Jobs

[_UniversalTruth_]

Fuck Yeah dudes I'm an urban studies major at my university too! My goal is to build skateparks in cities all over the US/world

Nice one! I'd love to plan plazas where you can skate, but where people also come to relax, where children can play or people can grill etc., lots of green around. Similar to the one janne saario designed in scandinavia somewhere. Good luck to you with achieving you goal!

[kevbo999]

I'm getting $40 to go to a 1hr Subway taste test on Thursday.  They better not feed me anything gross.

[Nick..]

I work at Mark's Work Wearhouse, which is a Canadian retailer that sells workwear and clothing. I get paid $10.25 an hour to work a shift a week.

[Reggie Nobles]

Got a job recently at sears

sucks ass but money is money

[mcpeepants]

The only work I've been doing lately is at my internship for the shop. Getting paid in product works out though since I don't have any money to begin with

[ice nine]

Slang meat, and work in said warehouse. Been quitting/travelling/coming back to this job for 5 years, so haven't had a raise in that span which sucks.Full time while schooling full time, not much time for anything else lately.its alright

[grimcity]

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Anyone here worked on an oil rig/Alaska fishing/similar hard job with high pay?

Thinking of doing something along these lines for the coming Summer.

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I had a friend who did salmon fishing up in AK. Hard sketchy work. You get paid, but from what I've heard is since you get long stretches off at a time with a bunch of money. Most of the dudes get in to port, and get fucked up for most of the time they're there. Then are broke, and have to go back out.

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yeah, like working in the oil field.

No doubt, this is every dude I know that works offshore.

[earlygrab]

The only work I've been doing lately is at my internship for the shop. Getting paid in product works out though since I don't have any money to begin with

internships are a shade business, but having an internship to work at a skate shop is a new low. Assuming that's what you meant by shop.

[busey]

i'm a creative director for an advertisement agency. it's pretty mellow and fun. i own a skateboard company that isn't going to buy me a yacht or crazy stripper wives anytime soon but it's good times. co-own a production company that makes short films, advertisements, skits, music videos, etc. i freelance in the film industry directing music videos and random shorts. i write for king shit magazine whenever i can. i got that job by prank calling jereme rogers and the owner hearing it... it just worked out from there and i'm stoked to be working for a magazine i actually love. i'm also trying to get a few screenplays bought up which would be dabombshit.  i have no idea where my life is leading me but it's been a good ride so far.

[earlygrab]

never heard a cd at an agency describe his job as mellow and fun. You are very fortunate and from the sound of it very active.

[Dr Steve Brule]

doctor to droctor thank you

[steve]

i was running a group home type environment for kids, aged 8-13, who were in state custody for whatever reasons. i had 11 year old sex offenders, attempted murderers, kids who saw their parents get murked, kids who had all kinds of terrible shit done to them- it was a great job most of the time. here i'm playing up the negative highlights because the good that came out of it was fierce. i got to teach some dudes how to skate, enjoy music, sing blues with 8 year old future inmates, garden, make a day decent for someone, and for the time teach someone how to appreciate themselves and be a kid for a second after having had that stolen away.

with that said, it was hard as fuck and no shift ever lasted 8 hours. the people who worked for me were tools for the most part- for many reasons, many people hired in direct care positions are fools without heart or a much of a brain. it was draining outside of the workplace- there's no way to go home and not be concerned about what you saw, heard, or thought. working 3-1130 (really 3-1am) is tiring and a total drain on any type of relationships outside of last call.

since feb. 2010 i've been out of work at total of 8 months due to work related injuries. hand was broken in 3 places after being kicked by a kid playing kickball and tore my foot to shreds chasing after a kid playing football. hah, so many people get hurt when kids get out of hand- the kids only hurt me when we were having fun, fuckin a.

i don't think i'm going to go back when i'm healed. i've since started working on my BA again, i've got 5 classes after this semester. it's time to do myself!

[the ragamuffin]

How shitty is the job market right now, really?

I'm about to graduate this Spring, and I've been getting conflicting advice. On one hand, there are the older people who hate their jobs and tell me to go explore myself, ie join the peace corps/move to a random resort town and work at a hotel.

