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EMCE
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1) what do you do to earn money?

2) what parts of your job suck?

C) do the perks make up for the suckage?

4) who would you rather sleep with....Big Business or myself? why?

[Edited on February 5, 2009 at 12:29 PM. Reason :  ]

2/5/2009 12:27:25 PM

BigMan157
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i want more money and i'm not planning on making a career out of what i'm currently doing

otherwise i enjoy my job

[Edited on February 5, 2009 at 12:30 PM. Reason : FUCK YOUR LIST]

2/5/2009 12:30:08 PM

Slave Famous
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1. Make other people money

2. Cold Calls

3. By a long shot

4. Big Business...and it's not even close

2/5/2009 12:32:06 PM

Crede
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none of your big business

2/5/2009 12:33:18 PM

theDuke866
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1. USMC officer (aviator, EA-6B Prowler)

2. Intrusiveness into your personal life (what clothes you wear while on your own time away from work; getting in trouble at work for things like speeding tickets; ridiculous things like command vehicle inspections and mandatory reflective gear while riding motorcycles, because no price is too high for a marginal increase in safety.

Also, getting deployed to suckass 3rd world countries, and sent on training dets for weeks at a time while at home. Similarly, having to move every 2-4 years (all of these things are both a blessing and a curse, but there is a major downside to them all)

Oh, and big-time cog in the machine factor. The big green machine doesn't care. Getting screwed sometimes for no reason other than pure bad luck is a fact of life.


3. Yes...I'm a navigator/weapon system operator/electronic warfare officer in a $60,000,000 attack jet...I've seen and lived in a bunch of neat places, and done a TON of really cool stuff (I mean, I could write a few pages about the cool stuff that I've done just in the last 4 years, and the vast majority of that time wasn't even spent in an operational unit. I get paid pretty well, and will be able to retire at the age of 44. I have a top secret/SCI security clearance, which allows me access to all sorts of cool information, and can be valuable in the civilian world. Also, the satisfaction of knowing that you have an important job that makes an impact in a lot of ways, from the 19-year old Marine under your charge, to the troops that you protect with your aircraft, to the political and strategic implications of our military capability, to which your specialized and valuable expertise is critical.

[Edited on February 5, 2009 at 12:54 PM. Reason : asdf]

2/5/2009 12:48:01 PM

Bearden
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1. Work in Semiconductors

2. Company is closing its doors

2/5/2009 1:23:04 PM

khcadwal
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1. nothing
2. the part of my job that sucks, is that i don't have one
3. the perks are that i don't have to worry about getting laid off. but no, i wish i had a job
4. you, of course.

[Edited on February 5, 2009 at 1:26 PM. Reason : well i guess i technically have a PT job at a boutique. that job rocks.]

2/5/2009 1:24:21 PM

ReceiveDeath
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Quote :
"4. you, of course."


emce is probably jacking off and overwhelmed with joy at that response

2/5/2009 1:26:09 PM

CharlesHF
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Quote :
"1. nothing
2. the part of my job that sucks, is that i don't have one
3. the perks are that i don't have to worry about getting laid off. but no, i wish i had a job"


Me too.

[Edited on February 5, 2009 at 1:26 PM. Reason : ]

2/5/2009 1:26:32 PM

TenaciousC
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1) Show up and write "accurate and timely reports"

2) Pay, lack of hours

C) sure

4) EMCE

2/5/2009 1:29:02 PM

EMCE
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lol @ RD

I can't jack off now! I'm at work.....unlike you, you unemployable sack of shit

2/5/2009 1:29:44 PM

Hurley
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1) EI, solidworks user/admin

2) Attempting to complete many differenct tasks within the same expected timeframe

C) indeed they do

4) -






***BREAKING NEWS***
My boss walks into my cube as I type my response, grabs a stack of papers, glances at the screen and keeps on going

2/5/2009 1:32:42 PM

EMCE
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I guess I'll answer when I get home tonight. I don't have the time at the moment.

2/5/2009 1:37:08 PM

dustm
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1) Design machinery, mostly custom application waterjet cutting cleaning equipment at a very small company

2) Staring at a computer screen all day alone in an office. Dealing with old software. Having a boss who knows just enough about mechanical design to scrape by and who is also very difficult to talk to about anything. Having to work out the dirty details of a poorly thought out mechanism or system resulting from brainstorming with said individual. Especially when a better idea is pooed immediately with very little discussion or investigation into claimed matters... I'll leave it at that. Working on the next item and simultaneously making sure the last is put together correctly by the one guy in the shop, who will not always ask questions when unsure what to do... Yeah, just weld that anywhere.

