Full Time Work...What a load

A_Sober_Paddy

So been working full time for 6 weeks now and all I've got to say about it is... that it totally sucks...

Why in the name of superman(or buddha/god/who or whatever you believe in) would someone do a full time job, I was working part time and it was grand was making enough money to cover myself and save some, but then a full time position became available and i took it:o Taking the full time job is starting to feel like a serious mistake. I've had to pretty much give a lot of things I really enjoy:mad:

Trying to get to the gym, train and eat properly is genuinely difficult never mind having some time to relax. At times I'm finding myself missing my life as a dolee(cycling 300km a week & gym 3-4 times a week) or even as a part timer(less cycling & gym 3-4 times a week).

I think people who rag on the dolee's on here are doing because they are jealous, cause the dolee's have the right idea...

I've a few mates on the dole, one trains all he wants and is always doing different things, the other is off on his 4 holiday of the year already(yes thats 4 trips abroad since January)

/rant

pharmaton

go home Paddy, you're drunk

srsly, I work two jobs.

Smidge

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

So been working full time for 6 weeks now and all I've got to say about it is... that it totally sucks...

Why in the name of superman(or buddha/god/who or whatever you believe in) would someone do a full time job, I was working part time and it was grand was making enough money to cover myself and save some, but then a full time position became available and i took it:o Taking the full time job is starting to feel like a serious mistake. I've had to pretty much give a lot of things I really enjoy:mad:

Trying to get to the gym, train and eat properly is genuinely difficult never mind having some time to relax. At times I'm finding myself missing my life as a dolee(cycling 300km a week & gym 3-4 times a week) or even as a part timer(less cycling & gym 3-4 times a week).

I think people who rag on the dolee's on here are doing because they are jealous, cause the dolee's have the right idea...

I've a few mates on the dole, one trains all he wants and is always doing different things, the other is off on his 4 holiday of the year already(yes thats 4 trips abroad since January)

/rant

LOL

A_Sober_Paddy

pharmaton wrote: »

go home Paddy, you're drunk

srsly, I work two jobs.

Why do you work two jobs?

Seachmall

The working life sucks. I enjoy what I do sometimes (I'm a programmer) but a lot of the time it's just too stressful.

The only reasons I can see for working a job are to fund a lifestyle you couldn't on a part time or the dole or to support a family (which you presumably couldn't do to the extent you'd like on a part time or the dole).

I've a cheap lifestyle and no dependents so I often wonder what I'm doing. I will be leaving the country to earn less money but deal with less stress in the next few months however. It'll really push me to minimize my expenses (which is great for me, I'm big into the minimal lifestyle thing).

Kenno90

Believe it or not, but some people have mortgages to pay and kids to feed.

Mrs Garth Brooks

pharmaton wrote: »

go home Paddy, you're drunk

srsly, I work two jobs.

You work two jobs because you take pharmaton ?

pharmaton

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

Why do you work two jobs?

two part time jobs, so I can earn full time money? (and so I can save up and buy a cat sanctuary for homeless cats)

A_Sober_Paddy

Seachmall wrote: »

The working life sucks. I enjoy what I do sometimes (I'm a programmer) but a lot of the time it's just too stressful.

The only reasons I can see for working a job are to fund a lifestyle you couldn't on a part time or the dole or to support a family (which you presumably couldn't do to the extent you'd like on a part time or the dole).

I've a cheap lifestyle and no dependents so I often wonder what I'm doing. I will be leaving the country to earn less money but deal with less stress in the next few months however. It'll really push me to minimize my expenses (which is great for me, I'm big into the minimal lifestyle thing).

TBH I've no plans on ever having any dependents, and I've pretty always been very careful and wise with my money

Big Bottom

This guy has to be having a laugh...

A_Sober_Paddy

Kenno90 wrote: »

Believe it or not, but some people have mortgages to pay and kids to feed.

As I've said, I've no interest in that kind of life, the idea of taking a loan for something you can't afford is nonsensical

CommanderC

Kenno90 wrote: »

Believe it or not, but some people have mortgages to pay and kids to feed.

