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*How many jobs have you had?*

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  • 30-07-2008 11:06am
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    Solarball10
    Registered Users Posts: 622 ✭✭✭


    And what was the best/worst?

    I've had 9 jobs altogether...

    Best was when I worked as a receptionist in a newspaper office, people were great and had the nicest supervisor ever!

    Worst was probably when I worked in a hotel kitchen or a frozen food factory, pure and utter crap..

    ps. Can someone PLEASE tell me how I edit a thread title....


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    #2
    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    hehehe... 'hoe'


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    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    ozzyoh wrote: »

    ps. Can someone PLEASE tell me how I edit a thread title....

    LOL , eh no :D


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    #4
    giveth
    Registered Users Posts: 250 ✭✭giveth


    I'm 26 and I've only had 5 jobs.

    Best - My current (and first "proper") job as a software designer.
    Worst - Same as you, working in a hotel kitchen. Crazy chef, spent most of time peeling potatoes, crap pay, crap hours, ....


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    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    ozzyoh wrote: »
    ps. Can someone PLEASE tell me how I edit a thread title....

    edit->go advanced

    i've had many hoe jobs in my time


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    Captain Ginger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭Captain Ginger


    Had 5.

    Best (My current one in IT web management)

    Worst, working in a cloths shop.


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    #7
    JackieChan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭JackieChan


    No hoe jobs but I've had about 8

    They included working with a mobile video library when I was a teenager!
    Working in a slaughterhouse for a very short period!
    Serving in a chinese when in college
    Summer work in a local company(they had a two week shut down where they would hire local kids to come in and do some cleaning/painting)
    Then after college it was in to IT.
    On my fourth company since then


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    BrokenArrows
    Registered Users Posts: 7,500 ✭✭✭BrokenArrows


    ok from the start.

    newspaper route
    selling wexford strawberries
    petrol station
    fast food place
    fast food place again
    petrol station again
    mace shop
    nightclub
    bar
    another bar
    restaurant waiter
    labourer
    fence builder in the middle of nowhere in Oz (this was one job i can truly say i loved doing)
    professional poker player for 3 months. (it payed the rent)
    bank of ireland
    and now currently Tech Support.

    and im only 23.:eek:

    edit: you could probably add in chugger somewhere in the middle but i quit after a day. i could not live with myself.


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    AdMMM
    Registered Users Posts: 9,472 ✭✭✭AdMMM


    So far only the two, and they're at the same time :(


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    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    I've had 6 I think...

    Best: my current one I guess... in a video shop!

    Worst: probably in a well known toy store, at Christmas time. *shudder*


    I'm 20 btw


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    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users Posts: 29,294 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    on my tenth, aged 29, ranging from summer jobs at the age of 16, through to weekend/part time jobs at school and college, and full time jobs in between and after


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    rainbow kirby
    Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 26,928 Mod ✭✭✭✭rainbow kirby


    Have had 4, and they've all sucked to some extent.


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    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    Dave! wrote: »

    Worst: probably in a well known toy store, at Christmas time. *shudder*


    Ah I did that..

    Only had 2, worst is the one I currently have in Security.

    Working in the toy store at christmas time isn't bad at all..


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    Naos
    Registered Users Posts: 4,728 ✭✭✭Naos


    Have had 6 jobs. I am 22.

    Working for my Dad at 14
    Penneys - Stock Room
    2 Pizza places (Although one of these was only for 4 hours as it was awful)
    Dunnes
    Swimming Pool
    Current Job is the best craic, in IT/Customer Services.


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    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    ClioV6 wrote: »
    Ah I did that..

    Only had 2, worst is the one I currently have in Security.

    Working in the toy store at christmas time isn't bad at all..
    I certainly hated it... Long shifts, sh*t pay, c*nty manager, a few ignorant co-workers, loud kids f*cking everything up, stupid people asking me for advice on toys.......

    Although I did get a few tips for doing very little! That was certainly nice :)


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    marco murphy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,715 ✭✭✭marco murphy


    BrokenArrows wrote: »
    ok from the start.

    newspaper route
    selling wexford strawberries
    petrol station
    fast food place
    fast food place again
    petrol station again
    mace shop
    nightclub
    bar
    another bar
    restaurant waiter
    labourer
    fence builder in the middle of nowhere in Oz (this was one job i can truly say i loved doing)
    professional poker player for 3 months. (it payed the rent)
    bank of ireland
    and now currently Tech Support.

    and im only 23.:eek:

    edit: you could probably add in chugger somewhere in the middle but i quit after a day. i could not live with myself.

    Respect. :cool:

    EDIT: What happened the Oz job?


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    #17
    Solarball10
    Registered Users Posts: 622 ✭✭✭Solarball10


    Sam Vimes wrote: »
    edit->go advanced

    i've had many hoe jobs in my time

    Thanking you! :D lol....


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    #18
    bill_ashmount
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,047 ✭✭✭bill_ashmount


    7.

