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 2005-09-16 11:13 PM |
Extreme Veteran 389   Central Wisconsin |  Subject: What do you hate / love about your job?Some things happened at work today that caused quite a few people to cancel their weekend plans. Not only did they have to cancel plans, but they will be out of town & working for 3 weeks straight. As I stayed out of sight and out of mind, I got to wondering what other people hate about their jobs. So here is a list of my loves and hates about being in the military (by NO means should this be taken as a recruitment ad): Pro's - LOT's of time off - Never having to worry about lay offs - Free health and dental (granted even free is to much sometimes) - Free access to pools, gyms, and PT is 'mandatory' daily - Never having to decide which outfit I am going to wear to work - Being paid to jump out of airplanes, blow things up, and shoot guns - The bond that forms between squads/platoons/companies - Making a difference in someones life - 30 days paid vacation a year - Being paid to live in places like Hawaii - Free college - The people Con's - No matter what, you are on call 24/7 - The pay - Personal interpration of rules and regulations (example: I hate mustaches and dont allow my soldiers to have them. They are allowed but it is a pet peeve of mine so I give them the option of shaving it off or moving to a different platoon) - Mass punishment is a norm - There is no such thing as a private life. Everyone knows your business. - Not showering for 76 days - Sleeping on the ground for 6 months - Trying to eat / sleep / stay awake or do anything for that matter, outside in the middle of a downpour / blizzard / dust storm - Jumping out of an airplane flying 1200 feet or lower, at night, with 150 pounds of equipment - Carrying 90 pounds of equipment on your back for 25 miles - Having to explain to your boss why Private Snuffy decided to drive home drunk and get a DUI when you have no idea yourself - Having to explain to your boss why Private Snuffy is a dumbass when you have no idea yourself - Riding in a truck with no shocks in the middle of the desert for 38 hours straight - Being woken up by a chemical / biological alarm go off in the middle of the night and trying to put on your gas mask while pooping your pants because this time its the real thing. Then when you are given the all clear you find out the alarm was malfunctioning - Having someone shoot at you on a daily basis while your trying to enjoy your all expense paid vacation to the 'holy land' - Being stationed at FT Polk - Getting on the airplane for your all expense paid vacation on the day your son is born Edited by jase714 2005-09-16 11:17 PM |
| 2005-09-17 8:16 AM in reply to: #248305 |
Elite 2661  DC Metro, slowly working my way to NC | Subject: RE: What do you hate / love about your job? Wow. #1 thing I hate about my job - how really insignificant it is when I hang with my military peeps...  I do software support/help desk. I love, LOVE being able to help folks and fix things. The downsides are the clients that want me to think for them, and management trying as hard as they can to make our jobs harder than they have to be! |
| 2005-09-17 10:10 AM in reply to: #248305 |
Master 1506 Minnesota | Subject: RE: What do you hate / love about your job? Well, I just started working full time a month ago. I work quite a few hours/week (more than 40) + and am a full time graduate student. It makes for some really long days & is hard to find time to study! |
| 2005-09-17 12:09 PM in reply to: #248305 |
Elite 3223 Hendersonville | Subject: RE: What do you hate / love about your job? Love your lists Jason! I don't have a job, so I can't make a list for that. I do some real estate investing,though, which is good and bad: Good: Takes very little time, big profits, easy to do, meet lots of interesting people, get to pick stuff out for houses like faucets and front doors (yeah, I like that!) Bad: only getting payouts a few times a year, mortgage paperwork, last-minute closings, no time to make decisions ( I'll be called by my realtor at 9 am and have to put money down within a few hours many times), being leveraged within an inch of your life, uncertaintly of the market. I love it though! Jessica |
| 2005-09-17 12:10 PM in reply to: #248305 |
Master 1641 Cambridge, MA | Subject: RE: What do you hate / love about your job? Good question and great Pro/Con list from jase... I guess as a scienific consultant I like knowing that my work *can* help determine what happens to a hazardous waste site cleanup plan or a community deciding whether or not its safe to use certain pesticides. What I don't like is the fact that most of the time my work isn't really in the public interest at all and I certainly don't interact with the public or even most of our clients directly. I'm often working for law firms defending corporate environmental lawsuits in toxic tort cases. Why? Because they pay the best and my firm has a good reputation with them. But regardless of the client, my work is very analytical and dry. It's very isolationing while I'm very social. That is hard to deal with month after month. Why keep doing it? The pay is good. Some projects are interesting. Best of all, it's flexible enough for me to train and now work part time at my gym. I'm studying to be a personal trainer. I want to help gym members train and race in running and triathlon events, everthing from 5Ks to marathons and sprints to IronMans. That's where my passion really lies! Helping people get fit. Hoo-ah! Cheers, -Sunny |
