What do you do?/What do you like about it?
Throughtout the day, I spend a lot of time e-mailing and surfing around on the net. This has led someone to ask the question "What kind of job do you have"? Henceforth I was wondering what all of you in ezabel land do for a living.
I work an inside sales position and I love it. We manufacture thermal transfer labels which companies use for barcoding & shipping. Usually when Watchtower sends in a box of litature to your congregation, It has a thermal label on it. I like the job because it gives me freedom to work and build my own business, the way i see fit. We are given a dollar amount to sale for the month. As long as we hit our numbers, we can pretty much do what we want. We can come and leave as we please. It's guys who sit with their legs up on their desk and read the paper or surf the net all day. The sweet thing is that out of 30 sales reps, 15 of them currently make over $100,000 a year. Our top guy will make $350,000 this year. I've been here for close to a year now and have made more than I ever have made before. Real opportunity, Freedom, Benefits, what else could I ask for...
We'll thats what I do, and What I like, now what about you...
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I'm a Draftsman. I create and modify drawings for medical implant devices using 2-D and 3-D CAD software. The job is kind of boring since I do more clerical work then creative work. It pays the bills though. Well okay, I pay my bills after I hand almost half my salary over to a woman that does not love me and has forced me into a half finished attic sleeping on a futon in my parent's house while trying to find a stinkin' program to watch on Cablevision's lousy lineup on IO. But that's a story for another time. For all you brothers looking for women, THEY'RE EVIL!!! Did I say that out loud? Oops. I'm sure some of you ladies are sane. LOL.
the wrong ones are evil.....
Just pull a chelios on him to show him he's wrong. ;-)
Women are all evil at some point in each month. LOL.
That's for sure try dealing with 4 of them every month. lol.
Escpecially when their "evil" times over lap.
hey thats our right!!! you complaining about how the creator made us??? ;)
Not at all just saying it can be rough at times. There are days when my even opening my mouth ticks them off. lol
LOL.....it still aint right....LOL
No what's not right is getting your head ripped off for asking your sister if she wants you to save the last of the leftovers from dinner the previous night so she can take them with her to work for lunch. Man it's sooooo wrong some of the stuff I get yelled at for. Now that is just wrong. :-P
maybe it was the tone you used.....
Tone?! You've got to be kidding me there was no tone. lol. All I said was do you want me to save this for you. It was really messed up.
i heard guys have a time period every month where they get cranky too
yes, and it lasts about 30 days :)
I think that's just a DeGasperi trait. :-p
I know a few guys who have male PMS all the time.
Al Amony he's a good guy
aww man, the word sales makes me cringe..I worked @ a company called Systemax, selling computer related products business to business for 6 months, & I HATED it...I'm not like, computer illiterate or anything, but i'm no techie either - so I was shocked when I got the job cause I thought they only wanted people w/SERIOUS IT knowledge..it turns out, i was dealing w/IT guys from different compananies who already knew what they wanted, MFR# & all..& the $$ was good...but it was SOOOOO stressfull!..yours doesn't seem to be all that much of a headache though
I'm the bookkeeper at a small and basically insane law-firm. The two owners are Satan the Devil and a Semi-Nice Lawyer. It's a pretty good job and I like the job itself, but I'm getting EXTREMELY tired of working full-time. I really wanna work part-time and pioneer. But for now gotta pay some billzzzz....
the first sentance sounded so informative. "yes. this is my boss and his name is Satan the devil."
I thought it was pretty funny.
hahaha no....I work for Satan the Devil...at CVS!!! we have the same boss!
i'm a help desk analyst for Aventis pharma, a large drug company. i'm hoping to transfer to an evan larger drug company in the near future, you may have heard of them... the mafia.
Im a graphic Artist/commercial photographer. I work specifically with screenprint companies, either an hourly employee or as a freelance artist. It's very cool - I get to design stuff that ends up on peoples shirts, uniforms, signs for what-nots... and bands, radio stations. It's cool - but here in PA waitressing pays the rent...
That's the coolest occupation and the one I would love to have if I was just a bit more artistic.
Up until about a month ago I worked for FedEx Ground as a package handler working at 2:00 in the morning. I started out working 5 days a week tuesday-Saturday morning. Very physically tiring work. After 1,000hrs I finally got benefits. I was there longer than anyone else on any of the belts except for the managers. I even out lasted some of them and I only worked there for 2 1/4 years. The good thing was I worked there for so long my boss didn't want to let me go so he let me work 2 days a week and I still got to keep my benefits. I did that until I just couldn't do the job anymore. There is just only so long you can do a job like that for before you have to quit.
