Do you enjoy your job NT fam?

[celticsfan9783]

Where are you from?
What do you do for a living?
Any specialized training and/or education?

I'm having the hardest time figuring out what I want to do career-wise and I'm in my upper 20's. Graduated in 2008 with a B.S. in Criminal Justice. Spent 3 years working in a high secure treatment facility for juveniles. Tough work, little pay, horrible hours. I'd do much better as a probation officer (my goal when I was in college) working on a 1-to-1 basis with individuals. Those jobs are next to impossible to come by in Massachusetts however.

Anyone else having a difficult time finding a job they legitimately enjoy doing?

Also, I lost my best friend since childhood to a drug overdose 2 weeks ago. Trying to sort my life out while dealing with this huge loss has been incredibly hard to say the least. I've considered military, just picking up and moving across country or internationally, or something to just get myself out of this rut.

Personal stories and suggestions are welcomed.

*sorry for the essay

 

[mmg]

Eh what I do pays the bills, it's just a job.

I can't wait to start my career ( cop ) and thinking about going the military route to help.

 

[al audi]

Eh what I do pays the bills, it's just a job.
I can't wait to start my career ( cop ) and thinking about going the military route to help.

you dont think cop is a stressful career?

cops also have like the highest divorce rate of any profession.

 

[Ox.]

unemployment sucks, but i've never had a job i've liked, maybe the last one where i worked at a grocery store and had bangin co workers, hopefully going to school lands me a career i enjoy, don't want a job that is 24/7, once i leave work, that work cloud better stay away from me

 

[celticsfan9783]

unemployment sucks, but i've never had a job i've liked, maybe the last one where i worked at a grocery store and had bangin co workers, hopefully going to school lands me a career i enjoy, don't want a job that is 24/7, once i leave work, that work cloud better stay away from me

Worked at Whole Foods when I was 18-20. Definitely MILF haven and some cute co-workers to boot. Actually one of my better job experiences thinking back.

 

[mojodmonky1]

Where are you from?
What do you do for a living?
Any specialized training and/or education?

Living in SoCal, born and raised.

I am a credit manager for a small privately owned lender/leasing company.

Got my BS in Business Admin - Mgmt Information Systems with an emphasis in E-commerce in 2002. Right before I finished school I figured out that I hate working with computers and doing anything MIS or IT related. After fartin around at some terrible management trainee gig, I happened upon this job kinda by luck (well... not luck, so much as my girlfriend now current wife re-wrote my resume, looked up job listings, submitted my resume to said job listings, all because she knew that i was unhappy with my job and also probably because she was sick of dating a deadbeat). No specialized training was required, only a bachelors degree in business or other similar field.

I thoroughly enjoy my job. Not so much because of the job itself (day to day tasks) but moreso because of the people. I work for a small company, and get along with all of my coworkers. I've been here now 8 yrs? 9 yrs? something like that. When I started, the business was fairly new, only a couple years old. At one time, there were just 3 of us, but since then we have been steadily growing. Everyone here is fairly young, or atleast around the same age. I guess I'm not that young anymore. When I started, I was 23-24, the owner of the company was in his early 30's, and my other coworker was a year older. Today, the majority of us are in our mid-20's to early 30's, with a few in their early 40's. We have very little turnover, and those who do leave (or are let go) usually do so within the first 6-12 months. With a tight knit group that is this size, you find out pretty quickly whether or not you are a good personality fit. With the exception of our newest hire who came on board this year, everyone else has been with us for atleast 4+ years which I think is pretty impressive considering the company is only 10-11 yrs old.

As far as the day to day job itself, whats not to like? I work pretty set hours of 8a-5p M-F. The 8a start is more a guideline than a hard and fast rule. Most of us trickle on in anywhere between 8a-9a. The 5p leave time on the other hand... this place becomes like a ghost town at 5:01pm. No one is concerned with clock punching here. The overall business mentality is "get you s--- done" As long as your work is done well and done in a timely manner, its all good. If I need to leave the office early to get to the ballpark for a game or something, all good as long as I'm caught up on my stuff. 2 hr lunches? all good. Hell... during march madness opening week, me and my boy will go to the local bar and post up for 2+ hours watching games and crushing 8 beers during lunch as long as we arent busy. I get to work virtually autonomously with little to no oversight from my managing partner. He trusts us implicitly to get the work done and to do whats in the best interest of the business. Included in that trust is total freedom on the computer, no blocked sites, no nothing, although the boss does get annoyed when one of my coworkers workstation takes a complete dump (probably pr0n related malware) and our IT guy has to waste time fixing it. I'm on NT and a handful of other sites/boards most of the day when its not busy. Work is good.

