Work

[black orb]

>>> Unemployment = the story of my life.

[fire_of_avalon]

I currently work at Sears of the Asheville Mall as a Merchandise and Customer Assist. I re-stock clothes, help decide where the clothes go on the floor, straighten the clothes, help customers find clothes, answer phones, and from time to time help in the checkout. I have worked there for three months, and I'll tell you now in all honesty I could do the job of my superiors. I make $6.55/hour and am technically part time. During the holidays, I worked over forty hours a week at some points, and now I've been cut to 12.5 to 15 per week. This will never do, and as I type this I'm filling out other job applications ONE FOR THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER OH I WANT IT BADLY.

My co-workers are nice enough, but VERY gossipy, and VERY lazy. I mean, at home I'm lazy as the dickens but I understand that when I get to work business is business and bust my tail end. There are some people I work with who call in sick at least once a week, wander around the store and talk to their friends when they do work, and take several breaks during their workday.

I don't understand why no one fires them.

[Dragon Ash]

I used to work at Safeway as a cashier! But they pay me more at BT (£5.50.) Well actually I work for an agency called Manpower but if any of you Brits have a fault on your BT line you can call up and shout at me! Whereupon I will immediately tell you to go f**k yourself.

Have a nice day!

[Clouded Sky]

i work at a dairy queen. it sucks. major. i make $5.75/hour. it sucks major. my coworkers are all the highschoolers who drink and smoke. they suck. major. i can't wait until i don't need it

[Zeldy]

i dont work! yet anyway..
ahhh its gud being young n_n

[DMKA]

Where do you work?

I'm unemployed, but I am currently attending East Central University as a fulltime student, and since I technically end up getting paid for it...

How much do you make an hour?

I'm getting about $2500 this semester in cash, so divide that by 13 hours a week.

How many hours do you work?

3 Monday, 2.5 Tuesday, 3 Wednesday, 1.5 Thursday, and 3 Friday.

Do you enjoy it?

Certain class sessions, yes. The only one I can't stand is my Composition II class. People act like middle schoolers in there.

Like your co-workers?

All but the idiotic ones that act like middle schoolers, and the racist ones. That leaves about 10 people.

The environment?

I hate the city it's located in, I hate the state the city is located in, and I dislike the region of the country the state is located in. The campus itself is alright though...far nicer than anywhere else around it.

Anyway, not likely that anyone read through all that, so I'll quit typing.

I did.

[Dreamtiger42]

Halifax Bank, im a cleaner its not really that bad though! cus i work 2 hours every week day, i come in when the staff go home, and i clean, not supervised or anything, and when ive done, i just go home! even if ive only worked for 1 hour, aslong as its all done i can go home and still get paid for 2 hours! how cool! plus i get anything cool i find in the bin, i can knick chocys now and again (they get massive tins of em) and i get to use the coffee machine my job rules!

[The Captain]

I've been splitting my time lately between a few jobs and college, though I'll probably be devoting more of my time to my studies than to working for the next couple of months.

For two years now, I've been working part-time at a local bookstore in a local mall, though my job has become more about running interference between my co-workers and the mall big wigs, which is not always fun, but is needed in certain situations. The pay isn't bad, but for most of the year, the hours aren't very abundant.

Also, for the last two summers, I've been working as a Utility and Technician for CBS at the US Open Tennis Tournament and for the beginning of the NFL seasons. Though this job lasts only about a month, it's very intense, since we're basically setting up the equipment for broadcast, and it gives me a very great chance to see the behind the scenes interworkings of sports and TV in general.

I've also begun to gain access to various internships, both in TV and in the film industry, in front of the camera as well as in in production and postproduction, though for now I have not accepted any of them because I still need to finish off required courses in college. Hopefully in the coming year or so, I'll be able to find an internship that can help me grow and further develop whatever skills I may have or will learn in the near future.

All in all, the work I've been fortunate enough to participate in has been rewarding, and I've become better prepared for potential careers in various fields as well as a better person thanks to the constant interaction and education from those around me.

Take care all.

[Jewels]

Only work part-time at an Italian restaurant. I get $8 an hour, without tax, but I only work 2 nights a week. And sometimes only for 2 hours a night. I don't really have any co-workers - I'm basically the only waittress. I generally hate the bosses and the customers that go there, so I basically hate this job, heh.

[Mr. Graves]

I work as janitorial worker at UPS. I get paid about $10.80/hr, and I get a raise this weekend, so it'll go up to exactly, $11.30/hr, sans tax deductions. I work 25 hours per wee, and I don't really enjoy it. I don't really hate it either, since the pay is good. I don't want to work there my entire life, hence why I'm going to college full-time at well.

No, I don't really like my co-workers as a whole, but what can you do? There are a few that are cool, but the rest have major personality flaws, as well a few of them being trailer trash in every sense of the term. The general environment is one of filth, which I guess is why I'm hired. You see really nasty stuff in my line of work, but I have a strong stomach so I have no problems taking it all in stride for the most part. And it's in southeast Michigan, which is a rather crappy area in and of iitself. The general environment coould be a lot better. :P

[Samuraid]

When at the university I make $0 and work (go to class and study) around 30 hours a week.

[Jack]

[QUOTE]I'm at college at the moment doing a course, so I'm only working part-time which is at a supermarket on the checkout. -_- I make just over £5 an hour, I don't know it in dollars.. I work there 12 hours a week. It's a pretty boring job, but it's okay. It's nice when you get friendly people who compliment you and say thank you and stuff. It's just a pretty repetitive job and it gets achey. I like the environment definately. Some of my co-workers are quite nice, others I don't like so much. There's millions of different staff thereQUOTE]

Same, except I make less money than that. I earn about £3.85 a hour.
Which is (according to xe.com) about $7.
I'm close to some of them, but that's only cause I knew them before I worked there or because we just get on. I wouldn't hang out with them though.

[Endless]

Where do you work? How much do you make an hour? How many hours do you work? Do you enjoy it? Like your co-workers? The environment?

Special status (civil servant/teacher in training) which pretty much means I'm paid to study. I make 1309 euros a month, I have 12 hours of class per week now (second year of my Master in CS, M2 for people in Europe). I enjoy it better than Economics and MBA I had the past three years, and people are overall nice. Environment is pretty good aswell.

You can start hating me now