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[mankrip]

Going to mine now. 11 hours of work every day, except saturdays (8 hours) and sundays (7 hours), with an scale of 1 day off for 4 days of work. Now that one of my co-workers left the job, I'm going to do a 12 hours shift every other day, including today. My salary this month was R$ 438.00 (I'm not aware of the exchange rate for US dollars).

I just wonder what the hell am I doing.

[BlueCrab]

I just got to mine a few minutes ago. 20 hours a week, except when my boss decides he wants me to do more stuff from home (which is almost always). My take home pay (after taxes) is $634.43 every two weeks... Also, it pays for my graduate-level tuition for the university.

EDIT: Since everyone else is doing, it I guess I should say what it is I actually do... I'm a Graduate Research Assistant in Multicore Computation at the university I attend. My current research is on a particular model used by NOAA in their weather forecasts and such...

[Specially Cork]

"Senior Teacher and Academic Coordinator" is my official role. Educating rich Chinese children aged 4-15 in the ways of communicative English. 40 hours a week, but I less than half of that in a classroom. The rest is planning, training, seminars, skype, recruitment, observations and paperwork.

Pay is around US$1500/month tax-free, plus utilities allowance, 25 days paid holiday and bonuses. Not amazing compared to the western world, but such money goes a very long way here.

[mrandyk]

I deliver pizza. My coworkers are all good friends, my boss has never fired anyone in the 20 years hes been there, and all I do is drive around or stand around at the store goofing off with others. I make like $600 a month working like 20 hours a week, I really love the job and it works so well with school/partying.

[Quzar]

I'm so happy to have a well paying job. Network monitoring, a mix of level 1 and 2 support for a handful of customers, as well as in-house developers. 1800$ every two weeks. Not enough to pay for my degree, but plenty to live on.

[not just souLLy now]

I'm a designer at an Internet marketing company, mostly web and print design with a bit of front-end code. I take home £1700 a month which is good money but doesn't stretch as far as you imagine living in London. The workload is pretty immense too.

[Eviltaco64X]

I work at a convenience store, and I'd say it's definitely motivated me to go to college.

...Only a couple more months...

[DaMadFiddler]

After I finished my Bachelor's, I got a job with the local school district as an administrative assistant. I've spent the last four years as the assistant to the director of curriculum & assessment at my local school district office. I have a good working relationship with my boss for the most part, but the last two years have each seen drastic cuts that have lowered my salary and my benefits, and left dozens of good people out of work due to a lack of funding. As a result, those of us who are left are struggling to keep up with with work that really takes twice as many people to do properly, and for less pay. My stress level has shot through the roof this past year, and it's begun taking a toll on my health.

I'll be leaving that job at the end of June to move to San Francisco and go back to school for my teaching credential. It's kind of scary, because while the pay isn't especially high (I make $30,000 a year before taxes), it does come with full benefits, and I'll be giving that up to go back to school. However, this is something I've been wanting to do for the last couple of years, and I really don't want to spend the rest of my life as a secretary.

Hopefully politics in this country will be slightly less insane and hateful by the time I'm actually ready to enter the world of teaching...

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For a year, I've been working at a smaller twice-weekly newspaper in Minnesota. I'm the copy editor, which entails layout, proofreading, making illustrations (e.g. maps, charts) and other random tasks. I make ~$1500 a month, but I live a block away from work with a roommate. It's enough to pay my bills and to gorge myself in beer. The company mandates that no one works more than 40 hours a week, so I get a few afternoons off a month. While it was hard to adjust to my first non-academic job, it's a fantastic time and I'm garnishing new clips for my portfolio on a daily basis.

We were just named the best weekly newspaper within the state, so quality-wise, we're doing well. But like others in the industry, the company has downsized a lot in the past three years. Luckily, I work in a market with little competition and we're the only source for in-depth coverage of the town and one of a few papers within the county. Our I.T. woman left a few months ago, so I've been made the de facto computer dude, too. It doesn't involve much, other than fixing some minor issues with our ancient fleet of Macs.