Only downside is that I wish I made more money, but its not the end of the world. After bonuses, I'm creepin close to 6 figure. It helps that my wife brings home almost 2x what I do so I can just chill and enjoy a relatively stress free job while still having some sense of financial stability at home.

 

[celticsfan9783]

Living in SoCal, born and raised.
I am a credit manager for a small privately owned lender/leasing company.
Got my BS in Business Admin - Mgmt Information Systems with an emphasis in E-commerce in 2002. Right before I finished school I figured out that I hate working with computers and doing anything MIS or IT related. After fartin around at some terrible management trainee gig, I happened upon this job kinda by luck (well... not luck, so much as my girlfriend now current wife re-wrote my resume, looked up job listings, submitted my resume to said job listings, all because she knew that i was unhappy with my job and also probably because she was sick of dating a deadbeat). No specialized training was required, only a bachelors degree in business or other similar field.
I thoroughly enjoy my job. Not so much because of the job itself (day to day tasks) but moreso because of the people. I work for a small company, and get along with all of my coworkers. I've been here now 8 yrs? 9 yrs? something like that. When I started, the business was fairly new, only a couple years old. At one time, there were just 3 of us, but since then we have been steadily growing. Everyone here is fairly young, or atleast around the same age. I guess I'm not that young anymore. When I started, I was 23-24, the owner of the company was in his early 30's, and my other coworker was a year older. Today, the majority of us are in our mid-20's to early 30's, with a few in their early 40's. We have very little turnover, and those who do leave (or are let go) usually do so within the first 6-12 months. With a tight knit group that is this size, you find out pretty quickly whether or not you are a good personality fit. With the exception of our newest hire who came on board this year, everyone else has been with us for atleast 4+ years which I think is pretty impressive considering the company is only 10-11 yrs old.
As far as the day to day job itself, whats not to like? I work pretty set hours of 8a-5p M-F. The 8a start is more a guideline than a hard and fast rule. Most of us trickle on in anywhere between 8a-9a. The 5p leave time on the other hand... this place becomes like a ghost town at 5:01pm. No one is concerned with clock punching here. The overall business mentality is "get you s--- done" As long as your work is done well and done in a timely manner, its all good. If I need to leave the office early to get to the ballpark for a game or something, all good as long as I'm caught up on my stuff. 2 hr lunches? all good. Hell... during march madness opening week, me and my boy will go to the local bar and post up for 2+ hours watching games and crushing 8 beers during lunch as long as we arent busy. I get to work virtually autonomously with little to no oversight from my managing partner. He trusts us implicitly to get the work done and to do whats in the best interest of the business. Included in that trust is total freedom on the computer, no blocked sites, no nothing, although the boss does get annoyed when one of my coworkers workstation takes a complete dump (probably pr0n related malware) and our IT guy has to waste time fixing it. I'm on NT and a handful of other sites/boards most of the day when its not busy. Work is good.
Only downside is that I wish I made more money, but its not the end of the world. After bonuses, I'm creepin close to 6 figure. It helps that my wife brings home almost 2x what I do so I can just chill and enjoy a relatively stress free job while still having some sense of financial stability at home.

Well damn. I thought you were going to say you made around $50k. I made $26-30K at my gig at juvenile treatment facility bro. With a freakin' degree. What type of lifestyle to you live if you need more than what you make (+ double including your wife's salary)? I feel like I'll never in my life see that type of $.

Thank you for the response. Getting along with co-workers is essential. Also having co-workers with a similar work ethic is important. Nothing worse than doing more than everyone else, yet watching them make the same (or more).

 

[bjamez20]

i do tech support....

i attempt to help people who are pissed off that they even have to talk to me

9/10 times there's a charge for the customer, they refuse to pay and demand to see a manager

takes all my will power not to rage at these dumb, incompetent pieces of ****

 

[eyanks]

Here's my story...

I was 21 yrs old, living in New York City, getting a Business degree, hating it and hating my job. Had many sleepless nights trying to figure out what I really wanted to do. Then I met a guy in a required course who was majoring in Physical Education Teaching and he got me thinking about trying it, so I took some classes as electives during my senior year. I loved the classes and changed my major to Phys Ed. It took me an extra 2 yrs to graduate, I had really bad schedules and there were times where I was there for 10-12 hours in a day, plus a hour travel each way. My mom got cancer halfway through but fortunately she caught it early and is still with me today . Had student teaching with 2 horrible supervisors, but got through it and got certified.

