What does everyone here do for work?

[Moglet]

Firstly, that's rubbish. I don't actually think the job market is too bad at the moment, there is still work out there, but as usual people won't do jobs that are "below" them.

Secondly, how is theft funny?

There is still work out there, yes, but most of it in my area is for managers positions and everything else that pops up is for door to door sales. I'm not doing that simply because I feel it's wrong to invade people's privacy . I'm hoping to get the job I applied for as a photography assistant though.

Not sure why I put the laughing icon but the reason for taking the cash was that they failed to pay us on time for 3 months running and then closed the shop without written notice which I'm told is illegal. So we took the safe float and the takings for the day (Which isn't a lot, it was a tiny store) and the rest of the money (everything we took from before that day) is going to the administrators. Otherwise we'd all be fairly skint running up to Christmas!

One of the guys who works for the store used to work for Fopp when they got shut down and the same thing happened. It's still in court to this day, since there was no written notice given.

Depending on where you work the administrators/liquidators will still come after any employees who they can prove have stolen money. I just hope your store didn't have CCTV as any financial organisations who have money owed will be looking to reclaim as much as they can.

I saw a very well know toy shop in London go abruptly into liquidation, employees stole £1000's of pounds in stock and they were in court two months later paying it all back.

There's no CCTV, it's been explained above. I wasn't there when it closed but one of the guys did try and take some stock but was told not to by the security guards who were escorting them out (it's an airport store).

They basically took very little. The administrators are still getting all of the takings from the store.

I was hoping it was a joke. If not, I think I know why the business closed.

You're telling me you'd let the administrators sack you without any notice and leave you skint in the run up to Christmas? The stock has been taken by the airport since the regional managers refused to pay the rent, and the takings have been taken by the administrators.
The shop never had any stock or money go missing when it was open, the reason it closed was because the managers refused to buy any stock to sell. I have no idea what their thinking was behind that but there we go.

 

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[TB]

closed the shop without written notice which I'm told is illegal. So we took the safe float and the takings for the day

I'm not defending them in any way, but how is their not providing written notice of closing any less illegal than theft? Do it the right way and take them to court.

Good luck with the new job prospect. 👍

Edit:i_see four of you!

 

[TheCracker]

You act the fool in Wagamamas for a living?

 

[Cano]

I'm basically a do-it-all guy at an Editorial house that encompases about 5 car mags, I do hand-push illustration (usually car-toons), photoshop-transform cars into stuff that's never gonna happen, write stuff up, event coverage, and most importantly and enjoyable, photography for such. Starting up with that, but I'm into it. I really like my work, It's something I always wanted to do. Photograph cars in the morning, draw cars in the evening, write cars at night.

I also have another job to pay the rent, but meh.

EDIT: mmhh I'm really bored, I'm visiting the Rumble strip... but it's cool, should visit more often.

 

[Moglet]

Yeah, that photo is of me, god knows why he posted it.

I'm not defending them in any way, but how is their not providing written notice of closing any less illegal than theft? Do it the right way and take them to court.

Good luck with the new job prospect. 👍

Edit:i_see four of you!

I'm not condoning theft in any way, it's just not right to **** over the small guys, a big company like the one that has the money isn't going to miss the bit we took considering they're still getting well over 95% of the money from the shop. They're cowboys anyway, even the airport is threatening them with court action due to the way it was handled.

The manager can't even get in contact with them anymore, none of them are answering any phonecalls! It appears they have disappeared.

 

[Sureboss]

I like how you start the sentence with, "I'm not condoning theft in any way" then procede to try and condone. Or at least, that's what it looks like you are doing.

 

[Slicks]

There is still work out there, yes, but most of it in my area is for managers positions and everything else that pops up is for door to door sales. I'm not doing that simply because I feel it's wrong to invade people's privacy . I'm hoping to get the job I applied for as a photography assistant though.

I'd highly suggest the 'shotgun' approach for applications. Send lots out in short order to any and every job you may be interested in. If you happen to get multiple offers... Well, choice is good.

 

[Teh_Loserer]

Since Daan was so kind as to point me in this direction after closing my thread...

RISE, 2YR OLD THREAD! RISE AND LIVE AGAIN!

I'm a mudlogger. I work on drilling rigs (mostly land,) monitoring different well parameters, and examining formation cuttings suspended in the drilling fluid or "mud," that's circulated into and out of the well as we drill.

There are times when I will have NOTHING to do for days on end. But I still get paid to play video games and screw around online.

 

[HenGTX]

I work for a Car Dealer and sell carparts.

 

[Legendary]

I am 15 and work for WoolWorths Australia. I am a checkout chick as everyone puts it so nicely (I am a male). The best thing about being a 'checkout chick' is that you work with 'checkout chicks', and my, some of them are quite good looking .

(Don't hate on me, I am a teenager with raging hormones ).