3) Its a close call. I'd say in the long run no. But, I can use the machine shop including limited use of the cnc waterjet. Flexible hours (I'm in school this semester and work half time). Its a lot of on the job experience doing a large variety of things, but given the nature of the environment it will only cary me so far.

4) Not enough info for me to feel compelled to pick. I mean am I being forced into the act? Who is gentler? I guess my answer would be neither and I'd fight tooth and nail otherwise.

[Edited on February 5, 2009 at 1:48 PM. Reason : where did that come from]

2/5/2009 1:47:22 PM

DivaBaby19
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Paid Job:

1. Executive Assistant at a CRO (contract research org)

2. EVERYTHING SUCKS...I am not challenged what-so-ever and I feel like I get dumber everyday (but that may be in part due to my use of TWW 7 out of the 8 hours I'm here). No respect for the things that I do for the retards that work in this company. Knowing that I do my bosses work and he passes it off as his own sucks too. I do try to bust his balls every chance I get though.

3. Perks? What are those?

4. EMCE


Unpaid Job:

1. Asst. Marketing Director/Accomodations Coordinator for the Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic for Cancer Research and I'm in charge of the massive volunteer appreciation party after the event.

2. I help develop the marketing packets to send out to sponsors and celebrities. I am a contact for sponsors when we get closer to the event. I also take care of all the accomodations for the celebrities and sponsors in town for the event. Which means I find out when they're coming to town, book hotels, and I'm their contact during the weekend should anything go wrong. I'm like a negotiator at times when shit hits the fan. For the volunteer party I plan the whole event, find prizes and such to give away to the volunteers, and I find speakers. I also work with the Marketing Director to secure a sponsor for the volunteers.

3. The perks totally outweigh the no pay Awesome experience for an awesome cause. I want to do stuff like this for the rest of my life. One day I'd like to head up a foundation or something. My dream is to head up one that is sponsored by some professional sports team. We'll see how that works out.

4. EMCE AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN

2/5/2009 1:48:53 PM

Republican18
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1) I am a police officer

2) Shitty pay....one of the lowest in the county, Cant have a goatee unless you are in the Drug unit, Dangerous...might get shot, stabbed, hit, stuck with needles etc, Deal with stupid people all day, People hate you until they need you, People criticize every action you take despite having no knowledge about what you do, People want to sue you, Your success is never recognized by people or your supervisors....but your mistakes always are, Rotating shift work

C) Yes, You must make your own personal satisfaction. I work for a great Dept. Take pride in what you do. I know I have helped people in need. I know I have directly saved several lives. I can make U-turns where I damn well please when going to a call. I can carry a gun off duty damn near anywhere in the country. There are probably more perks but I cant think of them.

[Edited on February 5, 2009 at 1:56 PM. Reason : .]

2/5/2009 1:54:35 PM

jbrick83
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1) Attorney

2) Asking clients for money. I'm a softy. If my partner wasn't money-hungry, then I think we'd have trouble making any money.

3) They do for now. Money is pretty good and it's interesting so far because everything is so new. But I have a feeling I'll be getting tired of it in the next few years.

4) Probably EMCE...I don't swing that way...but if I did, he seems like an attractive male. However, I don't know what Big Business looks like.

2/5/2009 1:55:02 PM

Stimwalt
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1) Engineer/Database Monkey

2) Presentations

C) Hell yes

4) EMCE, because big business is always presenting them, no herp, k thx.

2/5/2009 1:58:35 PM

Vix
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1. nothing
2. the part of my job that sucks, is that i don't have one
3. the perks are that i don't have to worry about getting laid off. but no, i wish i had a job
4. Gotta think about this one.

2/5/2009 2:05:47 PM

fleetwud
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1) Run computer ops for a print shop; burn CDs for same operation
B) Tedious bullshit... think Bill Lumburgh from Office Space... that's my boss
3) Overtime avail as I need it; random free computer components, paper, CDROMS
4) myself

2/5/2009 2:09:36 PM

0EPII1
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1) College lecturer (math, stats, etc)

2) > 2/3 of the students are lazy, unmotivated, and beg for marks ('help') all the time to such an extent, that it is embarassing. 90% of them come from upper-class families. Oh, and the vast majority are very very weak in math... so teaching them is pretty hard and frustrating. I am talking, they don't know how to add fractions and such. And I am supposed to teach them calculus and stats. Also, the college is literally in the middle of the desert, 35 km outside the city. Lastly, the marking of tests and exams -- that sucks.