On the other hand, there are those people who keep telling me that the job market sucks, and I should really focus on my future.

I just talked to a former boss of mine who likes me a lot, and now works at a huge hospital called Sentara. He told me that a position is about to open up dealing with basic maintenance of buildings and shit, and he can put in a really good word for me and give me a good chance of getting the job. The problem is, this job has nothing to do with anything that I ever considered pursuing (not to mention I'd be moving back to my home town).

Am I being pompous if I graduate college and don't want to be a glorified janitor? This job definitely has its perks--they'll pay for me to keep taking classes, and its a huge corporation with lots of room to work up--but part of me is screaming that this feels wrong and I should really just listen to all those older people who hate their jobs and have been encouraging me to "see the world."

Beyond that, if I commit to this (which would probably have to be before I graduate) I may be forgoing other opportunities that haven't come up yet--stuff that I may actually be moderately interested in, and that have a more academic feel.

What do you guys think? Should I just take what I can get right now and see where it takes me, or should I keep my sights high and try to pursue something I've been working towards my whole time at school?

[Inbred Jed]

Take the job and apply for other jobs while you're working. Just never end up in a call center. It's like purgatory.

[mcpeepants]

Yeah, I have to ask... what is the point of an internship in any type of retail.  Internships are for experience.

To clarify, it is a skateshop. I guess I used the term internship too loosely. I basically make designs for whatever he needs and he hooks me up for it.

[Nick Bruno]

I work at a group home with special needs people. It's really cool I just do whatever i want and get paid for it.

[bakedRice]

I work at a group home with special needs people. It's really cool I just do whatever i want and get paid for it.

that does not sound like working in a group home for people with special needs...

i'm a creative director for an advertisement agency. it's pretty mellow and fun. i own a skateboard company that isn't going to buy me a yacht or crazy stripper wives anytime soon but it's good times. co-own a production company that makes short films, advertisements, skits, music videos, etc. i freelance in the film industry directing music videos and random shorts. i write for king shit magazine whenever i can. i got that job by prank calling jereme rogers and the owner hearing it... it just worked out from there and i'm stoked to be working for a magazine i actually love. i'm also trying to get a few screenplays bought up which would be dabombshit.  i have no idea where my life is leading me but it's been a good ride so far.

kingshit is the best free mag ever, what board company do you own? is it love?

i hae no job right now, almost done school and i can go back to working parks maintenance full time in the summer. sickest summer job. its a town job, you can get high, put on music and ride a mower till its lunch, then we get to play euchre! lol

[Narcissus]

How shitty is the job market right now, really?

I'm about to graduate this Spring, and I've been getting conflicting advice. On one hand, there are the older people who hate their jobs and tell me to go explore myself, ie join the peace corps/move to a random resort town and work at a hotel.

On the other hand, there are those people who keep telling me that the job market sucks, and I should really focus on my future.

I just talked to a former boss of mine who likes me a lot, and now works at a huge hospital called Sentara. He told me that a position is about to open up dealing with basic maintenance of buildings and shit, and he can put in a really good word for me and give me a good chance of getting the job. The problem is, this job has nothing to do with anything that I ever considered pursuing (not to mention I'd be moving back to my home town).

Am I being pompous if I graduate college and don't want to be a glorified janitor? This job definitely has its perks--they'll pay for me to keep taking classes, and its a huge corporation with lots of room to work up--but part of me is screaming that this feels wrong and I should really just listen to all those older people who hate their jobs and have been encouraging me to "see the world."

Beyond that, if I commit to this (which would probably have to be before I graduate) I may be forgoing other opportunities that haven't come up yet--stuff that I may actually be moderately interested in, and that have a more academic feel.

What do you guys think? Should I just take what I can get right now and see where it takes me, or should I keep my sights high and try to pursue something I've been working towards my whole time at school?

Go somewhere cool and get a rando job. Enjoy yourself. You have the rest of your life to become a glorified janitor...

[Nick Bruno]

@bakedrice. It is, I'm basically a baby sitter for grown men. Like today I'll go into work play some wii golf go get some chipotle or something for dinner and maybe take one of the guys to go play basketball or something, then just lurk the internet for a couple hours until the night shift guy gets there. It's super easy for 10 bucks an hour.

