Just curious on what you guys do for a living, im kind of writing this in a shitty ass mode cause i think the place that just laid me off stuck it up my ass and the new place that took over hired some of the other drivers back and im still unemployed. ha, blah blah blah, you don't want to hear about my life story but i am maybe thinking of changing careers and wonder what you people do. I know nobody likes there job, but i think im looking for a change. so, what do you do, i used to be a truck driver and i know i can get another one delivering junk but i think i want different.

My company builds residential homes. Primarily light guage steel studs for walls and trusses. The factory panelizes and delivers the completed panels and trusses to the job site to be installed. I'm the Operations Manager for the factory and field. I get to set up the processes and maintain procedures for assembly and quality. I do NOT hate my job. I did however hate all the previous jobs from time to time. I have the privilege of streamlining the flow process and eliminating waste in the organization. And I get paid to do what comes naturally to me. Had to wait 53 years for this to fall in my lap though, just so ya know.



-Pain

I work at AOL. I manage a group that mediates with other teams as a liasion. We basically run meetings and document the process of code installation so if we get audited by SOX, we're in the clear. Just in case you guys have been living in caves, AOL is free now... so no knocks. It's free and AOL radio is great, free XM radio! AOL is also a great place to work, so if any of you live in VA... well, Northern VA, let me know.

I spend a lot of my free time working at the company my girlfriend started (perpetualkid.com), so basically I do warehouse work. Pack orders, do web graphics, newsletters, take pics, ride the adult bigwheel around the complex.

Hey Cero,

Its funny how close our industries are. I own a freight forwarding company. I ship freight to and from all over the world. My main flow of freight is from China to USA. I hire truckers all over the US to deliver my freight to my customers. What city do you live in? What do you drive? Do you haul ltl or pull containers?

I actually love my job. There are my moments, but for the most part, I enjoy what I do. I would hate to have to do one thing all day long. Every day is different for me. There is always new sorts of problems for me to deal with on a daily basis. It keeps it interesting.

ive been a long time real estate agent that couldnt get away from the fun and money of being a bartender,lol. with the housing slow down im now investing in preforeclosure and rehabbing my own homes. im actually in the process of aquiring land in a few different places out of state and hopefully down the road living where no one else does. am i rich ,no where near but i work hard .

I'm a adjutant/ officer in the Civil defence. My main task is to recruit and coach the all personnel category in emergency preparedness. ( like Master of Disaster lol) I'm also standby crew in the NST ( Norwegian Support team), a team who travelling outside Europe with large catastrophe. I was in Pakistan last year with one of our team.

I work for Gatorade. Warehousing. I do computer sales and service on the side. Will be leaving for Army in the near future.

nothing, one option i am looking into is getting my A license, right now, im living with a B and i know i can get another job. But what i was carrying, im lucky i didn't get shot for it. I delivered about 200-300 thousands dollars worth of cigarette's to Philly, Jersey and New York, and a lot of other shops in Pennsylvania.

Undead, i like how you think, No, i am not looking to get rich, just pay my bills and put food in my wife and kids mouths. As for the working hard part, im with that too. i just hate when i bust my ass without getting noticed and underpaid. Worked for a company that delivered building material to all different job sites. Yea, you see the trucks with forklifts or cranes on them but i just had a flat bed. Dropping off 45 square of shingles to a house by hand sucks, it when they call back saying they don't like the color and want a different one. I get sent out to pick it up and drop off the new color. If you wondering what a square of shingle is, it depends on the shingle. Either 3-4 bundles make 1 square. And 1 bundle weighs about 80 pounds, it just purely sucked.

Sam I am going out on a limb here, but working generally does "suck".

I am basically an accountant that focuses on auditing Governmental entities.
Obviously this time of year they have me doing Corporate and individual tax. Which is getting to be a pain in the ass about now.

Yeah, when you talk to me at 3:00 a.m. EST, its likely that I will get about 4 hours sleep and work a 12 hour day. Haaaaa. But I love it.

It will be over in a few days, and I will be a lot more fun.

