Best Job You Ever Had

SEPT 23 1989 · 28-05-2009 09:09PM

kelle wrote: »

I spent 3 years training to do my job, and a few years doing on-the-job training. It was sh1t for a few years as there are so many legalities and I ended up in the soup a few times. But I now know it like the back of my hand and enjoy it immensely. Though I had to take a pay cut recently (yes, I'm one of those horrible public service workers!), i find the money ok - enough for the essentials in life.

your mary coughlan arnt you

jester77 · 28-05-2009 09:16PM

I had a very handy IT number in Frankfurt. They had us sitting on the top floor of their building, there was zero accountability and a ridiculous management structure. Used to come in at 11, brekkie, lunch and head off round 4 or 5. They paid for an apt, all our bills and gave us a free flight home every 2 weeks which we could also use to fly anywhere within Europe. I miss those good old dot.com days

staker · 29-05-2009 02:22AM

i did "security" for a trade show in cologne.
turned up at nine in the evening,slept til 8, got paid well(about 600 marks at the time)

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 29-05-2009 02:26AM

25 punts an hour delivering promotional newspapers for the evening herald. Easy as piss and we got a serious amount of money for it

Next would be labouring, great work, great money etc etc

melekalikimaka · 29-05-2009 03:35AM

ice marshel

go round skating all day, helping hotties to skate...

29-05-2009 03:46AM

I've been doing babysitting in a 5* hotel in Killarney since I was 16 (20 now).
It's great. Kids are usually asleep so you can just sit in the sitting room in the suite and watch tv all night. And I get about 100 euro a night usually.

I used to work in a kiddies club in a different hotel. We got to do go-karting, treasure hunts,Wiis, talent shows and we had BOUNCING CASTLES! And we got an endless supply of free sweeties. It was fun if you like being a kid. Got boring after 3 years.

like clockwork! · 29-05-2009 04:37AM

Little Shyte wrote: »

Next week for I have to make sure nobody cheats in the Leaving or Junior Cert tests by following the poor souls to the toilets and make tea for the supervisers. I could get between 200-350 euro for this for just 4 days work 9 hours a day.

What is the easiest job you ever got paid for?

I got to supervise the State exams back in '06 myself! Easiest money I'll probably ever make. Just spent my time doing sudoku puzzles, playing the PSP and reading books! I have good memories of June 2006; the world cup, 2 or 3 weeks of literally non-stop sunshine and 160 quid to blow on heading out and buying clothes for the holidays!

Actually, just thinkng about it now, 2006 and 2007 were great years for me!

I was supervising for about 7 or 8 days, but it was just an ordinairy level Junior Cert class so I didn't get as much as some of the other fellas who were supervising. One of my mates got 420 quid I think, for supervising the LC students until the last day.

Still though, 2006 was a great summer altogether!!

Can't see me earning money as easily as that ever again!

Super-Rush · 29-05-2009 04:53AM

My current job. I earn no less than 50 euros an hour for five hours and sometimes its 150 an hour for 2 hours, 3-4 days a week. Just for playing music. I love it even more now because all the fcukers who looked down on me for not having a real job are now on the dole.

like clockwork! · 29-05-2009 04:59AM

super-rush wrote: »

My current job. I earn no less than 50 euros an hour for five hours and sometimes its 150 an hour for 2 hours, 3-4 days a week. Just for playing music. I love it even more now because all the fcukers who looked down on me for not having a real job are now on the dole.

I envy you, lucky fecker! :pac: Fair play man.

minidazzler · 29-05-2009 05:02AM

I once got €300 for 9 hours work over 3 days. Plus a Hotel room, plus Free Food, Plus A rake of drink (at least €70 worth).

What did I do I hear you ask? I scanned a few tickets and told people the right place to go.

Also at a certain Festival this year I will make €700 for the same job except I will be supervising the Night staff for my company, so in essence doing feck all.

The Best part. This is all after Tax.

