Working a 9-5 sucks hOW DO PEOPLE DO THIS
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Cool gig tree4twenty
I think yours is somewhat high pressure because you have to be so consistent. You miss a day and boys can't get their Fritos!
You're still winning though
I think yours is somewhat high pressure because you have to be so consistent. You miss a day and boys can't get their Fritos!
You're still winning though
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Are you in computer systems?That's what I do. Just signed a 1 year, 40k contract with the Gov't (benefits included) coming off a 20k contract with a local school district.
Like Fontaine said, its a little different for contractors like me who get paid hourly. From the way that people look at you to the type of assignments that get passed down, I am always cognisant of when I'm working, how long, etc.
But I wouldn't change it for the world. I'm on track to make 50k over the course of the next year. For a 21 year old (22 on Dec. 13th,) I'm right where I want to be.
PM me fam, I have multiple questions.
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Work in IT (Xerox) 730 to 430.. not bad at all. The salary is great, and I always manage to gym for an hour, spend time with my two kids, and do things on the weekends. Its fine as long as you know how to manage your time.
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The grass isn't always greener on the other side. If you have a 9-5, and a steady stream on income, be thankful. There are literally millions of people in this country who would do your job for less without a complaint, so, again, be thankful.
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I work for a smaller, "local", company, but Frito has been trying to get me to jump ship for a while now. Not happening. I'm not going to work 15-20 more hours a week and have a boss breathing down my neck constantly for slightly more pay. Plus, they don't get to take their work truck home.
Where I'm at, I don't have too much pressure. I'm 90 minutes away from the plant/offices/HQ, so I don't sell near as much as the guys that are closer, plus, the big bosses up there, stay up there.
My route is like the red headed step child of the company.
I'm the furthest away from the company, so they just let me do my thing. My sales are at an all time high, so they leave me alone and don't say too much.My boss is laid back. When he shows up, he tells me to tell him what to do in order to help me that day.
Plus, if you don't take your vaca/sick/personal days, they pay out at the end of the year. I took a vaca this year, but I'm saving 11 days.
Really, the only cons the job has is sometimes you can have a manager or receiver that is a ****, but I just kill them with kindness and since I'm in the Midwest - the weather. Snow and ice will be here soon and I'll be out in that ****.
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I went from an erratic schedule to 9-5/m-f then back to an erratic schedule.
The grass has always been greener on the other side.
The grass has always been greener on the other side.
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Lol @ "modern day slavery." Slaves were never paid and given opportunities. Money is always better than no money.
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i started buying music equipment when i first started as a stagehand, i copped samplers and also read up on them prior to making my purchases,
these jobs just required you to know the basic ins and outs in regards to input and output, its been cool to see how these live shows happen.
sound engineer was always the thing i wanted to do but i have just been working all i can and do want to go to school for it, its not neccesary but it really helps to have that under your belt in this proffesion, i used a yamaha m7 console at my old job, i replaced a person who had gone to school for 6 years for audio but in the end they were just lazy.
some of the people that ive met that have degrees in theatre also sucked and were so set in their ways that they wouldn't listen to advice especially coming from someone who didnt go to college, in the end those are the types of people that ruined my job as a stagehand, the theatre first started out by hiring locals. basically they needed muscle and people to move large set pieces, but with hiring people locally you had to deal with people getting arrested on their days off, coming back from lunch breaks drunk or high, the ish i saw there was crazy but we all did our jobs.after a couple of years they cut the locals out and eventually started bringing in these nerds from all around, they were mostly from the midwest. these kids would stand around a set piece for 10 mins discussing what the best way would be to move it
there is some mixing involved in the live shows i have worked but for the most part all of our faders were preset in the console so when we triggered a scene the faders would go to their spot, i still plan on going to school or at least getting an audio technician certification, i would love to work in a studio, thats the next thing i want to do.
like i told someone thru PM, you just gotta get your foot in the door, when i started as a stagehand i was basically moving furniture and being a janitor and then they needed someone to give the audio guy a hand running cables i was picked because i was going to school at that time for music, i didnt mention that i was just taking 2 classes at community college,english and reading i also mentioned that i owned some audio equipment too .i eventually ended up running the audio booth on my own during the show a couple years later.
at the movie theatre afterwards i started at the concession stand sweeping up popcorn, but since i was a stagehand before and a hardworker they apporached me about a position as a projectionist, they gave me insurance 401K and i just recently found out 7K worth of stocks that i get to cash out in 2015.
i've only worked 4 jobs so far, i dont want to be one of those people that jumps from job to job, left all my jobs on good terms.
this is what my work experience looks like from 17 to now,im 26, 27 on the 14th.
making pizzas, stagehand,concession stand /projectionist, audio technician/stagehand
all of my jobs i busted my behind, i was 17 working at the pizza place part time, studying for my GED.
i passed my GED, started working fulltime, operating the buffet, taking orders ,running the deep fryer all types of ish.
we all gotta start somewhere.
sorry bout the life story and nothing about mixing and mastering.
i own an mpc 2500 and old eps 16+ the asr 10's little brother.
i have always made loops on the side, nobody knows that about me just my close friends.
have tons of records, and would always just fire up the mpc and release some stress,i have been slacking lately also my buttons on the MPC are getting messed up.
i dont have anything on the internet except a 30 sec low quality snippet from 2009.
i dont use computers to make music either, this is all the mpc1000 and a sample.
https://myspace.com/theelectrifyingdeathdefyi/music/song/black-emeralds-36949181-38903721
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26 and making $75k to sit behind a desk, I don't mind.
