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*How many jobs have you had?*

  • 30-07-2008 10:06am
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 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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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    hehehe... 'hoe'


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


    ozzyoh wrote: »

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

    LOL , eh no :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 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, ....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 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


  • 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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  • 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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,501 ✭✭✭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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,472 ✭✭✭AdMMM


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


  • 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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭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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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,928 ✭✭✭✭rainbow kirby


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


  • 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..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,738 ✭✭✭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.


  • 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 :)


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


    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?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 622 ✭✭✭Solarball10


    Sam Vimes wrote: »
    edit->go advanced

    i've had many hoe jobs in my time

    Thanking you! :D lol....


  • 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


  • 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)


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


    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


  • 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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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,062 ✭✭✭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.. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,919 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • 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....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,635 ✭✭✭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.


  • 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 ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,919 ✭✭✭✭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:


  • 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.


  • 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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 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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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,095 ✭✭✭✭omb0wyn5ehpij9


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭azezil


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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,024 ✭✭✭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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,676 ✭✭✭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.


  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 18,004 Mod ✭✭✭✭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!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,778 ✭✭✭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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 842 ✭✭✭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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,346 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,283 ✭✭✭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.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,179 ✭✭✭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!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,845 ✭✭✭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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,796 ✭✭✭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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 952 ✭✭✭bills


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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 283 ✭✭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!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 432 ✭✭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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,028 ✭✭✭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.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 110 ✭✭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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,503 ✭✭✭thefinalstage


    A_M101 wrote: »
    .
    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.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


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


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