What do ye all work at?

Bally8

Hi all, as I sit here in work, spending hours on the A/R/T forum again I just got to thinking how lucky I am to have a job that allows me the time to discuss running on boards and the time to fit in runs whenever possible at home.
Then I got wondering what does everyone else on here work at? How do ye find the time to fit in all the training and all the time spend discussing it here on boards? Hope its not too personal a question

Im a teacher in a second chance education facility. My job spec requires me to teach for 4 hours a day and to do various admin duties for the other 3. Thats where I get the opportunity to log on here. I have recently been put back to a 2 day week so I now have lots of time to fit in my training.

Anyone else willing to share what they do?

Woddle

Best job of all, stay at home dad

Bambaata

Im the Facilities Officer at Croke Park. Can be a headwreck this time of year as i have many late nights and weekend work ahead.

Training before work is most important these days as i am wrecked by the time i get home. Have a lovely 15km run this morning and hope to have many more as long as the weather stays decent!

spaceylou

student/research assistant so timetable is somewhat flexible even if the pay is non-existant!!

rainbow kirby

Currently unemployed, just finished a degree in Computer Science.

shels4ever

Work for a software company , just set you a pm rainbow kirby

ntlbell

IT Security for one of those large American cow boys.

robinph

Don't currently have anyone willing to pay me money at the moment either. But I'll be spending the next few months skiing everyday* with the very slight possibility of then getting paid to ski next year if "real" jobs still aren't available come October. I used to be a CAD engineer/ IT support type person though so hoping for something along those lines to come along again eventually.


* I may have mentioned that previously.

colblimp

Both myself and my partner are unemployed - she was only made redundant a few weeks ago whilst I was let go mid-December last year. Difficult times...

Sub430

Self employed mortgage broker. Took up running/reading boards when the arse fell out of the housing market - have to fill my day somehow

osnola ibax

Jesus this is depressing

Abhainn

Project engineer with a telecoms company.
Majority of my time is tied in with our CEM in Malaysia.

HardyEustace

osnola ivax wrote: »

Jesus this is depressing

It is very easy to become overwhelmed when you hear of smart, well-qualified, hard working people struggling to find work.

However, I think that sport is a fantastic stress reliever and helps you to stay positive and focused. This forum is such a great resource to get help and advice and meet some lovely people.

Having recently attended a funeral of a still born baby and seen the tragedy, the cruelty and the sadness of such an event, it puts things in perspective. I know that people trot out the "your health is your wealth" motto a lot and it can be hard not to become frustrated with what seems a rather glib statement when you're struggling to fine work but it's very true.

Sub430

Well said Hardy.

Seres

HardyEustace wrote: »

It is very easy to become overwhelmed when you hear of smart, well-qualified, hard working people struggling to find work.

However, I think that sport is a fantastic stress reliever and helps you to stay positive and focused. This forum is such a great resource to get help and advice and meet some lovely people.

Having recently attended a funeral of a still born baby and seen the tragedy, the cruelty and the sadness of such an event, it puts things in perspective. I know that people trot out the "your health is your wealth" motto a lot and it can be hard not to become frustrated with what seems a rather glib statement when you're struggling to fine work but it's very true.

thats terrible , you are right , i think alot that message needs to be hammered home

uglyjohn

i was a civil engineer and got made redundant about a month ago. who would have thought the recession would hit the construction industry?:P

LambDave

Systems Analyst for an American Financial Services company. Letting people go left right and centre in Ireland so hope to move to the States with this job in November.

Girlfriend has been unemployed for last few months though so count myself lucky to have something in these difficult times.

RacoonQueen

Main job is Physio assistant - qualified sports therapist though so do some work still in personal training, sports massage and all that jazz.

asimonov

Self employed, brand strategy and design agency.

Cerlan

Unemployed as well these days. Packed in my job in order to retrain as a primary teacher. The extra time for training is a nice perk....

Krusty_Clown

Unemployed IT manager/program manager. Two years ago (when everything looked rosy) I took a decision to make myself redundant. Back then it was considered a form of career development. Collected my redundancy package the day that Ireland Inc. formally announced we were in recession.

Running is great. It fills a void with healthy activity and keeps you positive. (except when you're injured. ). For a while I've been toying with the idea of setting up a running / fitness club for unemployed people. Get back to fitness kind of thing. Give people back a sense of purpose and self-esteem. Who's with me?

christeb

Director at a small start-up Science Recruitment Company. Actually busy enough which is great!

jlang

Electronic engineer/software developer seeks opportunity to reduce time available for training.

eliwallach

One of the lucky (:o) ones who has a pensionable job for life with a Government Department.
Do genuinely feel fortunate in these draconian times. Wife still in gainful employment too, so we are certainly counting our lucky stars.

sean_d

As of yesterday, engineering graduate, hence unemployed...as uglyjohn said, who'd have thought the recession would hit the construction industry
I foresee having lots of time to train and browse boards in my future...

baza1976

Maintenance/facilties in an american medical company....
I have a wife and 3 kids at home....... I finish lateish every evening...
I try to do my runs in the morning before work, if I don't get them in before work I'll see what the form is like when i get home... not fair on my wife if I walk in the door at 6.30 and head back out again 10 min later for an hour or so....
On top of that I'm trying to finish off a degree in the evenings but I'm on holidays from collage now ...lol

Magnet

I`m a self-emloyed Cranial Growth Engineer - (Barber!)
Busy enough, hair keeps growing!
Thurs/Fridays/Saturdays I have to run early morning because my legs just won`t do it in the evening...
I`m also a Reserve :eek:
The internet is my "smoking-break"
Tea anyone?