You go ahead and be a PE teacher if you want to. You'll like this gig quick too.
You go ahead and be a PE teacher if you want to. You'll like this gig quick too.
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I get that I think.
I've got 5 jobs. 4 days a week I work in my own optometry practice and then I do some consultancy/other related advisory things.
I've just given up one of my p/t things (which was basically running training courses) for a number of reasons (top of the list was the time it took up for not a lot of reward).
I partly found it difficult because usually I'm the boss and although I generally work office hours I can be flexible with that and all the different things give me variety. I hated clocking in/out and the petty office politics get you down. I don't need that stress so I resigned intending having the time off instead.
But, yesterday I got offered a position with a group I've done some work for - flexible working, half the hours and over twice the money. I really like/respect the people too so definitely a good move. I've still got half a day more than last month so that's all good.
Some people like the regularity of just ticking the boxes, clocking out and going home - doesn't suit me though. I don't switch off well so need more flexibility.
I've got 5 jobs. 4 days a week I work in my own optometry practice and then I do some consultancy/other related advisory things.
I've just given up one of my p/t things (which was basically running training courses) for a number of reasons (top of the list was the time it took up for not a lot of reward).
I partly found it difficult because usually I'm the boss and although I generally work office hours I can be flexible with that and all the different things give me variety. I hated clocking in/out and the petty office politics get you down. I don't need that stress so I resigned intending having the time off instead.
But, yesterday I got offered a position with a group I've done some work for - flexible working, half the hours and over twice the money. I really like/respect the people too so definitely a good move. I've still got half a day more than last month so that's all good.
Some people like the regularity of just ticking the boxes, clocking out and going home - doesn't suit me though. I don't switch off well so need more flexibility.
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Wish I had a 9-5 job, im on call 24/7 or a restoration/construction company......not knowing whats next is a terrible feeling, need to get out asap
I have the same feeling, except i'm hourly. But I guess, it's different in my field. It doesn't feel like a '9-5' job, when it really is. I get paid extremely well too.
Can't wait to promote in a couple years and see the line.
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Never worked a 9-5 in an office or anything so I don't know what it's like. I'm straight on working my whole life for someone else.
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And what do you do where you are so independent?
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If you want to be rich you're going to have to work a whole lot longer than a 9-5...
And to answer OP's question....How do people do it?
Whether you like it or not, the reality for the VAST MAJORITY of people is, unless you're born into money, born with some kind of extraordinary talent or athleticism...you'll be working a 9-5 hoping to move up the ladder...and thats real talk...
And to answer OP's question....How do people do it?
Whether you like it or not, the reality for the VAST MAJORITY of people is, unless you're born into money, born with some kind of extraordinary talent or athleticism...you'll be working a 9-5 hoping to move up the ladder...and thats real talk...
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****, I do 11pm-11am 6 days week working in injection mold for ford. Talk about boring. thank god for netflix.
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My roommate/ friend is funding a food truck. Me and my friend who runs one of the best kitchens in the area are in charge. Shooting to own a small restaurant within a few years.
I work for someone now. I just couldn't my whole life. You Learn that quick in my field. Own a restaurant or run one. Only way you'll get paid as a cook. Hell I work 50 hours a week now to help my chef but my checks never break 1k every other week.
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I left a couple internships, good ones too because I couldn't stomach the structure. I found myself counting down the time from the moment I went in till lunch, and then once again till I left. I don't feel like I'm built for the office life, including all the BS that comes with it. However, with graduation looming weeks away I'm being forced to find something in that nature or be forced into unemployment. This **** sucks, but I plan on doing it till my other career aspirations start rolling. I'm dreading the transition.
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I guess that I am one for the 9 to 5 life. M-F, I am in the gym at 6 in the morning, at work between 7:30 and 8, and then back to the gym to hoop in the evening (M-Th). It works for me. When I was in retail full time I was so frustrated because my schedule, I never knew what it was week to week, closing and then coming right back and opening, or vice versa. Off days in the middle of the week,wasn't able to go hoop or work out and at that point was gaining weight like crazy. Listening to dudes I know saying how the runs in the gym were and I was stuck at a job, I wasn't happy with. I work a part -time job now as well but i pretty much come and go as I please there.
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Currently work at a grocery store. Hate it with a passion but I am grateful that I am employed. I would like to find a 9-5. Gotta get back in school and finish. 
What sucks too though is I feel just lost in the world.
Anyone feel me on this?
What sucks too though is I feel just lost in the world.
Anyone feel me on this?
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I'm hourly (because i'm not permanent.....yet) but the people who are salary at my job work the exact same hours I do...so honestly I can't really tell the difference.
My manager doesn't clock me for lunch or breaks or none of that. I also only have to dress up maybe 2 days a week, so i'm sure my experience isnt typical
I'm hourly (because i'm not permanent.....yet) but the people who are salary at my job work the exact same hours I do...so honestly I can't really tell the difference.
My manager doesn't clock me for lunch or breaks or none of that. I also only have to dress up maybe 2 days a week, so i'm sure my experience isnt typical
I like working overtime also. Wouldn't be able to do that if I was salary.