Then it took me a year to find a full time job, but in the meantime I was a substitute teacher, which was horrible, depressing and boring. Now I'm a full time P.E. teacher in the Bronx, I really like my job (except for one group of kids who annoy me to no end). I played HORSE during my lunch break today, most of the kids like me cuz I don't make them write stuff. So here I am at age 25 feeling a lot better than I did even one year ago.

If I didn't live in New York City, I would have been hesitant to major in P.E. because its very hard to get a job doing this in smaller districts. If you are willing and able to relocate your luck may change. There are people who I graduated with who won't work in the Bronx, then wonder why they can't get hired Those who are willing to make sacrifices, be patient and take risks have better odds of accomplishing what they want. My condolences for your loss, stay up and think long-term and anticipate any issues you may encounter so you're ready for them.

 

[jookz]

busted my *** through life to get an engineering degree, thinking i'd be designing race cars and rocket ships. i've been woefully disappointed. all my coop jobs i hated by the end, but was too committed to my degree by the time i realized how unrewarding this career path really is.

i told myself to stay positive at my first full time job. i get 0 recognition for busting my ***, a pointless mandatory raise that doesn't cover inflation, and never feel fulfilled when i do manage to accomplish something, despite constantly changing objectives to which i'm evaluated against. classmates who slept through class have been gifted higher paying jobs at more successful companies doing less work.

i came home today and revised my resume. i'm better than this, and determined to prove it.

 

[papageorgeo510]

Bay Area, CA

I'm a Machinist. Lost my job last month, and I've been to a couple of interviews but no luck. Although, there were some companies I turned down because of the long commute and sketchy hours. smh The thing about my job career is rarely stable, most people in this field work for companies in the average of 2 years. It's really up and down. Depending on the company you work for really determines your work stability, from medical manufacturing to semi-conductor. As far as enjoying the work, it's really depends on the work environment. Many people in this fields have very high egos and will back stabs you without even you knowing until you here it from someone. Thus I'm trying to branch off into something else. I like working int he warehouse or maybe some technician jobs that are willing to train.

A.S. In machine tool technology

 

[celticsfan9783]

busted my *** through life to get an engineering degree, thinking i'd be designing race cars and rocket ships. i've been woefully disappointed. all my coop jobs i hated by the end, but was too committed to my degree by the time i realized how unrewarding this career path really is.
i told myself to stay positive at my first full time job. i get 0 recognition for busting my ***, a pointless mandatory raise that doesn't cover inflation, and never feel fulfilled when i do manage to accomplish something, despite constantly changing objectives to which i'm evaluated against. classmates who slept through class have been gifted higher paying jobs at more successful companies doing less work.
i came home today and revised my resume. i'm better than this, and determined to prove it.

This pisses me off to no end. See it ALL THE TIME. Seems like these people always catch the breaks. Nice guys finish last type of thing.

 

[wr]

^I've had a personal theory that these kind of people are successful because they remind management of themselves.

 

[miamiboy]

I work at a nuclear power plant basically helping the skilled craftsmen with their tools and material. Its cool, pretty easy but the working 72-84 hours a week is the only downside. I make around $1500-2000 a week. I'm only 22 just tryna pay for school.

 

[timelessflight]

Houston, TX

Market Researcher

I hate my job. Hate sitting at the cubicle for 8 hrs a day being on a damn phone


I'm looking to switching careers to either finance, marketing, or supply chain

 

[tommyicerocking]

I work at a nuclear power plant basically helping the skilled craftsmen with their tools and material. Its cool, pretty easy but the working 72-84 hours a week is the only downside. I make around $1500-2000 a week. I'm only 22 just tryna pay for school.

Nice money.

How da hell did you get a job there?

 

[timelessflight]

I work at a nuclear power plant basically helping the skilled craftsmen with their tools and material. Its cool, pretty easy but the working 72-84 hours a week is the only downside. I make around $1500-2000 a week. I'm only 22 just tryna pay for school.

Damn, how did you get that gig?

 

[JustBlaze.]

Wrong forum

 

[quell]

Yeah, tell us how you got the nuculear gig working 80 hour weeks

 

[royalty d]

From socal born and raised

AFter HS went to college in hopes of graduating with a bachelors in business admin.
Half way through realized there was no money in that unless you know ppl, which i didnt...plus i had homies that had4 year degrees workin at in n out and starbucks
So with advice from family i got into healthcare
Got my associates degree in neurodiagnostic technology
Landed a weekend gig which still in school at a hospital that i was doing clinical rotations at
Graduated and landed a graveyard slave shift
Making really good money now got my own place, living comfortably
Take home over 4k a month adter taxes, full benefits, and 15% deduction into my 403b

Life gets stressful at times but im 24 so its cool fornow
Waiting for one of the old guys to retire so i can land a dayshift job

 

[miamiboy]

Damn, how did you get that gig?

