Job perks

have_a_go_hero · 18-08-2012 01:41AM #1

While the pay in my job aint the worst it still lacks perks and extras.....what perks do my fellow boardsies get from their job and how did they come to get them>>?

marshbaboon · 18-08-2012 01:42AM

I get to spend the German pension reserve, because we live in a banana republic.

Shield · 18-08-2012 01:42AM

Free donuts @ Dunkin' Donuts!

fasttalkerchat · 18-08-2012 01:44AM

Teachers and politicians are the only ones who get real perks!

FairytaleGirl · 18-08-2012 01:52AM

free chinese food.. (only during working hours)..

be a better perk if i had a faster metabolism tbh

marshbaboon · 18-08-2012 01:53AM

FairytaleGirl wrote: »

free chinese food.. (only during working hours)..

be a better perk if i had a faster metabolism tbh

Can I have some, I'm marvin!

bleepp · 18-08-2012 01:54AM

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

Teachers and politicians are the only ones who get real perks!

What has society got against teachers!!

Only perk in my job is free pick n mix...could be worse

2 stroke · 18-08-2012 01:56AM

My boss has fantastic tits.

Tombi! · 18-08-2012 01:58AM

2 stroke wrote: »

My boss has fantastic tits.

But are they perky?

fasttalkerchat · 18-08-2012 01:58AM

bleepp wrote: »

What has society got against teachers!!

Only perk in my job is free pick n mix...could be worse

Nothing against it... 2 months off is a pretty good perk! Oil workers get more but they're away from their families for half the year!

marshbaboon · 18-08-2012 01:59AM

Brutal Deluxe wrote: »

But are they perky?

What flavour tbh...

Wompa1 · 18-08-2012 02:19AM

I got to travel around the world as an IT Consultant. But it was only a perk once..sure you travel to lots of places but it was only once that I took a few extra days to see the place I went.

In my current job I got to go to a dine in cinema all paid for to see Dark Knight Rises a day before it was released to the general public.

For the most part though. No real perks. Started working in 2007 so the recession insured everything was done on the cheap

policarp · 18-08-2012 02:34AM

have_a_go_hero wrote: »

While the pay in my job aint the worst it still lacks perks and extras.....what perks do my fellow boardsies get from their job and how did they come to get them>>?

My pay ain't bad. €188 per week.

Perk is I don't have to WORK. . .

IrishAm · 18-08-2012 02:36AM

Worked in bars and hotels since a young fella.

Free bowls of soup and the odd free beve as a drone.

Free meals when I grew up and became a manager. Cheap rooms, too. Across the chain.

Totally not worth it though. If I never set foot in another hotel again, I would be happy.

bleepp · 18-08-2012 02:36AM

policarp wrote: »

My pay ain't bad. €188 per week.

Perk is I don't have to WORK. . .

But you have great hours! great work-life balance:D

Katgurl · 18-08-2012 02:38AM

Not too bad when I'm on long haul travel which is most of the time. Transport, all meals, accommodation, business flights and the daily rate is double what I make at home. It gets lonely though.

I'm a contractor which is why the rate and expenses are good. It means however I miss out on health, pension, commuter-ticket, bike scheme, bonus.

No complaints though.

Tombi! · 18-08-2012 02:38AM

policarp wrote: »

My pay ain't bad. €188 per week.

Perk is I don't have to WORK. . .

Same here. But I call standing in the dole once a month work.
Plus having to do it in the post office once a week is far too much for only 188.

IrishAm · 18-08-2012 02:45AM

Brutal Deluxe wrote: »

Same here. But I call standing in the dole once a month work.
Plus having to do it in the post office once a week is far too much for only 188.

Its a weekend evening, so I hope you are taking the michael? Plus, if you receive 188 shilling a week, it means that your are on JB rather than JA. So you have paid your PRSI for over two years?

Tombi! · 18-08-2012 02:53AM

IrishAm wrote: »

Its a weekend evening, so I hope you are taking the michael? Plus, if you receive 188 shilling a week, it means that your are on JB rather than JA. So you have paid your PRSI for over two years?

Nope, I'm on JSA and get the 188 a week.

marshbaboon · 18-08-2012 02:53AM

IrishAm wrote: »

Worked in bars and hotels since a young fella.

Free bowls of soup and the odd free beve as a drone.

Free meals when I grew up and became a manager. Cheap rooms, too. Across the chain.

Totally not worth it though. If I never set foot in another hotel again, I would be happy.

High five from me here. Horrible, horrible profession. I was headed for a head of department position and I walked away from it and never looked back. Even if you were able to stick with it as a career, it would turn you into a miserable person.

policarp · 18-08-2012 03:07AM

bleepp wrote: »

But you have great hours! great work-life balance:D

Try it Bleepp.
Then say great work-life balance.
First 2 months great.
Then Not So Great. . .

Rabies · 18-08-2012 03:10AM

marshbaboon wrote: »

High five from me here. Horrible, horrible profession. I was headed for a head of department position and I walked away from it and never looked back. Even if you were able to stick with it as a career, it would turn you into a miserable person.

I work in the hospitality industry, but on the bar/club side.

Pros:
Free food and in my work place. I also have a bar tab if and when needed no limit, just don't be stupid with it.
Cheap booze or food in our group.
Know many of the city bar/club managers, so free entry and free/cheap drink.
Get invites to parties, vip passes, free personal stock, corporate box invites to All Black games or concerts sometimes (need more of those

)

Cons:
Unsociable hours.

marshbaboon · 18-08-2012 03:12AM

Rabies wrote: »

I work in the hospitality industry, but on the bar/club side.