Believe it or not....those people people chose to have kids and chose to take on mortgages.

Work part time and live cheap !!

Seachmall

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

TBH I've no plans on ever having any dependents, and I've pretty always been very careful and wise with my money

Jump on the dole would be my advice.

People will judge but at the end of the day your goal in life should be to either enjoy yourself or provide for your dependents.

If you can get a job you enjoy then go for it, but don't waste your life working a job you hate because others might judge you if you don't.

Femme_Fatale

Look for a part-time job then OP.

CommanderC wrote: »

Believe it or not....those people people chose to have kids and chose to take on mortgages.

But... that doesn't change the fact that they have to pay for them, hence working full-time, thus answering the OP's question.

CommanderC

Seachmall wrote: »

Jump on the dole would be my advice.

People will judge but at the end of the day your goal in life should be to either enjoy yourself or provide for your dependents.

If you can get a job you enjoy then go for it, but don't waste your life working a job you hate because others might judge you if you don't.

That's terrible advice ya lazy b0ll0x ya.

Live cheap, but pay your own fuuckin way !!!

pharmaton

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

You work two jobs because you take pharmaton ?

by day I'm a humble shop assistant by night I seek out those too weak to take vitamins and administer them via a cup of cold refreshing fizzy drink. Sometimes we smoke rollies together by the heat of the coal burner and wait for dawn.

Itwasntme.

Seachmall wrote: »

The working life sucks. I enjoy what I do sometimes (I'm a programmer) but a lot of the time it's just too stressful.

The only reasons I can see for working a job are to fund a lifestyle you couldn't on a part time or the dole or to support a family (which you presumably couldn't do to the extent you'd like on a part time or the dole).

I've a cheap lifestyle and no dependents so I often wonder what I'm doing. I will be leaving the country to earn less money but deal with less stress in the next few months however. It'll really push me to minimize my expenses (which is great for me, I'm big into the minimal lifestyle thing).

I feel betrayed -I believed you when you said you were a taxi man .

hullaballoo

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

So been working full time for 6 weeks now and all I've got to say about it is... that it totally sucks...

Why in the name of superman(or buddha/god/who or whatever you believe in) would someone do a full time job, I was working part time and it was grand was making enough money to cover myself and save some, but then a full time position became available and i took it:o Taking the full time job is starting to feel like a serious mistake. I've had to pretty much give a lot of things I really enjoy:mad:

Trying to get to the gym, train and eat properly is genuinely difficult never mind having some time to relax. At times I'm finding myself missing my life as a dolee(cycling 300km a week & gym 3-4 times a week) or even as a part timer(less cycling & gym 3-4 times a week).

I think people who rag on the dolee's on here are doing because they are jealous, cause the dolee's have the right idea...

I've a few mates on the dole, one trains all he wants and is always doing different things, the other is off on his 4 holiday of the year already(yes thats 4 trips abroad since January)

/rant

Do u even lift?

Seachmall

CommanderC wrote: »

but pay your own fuuckin way !!!

Why?

Because it's the 'right' thing to do?

Fuck that.

Everybody likes to shite on about how life is short and how you have to make the most of it and then in the same breath shite on about how you have to take responsibility and life is tough and yada yada yada.


If you've no responsibilities then your focus should be making the most out of your life. That might mean changing the world or it might mean just enjoying yourself.

TouchingVirus

hullaballoo wrote: »

Do u even lift?

It took until page two, but you have delivered what I was waiting for

CommanderC

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

But... that doesn't change the fact that they have to pay for them, hence working full-time, thus answering the OP's question.

Yeah- they CHOSE to have them....therefore they HAVE to pay for them. So they should shut the fuuck up complaining. You make your bed, you lie in it.

A_Sober_Paddy

hullaballoo wrote: »

Do u even lift?

As in lift weights?

My name is URL

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

Trying to get to the gym, train and eat properly is genuinely difficult never mind having some time to relax.

http://i.imgur.com/oaCmqyR.jpg

Femme_Fatale

CommanderC wrote: »

Yeah- they CHOSE to have them....therefore they HAVE to pay for them. So they should shut the fuuck up complaining. You make your bed, you lie in it.