I am a Registered Dental Hygienist. I clean teeth, take x-rays and point out the spots that the Dentist will proclaim to be cavities (I am not legally permitted to diagnose disease). I LOVE being in a health field. I meet tons of new people and use my knowledge of the whole body to give advice on healthier living. But who knows, in a couple of years (if I can afford it) I would like to go back to school and become an Oral Surgeon and cut ppl up.
well, if you know where the cavaties are, then why do i have to get x-rays just to discover that i don't have any?
because we can see in between the teeth. we can only see the tops and the sides of the teeth. please don't tell me you are one of those types that gets their panties in a bunch over x-rays.
yeah well if i have to spend the money to get them EVERY time i go to the dentist, and she always looks at them and says "Your teeth are beatiful, you can go", i don't see the point of them. like, ok, why did we do this?
on another note, my dentist is kinda hot.
Because if something ended up to be wrong (and could have been diagnosed sooner in an x-ray that should have been updated yearly or every year and a half) you could sue. You could sue us for supervised neglect. It isn't fun.
i'm a nanny :) but once i actully start school, i'm gonna be majoring in english and minoring in education... i wanna be an english teacher but i'm not sure what grade yet... maybe elementary ed... i haven't made up my mind
i just realized i didn't say what i like about my job...
i've worked other things before (retail blah blah) but working with kids is just better. i get to spend all my time sitting in a nice warm home, eating all their food, and playing games and watching TV haha pay is great and i feel satisfied at the end of my day..
as long as i can remember i've wanted to be a teacher... so hopefully when i actully do it, i'll be happy. i guess i just like being with kids. makes me feel good when i can help them with their homework and be there for them when they've had a rough day at school... man... i sound like a loser... i'm stopping now...
I think that's whats best, working a position which you gain personal satisfaction out of doing.
We can be occupation twins!
I am a disgruntled ex techy who works at fedex. And i whole heartedly take this out on your packages when i am having a bad day. Im serious, fragile means not a thing to me or anyone else who touches it. But it supports my car habit which i have dumped every penny into.
I'm a computer programmer. its real interesting and there's different levels to it. lots of room to learn and improve. it stretches your mind. its good.
I offical title is Career Studential Engineer and Festive Activity Coordinator.
WOOOO HOOOOO
I havn't met you in person yet, but I can tell from your personality that you probally do a good job at planning "Festive Events". Who do you plan for?
I plan for a variety of independant contractors and the like. I guarantee an A+++ time, would party again.
yo when you gonna plan a few for me? I got a bunch of days open that need events
I'm a full time student, majoring in history and minoring in education. So, in a couple of years, i'll be a teacher. But, for now, I have an awesome job uploading things to ebay. Its great because i get to work from home, i can work whatever time i want, and the pay is better then my last job. (which was working at a law firm doing annoying office tasks like filing, photo copying, etc)
How many credits do you usually take per semester and what school do you go to?
the honors college at Adelphi University. This semester i'm only taking 16 credits....but from here on out, i think it's going to be 17...maybe 18 (i'm getting my masters in 5 yrs, so it's a lot because of that)
what about you?
five years of school?? wow. that is a mad long time.
not for a masters...6 is standard for a masters
Gee now I feel lazy! I'm only taking 12 this semester, I took 15 last. I set my schedule up so I can get a part time job because my dad told me I had to.
don't feel lazy...college is hard even at 12 credits. That's 4 classes right? I took 4 classes one for my second semester i think...i think it worked out to 13 credits. And, that was still not easy
Yeah..I mean, it's not super easy where I have no work or anything (especially since two are lit/writing classes) but I could probably do 15 as well. It just makes me very anxious when I have too much to do, even if I have enough time.
if i did all my work, i probably wouldnt be able to handle it. I am an eXpert at cutting corners. I got a 98 on my history midterm and a 99 on the final last semester....and i picked the book up for the first time one week before each. If i actually did the readings...well, then i wouldn't have much time to do anything else...i dont know how some people do it, but then again...people always tell me they dont know how i do it
Wow. I could do that for math courses, (I didn't even really start seriously attending the lectures until I was a junior and taking graduate level courses), but there's no way I could do that and get an A for a history course.
I think a lot of it also has to do with how good the teacher is. If the teacher doesn't talk about the subject in class, i can't really get away with it. I guess i'm just one of those auditory learners, because i've always been able to get away with just listening in class and doing minimal, if any reading, and still get A's.
