Post what you like/dislike about your current job/career

[Dayze]

my job blows; boring as hell, constantly trying to please 100 different people who are my 'boss' at different times/at their convenience.

definitely 'ended up' in the wrong career before I knew what hit me.

I'm basicaly 'stuck' for all intents and purposes.

[Psyko Tek]

I make extenbsion cords

it's in military stuff but for the most part it's just making a cable
a trained monkey could do it

money is so so
but boring as hell
challenges are minimal
and rewards are the same

cahnces of advancement 0

I have been in electronics for 20 years

I rode high during the semiconductor hey day
but that's gone
so...
waiting fo the electric car industry???

[stlchiefs]

Originally Posted by Psyko Tek

I make extenbsion cords

it's in military stuff but for the most part it's just making a cable
a trained monkey could do it

money is so so
but boring as hell
challenges are minimal
and rewards are the same

Bananas?

[Psyko Tek]

Originally Posted by stlchiefs

Bananas?

no but sometimes I get to throw shit at someone

[Psyko Tek]

Originally Posted by stlchiefs

Bananas?

but it's where they wanna out the bananas that sucks

[RedDread]

I work behind the scenes in the casino industry

Pros: Never having to deal with the customers, high turnover means many chances for advancement, no physical labor required.

Cons: working holidays, high turnover means constantly training new hires and losing many people you like working with.

[prhom]

I work in mining, it's a lot of fun and very fulfilling to know that my work may someday actually contribute something of value to the economy.

Pros: travel to interesting places, good pay, good benefits, get to use explosives without being in a war zone or getting arrested

Cons: sometimes you have to live in less than ideal places like sub-Saharan Africa or Battle Mountain NV, you will likely never have attractive women in your workplace, mining towns are BYOW (bring your own woman)

[stlchiefs]

Originally Posted by prhom

I work in mining, it's a lot of fun and very fulfilling to know that my work may someday actually contribute something of value to the economy.

Pros: travel to interesting places, good pay, good benefits, get to use explosives without being in a war zone or getting arrested

Cons: sometimes you have to live in less than ideal places like sub-Saharan Africa or Battle Mountain NV, you will likely never have attractive women in your workplace, mining towns are BYOW (bring your own woman)

I knew I'd seen a picture of you before:

[prhom]

Originally Posted by stlchiefs

I knew I'd seen a picture of you before:

Yeah, it's just like that...I was pretty amused when that movie came out. Kind of like thinking doctors still use leaches as a means of treatment.

[Skip Towne]

Originally Posted by prhom

I work in mining, it's a lot of fun and very fulfilling to know that my work may someday actually contribute something of value to the economy.

Pros: travel to interesting places, good pay, good benefits, get to use explosives without being in a war zone or getting arrested

Cons: sometimes you have to live in less than ideal places like sub-Saharan Africa or Battle Mountain NV, you will likely never have attractive women in your workplace, mining towns are BYOW (bring your own woman)

I'd for damn sure get out of that industry. I couldn't handle not being able to go to bars since most of them won't serve miners.

[prhom]

Originally Posted by Skip Towne

I'd for damn sure get out of that industry. I couldn't handle not being able to go to bars since most of them won't serve miners.

Yuk yuk, you got me good.

[RJ]

Originally Posted by prhom

I work in mining, it's a lot of fun and very fulfilling to know that my work may someday actually contribute something of value to the economy.

Pros: travel to interesting places, good pay, good benefits, get to use explosives without being in a war zone or getting arrested

Cons: sometimes you have to live in less than ideal places like sub-Saharan Africa or Battle Mountain NV, you will likely never have attractive women in your workplace, mining towns are BYOW (bring your own woman)

Are you a Dwarf? Do you know Sleepy and Doc and Grumpy and those guys?

[prhom]

Originally Posted by RJ

Are you a Dwarf? Do you know Sleepy and Doc and Grumpy and those guys?

Ha, no. I get that a lot though. I'm an engineer so I don't really do any of the actual mining. I also work at an open pit operation so it's a far cry from what most people envision when they think of mining. We've got 200-ton capacity haul trucks and hydraulic excavators with 42-yard buckets, not exactly like the county gravel pit down the road. It's a lot of fun, but the hours are long.

[Sure-Oz]

Tech support type job working with online banking systems and other financial systems software, i just got 2 weeks ago, glad to get my foot in the IT job world and look forward to starting a career.

pros-great benefits 401k, great medical/dental/vision, pto accrual and flexible with time off, stock, very cool coworkers so far and solid pay, and opp. to move up quickly. m-f job normal hours and i can still do my night job and keep working about 15 hours or so total a day and save

cons that i can tell will be just being on call 1 week every few months or so, so no biggie and part of the territory. about a 25 min drive (not a big deal though cause i did that with my previous job) i feel blessed that i got an opportunity honestly.

my previous job i could say cons were money and well lack of moving up in the company working for a financial institution since no one ever quits and IT part of the job had guys that have been there for years and not near retirement.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Tech support type job working with online banking systems and other financial systems software, i just got 2 weeks ago, glad to get my foot in the IT job world and look forward to starting a career.

Congrats! I hope it's challenging and stays that way for a while, but at the very least, in a couple of years you'll have that magical 2-3 years of experience that opens up many more opportunities.