But... this thread isn't about "them" complaining. The OP is wondering why the **** people would work full-time...

Specialun

I earned 55k last year and got sweet fcuk all to show from it

Tax here,tax there,tax fooking everywhere

Sometimes i think why do i bother

But sure I gotta do my bit for those lovely bankers

A_Sober_Paddy

My name is URL wrote: »

http://i.imgur.com/oaCmqyR.jpg

That is very relevant to people who are crippled with debt too

CommanderC

Seachmall wrote: »

Why?

Because it's the 'right' thing to do?

Fuck that.

Everybody likes to shite on about how life is short and how you have to make the most of it and then in the same breath shite on about how you have to take responsibility and life is tough and yada yada yada.


If you've no responsibilities then your focus should be making the most out of your life. That might mean changing the world or it might mean just enjoying yourself.

No not because it's the right thing to do, but because you can enjoy yourself without the need to sponge off other people.

Work part time and live cheap.

Why the fuuck would I sponge off other people when I can easily make the most of life looking after myself.

Jesus- the whack a sponge off ya !!

hullaballoo

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

As in lift weights?

Naw mang, was talking about lifting jewlry mang.

CommanderC

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

But... this thread isn't about "them" complaining. The OP is wondering why the **** people would work full-time...

Yeah.....I get it.....I'm taking the piss !!!

Seachmall

CommanderC wrote: »

No not because it's the right thing to do, but because you can enjoy yourself without the need to sponge off other people.

Work part time and live cheap.

Why the fuuck would I sponge off other people when I can easily make the most of life looking after myself.

Because you don't enjoy the part time job and you don't have to work it. That's the whole point.

Jesus- the whack a sponge off ya !!

Did you not read the fact that I do have a job? And that I'm putting my career on hiatus to work a less stressful, more enjoyable one?

Nothing spongey about me.

MadYaker

I did it last summer and the summer before and it can be sh!t at times. But I was only earning a little over minimum wage and I was rolling in it by the end of the summer as my living costs are low. Do you not like the extra money?

MickFleetwood

Quit then if it's causing you so much unbearable anguish.

CommanderC

Lemon La Vida Loca is on......night.

Senna

Do what I done, took a small pay cut to do less hours and take a bit of pressure off. You can still work full time and enjoy your life, its not one or the other.

A_Sober_Paddy

MadYaker wrote: »

I did it last summer and the summer before and it can be sh!t at times. But I was only earning a little over minimum wage and I was rolling in it by the end of the summer as my living costs are low. Do you not like the extra money?

The difference between my average part-time pay and my full time pay isn't a whole lot, when you consider all the time I'm losing...

Average part time wage 180€ a week with no tax been paid
Full Time pay 380€ a week before tax

The dream would be to get a semi full/part time number something like a 25-30 hour week, with consecutive days off

A_Sober_Paddy

Senna wrote: »

Do what I done, took a small pay cut to do less hours and take a bit of pressure off. You can still work full time and enjoy your life, its not one or the other.

Not available to me in the company I'm in, the company I work are very rigid with hours, like I needed to negotiate to have one of my days off as a Friday, and the Area and Regional managers weren't keen on it, only for my manager fought my corner with me... and I can't get Saturdays off...well unless I take a weeks holidays

demanufactured

I'd kill for a job at the minute

WoollyRedHat

demanufactured wrote: »

I'd kill for a job at the minute

Hitman's what you're looking for, worth a shot

utyh2ikcq9z76b

Somebody made up work, its not a natural state for a human....think of this, 20,000 kids die every day from hunger related causes but people think their doing the right thing making some widget that no one really needs...the world is mental so don't bother playing by its rules

pharmaton

I imagine if this thread was started by a single female with a dependent she would be a crispy knackered inbred couch potato ho skank and told to get a job.

Smidge

pharmaton wrote: »

I imagine if this thread was started by a single female with a dependent she would be a crispy knackered inbred couch potato ho skank and told to get a job.

