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Started by Natasha, April 27, 2008, 01:04:14 AM

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MeghanAndrews

I work M - F, I usually leave my house around 9:30, get there around 10, then leave around 6:30 or so. I take lunch at my desk and play around on my computer. If I need to come in earlier, like tmrw I should be in around 8 am, then it's no problem :)
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gothique11

I work what ever random days of the week they schedule me in (not fun when trying to plan stuff, especially when the schedule, on occasion, doesn't come out until a few days before the next week -- once it didn't come out until the day before... that was chaos). I usually work evenings, so 2:30 pm- 10:30 pm, or sometimes 5:30 pm - 10:30 pm (again, random days, usually five or four days a week).

Most of my jobs have been evening/night/graveyard shift type of jobs. I'm not much of a morning person, and after years and years of working evening type shifts it feels very odd to be up in the morning, working, etc...

The downside is that I don't always get to do things I want to do, or I have to book the time off. The plus side is that if I'm going out to a club/bar, I can usually make it there 11:30-ish since I live downtown and walk everywhere. The other upside is that I get to sleep in. Also, I get time for day-time appointments, like doctors, etc.

So, there's some ups but also some downs. Especially the random day bit. I usually work weekends. And I also work in retail -- it sux to no end. Beleive me, after 10 or so years of retail, you really, really, really hate it. I'm surprised how much I get away at work. I'm late everyday. I swear. I joke around. I really don't care about my job and everyone knows I hate it, etc. But I have this odd charisma thing going on that everyone loves me, including the customers. it's really weird, but people love me for some reason.

After surgery sometime, I think I'm going to look for something else. I'm bored at my job. I'm one of those people that really don't do well with boring, or doing the same thing over and over and over. My brain is a thinking one, so I like to learn new things and challenge myself. My job isn't an especially "bad" job, but just the same thing I've been doing over and over, with the 20 million other jobs I've had.

The best job I had was when I co-owned/created a small publishing company, in which we produced a magazine. I loved the challenge. I loved going out and talking with people about the magazine. I did really well with it. My charisma seemed to make a difference, combined with that I actually worked hard and enjoyed it because it was a challenge every time. The company no longer exists, but it was a great time.

I'm re-thinking about going back in to business. Or acting (so many people keep saying that I should do that). Or maybe writing, which I used to do a lot of -- especially in this long-winded post.

But yeah, I'm working on that. Organizing life. I just went bankrupt -- not as bad as some people make it out to be. Basically, going bankrupt means I can have my surgery with out fear of looming debt and creditors over my back while I'm recovering ($32,000 in debt is a bit of a heavy load, especially when you're working a retail job); and also, it will allow me to kind of explore for a bit before I jump into an actual career. I feel as though, now that I've become myself, that I'll be heading the direction in life that I need/want to go. For a long time, pre-trans, I seemed to hold off a lot, but now, I have blossomed a lot more. So, yeah, this is a good thing and there's many more good things to come yet.

--natalie
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Christo

Mon - Wed 12 to 9p.m.
Thurs 2 - 10p.m
Friday 11 - 7pm
Sat 6 - 3pm
Sun off :icon_joy:  yep kinda messed up but I'm still new on the job so I gotta suck it up 4 now :laugh:  My other day off is monday. Sometimes wednesday
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Suzy

Quote from: Chris on April 30, 2008, 02:15:29 AM
yep kinda messed up but I'm still new on the job so I gotta suck it up 4 now

Just give them that award-winning smile of yours.  You will have them charmed immediately, and in no time I'm sure you will be running the place.

Kristi
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Kate

M-F, 9-5.

Yea, I'm a radical.

Well... to be fair, I'm never exactly NOT working in the sense I'm on call 24/7, and do most of The Good Stuff remotely from home at night and on weekends when people aren't around.

~Kate~
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Valerie

Well, they hired me to be "the weekend person" so my schedule is Thursday through Monday, 8AM to 5PM...   In actuality, since I fly solo on Saturdays & Sundays, I end up working at least 2-3 hours overtime over the actual weekend, and some weekdays it goes over some, too.  Lunch is whenever we work it out at the office -- we can afford to not be anal about it...much more relaxed than my old job!


--Valerie
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Chaunte

Quote from: Kristi on April 27, 2008, 11:49:21 PM
Generally my work hours are January through December.  I'm supposed to get one day off per week, and occasionally do.

Kristi

lol!  Copy that, Kristi!  And around Christmas / Tridium time, there aren't enough hours in the day!

Chaunte
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