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My job is pretty cool....
The good:
1. Good pay
2. Free Food
3. good people
4. Flexible hours
5. OT !!!!
6. Set my own pace and kinda my own boss...
The bad:
1. No Windows https://forums.windrivers.com/
2. Not doing hands on tech work yet, I
really want to do it part time on the
side.
Overall I can't complain. Besides we are always hiring...
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Wheres my sledgehammer!?!
My job is ok. I just started permanent December 1 doing network admin, so that's pretty cool. Paycheck is good, co-workers are good. Management - could be better. Some people are swamped and others have nothing to do. Can't get training, and it's hard to get time off. I work for the government and have been red-circled (means that they think I make too much money so I'll never, ever, ever get a raise in this job - EVER!) and we don't get bonuses either.
My location - pretty good I guess. I'm in Canada and it's freezing right now. But, we have lots of snow and I went snowboarding this weekend. I have my own board and gear this year, so that's good. It was pretty cold (minus 30) so that wasn't so good.
My life is pretty good. I have zero free time, constantly busy in the evenings. I convocated from university in the spring, so no more school, for a while anyway. Weekends are crazy busy. I have a great BF (but no ring yet) and sometimes I play Asheron's Call online with him. Pretty fun.
Life is generally good. My new job is great, good pay, easy dress code, good co-workers, relatively easy work and NO GENERAL PUBLIC!!
My girlfriend loves me, both of them! My poetry just got published over in America, which is EXCELLENT http://www.geocities.com/enchantedforest/palace/9868 (im in the UK) My bike's off the road after i wrote it (and the car I hit, and myself) off a few weeks ago. thats the only bad part.
ps sorry about the amateur-ish website, but i made it a few years ago!
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No girl deserves my tears, and the one who does will never make me cry.
Couldn't be better, finally good pay, good people, easy work little bent about the weather here in Essex.CT, I hate winter, bring the sun, 75 degree weather and the bud lights
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What do you think this is ? The Holiday Inn...
anybody wants to move to the Caribbean? Always nice weather, pay sucks, no traffic and nice windows (except the ones from Bill).
Are you hiring Jimmr13?? I live in Florida but my wife is from Vista, She wants to move back the first of the year.Quote:
Originally posted by jimmr13:
Where to start, Job = I own the Busness , thats great, Area = I live in San Diego County California, thats okay, Life = well All my kids are grown and Makeing it on there own, thats great, I care for my 83 year old STEP-Father, thats okay. My house is payed off, my truck is payed off,My car is payed off, No real bills, Thats great,
Been a Batchlor sense 83. So I guess the only thing missing in my life is someone to share it.
Okay I guess I'm Happy ???????? https://forums.windrivers.com/
IF THE FALLBROOK HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM
WINS THE DIV. 1 CIF CHAMPIONSHIP TONIGHT
AT QUALCOM LIFE WOULD BE PERFECT ! https://forums.windrivers.com/ https://forums.windrivers.com/
https://forums.windrivers.com/ GO WARRIORS https://forums.windrivers.com/
I live and work as a tech in Cape Cod.... I think I'm the only one who HAD a window as a tech in town. The others, now including me, don't have one.. They closed me in, and I like it better because I don't get people peeking trough and shouting for me. People politely come in and see me or ask.Quote:
Originally posted by Nighthand:
Wow. I wish I had a window. I would love to be in Cape Cod right now. .........
But the rest of the techs in Cape Cod, for the most part, smoke a lot... and they're closed in... Today Cape Cod is a refreshing place to be, but it's winter. It can be drab.
I'm single. Foot loose and fancy free. I love where I am, but, as they say, I'm always sniffing for something better.
For those of you that think they're job is bad, I'm sure there can be much worse. If you think hard enough, you'll find it's true.
-Sckott
I'm working for a manufacturing company with over 100 desktops. I've got a Novell FS, an SQL Server and an Exchange Server. The best thing is that I'm the only IT person and can standarize everything. The worst thing is that I'm the only IT person and must know everything. The absolute best thing is that I met my fiance at this company.
Ha, this is a strange coincedence, my last day is wednesday. I have been so frustrated with this company that I almost went "postal". the great thing is that half of the other tech are quiting or have quit already,
I will miss the people I work with but not those I work for... or the job (retail customers are such crybabies). I left for better money, better hours, better enviroment, better opportunities, shorter commute, better training. the list goes on and on.