MCOS

Paying the Bills: Admin Supervisor in a large Comms Company
On the Side: Life Coach

osnola ibax

I apologise for my earlier comment, it was very negative, hardy eustace is of course right. It's just that we all know about the current state of the Irish economy and what seems to be an uncontrollable rising of unemployment figures. It still came as a shock to me to see a microcosm of the economy right here on this thread.

I have a job and I count myself extremely lucky, now even more so.

tisnotover

mixed signal design engineer.

kennyb3

qualified chartered accountant - thankfully working in a small practice so i have a stable job. if id trained in the big 4 id have no job now!!

Munster_Gal

A recruitment consultant - lucky enough that we got a new contract with a medical devices company so i've been busy with that so just keeping the fingers crossed that they'll need more people in a few months to keep me in employment

smcgui

I'm doing marketing & pr in a not for profit, luckily for me things are still ticking over. It is a steady 9-5pm job so apart from my blunder over the last few months being ill I would usually run in the evenings straight after work.

dna_leri

Electronics engineer / manager with small/medium manufacturing operation, struggling to stay competitive. 10-12 hr days normal round here, doing well to fit in 3 training days a week and check out boards etc, over a cup of coffee or lunch.

bananamansgay

Im a Professional Indemnity Exec for a small insurance brokerage. Very busy the last few months so i am delighted and lucky too.

just started morning training - this morning as it happens, straight to gym after work most nights too.

Skerries Tri is in two weeksso i have one week left of solid preparation!

showry

I'm a computer programmer for an american financial company.
We have flexitime which is handy for juggling training and family. Usually I go in when I wake up and try and get away as early as I can.

meathcountysec

permanently employed public servant, juggling life between commute/training/coaching/county board business/family, awaiting decentralisation to free up more time to train as i know I should

BeepBeep67

Manage sales operations for a large multi-national, my days could be numbered, but I just focus on what I can control.
I'm lucky that i'm flexible, I tend to start early 7:30 and try and leave before 5, so when I'm home, I'm home (I hear ya Baza) and work from home a couple of days per week, planned against my easy or day off, so when I'm done, I'm done and that keeps the family happy.

Lecturer in Accounting & Finance - but I am a fun guy really...honestly

christeb

Munster_Gal wrote: »

A recruitment consultant - lucky enough that we got a new contract with a medical devices company so i've been busy with that so just keeping the fingers crossed that they'll need more people in a few months to keep me in employment

Any leads for me then??!

robinph

Good that there seems to be a few recuitment people on here as well to balance out the numbers of us that need to be making use of their services.

Black Swan

University student, part-time instructing taekwondo.

plodder

Software developer with a company that's been struggling since the "dot com" crash. On the plus side, I get to work from home, most of the time.

pgibbo

Software Developer with an American Financial Services Company. Shower facilities on site which means I can get at least 2 runs a week on my lunch breaks.

ecoli

Student/ working nights with online gambling agency so very little time to train so sacrificing couple hours sleep a night only logical way to fit in the running haha

xebec

Work on a public service engagement for a large multinational professional services company. My role at the moment isn't too busy so can usually find a few minutes on the sly for Boards during the day, train in the evening when I get home...

Although my days could be numbered too - I'll know by the end of the month - but gotta try to keep positive and running is one of the things that helps...

--amadeus--

Self employed consultant. Bit of programming, bit of database development, bit of technical training, bit of facilitation & soft-skills... Bit of whatever people will pay me to do really!

Which leads on to teh next point...

Lots and lots of people here with great skills, contacts and time on thier hands. There must be something that could be made and marketed? We won't be in recession forever...

hawkwing

Network Engineer with a Telco in Dublin.Mon-Fri 0800-1630 though so i can take in the South East races on Fri nights with a couple of hours off.

wellboss

also a Telecom engineer, packing it all in come spetember and going back to college for 4 years. gona have so much time for training, yippie :)

helpisontheway

Self Employed Trophy&Awards Buisness working from home.
On the side i do some primary&secondary schools[6 schools] athletics coaching but i wouldnt really call it a job.
As for training i wish i had time;coaching Mon-Fri from 6 and not home most nights until after 10pm with competitions on weekends and coaching if not!:p

silverside

Currently unemployed.

strong skills / experience in quantitative financial modelling - maths / statistics - VBA, Excel, C++, Matlab - looking for work in the Dublin area.

hoping to find the right job soon.