As a 24-year-old college dropout, I don't know if I could be doing any better right now. I was studying for this line of work and felt it was a good time to try something new. At the moment, I'm content with my situation but plan to move on within a few years. Depending on my options, I'll look to finish my degree in Journalism or keep working on my career. A few contacts at newspapers and advertising agencies have said they'd be interested

[JuddWack]

Went from location work on a feature film, to English teaching in China, to testing cellphone games and now a retirement plan specialist. I'm tired of hopping around. I'll be here until I'm fully vested probably, if not for life.

And if anyone is looking in Philly, Scottsdale or Charlotte, I could put in a recommendation for you as long as you have a BA in any subject. Pay is so-so starting out but benefits are great. 37.5 hours a week, occasional overtime.

[mankrip]

I'm a security guard, and it sucks because I can't use my laptop or read books while on work, so it's really keeping me from working on my projects. I can't even use my cellphone there.

On the plus side, this job helped me to lose a lot of the remaining weight I've got to, and it keeps me away from my family for enough time to keep my depression under control. The fact that my mental health depends on it kinda makes me stuck in it, along with all my financial debts.

[impetus]

Went from location work on a feature film...

Sounds cool, I'd like to hear more about this.

[Jeeba Jabba]

Lineman. I tie up all of the ships (almost, my company has damned near what you could call a monopoly on the Mississippi River with Lineman and Tug services) on the Miss. River, from the mouth of the river all the way up to Baton Rouge. It's the heaviest shipping/docking/importing/exporting traffic in all of North and South America, so I have job security. I work 24 hours on, 48 hours off. So, with rotation that comes to between 48 hours and 72 hours a week.

I put ships from between 500 and 1000 feet in length into oil, grain, container and quarry docks as well as into buoy systems in the river, which involves 4 of us setting out into a flat-decked aluminum boat of about 30 feet in length, and hooking the ship's lines onto the buoys to hold them into any particular system so that barges and cranes can work along side them to load or unload cargo. Even the cruise ships downtown.

It's one of the most laid back jobs in existence. Don't try to contest your job with that, whatever it may be--I get paid to sleep. But it's also one of the most dangerous. Basically, on a workday I leave my house around 4:30 AM and drive to my company's yard where I pick up a van and set out for the day. It's practically being on call, although a busy day hardly reminds you of such. I may go home, I may go wherever I want--as long as I'm at whatever job my dispatcher's given me on time. On average, I do about 4-5 ships a day. Some days 10. Some days 1. But on average, 4-5.

I bring video games, movies, books and even a makeshift bed to accompany me on boring days spent in the middle of nowhere. I have no interaction with a boss and I can pick up a lot of extra work on the side, even entirely extra shifts (which means 48 hours on the clock). I live literally 2 blocks from a dock, and let's say it's my off-day, they can call me if they're spread a little thin and ask me to do that one. Even if it's only a let-go and takes 5 minutes, I still get paid 4 hours work.

It's extremely adventurous and a lot of fun, but just as dangerous. I've had a ship line pop near me before and sent me into a somersault. Luckily I was unharmed. I've also fallen into the river with strong currents and survived. But, as I've said, it's extremely laid back and it's good money. Around $4000 a month or more if I want it. If I really hustle, I can do about $2000 a week.

[DanteJay]

I would tell you guys my job, but then I would have to kill you all.

[JuddWack]

Went from location work on a feature film...

Sounds cool, I'd like to hear more about this.

It was for Invincible, the movie about Vince Papale shot in Philadelphia. Basically my boss would call me in the morning and tell me where to go to. It was total grunt work. One time I was supposed to just watch Mark Wahlberg's trailer for a few hours to make sure nobody fucked with it. People always want to ignore the temporary no parking signs. Mostly my job was to enforce them so that the big trucks could navigate the streets. It was at least 12 hour days. I only did it for a month or two. It was pretty lame but at least I liked the movie and whenever it's on FX I remember the scenes I worked on.

