What is it like out there in the world of work

[Northern Lass]

As a few of you know I have to get a job!


now it has been 4 years since I last worked and how has it changed!
I want to know?
do they really time you for going to the loo!
Can you not swan off and get a buttie when you want!



4 yrs is a long time
and the thought of a 20 yr old telling me what to do
unless he is as good looking as Bob...well...no way !

Should I just get me knitting out and give up?

[Annie]

I would give it up unless you can get a cushy job Northern Lass, oh I know the money is ok and very handy but think about the time you will not be able to spend at the archives and on the forum , and you won't be able to swan about here, there and every where.

Or if you want to get your knitting out you could knit samples for Sirdar and get paid.
Annie

[Northern Lass]

I would give it up unless you can get a cushy job Northern Lass, oh I know the money is ok and very handy but think about the time you will not be able to spend at the archives and on the forum , and you won't be able to swan about here, there and every where.

Or if you want to get your knitting out you could knit samples for Sirdar and get paid.
Annie

hmmm there is that
would miss the archives

[Rob]

I mean who am i to offer advice but if i were you Northern Lassie i'd get a job with one of those Heir Hunting companies!!
You'd be perfect they need nosy i mean inquisitive people and your knowledge of genealogy?? Well, you're the Queen!!
You can drive,you scrub up quite nice you're assertive and well spoken.Yes you'd be perfect!!























Have i done ok? Like you told me to?

[Northern Lass]

Yeah thanks for that Rob pay you later
ok?



No but I am actually being serious
All these targets and you can and can't do stuff

I went to 2 shops yesterday and even my son was appalled at the customer service
they were so miserable!
no smiles
no friendliness

on the phone too I think that service on the whole is dreadful
if that is what they are like with customers
what on earth are they like with their colleagues

[mikleed]

Nlass......Go on the dole, or take up Graphic design.....get yourself a MacBook and you're there.....or try Canal Painting Roses & Castles....thats what I did when I retired from the Apple Mac world of design....thank god !....trouble is now at 75 can't even do that. so I sit here on my pathetic HP laptop while her indoors is preparing the sunday nosh.....then the great grandkids come up!......glad when I can settle down tonight with Beer & Fags.and waking up in the morning is a bonus....to start another day talking to you lot out there......be happy girl !
Mike.

[Northern Lass]

Nlass......Go on the dole, or take up Graphic design.....get yourself a MacBook and you're there.....or try Canal Painting Roses & Castles....thats what I did when I retired from the Apple Mac world of design....thank god !....trouble is now at 75 can't even do that. so I sit here on my pathetic HP laptop while her indoors is preparing the sunday nosh.....then the great grandkids come up!......glad when I can settle down tonight with Beer & Fags.and waking up in the morning is a bonus....to start another day talking to you lot out there......be happy girl !
Mike.

no good at art Mike


I got Robbie and Mally nagging me to get a Job
and Linell nagging me to clean me house
and me 'ead tellin me to gerrof me backside and gerra job!

But to get away from talking about me and work.....

all you that work what is it like out there?
What is the boss like?
What are the conditions like

me and a5 baggie are a bit mouthy well he is
and we had the kind of job where that worked
you know selling snow to eskimos .....and gave em good advise too ...like...
never eat yellow snow!

So come on let's share your work experiences
do you like your boss
do you fancy your boss
are you having an affair with your boss
are you the boss!

will you be glad when you retire?
will you miss work when you retire?
do you live for work!

are your work conditions
good
bad
heath hazard!

are your work colleagues
great
rubbish
indifferent



Tell us

[cid]

Hi folks,

I have a fantastic job and not one but two... fantastic bosses. I have my own little office, can make a drink (all paid for) when I want to, go for as many loo breaks as are nescessary. And the best part of it all........ my bosses do exactly as I tell them to

Cid

[mikleed]

Jan.....forget the Art.. the Software does it for you. And this writing of yours on this post is super !........just had e-mail from Lin???.
Mike.

[linell]

Have you thought of getting some paid work as a Genealogist NL I hear the money can be quite useful Linell.

[Annie]

Have you thought of getting some paid work as a Genealogist NL I hear the money can be quite useful Linell.

Now that is good advice Northern Lass , getting paid for something you love doing and are very good at.

Annie

[Northern Lass]

Have you thought of getting some paid work as a Genealogist NL I hear the money can be quite useful Linell.

Now that is good advice Northern Lass , getting paid for something you love doing and are very good at.

Annie

nah! this is a hobby
although if someone offered me £20 an hour I might take a butchers
but then you would have folk mithering you
can't be doing with been mithered

When I used to do temp work I was amazed at how petty some of the bosses were
one place only allowed you to visit the loo if you asked permission

I soon left that one

another one started you doing one job and then changed the job description completely
and wanted you to sort out stuff that they should have been doing
so left that one too

some won't allow you to have a cuppa on your desk or a biccie
One place I worked at as a clerical temp suggested that I also should clean his office too!
I told him what he could do with his feather duster!


So don't think I will do any temping!
no matter how tempting it sounds

[Rob]

You're far too picky!! You're not 25 anymore you know!! You're gonna have to bite the bullet if you really want to start going out there to work!! What's wrong with a bit of dusting now and then?

[mallosa]

Yeh! You could put that 'Big Mitt' to good use

How about asking at your local Archives if you could run 'Genealogy Classes' for beginners?

You almost live there anyway.....

[Annie]

Do you like shopping Northern Lass, if so you could join 'Helping Hands' doing the shopping for the elderly and you get paid for that not sure how much these days, I have a friend who used to work for them.

Annie