    Including some which they wouldn't let dogs do these days. Breaking concrete with iron bars inside polluted tanks wearing 3 overalls, masks etc...happy days


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    #19
    The Bollox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,372 ✭✭✭The Bollox


    I have had 7

    cronologically:

    picking spuds for a summer
    working in Super Valu
    Working In Lidl (definitely the worst)
    working in a pub
    working in IBM
    working in Golden Discs
    working in Salesforce (still am)


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    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    bill_ashmount wrote: »
    7.

    Including some which they wouldn't let dogs do these days. Breaking concrete with iron bars inside polluted tanks wearing 3 overalls, masks etc...happy days

    How could a dog do that?


    Edit:

    Can I make mine 7? I used to have on my CV that I worked "on a casual basis" for a company that so happened to be the same place my dad works! :p Got a nice reference from them... despite not having ever worked for that :D


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    #21
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    Dishwasher, Axa insurance,hardware store,dunnes,factory work,londis, factory work(again)+corner shop,grinds tutor.I think thats it.I'm 22 btw.Hardware store was the worst because the supervisor was a bullying prick.I only lasted a wk there,wasn't the only one who quit because of that.Axa was probably the 'best',although i didn't get much training so it took a while to learn the ropes.


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    #22
    all the stars
    Registered Users Posts: 1,058 ✭✭✭all the stars


    im 25, have had lots of jobs definately more than 10 anyway

    Worst job due to the work:     waitress in snooty restaurant. Customers were dog ignorant and pay was like £15 for the whole weekends work...

    Worst due to working environment: Hair salon in Portlaoise where the boss/owner was mentally challenged,completely unprofessional, incompetant and just a nasty piece of work.

    Best Job: Guess my current one really, reception, sales... its an all rounder.. :)


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    #23
    Xavi6
    Registered Users Posts: 40,861 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    I'm 23 and have had 8 jobs I think.

    Best: Probably the one I'm doing now (journalist)

    Worst: Tk Maxx at Christmas time. Dear God it was horrible.

    I was a bit of a sports shop whore. Worked in all the big ones except Champion.


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    #24
    lolly22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,324 ✭✭✭lolly22


    Im 23 and have had 9 jobs (so far) liked the people but hated the jobs!!
    Currently looking for my 10th job grrrrrr....


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    token56
    Registered Users Posts: 2,601 ✭✭✭token56


    Four jobs well five if i was to be really pedantic about it.

    Worst: Labourer, got sweet f**k all money doing rather dangerous work with no insurance.

    Best: Current part time job, supervisor in cinema, work is pretty much piss, people are nice and free films is always a bonus.


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    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    Xavi6 wrote: »
    I was a bit of a sports shop whore. Worked in all the big ones except Champion.

    Some day mate ;)


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    #27
    Xavi6
    Registered Users Posts: 40,861 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    Dave! wrote: »
    Some day mate ;)

    Lol I'm actually contemplating applying when I get home, working for a day, then doing a burner. :pac:


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    #28
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 16,720 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    12 that I can remember:

    1) Paper round (Few weeks)
    2) A Deli (Two months)
    3) Painter (Three months)
    4) Tesco (Two months)
    5) Another Deli (Two weeks)
    6) Dunnes Stores (Two months)
    7) Waitering/server Job (Varied over around a year)
    8) Student Engineer (Three months)
    9) Christmas Postman (Two weeks)
    10) Education Officer (One year)
    11) Teaching Assistant (Three months)
    12) Assistant Engineer (One year)

    Best was either Teaching Assistant or Education Officer, funnily enough. Am 23 btw.


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    #29
    thelordofcheese
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,368 ✭✭✭thelordofcheese


    Jesus, lets see...

    Sweeper/Trolly Boy in Tesco (easily the worst)
    The bored guy behind the counter in a net cafe.
    General Dogsbody in pennys (a contender for the best)
    VB6 coder/lawsuit waiting to happen in a government department
    Dispenser of reheated greasy death in Burger King
    Cleaner for uni accomodation during the summer in the university of limerick (probably the best)
    Java coder/Sys Admin for a very small company in dublin
    tester/outragous flirt/tools dev for a company in sandyford
    Consultant/3rd level tech support/ trouble maker for a Company on Jervis Street (another contender for the best)
    Working returns in Primark in dundee
    Cleaning a pub before opening also dundee and at the same time as above
    Flyering for the worlds smelliest nightclub in cardiff
    Freelance PHP monkey - current
    Games Code monkey - current

    so that's 14 altogether.


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    c - 13
    Registered Users Posts: 5,584 ✭✭✭c - 13


    Garden Centre/Landscaping (4 Years) - Loved it, crap money
    Dunnes (1 Year) - Hell
    Toy Shop (2 Years) - Loved it, had to leave for college work experience
    Medical Device Company (Work Exp, 9 Months) - Alright
    Hardware Shop (2 Years) - Pretty Good
    Engineering Firm (2 Years so Far) - Not too bad, can be a bit boring at times


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    #31
    omb0wyn5ehpij9
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,095 ✭✭✭✭omb0wyn5ehpij9


    I'm 24 and i've had 3 jobs!


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