C) Pay sucks, but 4 months off each year, and work 5 times a week, so pretty much yeah. One definite advantage: staying youthful, both physically and mentally.

4) I am not a fag.

2/5/2009 2:14:14 PM

sawahash
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Please refer to this thread for my answer to those questions....except the 4th one

http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=556163

2/5/2009 2:15:02 PM

BigEgo
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full time student doesn't count as a job

2/5/2009 2:15:24 PM

JeffreyBSG
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[quote]1) what do you do to earn money?

2) what parts of your job suck?

C) do the perks make up for the suckage?

4) who would you rather sleep with....Big Business or myself? why?


1. I lecture college math courses, grade quizzes, and hold office hours for a combined 6-7 hours a week.

2. None of them, really. I don't make much, gross pay, but I don't spend much, either.

C. My pay works out to something like $50/hr and I get a free education. And I like teaching, too.

4. Probably you, if I absolutely had to choose. I've never seen Big Business but you don't seem like a bad lookin' guy (no homo.) I get to be pitcher, though.

2/5/2009 2:20:19 PM

scotieb24
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1) Engineer/ Transmission Resources NC Electric Cooperatives

2) Wish I would have taken more power courses

C) Definitely

4) Both, but I'm married

2/5/2009 2:21:18 PM

ShinAntonio
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1) Software Engineer

2) I have next to no interest in technology. It's a fight to get anything to hold my attention.

3) Being paid well and able to live comfortably do make it for it, at least until I figure out something better to do.

4) Big Business looks like he sucks a mean dick, but he'd probably kick you out of bed the moment it was over. EMCE looks like he likes to cuddle. So, EMCE.

2/5/2009 2:34:27 PM

arcgreek
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which job?

2/5/2009 2:35:11 PM

ALkatraz
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1) Foundation Engineering
2) Writing Progress Reports, 4am concrete pours, 5pm Friday concrete pours
3) Yea - Flexible hours, relaxed office environment, office/field time is about 50/50, cool boss, young coworkers, interesting projects
4) [NO]

2/5/2009 3:39:20 PM

amber1
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1) I'd rather not say - but it's a local government job
2) Sometimes I lose faith in what I'm doing, I feel like some of the things I enforce are out dated, and need change, but change takes forEVER. I also feel like there is a lot of misunderstanding about what I do, but it is not easy to change people's mind once an opinion is formed. Other things that bother me is that there is a lot of room for interpretation in this job and I feel like there is a lack of consistency that I find very frustrating. Plus some of the people that I work with are just jerks.
3) It's a good job with great benefits and good pay. Plus I don't have to worry about losing my job in a time when things are uncertain. I generally make my own schedule and work independently for the most part.
4) I'm going to have to go with EMCE, I don't know who Big Business is.

2/5/2009 4:05:09 PM

djeternal
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the fact that it is nonexistent sucks pretty bad

2/5/2009 4:08:47 PM

colter
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1) chillin

2) none of it, I just hang around all day wasting time, and I feel great about that

C) sure, perks are having plenty of free time to travel, and do whatever, downsides is I dont have a lot of money coming in, but I'd rather have time than slave away at a job I hate.

the worst part about finding a job
is having to go to it
each and every day
real and actual slavery
the american way

2/5/2009 4:30:02 PM

NeuseRvrRat
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1) fix broken shit in the dorms

2) having to repeatedly fix things because of stupid kids who can't stop intentionally breaking shit. having to explain to people why their A/C won't work when it's below 55F outside. open a fucking window you dumbshit. any type of toilet work

3) yeah, it's pretty chill, unbelievably flexible, and on campus. good for a student.

[Edited on February 5, 2009 at 5:09 PM. Reason : .]

2/5/2009 5:08:50 PM

twoozles
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WELL
yesterday one of my boys spit milk all over me
so that sucked

2/5/2009 5:10:40 PM

GrimReap3r
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money.....I'm unemployed

2/5/2009 5:12:04 PM

0EPII1
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Quote :
"1)

2)

C)

4)"

2/6/2009 7:12:06 AM

EMCE
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whoops, I forgot to participate IN MY OWN THREAD yesterday when I got home from work. Perhaps my memory won't fail me today when I get home

Don't feel like typing out a response on my tiny palm treo keyboard.