 

[NISM0_SKYLINE]

I push carts and do all the stuff no one else will do at Home Depot.

 

[Lain]

I'm a Fire Controlman in the United States Navy. In training to be one, anyway.

And no, I don't fight fires. That would be the job of a Damage Controlman. A succinct job description for Fire Controlmen can be found in my avatar.

 

[Sage]

I’ve been a private math tutor, an employee at The Tutoring Center (awful, awful place – if you have children who need tutoring, don’t even consider taking them to that hellhole), and a cashier at Sears. Right now I’m just a student; hopefully I’ll be working at a biotech firm a few years down the road.

Been working for the past year for a philanthropic foundation that basically helps universities commercialize novel biomedical devices.

And now I work at a nanotech company as a research associate.

 

[Omnis]

I hustle textbooks to students to beat school bookstore prices while turning a profit. Otherwise, unemployed.

 

[exigeracer]

Got my first gig in interaction design.

Too bad I still have to sell coffee to pay bills. And taking a full undergrad course load.

 

[Kylehnat]

I was bored and reading through old threads, and came across a number of posts where the person casually makes mention of their (insert awesome car here,) or of indecision between buying (another awesome car) or (yet another) and going to test drive both. Or some of the CRAZY cockpits over in the wheels/cockpits forum. Stuff like that.

And I got to wondering... What do these people do for a living?

Funny as it seems, a lot of people on here have pretty good jobs, in fact.

I work as a chemical process engineer for Dow Chemical. I lead improvement projects, and right now, my focus is on process safety...making sure that the kinds of "incidents" that start media 🤬-storms don't happen at our site. It's challenging, it can be quite stressful, and it can be tedious, but overall, it's satisfying. It also allows for the occasional purchase of "toys" .

 

[Teh_Loserer]

Funny as it seems, a lot of people on here have pretty good jobs, in fact.

So it seems! And more often than not, I find that when someone on GTP implies that they have money, I don't automatically dismiss it as BS as I would be inclined to do on other forums.

 

[Casio]

I jump infront of cars and sue the drivers.

But in all seriousness I work in IT which is much less exciting.

 

[Teh_Loserer]

But in all seriousness I work in IT which is much less exciting.

I thought about going into IT, but realized it would be a very bad idea. While I'm a very patient person, I'm highly intolerant of ignorance.

I'd end up strangling some poor dip**** user.

 

[Casio]

I thought about going into IT, but realized it would be a very bad idea. While I'm a very patient person, I'm highly intolerant of ignorance.

I'd end up strangling some poor dip**** user.

Ha yeah, I work on the client support side so that's pretty much my day in a nutshell. Though I rock up at 10, work through emails and make sure everyone else is on top of crap till 12, go to lunch, sit back down at 2 to plan what I'm going to do the rest of the day, which is usually wait for a call from someone to go fix something inane and leave at 6. So it's not all bad.

 

[Diego440]

After seven years as a copywriter, I changed lines of work and became an art director. I worked the last 3 years as one, until three months ago, when I went back into copywriting.

Oh, I work for Ogilvy

 

[NITROVIOUS]

l've been a Chef for almost 25 years now . The great thing about cooking is that you could do it for a hundred years and still have more to learn .

 

[Kryz11]

Hail Chef Nitrovious
I am a Cook. I am finishing culinary school, worked in few restaurants and one Catering place.

As well helping my with roofing buisness whenever he needs help and some construction.

Mowing the lawn.

Also I am working on two plans

A.Thinking of a master plan to take over the world

B. As well thinking of a master plan to end up living in Mexico and working only few hours a day

Well B. sounds more realistically.

 

[PureAwesomeness]

I'm an assistant professor of English at a university in Japan. So I guess I'm an official member of this forum's grammar police.

 

[Kryz11]

I'm an assistant professor of English at a university in Japan. So I guess I'm an official member of this forum's grammar police.

oi... I would be the first guy to be arrested. But I dont get grammar. People talk diffrently, rich the poor then what they write on paper, its useless! haha With grammar on English essays, half of the personality is gone

 

[Teh_Loserer]

oi... I would be the first guy to be arrested. But I dont get grammar. People talk diffrently, rich the poor then what they write on paper, its useless! haha With grammar on English essays, half of the personality is gone

There's really a fine line between PROPER grammar and acceptable grammar. If you type the way you speak, you'll likely end up with a fairly great deal of improper grammar. But whatever you write will be that much more reader-friendly.

It's kinda like the way I use "kinda," "gonna," and "wanna." They're all really horrible English, but because that's how many people actually speak, it reads better so nobody is likely to call me on it.

...and then there's the whole ellipses thing...

 

[Kryz11]

You sir.. are correct!
Yeah you are right, there should be a line in writing. I guess because I hate to study it, because English is my second language.

 

[JER_CREST]

I am in Merchandising for two different companies.

 

[nk4e]

I push carts.