I do most of my reading. I don't really need to for Sociology, a lot of that stuff is common sense to me. However, when I was in psych I had to read because all that brain stuff was completely foreign but some of the other concepts weren't. For literature I just like reading and I want to do good in it because I want to be a good teacher and really know that material. I have to read a lot when I take history because while I enjoy the subject I'm very bad at it.
I remember reading about that. What a sweet gig!
I'm a stay-at-home mom. I also sell Avon on the side, which doesn't take up much of my time, so I still have time to spend with my son, and I also still have time to clean my house, and make dinner every night. Of course, it also means I have plenty of time to waste on the computer, as well. Hehehe. :)
I have two little girls and I would love for their mom to be able to stay at home with them. Hopefully that will happen soon.
It's the best thing in the world. I wouldn't trade this job for any other one out there. How old are your girls?
The oldest is 3, and the youngest is 4 mos.
Awwww!!!!!! A BABY!!! (Sorry...I'm going through a baby phase right now)
That's so great that having her stay at home is what you're working towards. I wasn't able to stay at home with my son for the first 3 and a half years of his life, because I had to work full-time,and he was in daycare. But now I'm able to, and I think that is such a wonderful thing for kids, at whatever age. My son starts school this fall, so that will be a big change for me, though.
I manage two Help Desks for one of the largest Telemarketting companies in the US. I currently can't stand my job but the pay is good. I plan on being here until about September when I plan to move to Hawaii. Once I get there who knows what I'll be doing. If I have to wait tables, pump gas, or clean bathrooms I'll do it.
hotels my man, thats the way to go! OH YEAH, FYI, if you know japanese your good as gold over there
So I've heard. I plan to learn it when I get there, I guess I should really learn now.
serious, start now and if you know even a little, it helps....ask oyur friend, seriously
I've been dying to learn Japanese. It is my goal.
Is it Dial America?
There a competetor. I work for CDG Management, LLC which owns and operates Civic Development Group (fundraising) and Millennium Teleservices (for-profit).
Do I know you?. . . .
I don't know, do I know you?
I asked about Dial America because the wanted me for a manager position over the sales floor. They made an attractive offer, but I wouldn't of been able to make any of my meetings
Whaaattt, thats mine and my husbands goal to, but not in september. What Island?
I'm shooting for September too, Oahu.
I have a friend on Oahu,we didnt really care for it to much, North shore is cool cause its so typical surf and surfshops all in a row area, but its so crowded and built up (the island in general), we didnt like that, We are looking in Kauai right now, Princeville area. You know people out there?
I thought you looked familiar, but I duno. Oh Well.
I have a friend or two in the Kailua area.
I do know who you are, I thought I did!
lol, great! Do I know you? :P
Yeah, ha, Im a kovach girl!
well now sherwood, but I was up untill June 7th 2003
Stephanie! How are ya!?
yeah,
Im Good,Same ol,except I'm married.& I live in spring lake.
Paul lives in Freehold now, and Im pretty sure goes to the Jackson hall,
and my sister lives on a farm with her husband.
We're all outa the house now. my parents love it, ha ha.
Yeah I've heard, my friend was telling me when she was up here that she visited Jess. That's awesome, congratulations! :) I heard you were in Hawaii not long ago. I hear the Big Island is nice, that's where my brother-in-law wants to move.
Yeah we were in hawaii in October. we didnt go to the big island. I REALLY wish we did though atleast for a day to see the black sand and the volcano.
But we are trying to move out there. We love it so much. and brandon has friends on the island we want to move to. I would love to just drop everything and go, ha , but its a little to expensive out there to just hop on a plane and go there.
Are you still in the middlesex area?
Yeah, living in Piscataway, getting ready to move in with my parents actually. I'm going to save up and come September I'm planning ot move out there. I'm looking forward to getting out of Jersey and now I only have to worry about my self so it should be cool.
Ditto, I to am looking forward to getting out of New Jersey. Me & my husband are.
I didnt know your situation I didnt know it was just you anymore! That's good,?? I guess?? It'll make it easier , expense wise.
wait, how did you not know me? I had a journal that was all pictures from my past summer.
i saw your profile, and i was pretty sure knew you, and then i was positive when someone told me it WAS you, ha ha.
how do you make sales then? wait for people to call. I'm a commercial insurance agent. most of the time i have plenty of work to do, but i don't feel like it. it's much more interesting around here.