Since I'm only a silly 15 year old, one could say my job is school. However, i do work to get cash. I work at an aftercare program at the elementary school I went to. I enjoy it quite a bit, since one could say I get payed to play soccer. There are of course downsides, I help kids with homework. Although the majority don't need my help, there are a handful that need my help...everytime I'm there. Worst part is, when i help them, they don't listen! So oh well, my job has upsides and downsides. It's nice to learn more about the life of my fellow clanmates.

I work at a big gas plant here in Alberta and am involved in the production accounting side of things.

Job is always evolving and always interesting, especially on the sulphur side of things (CN rail sucks ass)

THERE IS NO WAY, not a chance in hades, that I will ever tell any of you....well maybe.

I think Flat works at a Topless Bar.

Lets be honest

I'm an underwater basket weaver. In my spare time I silver plate fire hydrants.

I have to say that my job is a wonderuful Job. I have the pleasure of being able to be a stay at homewife to Pain. And I get the pleasure of takeing care of my grandson Muncus. And will soon be taking care of our very first Grandaughter. We just found out this week that muncus is going to have a baby sister. So that is a job in its self. I did run a day care out of our home for over 20 years, then when i retired from that I worked at a dept store for almost 4 years. then there were lots of problems starting up there that pain told me I could quite. I was a very happy about that. I really enjoy staying home and taking care of my family. Thats the most rewarding job I think there is.

i think thats the most important job out there today. we had decided that one of us would stay at home rather than both work ,its important.

Absolutely Drewster!
Will you tell Muncus I went spec one day and stole some of his tricks? Haaaaa

Day shift -butcher
Night shift- Pimp

Doesn't surprise me.

I think you are a good grandfather . Take care of the children, they are the future.

Looking for new talent every day - interested? Saucy
anywone?

I'm a senior scientist at a large agricultural products processing and food ingredient company. Mostly I work as an analytical chemist in a corporate research group heading up the flavor analysis area. We do a lot of problem solving for plants, like if a railcar of starch is rejected by a customer who makes marshmellows because the starch smells like dirty socks. I try to find out what is causing the smell where it came from and what we will do with the tainted product. Or if we're trying to make a new chocolate flavor I work with sensory scientists to determine the characteristic chemicals in chocolate that give the flavor profile we're trying to highlight.



For the most part I really enjoy the work I do, it's challenging, fun, and interesting. I don't like the politics that are involved in huge companies and this can be the omst frustrating part of my job. Especially dealing with middle managers who can't even do the own job but try to tell you how to do yours. But I suppose you get that it most large companies.

I work as a stock broker with equity sales. We call clients - tell them what shares to buy or sell. Mostly nordic stocks. Manging their portfolios, IPO's/corporate stuff etc. Most stock brokers are bullish. I am not. I'm actually afraid of what's coming (in economic terms). I like my work, but the organization sucks (surprise ) - and if (when!) the market falls....well who knows. Time will tell.

I'm still avoiding a "real" job by going to graduate school. Of course, I spend so much time studying, it's almost silly that I'm the one shelling out the cash! I'm working toward two masters degrees (MA and Th.M) in New Testament studies and Theology. After that I'm on to Ph.D. work that will probably also be in NT studies. Maybe one day I'll have a real job teaching on the university level. As for now, I work at the university's writing center, helping Korean grad students write in English.

I am a veterinarian, and if my name didn't clue you in, I work primarily on dairy cows. I also work on pets and horses at night when they have emergencies. I love my job. I am a partner in a ten vet practice. I get a good work out every day at work but I also get to use my brain. I am respected in the community and my advice is sought after by our clients. I have been getting involved in the management of some of our bigger farms, 600-1800 cows. I am making up vaccination protocols, in charge of their reproductive programs, advise on their milk quality procedures, and recently I have been involved in new facility design for farms that are expanding. I get to ride in my truck every day from farm to farm through beautiful country and talk with some of the most down to earth, honest people you will ever meet. Did I say I love my job? The only down side is being on call and spending hte majority of my time with my left arm in a cows rectum. The on call isn't so bad with as many vets as we have and the rectum you get used to. Don't tell anyone but I actually like the smell of cow shit. Reminds me of spring when the air gets that musty smell when everything starts to grow again.



Good luck with your new career, whatever that may be. Just remember, set a goal, go for it with everything you have got, and don't let anyone get in your way.