| 2005-09-17 10:19 PM in reply to: #248305 |
Veteran 137 Citrus Heights, CA | Subject: RE: What do you hate / love about your job? Life as an ER nurse (in one of the busiest ERs in the Sacramento area): Pro: Great group of people...the other nurses, to the docs, techs, clerks. Everyone works well as a team and usually has a good time You never know what you'll see in a day -- keeps everyone on their toes and keeps things interesting Everyone has a really really twisted sense of humor. Really twisted. The nurses work 3 days a week as full time. You can make huge differences in people's lives and are their support at some of the most difficult times in their lives Always something new to learn. The pay is very very good. Scrubs. They're like wearing jammies to work. Leather restraints, foley catheters, adult diapers, Haldol (more on this later) Con: It's always busy. Sometimes you're running the whole shift. 12 hour shifts. Yeah it gives us 3 days a week, but sometimes 12 hours can seem like an eternity. Working holidays. Triage. ick. I can spend a whole lot of time explaning to people no, I don't know when they'll go back to a room (not like a resturant where you know approximately how long it takes to turn over the person or people who went before you), why someone got to go to a room before them, and/or why the belly pain they've had for 2 years is someting that'll have to wait a while longer b/c after 2 years it's not an emergency.....and not having ANYONE pay attention to anything you try to tell them. The beligerent drunks. See the last 'pro' for the nurse's cure for these lovely people. Having someone come in talking then they end up dying in less than a few hours. Yes, they were really sick when they came in and they would've died anyways but it still is not a good day if it happens. Overall, I very much enjoy my job. I'm lucky enough to have a strong stomach for the ins and outs of nursing which always makes for an interesting day at work. |
| 2005-09-19 9:19 AM in reply to: #248305 |
Expert 660 state of denial | Subject: RE: What do you hate / love about your job? International Sales for a Sign Manufacturer Pro's work with good people stable occasional travel Con's Boring Not bilingual (yet) lack of $ 1+ hour commute watched like a hawk less than stellar benefits bad part of town (no good places for lunch) |
| 2005-09-19 9:28 AM in reply to: #248305 |
| Member 18 Sidney, Ohio | Subject: RE: What do you hate / love about your job? I love your list Karen. I to am an ER RN. Community hosp is Sidney. 14 beds but always full others waiting in triage area  - . People love heathcare, whether needed or not. ER's are more like convenient care centers. When it's convenient come and get it. Don't get me wrong it is a wonderful job when you get to care for someone who really needs to be in the ER. The ones who don't just bog the system down increase healthcare costs and make it hard to care for really sick or injured people. Sorry ER nursing can easily turn into a rant. Nice to meet a fellow ED RN. Jeff |
| 2005-09-19 12:42 PM in reply to: #248305 |
Champion 8903 | Subject: RE: What do you hate / love about your job? Pros: Good money, probably making more than industry standard 2nd shift (3 PM - 1 AM), good for training during the mornings when energy level is high Short enough commute to work (11 miles) 4-day work week, with OT on Fridays if I want it Dress code (jeans and t-shirts) Cons: Crappy management (I swear these guys don't know what they're doing) 2nd shift (hard to commute by bike, riding home at 1 AM) Less than clean atmosphere, lot of welding smoke can't be good for my lungs Piss-poor benefits, have to do 100% of own 401-K with no matching or no pension plan $50 per week of my own money for family health care (I dunno, maybe thats a Pro?) |
| 2005-09-19 1:32 PM in reply to: #248305 |
Master 1468 Tampa, Fl | Subject: RE: What do you hate / love about your job? I do real estate development and sales. Pros: I can set my own scheduale My office rarely starts going before 10:00 Cons: Work at least 6 days a week (usually 7) Always need to be accessable (running and bikeing with MP3 and phone) But I am excited about the new cingular phone that has an Ipod player in it that cuts off automatically when you get a call and starts again when you hang up. I really hate that I always have to answer the phone. I really don't like being that guy on the phone but I train alone so I don't annoy anyone but myself. |