2/6/2009 7:51:08 AM

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1) TA philosophy courses at university. Involves grading student papers every week, attending their regular class (that the prof teaches), and running four Friday sections. Bleh.

2) Grading.

C) I get to do my research so yes, it's worth it.

4) You because I would crush Big Business's ass

2/6/2009 7:58:21 AM

JCASHFAN
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from theDuke866:

Quote :
"no price is too high for a marginal increase in safety."
LAWLS

2/6/2009 7:59:29 AM

richthofen
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1)IT support (primarily fixing broken shit along with a little web design, upgrade planning, things like that)

2)Pay is unimpressive (thank you state government), bureaucracy can be maddening, users can be annoying, most of my day-to-day work is neither challenging nor exciting.

3)To some degree. Job security is better than private sector, which is important right now. Co-workers are good people. Most of the time it's low stress. I'm not micromanaged (quite the contrary, my supervisor works in a different building than me.) Some of the longer-range planning/projects are quite interesting, and occasionally I get a challenge or a learning opportunity when something goes wrong. I doubt I'll be here forever, more money would be nice once the economy rebounds (however long that takes) and I don't want to be in IT all my life but I'm by no means miserable.

4)Neither, thanks.

2/6/2009 1:45:37 PM

Big Business
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cheap shot man.

cheap shot

:'(

I'm Big Business and i approved this message.

2/6/2009 1:47:31 PM

synapse
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BTTT

5/3/2013 12:20:06 PM

UJustWait84
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1) teach at a university/JC- pay is decent, but not great
2) grading papers and hearing bullshit excuses, either in person or via email, from teenagers/young adults
3) 6 weeks off from December-January, 10 days for Spring Break, off from mid May-late August
4) We both know the answer to this



[Edited on May 3, 2013 at 12:33 PM. Reason : .]

5/3/2013 12:23:50 PM

Snewf
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1) 4 different part-time jobs. 2 of them are with the same company.

2) Not making enough money and having no insurance. Having offices in 3 different cities.

C) Yes and No. The perks are certainly beyond what most people get as perks. Like the other day my bosses washed my car while I ate a catered lunch. But would I rather have a sandwich or insurance?

4) I plead the fif

5/3/2013 12:29:58 PM

UJustWait84
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wow, I totally get why synapse bumped this now

5/3/2013 12:42:26 PM

MinkaGrl01

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1) what do you do to earn money?
I work for two nonprofits

2) what parts of your job suck?
her: Why is my caller id button lighted up?

me: Maybe someone called you?

her: The voicemail light isn't on.

me: okay

her: How do I find out who called?

C) do the perks make up for the suckage?
yes! I care about what I do. There's no corporate politics, no trampling over folks crap
oh and I can wear my yoga clothes on a Friday since I have yoga after work

4) who would you rather sleep with....Big Business or myself? why?
you. for ice cream.

5/3/2013 12:46:34 PM

bbehe
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1. Work at Hunt Library working Tier 2 tech support / Go to school (I get paid to go to school)
2. Nothing
C. I make my own schedule and get paid over 1100 a month to go to school, so yes.
4. Why not both?

5/3/2013 12:50:31 PM

glassssssss
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1) glass artist..not that it needed mentioning

2) working in the hot summer, constant online work/promoting, coming up with new shit

C) i guess...although the perks are becoming nonexistent

4) you..i want to be the little spoon and you can be the big one



[Edited on May 3, 2013 at 1:20 PM. Reason : asdf33]

5/3/2013 1:10:51 PM

NCSUam0s
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1) Work for a bank (IT finance)

2) Long hours - worked 70+ hours this week (doing the job of 2 people because someone left and was not replaced)

C) Working full time from home + OT eligibility makes up for most of the suckage

4) Neither, I prefer Begonias

5/3/2013 2:01:33 PM

Str8BacardiL
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having to work

5/4/2013 12:52:39 PM

ncsuapex
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Being in Rocky Mount at 6am ON A SATURDAY for customer maintenance

[Edited on May 4, 2013 at 12:54 PM. Reason : .]

5/4/2013 12:53:43 PM

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