Just tonight as well, (finished 20 mins ago) I was doing some Paper work for the Company, Just filling out staff Sheets and whatever else needs to be done, 3 hours work. I went to dublin today to give someone Keys and then came back. I am expecting €200 for it tomorrow. Which is much needed!!!

Oh, plus I go to almost any concert I want in the country for free (or usually be paid for it, if I don't want to see the entire concert). Except some Aiken ones, but most I can!!!

Hellm0 · 29-05-2009 07:30AM

My current job, I spend a few weeks on a project and take a month or two off to chill out. Work for me consists of spending an hour or two a day at my laptop configuring software or writing code. Fortunately I get paid enough where this works out nicely. Oh and I work from home.

cormie · 29-05-2009 07:44AM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I had a job in the great north woods

Working as a cook for a spell?

29-05-2009 09:08AM

Was a postman at christmas before. Was a great job.

spoofilyj · 29-05-2009 09:23AM

My Current job...
I work for an Irish Company on a project in Abu-Dhabi, free 5 star hotel, expences, flights home every so often, great work, brilliant activities on weekends, such as Scuba diving, dune bashing etc. Unbelievable weather and lovely people...:P

SlipperyPeople · 29-05-2009 09:23AM

Dónal wrote: »

Was a postman at christmas before. Was a great job.

ditto. really soft job cycled around listening to ipod for an hour and a half and got paid for 4 hours work. ten yoyos an hour and few christmas bonuses too

Carlow52 · 29-05-2009 10:12AM

Little Shyte wrote: »

Next week for I have to make sure nobody cheats in the Leaving or Junior Cert tests by following the poor souls to the toilets and make tea for the supervisers. I could get between 200-350 euro for this for just 4 days work 9 hours a day.

What is the easiest job you ever got paid for?

Best Job I Ever Had was neither night, day or hand.

USER X · 29-05-2009 11:04AM

I work in IT and once had a customer who wanted me to take their new Dell PC out of its boxes and set it up (Physically) on the desk. I believe in giving people value for their money, generally results in more business in the long run so I was only looking for €60. They insisted on paying me €450 and have called a few times since, e.g. Our broadband is not working.... Try not to turn and leave the modem off, that really doesnt help.

I also worked as security in 2005 at the Emmy Awards in LA and had the pleasure of meeting Halle Berry. The USC frat houses were across the road, got chatting to a few students when I was working nights and got invited to parties... basically getting paid to party :cool:

Quazzie · 29-05-2009 11:10AM

Little Shyte wrote: »

Next week for I have to make sure nobody cheats in the Leaving or Junior Cert tests by following the poor souls to the toilets and make tea for the supervisers. I could get between 200-350 euro for this for just 4 days work 9 hours a day.

What is the easiest job you ever got paid for?

I'm sorry, I might be mistaken, are you saying you are going to enjoy following young kids to the toilets?

homerun_homer · 29-05-2009 12:08PM

I did the junior cert supervising once. Easy peasy. I just finished 4th year and had no summer job, nor was I looking so it was handy pocket money. I would just read books and listen to music and talk sh1te with the girl sat beside me.

Another handy one was helping a friend photograph a wedding. All the pressure was on him so I didn't need to stress as much, got €200 for a few hours work on a Saturday. Piece of pi$$.

L31mr0d · 29-05-2009 12:40PM

had a summer job working as gate security on a building site.
My duties where to basically sign people in and out and give them hard hats. Best Summer Job ever. Got paid IR£450 (yes that's Irish pounds) a week to sit outside of a garden shed (makeshift security box) reading books, listening to the radio and working on my drawings and art.

Had more money than I knew what to do with back then.

Nomis21 · 15-07-2016 12:23AM

I was a heavy Cannabis smoker back in the 90's and I was the driver of the bus in this article...

http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/high-time-in-holland-1359080.html

Got paid a few hundred squids a week to spend the weekend in Amsterdam!

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