You forgot the 6 brats with 5 different fathers

JD DABA

hullaballoo wrote: »

Naw mang, was talking about lifting jewlry mang.

Ju know, I thank ju for say this. Nex time ju in mijami ju come see me, jes?

I'd rather work full time (and extra hours on top if necessary) to have money to enjoy my time off and have much more comforts in life than scrape by on a pittance with no money for anything!

NuckingFacker

I'd have to agree op- for €380 a day, I wouldn't bother either. No mon, no fun.

Esoteric_

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

So been working full time for 6 weeks now and all I've got to say about it is... that it totally sucks...

Why in the name of superman(or buddha/god/who or whatever you believe in) would someone do a full time job, I was working part time and it was grand was making enough money to cover myself and save some, but then a full time position became available and i took it:o Taking the full time job is starting to feel like a serious mistake. I've had to pretty much give a lot of things I really enjoy:mad:

Trying to get to the gym, train and eat properly is genuinely difficult never mind having some time to relax. At times I'm finding myself missing my life as a dolee(cycling 300km a week & gym 3-4 times a week) or even as a part timer(less cycling & gym 3-4 times a week).

I think people who rag on the dolee's on here are doing because they are jealous, cause the dolee's have the right idea...

I've a few mates on the dole, one trains all he wants and is always doing different things, the other is off on his 4 holiday of the year already(yes thats 4 trips abroad since January)

/rant

Not being smart, but how do you not have time for these? I work full time AND go to college (although I'm off for the summer now), and I still manage to work out in bootcamp classes 4 times a week, go running three or four times a week, and do any other exercise I feel like doing, plus relax, see my friends and sleep. It's about balance and learning to manage your time.

Tbh, you sound as though you've never worked full time before, considering how difficult you're finding it. It's not that hard.

Maximus Alexander

I hate working full time, but not as much as I love having money.

Nothing is as comfortable as sleeping in a big pile of 50 euro notes.

dobman88

You have been working full time for 6 weeks????? How does it suck already? Thats called laziness. I work full time, went 2 years without a job and hated it. Got a job then about 2 and a half years ago and now im earning good money every week, I have my own house, own car, I take 2 holidays a year abroad, last year i had 2 months off work PAID because the company I work for just pay a 39 hour week and any extra hours go towards holidays on top of the 2 weeks a year im guaranteed anyway. You dont have to give up on the things you enjoy doing juust because you work. Mate of mine starts work at 8am Mon-Fri and he goes to the Gym 3 times a week at 5am. Cycles on Wednesday evenings when he gets home just to breakthe week up. Its all about getting a routine for yourself. IMO if you just gave up and went on the dole you would get bored of it and thats the cowards way out (imo)

Eathrin

I've often asked myself whether I should stay in college and make a career that way working long hours for the rest of my life to support some family I will have in the future with no financial worries and a life of comfort or go on the dole and find a hobby to make my job. To be honest the latter sometimes appeals to me more when I think of enjoying my career but at the same time it offers no security. I think I would get bored soon enough on the dole. However I do feel that there is enough on the dole for a single person to live an enjoyable yet minimalistic life.

cruais

It's a necessity for 99.9% of people op.

Obviously you don't have car loan, mortgage, kids, and a lsd habit to worry about ;-)

keeponhurling

The risk of going on the dole as a lifestyle choice, is that while current levels might support the lifestyle you want, it may be cut later and there is not a lot you can do
i.e. go on strike, threaten to switch to another dole provider etc.

Also it is easy to switch later on from work to dole, but not so easy to switch the other way.

Maybe part-time is the answer, as you get better value per hour worked (due to the tax system)

miss tickle

Eathrin wrote: »

I've often asked myself whether I should stay in college and make a career that way working long hours for the rest of my life to support some family I will have in the future with no financial worries and a life of comfort or go on the dole and find a hobby to make my job. To be honest the latter sometimes appeals to me more when I think of enjoying my career but at the same time it offers no security. I think I would get bored soon enough on the dole. However I do feel that there is enough on the dole for a single person to live an enjoyable yet minimalistic life.

In all honesty, I have seen this on a few forums, is this what you really would aspire to?