Nice money.

How da hell did you get a job there?

Join a labor union that deals with nuclear safety and you'll be qualified to work at any nuclear power plant in the US.

 

[al audi]

I work at a nuclear power plant basically helping the skilled craftsmen with their tools and material. Its cool, pretty easy but the working 72-84 hours a week is the only downside. I make around $1500-2000 a week. I'm only 22 just tryna pay for school.

that is your take home weekly pay after taxes?

gotdamn those hours suck, but id def do that at your age.

 

[jesusshuttlesworth34]

If you have a general business degree and are fairly intelligent. Try getting into Government contracts/Contract Specialist/Contract Administration. There is no shortage in positions and no recession in this field.


You can make six figures in 5 years or so and there are an unlimited number of agencies you can work for......everything from the Department of Justice to the Marine Corps to the Library of Congress to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Or you can make more money and stay in the private sector and contract yourself to Government folks.



Sometimes it's not about loving exactly what you do, if you love where you do it at (the environment/location you live/work) and love the people you work with.





I have a worked in environments that were toxic and environments that are laid back/creative/etc.




My office now is much like the poster above. It's a small minority owned business. We have beers or scotch every Friday at 5 pm, regardless of what you are doing. When the Nationals were in the postseason we were able to leave for the day to head to the ballpark to catch the game. The boss puts up important soccer matches on the projector and cracks open beers on a Wednesday sometimes.


We are able to work from home at will (even though I'm not a fan of this, because I won't even open up my laptop at home most of the time). I don't have to use leave or PTO when I need to come in late for an appointment or run by the courthouse.


I don't head into the office most days until after 10 am because traffic around here sucks and I refuse to sit in traffic for an hour and a half to drive 20 miles.


I graduated in 2008 while working in sales and was interning with the Wizards that season before they offered me a full time position. Sometimes you work hard and apply yourself and get offered something........and you find out it isn't really what you want (despite thinking this entire time you did and worked hard for it). I walked away from it and was offered a position with DLA as a Contract Specialist a couple months later. I had no idea what DLA stood for or how the field of Goverment Contracts work, all I know is that it is something I am good at and it provides me with a lifestyle that I can sustain until I choose to no longer work for someone else.

 

[acemaster193]

If you have a general business degree and are fairly intelligent. Try getting into Government contracts/Contract Specialist/Contract Administration. There is no shortage in positions and no recession in this field.
You can make six figures in 5 years or so and there are an unlimited number of agencies you can work for......everything from the Department of Justice to the Marine Corps to the Library of Congress to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Or you can make more money and stay in the private sector and contract yourself to Government folks.
Sometimes it's not about loving exactly what you do, if you love where you do it at (the environment/location you live/work) and love the people you work with.
I have a worked in environments that were toxic and environments that are laid back/creative/etc.
My office now is much like the poster above. It's a small minority owned business. We have beers or scotch every Friday at 5 pm, regardless of what you are doing. When the Nationals were in the postseason we were able to leave for the day to head to the ballpark to catch the game. The boss puts up important soccer matches on the projector and cracks open beers on a Wednesday sometimes.
We are able to work from home at will (even though I'm not a fan of this, because I won't even open up my laptop at home most of the time). I don't have to use leave or PTO when I need to come in late for an appointment or run by the courthouse.
I don't head into the office most days until after 10 am because traffic around here sucks and I refuse to sit in traffic for an hour and a half to drive 20 miles.
I graduated in 2008 while working in sales and was interning with the Wizards that season before they offered me a full time position. Sometimes you work hard and apply yourself and get offered something........and you find out it isn't really what you want (despite thinking this entire time you did and worked hard for it). I walked away from it and was offered a position with DLA as a Contract Specialist a couple months later. I had no idea what DLA stood for or how the field of Goverment Contracts work, all I know is that it is something I am good at and it provides me with a lifestyle that I can sustain until I choose to no longer work for someone else.

I'm taking you're still in the DC area fams? How does one go about nailing or searching for a government job? Have any recommended Search portals or sites? Will gladly appreciate it. Are most of these jobs in the DMV?

 

[solewoman]

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