Cowdoc

I'm an IT Project Manager managing projects for a non-profit and funded by the Dept of Justice. Prior to that I worked for 3 different public safety software companies and prior to that was in law enforcement. I love my job and am in Northern VA - living about 3 miles from where pezking works! I do plan to move to Phoeniz in a few months working remotely for the same company.

Well, I've still got my summer job from '95... bartending... at the same place. But, I've started at a new place as well. Not corporate, so I can tell people to go fuck themselves when needed. Nice change of pace. Plus, at my corporate bar, my regulars are generally alcoholics in their 20's and early 30's. Very depressing. At the new place the regulars are well established rich alcoholics in their late 40's and 50's. Much less depressing. Plus, the new bartending gig is stupid easy. No frozen drinks. The senior bartender yelled at me last night for shaking a drink to mix it. She told me it made her look bad (nobody else actually mixes the drinks. I'm gonna rule this place soon).
Of course, I'd rather not "work". I'd rather be spending all my time writing and taking care of the kids. Yeah, full time house husband. That would be nice.

Bargod when you figure out the words that make that work write them down...

Well, I'm an Art Director for a printing, and marketing company twenty minutes west of downtown Cleveland. I've been doing this for 17 years and I have finally reached that crossroads in my professional career to make a job change and to go into something totally different, you can say that I'm just fed-up, burned out, and stressed out with the industry as a whole, or I'm going through a mid life crisis. So… I put my two-week notice in with my current employer this past Monday and I'm going to pursue a new career at the ripe old age of 37 in the insurance business. I'm going to be working for a company that is evolved in helping small micro businesses in getting set up with health and life insurance and other benefit programs.
In the next few months things should be very interesting to say the least!

Who knows you may see more of me in Barb trying to blow off a little steam!

See ya on the battlefield.

Good for you Snowman! We all need to do that from time to time. I did the first time at 34 and the most recent change at 52. Went from Calibration Electronics to office furniture manufacturing to the construction industry. Can't stay at the same place too long or become stagnant. Life's way too short for that.



-Pain

There was a similar thread over a year ago and I posted this.

I'm still there.

I work as a Mechanical Engineering designer in the nuclear industry. Enjoy the work but hate the being a contract worker. They always hire contract workers when they get behind, the sucky part of the job, very long hours.

Good luck Snowman!!

I've been in the printing industry steadily for the past 10 years, and on and off for 20, and am looking at a severe job change myself in the next few months. I'm going to go get a job somewhere like Lowes, or Home Depot, and hopefully finish up my classes to become an EMT

im gonna send your job write up to my wife t/a .

I'm an economist.

The one thing I have learned is the hardest job is "a full time Mother". I give Drewster and the other full time Mom's the most credit!! That job get's very little recognition for the dedication they provide unconditionally!

Cheers to you Drewster!

I heard a joke that tells what W.I.F.E stands for....

washing....ironing...... ......etc., That it? lol.

uh huh

W--->Wonderful

I------>Intelligent

F----->Fantastic

E----->Excellent



I think that's what Flatty meant to say:)

W--->Wonderful

I------>Intelligent

F----->Fantastic

E----->Excellent



I think that's what Flatty meant to say:)


Um....err.......yeah! That's probably it!

Thanks Cuda !!!



And Yes I agree with you six

I work for the FBI.
Its a hard job but someone gots to do it.



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I've been a forensic accountant for about 10 years. That means that I investigate fraud allegations at large corporations. The work sometimes is mindnumbingly boring at times (reviewing millions of emails) and exciting at others (coaxing a confession from a cfo). Overall the work is different every day which is why I continue to do it and want to continue doing it.

I work in the exciting world of Graphic Design. Where when your get out school you can use the wages from your $24000 a year job to sart to pay your $30000 in student loans. All i can say thank god i married so well, my wife is an amazingly talented designer at the top firm in the state. Why am i kissing her ass, she doesn't read these.....


Shazbot

I work as a sevice advisor for car dealership that sells Honda and Mitsubishi, so basicly I'm a punching bag for the people who break their vehicles, for the most part though you meet some really nice and some intresting people, prior to working on the people side of the business I worked on car , or at least I tried

<======Therapist!

I got a new job working at a coffee factory.....too bad i dont like coffee lol....