How's work?
How's work?
Just curious: how's work? (Poll closes mid-September 2009.)
--Glenn
--Glenn
I wish for multiple choices to be available. I am a full-time student, but certainly work part-time. In regard to the job, I enjoy it, though no job is perfect. And, thanks to living extremely poor while going to grad school, I have to depend on the income of a roommate, who is currently in slightly dire straights due to the economy and not being able to find a job. I may be booting him soon, too, simply because of the money issue. It's a shame as good roommates are hard to find. So there you have it. Would love to be able to check multiple due to the complexity of the situation.
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Well, I feel like I'm a lucky dog, too...I've got a good job in the field I always wanted to work in (newspapers). I look forward to the challenge each day, and marvel that a public school kid who had to pay his own way to college -- ten years after high school -- has made it this far.
Then again, that might reflect how bad things in the newspaper business are these days!
Then again, that might reflect how bad things in the newspaper business are these days!
Jack
"All you need is love, love...love is all you need."
"All you need is love, love...love is all you need."
I put good enough, but almost said the not quite perfect option. I'm having to do whatever work comes up, not getting to delegate the stuff I don't like, and do more travel. It would be the same anywhere else right now for me. When the economy picks back up, I'll be at one of the top two spots again.
84.3% of statistics are made up on the spot.
I love my job; I just wish there were less of it to love. What I do feels all too often like "meatball surgery" as people leave but work does not. But they treat me pretty well there and it sure beats looking for a job....
“Time just seems to get quicker. You look in the mirror in the morning and you think, ‘I’m already shaving again!’” - Terry Jones of Monty Python's Flying Circus
I consider myself most fortunate to work for a company who has allowed me to move my career along at my own pace, and given me opportunities to really stretch, grow and make excellent money while doing so.
So -- for me, work is excellent, and I enjoy it very much. Sure - it is extremely busy, and many is the time that I find I need to work well in excess of 10 or more a day in order to get the job done. The up side is that when the job is done, I can sit back and relax a bit while I wait for the next big wave to hit. As I say, I am very fortunate, and well taken care of.
So -- for me, work is excellent, and I enjoy it very much. Sure - it is extremely busy, and many is the time that I find I need to work well in excess of 10 or more a day in order to get the job done. The up side is that when the job is done, I can sit back and relax a bit while I wait for the next big wave to hit. As I say, I am very fortunate, and well taken care of.
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Recently graduated with a BA in English. I was rejected from all the graduate schools I applied to. I've had one interview in April for a teaching position and didn't get it because the current teacher resigned her contract. I took my civil service exam to work at the public library in March. I scored an 85. They haven't even begun interviewing for that position yet because of the bureaucracy.
I've been sending out two and three resumes a day for the last two months and nothing. I've applied with offshore drilling companies, and I'm about as far from a roughneck as you can get. I've applied at Barnes and Noble, Bed Bath and Beyond, Hibbett Sports, Wal-Mart, Albertson's, Target, and yes, even Taco Bell. Nothing.
I haven't even had an interview since April. And I'm not just applying locally. I've been submitting resumes everywhere from New York to LA to Montana and Mississippi. The economy is in the crapper and no one is hiring.
The best prospect I have is being a security guard. A friend of mine does that. Says that his company is always hiring because turnover is so high. I'm heading there soon.
Any of you fine gentlemen need a writer/editor with a creative writing background and intermediate knowledge of the Spanish language?
I've been sending out two and three resumes a day for the last two months and nothing. I've applied with offshore drilling companies, and I'm about as far from a roughneck as you can get. I've applied at Barnes and Noble, Bed Bath and Beyond, Hibbett Sports, Wal-Mart, Albertson's, Target, and yes, even Taco Bell. Nothing.
I haven't even had an interview since April. And I'm not just applying locally. I've been submitting resumes everywhere from New York to LA to Montana and Mississippi. The economy is in the crapper and no one is hiring.
The best prospect I have is being a security guard. A friend of mine does that. Says that his company is always hiring because turnover is so high. I'm heading there soon.
Any of you fine gentlemen need a writer/editor with a creative writing background and intermediate knowledge of the Spanish language?
-David
Now go and watch Raiders.
Now go and watch Raiders.
Working in Child Protective Services for 26 years, the subject matter can become oppressive. Nevertheless, I work with a great group of people and I'm grateful to be employed.
- Murray
PS. Milo, I wish you the best. Trying to start a profession, and/or simply finding employment, in times like these is a rough place to be.
- Murray
PS. Milo, I wish you the best. Trying to start a profession, and/or simply finding employment, in times like these is a rough place to be.