| 2005-09-19 1:37 PM in reply to: #248305 |
Pro 4206 Los Angeles, CA | Subject: RE: What do you hate / love about your job? Pros: 1.Work from home. 2.Because of #1, no one knows what I am doing at home. I can run errands, train, etc. 3.Because of #1, set my own schedule. You guys get my point. 4.Light workload. Cons: 1.I don't like what I am doing so I'm going to part time graduate school at night. Edited by auto208562 2005-09-19 1:37 PM |
| 2005-09-19 2:43 PM in reply to: #248305 |
Pro 4612 MA | Subject: RE: What do you hate / love about your job? Pro's - direct supervisor and my close work group are nice people |
| 2005-09-19 3:44 PM in reply to: #248305 |
Master 1462 Michigan | Subject: RE: What do you hate / love about your job? Firefighter/Paramedic Pro's 1. Work nine 24 hr shift a month 2. Never work two days in a row 3. Pay is nice now I have six years on 4. Helping people on a daily basis 5. On our shift we have a great time always playing pranks. 6. Did I say helping people 7. Adrenaline rush of fighting fire. 8. Surfing the BT while at work 9. Doing my homework at work. Con's 1. When you do work a holiday it's all day. 2. If your having a bad day it's a 24 hour bad day. 3. Seeing the ugliest sides of people. 4. Have had a multitude of job related injuries. 5. I will never have a regular sleep schedule. 6. Getting up a 4 am to a bullshit call, like someone calling 911 for a runny nose. 7. Sometimes stress levels are pretty damn high. |
| 2005-09-19 4:55 PM in reply to: #248305 |
| Elite Veteran 1817 Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Subject: RE: What do you hate / love about your job? Pro's: My boss is not stingy with the compliments, she makes me know I am valued. I'd probably have to kill someone to get fired. I do a lot of different types of things in addition to accounting and HR, so it's fairly mentally stimulating. For a high school graduate, I make a decent amount of money, and the benefits are pretty good and affordable, compared to what other people have to pay. I don't have anyone looking over my shoulder about anything, because I have proven over the years that I don't need any real supervision to do what is required of me. And no one around here watches the clock on you or makes you feel bad about taking time off as long as you behave like a grown up about it and don't take advantage. For the vast majority, I do like the people I work with. Cons: This is not the life I imagine for myself, and before I die I must find something that brings me joy. I will not condemn myself to a life chained to a desk because they have good benefits and I fear the unknown. I want out of here, I just have to find my way first. Edited by Tania 2005-09-19 4:56 PM |
| 2005-09-19 6:37 PM in reply to: #248305 |
Veteran 317 Atlanta | Subject: RE: What do you hate / love about your job? Broadcast News Promotion Writer/producer/editor. You know those little spots that pop on during primetime and say, "Do you know what's in your drinking water? Don't miss our report before you swallow another drop!" Yeah, they pay me to write that crap. Pros I'm paid well to write for a living I get to work with incredibly smart people. I can be creative on occasion It's good to be the smart ass Sometimes I get to write good stuff. Cons Those incredibly smart people? They have egos the size of cruise ships It may be news and supposed to be a public service, but make no mistake, it's all about the money. Incredible instability I write crap |
| 2005-09-19 8:11 PM in reply to: #248305 |
Extreme Veteran 499 Racine WI | Subject: RE: What do you hate / love about your job? Probation & Parole Agent CONS (literally) being lied to each and every day - and knowing that next week, they're going to lie to me again. disclosures of what got them on prob/parole in the first place (especially when it involves children) below standard pay repetive paperwork "social worky" administrators PROS catching them in lies flexible work schedule good immediate supervisor decent benefit package Still waiting for the elusive offer from a police department for a job....... |
| 2005-09-20 5:33 AM in reply to: #248305 |
| Expert 615 Brisbane | Subject: RE: What do you hate / love about your job? |
| 2005-09-20 5:38 AM in reply to: #248305 |
| Expert 615 Brisbane | Subject: RE: What do you hate / love about your job? Education and Training policy manager Pros My work really matters little in the grand scheme of politics My boss really doesn't give a shit what I do, most days Flexible work environment Good money with a car superanuation free booze...sometimes travel Cons My work really matters little in the grand scheme of politics My boss really doesn't give a shit what I do, most days I wish people took what I do seriously and my opinion is valid Its not what I took the job for in the first place managed by remote control Can't get approval instantly for the work I need approving |
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