the great thing is that they cant find another tech who will fix both electronics and computers for what they want to pay, it's right before the "busy" season (jan-aprl) and the store will be without a tech. I'm laughing all the way home
Rob
I have been reading some of these and when I hear stuff like this it really gets me going. One of the most important things in life is Happiness. First off you have to be happy with yourself. Do some soul searching and find out what it is that is getting you down or just don't like about yourself and make the necessary changes to feel better about YOU!!! Next if the environment you are in is no good for you then do something about it. I felt that way many times in my life and when something isn't good enough for me I do something about it. I worked at UPS on the External Help desk supporting every nimrod from coast to coast. Mind you this was my first job out of school and I stayed there long enough to learn what I needed to know then when it came time and I knew they didn't care about the path I wanted to persue I moved on. I have been with this company now for over a year and everyone here is expected to do their job. If you screw up you will be repremanded, if you do good you will be rewarded. We look to each other for answers as it should be when working together however we are expected to stay on top of the ever changing technology. If we do not do for ourselves the company doesn't want you. Taking the initiative and going for certification is something we have to do on our own. It is expected of us. The more certification we have the more money the company can bill us out for which in turn the more money we make. If your company doesn't care how certified you are and doesn't do anything for you there are allot of companies out there that do. You are always worth more to someone else. That is why I left UPS. Believe me it wasn't easy. The perks and benifits were far superior to any company I have ever worked for. But back to what I was saying the more you put in the more you will get out. If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got. You do nothing you get nothing. It's that simple. If you wan't more out of life then get up off your a*s and get it. No one will do it for you. I didn't wait around for opportunity to knock on my door I was knocking it's door down. Sorry to be so blunt but sometimes it takes a little tough love or a kick in the a*s for someone to realize "Hey, I can do this. I don't need anyone else" If money is a problem there are many ways to get free money from the government to pay for school that you will never have to pay back. Pell grants are one of them. Also now is the perfect time to go to school because you can get a pell grant for both 2000&2001. I did this back in '95-'96 and got a Pell grant for both years which I gave back to the state "who paid for my school in full" as a contribution and received a nice kickback on my taxes when I filed them. How about them apples. If you put some effort into it you can do anything and go anywhere. Look at Bill Gates. I hope someday I can be as wealthy as him. I am doing what I can to make it happen. Just a few years ago I was doing roofing and killing myself slowly. I got hurt pretty bad and couldn't do that kind of work anymore. Nothing like having to change careers after you get married and have kids but I did it. Not just because I had to but because I wasn't going to sit on my a*s and live off the state. I could have given up and done nothing like allot of people on welfare but I refuse to live like that. I have dignity and faith in myself to do what I have to do to make sure my family has a home and a roof and clothes and food and some nice things that they want. These are the things that keep me Happy. DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO PEOPLE TO MAKE YOURSELF HAPPY. Work sucks? Find another place. The demand is there so do it. The next place sucks look elsewhere. If you find that every place sucks it might be YOU! It works if you work it. I'm Out.........
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Sometimes I fill my tub up with milk and blow bubbles
Way to go u8drtsox, that just about sums it up, if you no like leave....
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What do you think this is ? The Holiday Inn...
Live in Las Vegas, have a great job, a great wife, two awesome kids, and 3 excellent dogs. Couldn't ask for anything more. Get paid good, work by myself most the day, no pressure and have an excellent owner. Love my job. Fixing computers is like working on toys all day. And I can deal with the people with no problem
to sum it up most everything right now sucks. My Boss is computer iliterate and to get anything approved by him is like pulling teeth because he is so cheep. Never any bonus just a bunch of thank you's. I am the only tech here and over worked and underpaid. Stuck in this place for another year and a half because of some stuff I signed when I was nieve and just starting. On the other hand this person I like is playing games with me...just got a ticket yesterday by a cop who felt like being a punk even though I was doing nothing wrong. When he pulled me over he had to look closely at my car in order to give me a reason of why he pulled me over. Turned out his reason was because of my back liscense plate cover being obstructive. Oh, then I got some psycho girl stocking me...not kidding. I guess I am happy, because despite all problems without life I wouldn't be able to experience all these problems.
What I don't like:
- 45min commute (30 miles each way)
- The smug comments people make when they're cranky. (I don't blame them...sometimes people can get really frustrated with a computer)
- The freakin people that insist on doing Mach 5 in the right lane as I'm pulling on in my 16 yr old buick
- Sitting in an office all day
What I like:
- Good Pay
- Mostly good people
- Good environment (i wouldn't mind a window)
- Good benefits
- Barely any bills
- My new Grand Prix in which I just tear past
those friggin people. ;-)
the^0rion
heh... My job situation keeps getting better and better. I like my boss, we're pretty good friends. He used to own another store I worked for, split from his partner and took me. heh. I got a $2/hr raise, get paid for 40 hours/wk, usually only work 30-36(approved by him) He is going to pay for my benefits, completely. We are poised to become a total solution provider for setting up broadband/firewall/VPN-very good money. I will start getting profit sharing in february. He treats me like a partner and actually listens to what I say. The only downside is since we are new, we are very dependant on our existing client-base. But we are building very rapidly. If it all works out, in a year or so I should be making mucho bucks. Did I mention he's going to try and get me certified in Network Associates Firewall/VPN technology? heheh. Plus we are developing an idea for a piece of internet enabled software which should make us a pretty penny...
If I ever catch up with bills, then it will be a very cold day in hell... College was the worst 50grand I ever spent... not that I've ever spent that much money on any other one thing.
The only thing I have to say in response to U8drtsox is:
Sometimes we have to put up with the sucky jobs, so that we can get the experience necessary to go out and get the better ones. Plus, I've worked in several jobs which started out ok, then turned into completely suck-*** jobs after a month or two. That's just the nature of the beast. Unfortunately, if you keep skipping from job to job, to find one that is a good environment, a lot of the "good" jobs won't hire you, b/c "you have no commitment." So you are usually in a bit of a catch-22. The other problem is finding time to search. Most good jobs aren't advertised in the newspaper or temp agency. You kind of have to do some research. So, it's hard. What i would do when I made up my mind to leave, is take a sick day or two, and just hit the road, pound the pavement, call friends and former customers/business associates, do whatever it takes. Sometimes you don't even realize how much you hate your job until you sit down on a forum like this and just blow some steam. I've done that b4. You just sit back, look at what you wrote, and say,Holy Cow, I need to get out of here! So you guys and gals that hate your job, good luck in finding something new!
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Do one thing everyday that scares you.
Do two things everyday that scare the bejesus out of someone else.