What I am saying is that the door is open for you to make as much as you want to make. If you want to make 30k a year, go for it. If you want to make 300k a year, suit yourself. If the sun is shining and you want to go swimming or play golf, go for it. You have the freedom here that a lot of companies don't give you. The vast majority of my new business is gained from cold calls. I look at those here who hardly work and reason if they can pull in that type of "jack", I probally can do pretty decent with my work ethic.
wow and i thought my job was fun! I work for Billabong USA headquarters, actually its the skateboard line that i work for, Element Skateboards! I do jrs accessory design, i do it partime and partime i'm doing the accounting. The jrs line is getting off the ground slowly but surely and since it's male dominated they're working the "male" aspect before they go FULL fledge on the jrs. We get to play around alot and take "skate" breaks....you know to test out the new boards etc.
i got a bunch of element shirts, sweat shirts and a board or two, i think you need to hook me up with some more stuff for free :)
i'll see what i can do my man....it'll be a bit as i am hooking my man ty up first...
he doesn't need anymore nice clothes his game works even if he looked like a hobo, i dropped lots of money on their stuff already :)
well thanks for supporting the cause! =)
Now you got the hook-ups....
*listen to bob marley*
seriously, if we didnt have these pesky rules about tattoos i wanted to get earth wind water and fire ones. both ankles and both wrists, each one of the elements on them
What Rules? There are no Rules.
WOW, i'm going to pass that message onto Johnny (prez of element)
Try the henna tats
*so you CAN'T get a tat? OOPPS, should i get mine removed?? (totally kidding)
i dunno i think we cant right? can i say its a conscious matter? I wanted to get them and send a pic in one day or somethin, i have seen a few other people get tats of their fav skate companys
From what I understood (this matter was approached in a recent awake) it's a conscience matter
yes lynz is right!!!
do you remember which awake it was?
Pretty sure it's the one with two swams on the front of it? When you read it tell me what you think.
swams? lol
Swans..those pretty white birds. Hmm..maybe the one with the Farmer then? I'm almost postive it's in an Awake. Actually..maybe not too recent. It could be anywhere back to september actually..
oh wow, now i really gotta go searchin no fun :/
hmm im not finding it
There's an article on tattoos in the 8/8/2000 awake. My understanding is that getting a tattoo is certainly a matter of conscience, *however* brothers who do so may be held back from serving as elders/ministerial servants/pioneers in the congregation and sisters may be held back from pioneering.
There is a new-er article on it from 2003 though.
Found it. It's in the 9/22/2003 Awake!. The import of the articles seems to be the same, though, so I don't think anything has changed.
wow, i didn't know that. i would never get a tatoo though. i think they just look so ghey
It said "think before you ink" in that one. It tickled me.
ha, I member that
and i thought and did, and thought again and did again, and am thinking and want to do again,, AAAHHHHHHHH
im guessing it states the same thing though, ah well time to get the ankles done
just use henna, it comes off after a few weeks and you're sparing your conscience.
We have a wall of pics like that, we call it our wall of fame. one guy had the element "tree" tattooed on his back that's on the wall and it's cute cause little groms send in their little drawings.
if you're ever out this way i can give you a tour and hopefully we'll have our ramp done in our warehouse
I really enjoy henna! Its so fun.
isnt that the indian junk where its all red?
It's kind of brown (the black one is bad for you!). You could always just use magic markers.
hmm ill pass on that then, i like full color :)
the deal is it is a conscience matter however, if u have one VISABLE, you can't have privledges in the congragation... if its not visable- its a conscience matter.. thats how my dad explained it to me anyways haha
Yeah..that's how I thought it went.
It's a conscience matter in either case. Having privileges is just that, a privilege. In order to have them you must be "exemplary", as in, above and beyond what is required. You can be a perfectly fine witness in good standing in the congregation with absolutely no privileges whatsoever.
Oh, and as far as visible/non-visible tattoos go, unless they've gotten specific direction from the Society, that sort of thing is up to the local body of elders to decide on. So while the body in your congregation has decided to do it that way, the body in another congregation might decide on something completely different.
My dad is an elder in my hall, and he has a tattoo right on his arm (he DID get it when he wasn't in the truth) of a skull with a knife through the eye that says "death before dishonor"... and he's been an elder for like 15 years
well, i think being in the truth or not when you get it makes a big difference. You can change, and still be considered exemplorary
here is the shirt with prolly my favorite of them that i wanted, prolly change it a little bit but start with wind starting on my left ankle then water left arm then follow arround
that was pretty much what i meant-if you made cold calls or if people called you. sounds like good times
I sit at my desk doing office work. I occassionaly go hang out like a monkey in the warehouse. I also answer phones at the front desk when the girl is out. Nothing is exciting, but it pays the bills.
That's the key, as long as it pays the bills.