori]

Game dev here.

Pro's:

Come to work anytime and work as much as needed.(usual 7h)

Good pay.

Noone minds a little exporing or ircing.

Good connections (lan/net) for some afterwork/prehome battlefield1942 and such.

Freedom to come and go and have breaks as you wish(if not crunchtime).

Freedom of personal opinion and creativity in your own work.

Games. Games. Games.

Con's:

Deadlines. Real killers when you work for 30h to get the version out.

Software problems. Sometimes even the creators of the software don't know the solution to the strange problems we find.

...i think that's it

 

[old.TeaSpoon]

Originally posted by Addlcove
well..... your sister is hot though but can understand if you aren´t looking at her

Oh pfft, stop drooling over my sister

 

[Addlcove]

Originally posted by old.TeaSpoon
Oh pfft, stop drooling over my sister

muhaha naah I dont think so, besides as long as I don´t drool over you.....

 

[old.TeaSpoon]

Originally posted by Addlcove
muhaha naah I dont think so, besides as long as I don´t drool over you.....

True - and if you do, I'll set my sister on you

 

[Addlcove]

Originally posted by old.TeaSpoon
True - and if you do, I'll set my sister on you

*drools over Teasponge*

 

[old.TeaSpoon]

/me sets his sister on Addlecove

Oh, and I'm talking about the older one whos blonde with the 32 year old bodybuilding husband who BaF's

 

[Cush]

Originally posted by old.TeaSpoon
/me sets his sister on Addlecove

Oh, and I'm talking about the older one whos blonde with the 32 year old bodybuilding husband who BaF's

baf is good.. give loads of exp ^^

 

[old.ivan]

I used to work in advertising, so heres the perks of the job :

Pros :

- 90% female staff
- intelligent and good looking colleagues, i learnt to value intelligent conversations <call me weird if you like>
- travelling to europe at least 4 times a month
- decent money and paid healthcare
- virtually unrestricted access to internet

Cons :

- 90% female staff
- Sometimes my work days lasted for 12 hours especially so during summer due to alot of "light alcoholic beverages" campaigns that need sorting.
- No paid overtime , although theres a good bonus package during "busy" season.
- Beurocracy was/is immense

Right now im employed as a consultant in a certain Russian JSC. Pays well, dont have to leave Moscow as often = more personal/DaoC time and i get to tell people what to do hehe

 

[the_fnord]

Work as a sound engineer/conference host at a conference center.

Pros:
Work with artists
Solving problems
Nice co-workers
Nice guests

Cons:
Messed up work hours
Solving problems
Guests with attitude
EXTREMELY slow computors

 

[Cush]

Originally posted by old.ivan
I used to work in advertising, so heres the perks of the job :

Pros :

- 90% female staff
- intelligent and good looking colleagues, i learnt to value intelligent conversations <call me weird if you like>
- travelling to europe at least 4 times a month
- decent money and paid healthcare
- virtually unrestricted access to internet

Cons :

- 90% female staff
- Sometimes my work days lasted for 12 hours especially so during summer due to alot of "light alcoholic beverages" campaigns that need sorting.
- No paid overtime , although theres a good bonus package during "busy" season.
- Beurocracy was/is immense

Right now im employed as a consultant in a certain Russian JSC. Pays well, dont have to leave Moscow as often = more personal/DaoC time and i get to tell people what to do hehe

Ivan wasent it you that keept getting your suitcase lost by the airline your company used all the time? or was that someone else maybe

 

[katt!]

Originally posted by old.Tohtori
Game dev here.

Pro's:

Come to work anytime and work as much as needed.(usual 7h)

Good pay.

Noone minds a little exporing or ircing.

Good connections (lan/net) for some afterwork/prehome battlefield1942 and such.

Freedom to come and go and have breaks as you wish(if not crunchtime).

Freedom of personal opinion and creativity in your own work.

Games. Games. Games.

Con's:

Deadlines. Real killers when you work for 30h to get the version out.

Software problems. Sometimes even the creators of the software don't know the solution to the strange problems we find.

...i think that's it

giv company name

 

[Addlcove]

Originally posted by old.TeaSpoon
/me sets his sister on Addlecove

Oh, and I'm talking about the older one whos blonde with the 32 year old bodybuilding husband who BaF's

that´s the one who´s yer boss too?

or was that the sweet looking one?

 

[old.ivan]

Originally posted by Cush
Ivan wasent it you that keept getting your suitcase lost by the airline your company used all the time? or was that someone else maybe

Nah, that wasnt me. <Thank God> My suitcases dont get lost they usually get to the destination on the next flight though hehe. Still have to learn how to travel light.

 

[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

 

[Addlcove]

Originally posted by Brinx
[Free custom title for a successful job offer

I want "goth-a-cola" as custom if my tip pays of!

 

[old.TeaSpoon]

Originally posted by Addlcove
that´s the one who´s yer boss too?

or was that the sweet looking one?

I'll set the one with the big hubby on you, but the one you like is my boss