[Thomas]

I work at AAA, answering phone for people who break down and dispatching them out tow trucks. I work 32 hours a week now since I had to drop a day for class, but once school is done I'll be back to my usually 40-45 hours week. I pull in around ~$1200 before taxes, which is not shit anymore. If I don't fail my 2 WAN finals, I'll only be an internship away from my AAS in CIS: Cisco Networking. I'm planning on taking my CCNA over the summer, and probably the A+ and Server+ as well. Hopefully i'm able to find a job with the associated degree so I can pay to finish out the bachelors and the CCNP because I can't afford to go to school for 2 more years right now.

[Smiley]

From 2008 to 2011, i worked at clorox as a forklift drver/order picker. I say past tense because for the past 2 months Ive been laid off. They had a massive lay off that is lasting longer then last year, and for some reason, my unemployment claim has been denied. i loved the job because it was 12 hour shifts fri sat sun 6 am to 6 pm and it left all week open for me; and i was gonna get a second job or do college prior tobeing laid off.

[|darc|]

Geek Squad.

Yeah, yeah.....

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Geek Squad.

Yeah, yeah.....

OH HEY MA COMPUTA IS BROKAN FROM MY SONS DAWNLODIN. FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT. I see nothing wrong with working tech support. However, the clientele would drive me crazy. From the handful of freelance I.T. support jobs over the years, I found dealing with people during a computer crisis is testing on my patience. I have much respect for Geek Squad-esque employees, because it's the type of job I can't handle.

But seriously, I heard the previous webmaster used to make money with eBids.com ads on the front page. You might want to look into that.

I work at AAA …

I have an industry-related question. First though, I fucking love AAA. I'm borderline retarded when it comes to maintaining proper control of my freaking keys. I'm always locking myself out of my car at the worst times. But anyway, is there a hierarchy of who you call for roadside assistance? Like, do you have preferences over certain shops than others? If I had a problem with a local tow/locksmith, is there anyway I can file a report with AAA?

Storytime:
Last Thanksgiving, I locked myself out of my car at a gas station. Like usual, I called the 800 number and received good service from the operator, but the freak from Company X she called was a complete retard. When this guy shows up, he takes 15 minutes to talk on his cell phone while I waited. After that, it takes him twenty minutes of staring at my car doors to figure he can't get them unlocked because 1) he doesn't have the training and 2) doesn't have the correct tools. I thought it's because my ‘93 Oldsmobile was a rare type of door. He tells he can call another company and, like a moron, I agree.

He calls Company B is based out of the next town over. He didn't tell me that until after he got off the phone. He did mention there was Company Z within town who could help me, but he didn't recommend them. Assuming he knew what he was talking about, I agreed with him. He did offer to let me sit in his car, but I opted to wait in the station. As I waited in station, I chatted with an attendant who clued me into another, better locksmith company in town. Lo and behold, it was the same company the first guy dissuaded me to use. Since I was waiting over 45 minutes waiting for another locksmith already, I figured it wouldn't hurt to check my other options.

I called Company Z and immediately was in contact with a locksmith who was five minutes away. Not only was he close, but I verified that he could, indeed, unlock my old-ass Oldsmobile. Compared to the hour I had dedicated to fucking Companies X and B, Company Z was there and unlocked my car in under twenty minutes. Apparently, the first moron that showed up has a grunge against Company Z and the fact its the licensed tow company for the city. They advise me to never, ever call him again and gave me their business card. Since then, I've taken their advice.

[Code-Red]

Production Supervisor and Lead Fabricator of extreme-duty suspensions for the US/UK/CAN militaries, as well as major truck manufacturers like Mack, Kenworth, International, and so fourth. Take home is roughly $1800 bi-weekly.