*How many jobs have you had?*

Solarball10

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....

monkeyfudge

hehehe... 'hoe'

KTRIC

ozzyoh wrote: »

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

LOL , eh no

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, ....

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

Captain Ginger

Had 5.

Best (My current one in IT web management)

Worst, working in a cloths shop.

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

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.

AdMMM

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

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

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

rainbow kirby

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

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..

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.

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

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?

Solarball10

Sam Vimes wrote: »

edit->go advanced

i've had many hoe jobs in my time

Thanking you! lol....

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

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)

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! Got a nice reference from them... despite not having ever worked for that

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.

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..

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.

lolly22

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

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.

Dave!

Xavi6 wrote: »

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

Some day mate

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:

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.

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.

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

omb0wyn5ehpij9

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

azezil

At the age of 28, paid work including work experience (school then college), 11 jobs.
Bar the strawberry picking, all IT related.

Dord

I'm on my third job now. The first one lasted about 4 or 5 years though.

Awayindahils

I have 7 jobs at 20...sounds a bit horrible.

Best is promotions work at UCD in September, will be doing it for my third year in a row now. Love that job.

Worst- call centre. I'm far too apologetic to cold call people for surveys.

*Leaving Cert. bathroom envigilator person
*Supermarket
*Call Centre (While still in supermarket)
*Promotions (Ditto)
*Bank work -scanning
*Homework Corrector
*Bank work- way more to do than scanning

genericgoon

19, one job. petrol station stayed there 2 1/2 years. Pay was crap(plus the risk of damn wage deductions ¬_¬) but the job was so easy.

ixoy

Hmm at a youthful 29, there's 9 jobs:

* Paper/leaflets round
* Garage - "fuel injection engineer" (ugh, they used that term)
* Roches Stores - Working in the old warehouse on Abbey Street (now a parking lot) and then again in the inhouse store
* Travel agent - Summer/Xmas spent on crappy pay listening to customers book fancy holidays, before online travel became popular
* IT company - Who employed me for two summers, offered me a job after college, and dropped the offer just before I was due to begin.
* Technical Writer - for a large e-learning firm. 3 years here.
* Technical Writer - contract work for a few weeks after being made redundant from previous company
* Technical Writer - For a few weeks in the IFSC until I finally got out of the bloody industry
* Large IT consulting firm - Where I passed my 3 year mark last week!

tallaght01

Jesus, I never realised how many jobs I've worked. 11 before my current one. So that's eh, 12, I guess :P

milkman
macdonalds
subway
warehouse
office jobs X3
Security jobs X3
Working on a sexual health information phone line

Weidii

I worked part time in an art studio from the age of 14 to 18... best job ever. It's a pity it was my first job cause now every job after it seems sh*t.

Since then:

Farm work. (bottle feeding baby goats, woo!)
Cinema work (free films, woo!)
Deli (utter crap)
Boots at christmas.
Dunnes at Christmas.
Grocery checkouts in Dunnes.

homerjay2005

since i left college, i have had 3 jobs to do with my qualification, lasting 8 months, 15 months and inow, in my latest job for 19 months. each job has been much better paid as i moved on and enjoyed each one more also.

before/during college, worked in a pub for a few months one summer and on bulding sites, 9 months in england (2 summers) and then 4 summers with me old lads construction firm.

so in total,

6 jobs with 6 different companies, ended on good terms with the other 5.

Ross_Mahon

Did the papers around my area till 16, Then got a job in Boots and I've been there for 3 years now. I really want to try something else, But I'm afraid i wont get a job or i will not enjoy my new job.

FunkZ

I've had two, one was in Londis on my school holidays. And the other was as a security guard.

I just don't like working but the Londis job took the biscuit for being terrible!

Jet Black

15 in total (not including places I returned) and Im only 24


Petermark sweeping hair
Painted/varnished houses
Insulated attics
Cleaned gutters for businesses
Toilet cleaner in croke park. Worst!!!
Driveway installation.
Print finishing company.
Office worker
Delivered leaflets door to door.
Print finishing company again.
Superquinn.
Leaving Cert. bathroom envigilator person
Forklift driver.
Butcher.
Superquinn again.
Foreign Exchange in the airport. Best.
Working for a bank.

MJOR

Sales Assistant - Clothes shop 16-19
Sales Assistant Awear 19-21
Manager Telecoms Retail 21-26
Manager -Cosmetics 26-28
Recruitment ( last year) Then tenped for a few months
Office Manager now.

bills

4 jobs at 26, but one was work experience & one was for 6 weeks only.

Ruu_Old

Farm work (picking schtones and so on for a few summers)
Working in London in an Internet cafe
Furniture factory worker
Computer technician
Telemarketing
Real estate
Librarian
Boards.ie s-mod..oh wait..ssshhhh

dee8839

4 jobs, I'm 20.

Petrol station/shop/deli - 14-17
Subway "sandwich artist" - 18-19,on and off and hopefully again soon
Pizza waitress - 3 months last summer in Montauk NY - best job EVER!
Legal Exec - 8 months work experience...

What's going to be fun is hunting down a real law job next year. Ugh! Bring back pizzas and tips!

LithiumKid1976

9 so far (that I can think of)
Worked in a mushroom farm – Family job so cant complain!
Worked as a roofer – nice work in fine weather
Cleaned a lot of rusting gates one summer – that was pretty bad

Worked in Quinsworth (showing my age) – Definitely the worst, especially at Christmas
Tescos – worked on the till’s, soft job
2 medical device companies – pretty bad, turn up, tune out, get paid!
3 I.T’s companies - easily the best, currently working in IT

anthony4335

4 and I am 32, 2 bar jobs during collage, a 2 jobs after collage, the current one I have been in for 11 years ,part of the furniture now. Nice place to work, but I am very tired of shift work, also would not mind a change in job type.
Best job was my first ,glass collector for a night club, got to meet loads of people and had a lot of Fun. Cannot really say any of my jobs were bad.

A_M101

Waiting breakfasts and cleaning rooms in a guesthouse. (one summer)
Usher in a theatre. (a few weeks)
Sales assistant in a clothes shop. (2 years)
Director of the horse-riding program at an American summer camp (3 months).
Currently being paid to "research" in college for the summer.

thefinalstage

A_M101 wrote: »

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Currently being paid to "research" in college for the summer.

Ah yes, the old research program. An excuse to masturbate all day and get paid for it.

admiralofthefleet

8, worst one was in a printing facory when i was 17