Do you like your job?
- Thread starter KaHn
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I love my job.
Get to sit about most of the year, spending the time with the family, and when I do go away, I get to sit about, most of the time, watching movies and stuff.
Then have about 24-36 hours work, then home again. Braw. Work with good people, have good managers, can be mentally challenging at times, other times it can just be a piece of cake. Paid reasonably well for it too. Last year I averaged about £1k per days work. Nice.
Get to sit about most of the year, spending the time with the family, and when I do go away, I get to sit about, most of the time, watching movies and stuff.
Then have about 24-36 hours work, then home again. Braw. Work with good people, have good managers, can be mentally challenging at times, other times it can just be a piece of cake. Paid reasonably well for it too. Last year I averaged about £1k per days work. Nice.
Mine's love/hate, I love it because there's so much potential within the company and I have a lot of free reign, but at the same time I hate it because there's little scope for progression or to learn new skills, also a lot of modernisation needs to happen to move forwards which they don't want to do which is really poor for a 2 year old company. Considering taking a pay cut just to move elsewhere to learn/move forwards.
10 points to you!
Soldato
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No.
I am in the process of moving. I have interviews in progress.
I am in the process of moving. I have interviews in progress.
What the heck do you do? Earning 1k a day for "sitting about watching movies" doesn't seem to add up!
I work offshore. 'Nuff said... lol.
I don't actually get £1k per day. I get a salary plus a day rate. So if I don't work too many days, it seems as though I get paid more per day. So I only did around 55 days last year, so it looks like a high day rate. If I did 3 times as many days, I wouldn't get 3 times as much pay.
A few years ago, I only did 17 days for the whole year, so worked out closer to £2.5k per day.
I don't actually get £1k per day. I get a salary plus a day rate. So if I don't work too many days, it seems as though I get paid more per day. So I only did around 55 days last year, so it looks like a high day rate. If I did 3 times as many days, I wouldn't get 3 times as much pay.
A few years ago, I only did 17 days for the whole year, so worked out closer to £2.5k per day.
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I like the job I do, but I don't like the people I do it for. Unfortunately they pay me more than I would get anywhere else doing the same job so I can't leave.
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Sounds like a sweeeet deal you've got there. How long did it take you on that particular career path to land that job? Mind telling a bit more?
Nope
Out of the country at the moment, but in Cornwall now!
O joys, few mates have left now to join your line of work. May need to jump on the bandwagon..
Nope
Out of the country at the moment, but in Cornwall now!
O joys, few mates have left now to join your line of work. May need to jump on the bandwagon..
My line of work is subsea engineering design, this offshore malarkey I do is for ****'s and giggles.
If you're electrical/mechanical look at becoming a lay tech, seems to be a need for loads of them!
KaHn
What do you hate about it?
Soldato
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I think probably it's a pretty high percentage of people who don't like their jobs.
love the job but hate the workload.
the job itself is easy stress free and constantly putting me with new and interesting characters daily. the workload is whats killing me. 7 days a week for weeks on end and longer working days than would normally be prudent are slowly grinding me down
the job itself is easy stress free and constantly putting me with new and interesting characters daily. the workload is whats killing me. 7 days a week for weeks on end and longer working days than would normally be prudent are slowly grinding me down