View Poll Results: Your job.....do you like it?
This job is just a stepping stone to a better one.
9
10.00%
I am retired, don't have to sweat it.
4
4.44%
I don't like my job but I am stuck.
13
14.44%
I like my job but I will get a better one some day.
17
18.89%
I like my job but don't know how long it will last.
11
12.22%
I plan to retire in my current job.
36
40.00%
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Your job
Postmaster
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 3,529
Likes: 1
From: The Star-Club, Hamburg
I'd love to retire from the warehouse I work at in about 25 years, but the way the current crop of management is running it, I am highly doubtful that will happen.
I never plan to retire from the farm, but the banks and the government might have other plans for me there.
I never plan to retire from the farm, but the banks and the government might have other plans for me there.
Senior User
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 193
Likes: 0
From: Carroll County, MD
I am a senior Cad draftsman for a concrete company. (I'm only 19). I am going to school part-time to at least earn my associates degree in Civil Engineering. Then I will take over as project manager. Basically I will handle sales, the drafting "department" (all two-threee drafters), engineering, scheduling, trucking, etc.
I took Drafting class in highschool. Got this job as a drafter and was offered a college education and my bosses job when he retired. Totally unexpected. I love my job, and I want to stay here until I retire.
I took Drafting class in highschool. Got this job as a drafter and was offered a college education and my bosses job when he retired. Totally unexpected. I love my job, and I want to stay here until I retire.
Posting Guru
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 1,197
Likes: 0
From: mesa, az
...Non Destructive Testing Technician level 2 ie X-ray, magnaflux, dye penetrant, leak test, hydro test and N-ray....with a defense sub contractor...can be boring at times (inspect 5000 .50cal primers) however, Im not out in the weather and I get to see things go BOOM...plus no one here can do our job so they leave our dept alone except when they need us....
I wish Id have found this trade/company 20 years ago....
employee owned, good bennies, almost a family atmosphere ie small enough to know most everyone yet big enough to be able to disappear when ya need to and stable enough that there is a large percentage of lifers been here 35-40 years...
I wish Id have found this trade/company 20 years ago....
employee owned, good bennies, almost a family atmosphere ie small enough to know most everyone yet big enough to be able to disappear when ya need to and stable enough that there is a large percentage of lifers been here 35-40 years...
Senior User
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 304
Likes: 0
From: Jacksonville, Florida
Wow, some of you guys have some pretty cool jobs. I absolutely hate my job. I have a Bachelors degree in Electronics, but jobs here in Jacksonville suck unless you are military. I did have a good job but they closed the shop here. And right now, I can't afford to move anywhere else. So I am stuck at Walmart and I hate it. I can't wait til I can get away from that place. I hate customer service jobs period. And with the exception of about 9 months on my last job, that is the only type of job, I have ever had.
Anyone in the electronics industry know where I can get a good job with good pay? I have both associate and bachelor degrees from ITT Tech, but I have relatively little experience, and that is what seems to be hurting me.
Anyone in the electronics industry know where I can get a good job with good pay? I have both associate and bachelor degrees from ITT Tech, but I have relatively little experience, and that is what seems to be hurting me.
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Posting Guru
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 1,230
Likes: 0
From: Near Bloom, PA
(Other Bower)
I like my job and my crew, but I can't see retiring here. Been here 4 1/2 years and I've gone as far as I can go unless someone quits or dies and they need a replacement in a hurry, and even then there are others who could move up before me. No retirement here either, not the best bennies but I need what I've got. Concerned about the way things have been going (downhill) so might not want to put up with the upper management BS too much longer.
There aren't a lot of good jobs available here, I'm fortunate that I'm adaptable and could sling hash if I needed to. But there is some major expansion going on nearby. I am so tempted to get in one of these businesses from the start and make a career out of it, just hate to leave a job I like for a questionable one.
In a nutshell though, I still don't know what I want to do when I grow up...
I like my job and my crew, but I can't see retiring here. Been here 4 1/2 years and I've gone as far as I can go unless someone quits or dies and they need a replacement in a hurry, and even then there are others who could move up before me. No retirement here either, not the best bennies but I need what I've got. Concerned about the way things have been going (downhill) so might not want to put up with the upper management BS too much longer.
There aren't a lot of good jobs available here, I'm fortunate that I'm adaptable and could sling hash if I needed to. But there is some major expansion going on nearby. I am so tempted to get in one of these businesses from the start and make a career out of it, just hate to leave a job I like for a questionable one.
In a nutshell though, I still don't know what I want to do when I grow up...
Elder User
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 535
Likes: 0
From: Laveen
Twenty three years Army, Air Guard, Army Guard and 16 federal employee and bought my military time for federal retirement, Five years with Gila River Indian Casinos, Senior communications tech (only commo tech). And for some reason the facilities people think the automatic gates are my responsibility. I work alone for the most part, I have a TV, internet and several computers in my office and they just gave me another raise. But just today they asked me to have a proposal put together by tuesday for upgrading the three casinos to plasma TVs and HDTV. I've been trying to get them interested for two years, now they want the info by tuesday, of course the proposal from two years ago is useless now. I should get a real job. Oh yeah and its a combination office and shop but its the biggest office in the building.
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