[bakedRice]

@bakedrice. It is, I'm basically a baby sitter for grown men. Like today I'll go into work play some wii golf go get some chipotle or something for dinner and maybe take one of the guys to go play basketball or something, then just lurk the internet for a couple hours until the night shift guy gets there. It's super easy for 10 bucks an hour.

true true i wasnt thinking of it that way, i just assumed everyone were nurses changing diapers. i want your job.

[illmatic]

i run lights and sound at concerts and events; at a casino. i get paid decently but hate the entertainment business. after all my previous school loans are paid, i going back to school to have a career that contributes to society (a doctor or something)

[Nick Bruno]

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@bakedrice. It is, I'm basically a baby sitter for grown men. Like today I'll go into work play some wii golf go get some chipotle or something for dinner and maybe take one of the guys to go play basketball or something, then just lurk the internet for a couple hours until the night shift guy gets there. It's super easy for 10 bucks an hour.

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true true i wasnt thinking of it that way, i just assumed everyone were nurses changing diapers. i want your job.

Ya dude its sick. Its not a nursing home or anything though, its just a normal house in a neighborhood.

[Monty Burns]

Im a chef . Been doing it now for about 4 years , and the last 2 years its been in fine dining . Love my job  but it has alot of downsides too .


Nice to see some other ppl on here that are prep cooks and cooks .  One day at the time dudes !

[verbal ham]

clerk at safeway
Help outside today?

[Jack]

Seem to be slipping into being a full-on barman. Got a trial shift tomorrow as a barman/cocktail maker/barista in a kind of nice hotel. The pay is ok, but below the national average. I've got to learn 16 cocktails by tomorrow, shouldn't be too hard but I'd rather be filling my brain with pretty much anything else.
I have no idea how I'm ever going to get into a job that fulfills even the tiniest amount of my dreams or ambitions. I want to write fiction but some shit in my life has changed recently and I feel like I can no longer write.
I am a mess. Feeling this pathetic has a habit of making you feel even more pathetic each time you realize how pathetic you are being.
Some folks in here are doing some rad shit. That's good to see.

[the ragamuffin]

You shouldn't be so down on yourself, brah. Sometimes I think being a bartender would be kinda sick, if only for a few years. Maybe its because I like chatting it up with strangers and I absolutely love booze, but either way.

You should just save up as much money as you can and keep taking classes, or go on a sick vacation, or something to get you inspired to do what you want. Everybody's in a tight place right now, but that doesn't mean it'll be like this forever. You just gotta enjoy what you have right now, but don't lose sight on your aspirations and keep your motherfuckin head up!

[Matthew Peters]

I am a paralegal with the Midwestern Innocence project.  I assist in proving people innocent of the crimes that they are serving time in prison for.  I will start law school this fall, and once I finish that I will be lost as to what I should do. 

[steve]

You shouldn't be so down on yourself, brah. Sometimes I think being a bartender would be kinda sick, if only for a few years. Maybe its because I like chatting it up with strangers and I absolutely love booze, but either way.

You should just save up as much money as you can and keep taking classes, or go on a sick vacation, or something to get you inspired to do what you want. Everybody's in a tight place right now, but that doesn't mean it'll be like this forever. You just gotta enjoy what you have right now, but don't lose sight on your aspirations and keep your motherfuckin head up!

a few of my buddies are bartenders and while not necessarily digging their job most of the time, they absolutely fucking love the time off. All the dudes i know who have this gig take awesome vacations all over the world, sometimes for a month at a time. i would like to do it during the rest of my return to school.

stay up!

[magicstickyhand]

Im a chef . Been doing it now for about 4 years , and the last 2 years its been in fine dining . Love my job  but it has alot of downsides too .


Nice to see some other ppl on here that are prep cooks and cooks .  One day at the time dudes !

I is prep Cook to . 

[bangkadang]

Ive been working at a golf course for a little over 2 years now, its the chillest fucking job ever. I usually open so i just get the members golf clubs out and put them on their carts and talk to them when they show up, then go inside the proshop and watch tv for about 4 hours, then take their golf clubs off their carts and clean them, and they tip me. i work for minimum wage, but i live in washington so minimum is 8.67. I also get amazing food for free.