Frosty Jack Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 You quote a lot of people.Real novelty of vocabulary is impossible; in the matter of language we lead a parasitical existence, and are always quoting. Quotations, conscious or unconscious, vary in kind according as the mind is active to work upon them and make them its own. - Walter Raleigh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eupraxia Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 If I could click a little green uppy button, I would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 I'm the Secretary of Divinity and Religious Studies at Aberdeen University. I normally work from 8.45-5/9-5 and on Fridays 8.30-4.30, depending on when I get in. The pay is decent, loads of opportunities for advancement after the first year and despite the occasionally stressful nature (we secretaries are the glue that hold schools together) I really enjoy it. Plus, if I don't stay there and end up moving then I've at least got an academic administrative role on my CV which makes getting a job in another uni a LOT easier. Decent enough holidays too and if we work a bank holiday we get an extra two days off and two weeks off over Christmas. Yaldy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 Is Graham Nixon still there Karma? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 Head of Foreign Languages for a primary school.I only teach around 8 contact hours a week, then some hours where I have to be here to deal with any problems (such as the kids terrorising their music teacher...) but I don't have to actually do anything, and then the rest is up to me. Hours : 8-3pm Monday, 10:30-3pm Tuesday, 7:30-3:30pm Wednesday, 12:15-3pm Thursday and - that's it. The occasional Friday if they're going on a school trip somewhere. And random stuff added in, like going tonight to watch some crap play that they're performing. All in all, decent hours and enough free time at work to do everything needed. And a vast amount of holidays. The Polis obsession with having holidays on certain dates as opposed to having bank holidays is a win-win situation - if Thursday or Tuesday is a holiday, then Friday/Monday will almost certainly be off because everyone fucks off for the long weekend. I think I only ended up working around 150 days last year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 The Polis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skubbs Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 Administrator for the university, working 9am to 4pm, Monday to Friday. Some of it's pretty repetitive, but I'm happy to help out with anything so usually end up with a variety of different jobs to focus on. The holidays are fab, and the uni is great to work for - they seem to like giving staff a chance to work their way up (I started in the cafe).It's not the most relevant job to my degree, but I really need a break from being a student and couldn't face doing a masters for some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 Administrator for the university, working 9am to 4pm, Monday to Friday. Some of it's pretty repetitive, but I'm happy to help out with anything so usually end up with a variety of different jobs to focus on. The holidays are fab, and the uni is great to work for - they seem to like giving staff a chance to work their way up (I started in the cafe).It's not the most relevant job to my degree, but I really need a break from being a student and couldn't face doing a masters for some time. Which uni? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 Jake, get off Moose's account 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 I already know which uni. C'mon, what do you take me for, a part-timer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJimF Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 I already know which uni. C'mon, what do you take me for, a part-timer? Add the multiple cameras set up round her desk, bug on her phone, and GPS that lets him track her movements, the only thing he hasn't got is a satellite following her whenever she is out in open space #jakeisn'tastalker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 Add the multiple cameras set up round her desk, bug on her phone, and GPS that lets him track her movements, the only thing he hasn't got is a satellite following her whenever she is out in open space #jakeisn'tastalker I believe he has also managed to get a humidity sensor in her knickers... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 I can't wait for smellovision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skubbs Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 Which uni? Aberdeen, 'cause it's ace 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project Van Shite Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 I have sex with ladies on camera. Good hours and it pays very well. Sore balls at the end of a shift though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 I have sex with ladies on camera. Good hours and it pays very well. Sore balls at the end of a shift though. Being caught molesting OAPs on CCTV is not a job. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project Van Shite Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 Being caught molesting OAPs on CCTV is not a job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaseyBoi Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 I work as a senior service technician for that comapny that do the 10k runs......My normal working hours are 8-5 but being a service company always ends up being 6amtill finish..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 I work as a senior service technician for that comapny that do the 10k runs......My normal working hours are 8-5 but being a service company always ends up being 6amtill finish..... Horrible, horrible company to deal with professionally. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 I had next to no qualifications, when i got my job and im on more now than folk who have started after leaving uni, but i have worked my ass off (for the most part) since getting the job. I have gone from a basic QA administrator who prints off bits of paper to being the company's internal expediter with a lot of responsibility in under 5 years, and that was after spending the best part of 7 years "chasing the dream". Qualifications are nothing compared to hard work imo. From what i have been told i came across very well in my interview as someone who they thought would be a good addition to the company and i beat two other people more qualified. I did a bit of research on the place before i went for my interview so i had some clue on what i was getting into, and i was very open about what i had done in my life up till that point and why i had applied for the job. Had i not had a good interview there is little chance i would be working there now, one of the other people would have been. Its very important to go in confident and open, something you make up in an interview can come back and bite you if you get the job. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Aberdeen, 'cause it's ace I only ask as I gave the Aberdeen University Campus Services 4 years' of loyal service throughout my undergraduate degree. I was a veritable jack of all trades, acting as Barista and Waiter in The Bishop's Table, porter/janitor all over the campus and Dinnerlady for the catered halls students. I really enjoyed all the young women that I used to feed and regularly operated with a semi in my capacity as Chief Dinnerdude. Where abouts did you work? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Green Posted February 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 its almost impossible to find a job where i can work 12-15hour shifts 3 days.everyone says the oil industry is where the money is.i see myself getting no where.... at least in this job.everyone leaves my company bc they dont pay enough 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 Why on earth would you want to work a 15 hour shift? That's mad. I'd need a whole day to recover from that so it would be completely pointless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skacel Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 15 hour shifts? Fuck that shit.If you want time off, get yourself offshore. 2 weeks on a rig then 2 or 3 weeks holiday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Green Posted February 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 i've done 15 hour shifts at asda wooo. and 12 hour shift.yeh its a long haul but at least its over with.i mean right now i have to go to my bed early 5 nights a week which is virtually impossible. i'm getting like 6hours if i'm lucky. go get 8hours i'd need to be in bed by 10pm O.oif i only work 3 days at 15 hours then i'm giving myself more free time less early nights. the days i work it'd be up work home bed rinse repeat 3 days then home bed on the 3rd day and boom free for 4 days.4 days baby. 4 days!!!! i dont want to go offshore i have extra curricular evening activities i dont want to give up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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