Pros:
Free food and in my work place. I also have a bar tab if and when needed no limit, just don't be stupid with it.
Cheap booze or food in our group.
Know many of the city bar/club managers, so free entry and free/cheap drink.
Get invites to parties, vip passes, free personal stock, corporate box invites to All Black games or concerts sometimes (need more of those )

Cons:
Unsociable hours.

Hotels are horrendous. It was great fun sometimes, but I wouldn't do it again. One of the highlights was playing soldier of fortune 2 on lan on the reception computers in a 4 star place. Good times.

IrishAm · 18-08-2012 03:19AM

marshbaboon wrote: »

High five from me here. Horrible, horrible profession. I was headed for a head of department position and I walked away from it and never looked back. Even if you were able to stick with it as a career, it would turn you into a miserable person.

I was 22 and a Duty Manager. When the recession hit, I was the one whom had to give "excess staff" the heave ho.

The hotel in question had the Head Office lads coming in at least twice a week for "signed off lunches." Some for "signed off beer meetings." And even some signed off "stays with room service."

Some c*nts, man. I spoke me mind, after, and was let go myself. Which was probably the best thing that ever happened to me.

I only told three people they were let go, but I cried after it. Especially when it was so unnecessary. Never again.

marshbaboon · 18-08-2012 03:25AM

IrishAm wrote: »

I was 22 and a Duty Manager. When the recession hit, I was the one whom had to give "excess staff" the heave ho.

The hotel in question had the Head Office lads coming in at least twice a week for "signed off lunches." Some for "signed off beer meetings." And even some signed off "stays with room service."

Some c*nts, man. I spoke me mind, after, and was let go myself. Which was probably the best thing that ever happened to me.

I only told three people they were let go, but I cried after it. Especially when it was so unnecessary. Never again.

From my experience management in every hotel treat their staff like dirt. The two main places I worked in were a joke.

I feel for you on the staff thing, I had the opposite problem. Porters would never stay, I had to train in two new porters every month.

The worst problem I had experienced was smoke detectors in smoking rooms, because it was a European hotel chain. Cue fire alarms going off a half dozen times a night, between midnight & 6am, with the legal requirement of the hotel being evacuated each time.

Where To · 18-08-2012 03:31AM

I get to go on holidays whenever I want.

IrishAm · 18-08-2012 03:35AM

marshbaboon wrote: »

From my experience management in every hotel treat their staff like dirt. The two main places I worked in were a joke.

I feel for you on the staff thing, I had the opposite problem. Porters would never stay, I had to train in two new porters every month.

The worst problem I had experienced was smoke detectors in smoking rooms, because it was a European hotel chain. Cue fire alarms going off a half dozen times a night, between midnight & 6am, with the legal requirement of the hotel being evacuated each time.

I worked in a 4 star hotel with a five star building connected to it(that should give away where and what group I worked for:) )

The night staff there were sound as a pound. Leave them to it and the lobby would be sparkling, breakfast rooms set up and room service delivered. Now, they would be rubber by the time you came in at 6.30 am. But the job would have been done. Especially around Cabaret season, when they would have the porter hut stocked up with cheap ass half bottles of red and white.

Sound lads and completely untouchable as they were there since the 70s. Stone wall contracts. It was the relative newcomers(less than five years) that took the pain.

Oh, the stories I could tell about that place. There is a chapter in a "Haunted Ireland Book" claiming that one of the rooms is haunted. Funny stuff. It was only rented out at the weekend to the drunkest of drunks. A kip of a room with a continual bathroom tap running.

marshbaboon · 18-08-2012 03:42AM

IrishAm wrote: »

I worked in a 4 star hotel with a five star building connected to it(that should give away where and what group I worked for:) )

The night staff there were sound as a pound. Leave them to it and the lobby would be sparkling, breakfast rooms set up and room service delivered. Now, they would be rubber by the time you came in at 6.30 am. But the job would have been done. Especially around Cabaret season, when they would have the porter hut stocked up with cheap ass half bottles of red and white.

Sound lads and completely untouchable as they were there since the 70s. Stone wall contracts. It was the relative newcomers(less than five years) that took the pain.

Ha. I'll be honest working on the night team was the toughest job I've ever had. No chance for a life, friends or a relationship out of work, but there were snippets of fun.

We took the piss, but we got what was asked of us done, and a hell of a lot more that wasn't.

I just couldn't continue working for the group I was with. I even tried to bypass the general manager & communicate with head office about some of the nonsense that was going on and no one gave a crap about the guests.

Once occupancy was high, that's all that mattered.

entropi · 18-08-2012 03:43AM

thunderdog wrote: »

almost lost my virginity in that box....almost

That would be a fairly large box to lose your virginity in, aye!

IrishAm · 18-08-2012 03:58AM

marshbaboon wrote: »

Once occupancy was high, that's all that mattered.

Aint that the truth. Its pity, as it will seriously affect tourism. No repeat custom.

During the boom, we treated tourists as cash cows.

flas · 18-08-2012 04:40AM

work in a busy bar,have been there over a year so have seen a good few other bar staff come and go,so a perk would be having numerous places around dublin city centre to go for lock in's!

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