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Kamek


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How long until you'll quit your job?
#14574764 - 06/07/11 02:27 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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The thread title says it all...
How long do you think you will keep your current job? Looking for new opportunities or maybe want to become a bum and quit work altogether?
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ifoundwaldo


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Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: Kamek]
#14574769 - 06/07/11 02:28 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Well, I'd like to leave soon, but it's a complicated situation. Family business, and I've gotten stuck helping to run it because my father is sick. C'est la vie.
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Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: ifoundwaldo]
#14574820 - 06/07/11 02:39 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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I have none since roughly a month ago, it's a fucking bummer.
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Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: Beanhead]
#14574830 - 06/07/11 02:40 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Hopefully till next summer. My job pays pretty decent but I wanna find one that I'm actually interested in.
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Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: NoOneImportant]
#14574843 - 06/07/11 02:43 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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My job pays jack shit and I hate it. I hate my boss, I hate the people I work with, I hate what I do. I hate every fucking bit about it. But I need the money so...
On the bright side im starting a new job on monday. It doesnt pay much (its a stipend actually) but I get to do what my dream job basically is all about. Working in a lab with nerve cells and stuff
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Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: mellowparty]
#14574908 - 06/07/11 02:56 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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This is my last week at my current job.
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Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: mirage] 1
#14575003 - 06/07/11 03:17 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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As soon as I get a job, judging from past experience, i'll be there for 6 months, then it will drive me crazy and I'll quit.
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Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: Kamek] 1
#14575156 - 06/07/11 03:47 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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I quit mine last week. I've made a lot of cash mowing and cleaning gutters. People will pay 100 bucks for a few hours of work if you have a tall ass ladder and don't mind heights.
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Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: Kada]
#14575252 - 06/07/11 04:07 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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how can one pull off being a bum and handle life's financial expenses? this is what i want to know
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ifoundwaldo


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Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: owls]
#14575267 - 06/07/11 04:10 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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owls said: how can one pull off being a bum and handle life's financial expenses? this is what i want to know
panhandling. digging through trash for cans, bottles, and cardboard.
soup kitchens for food.
then there's illegal paths...
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Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: mellowparty] 1
#14575304 - 06/07/11 04:19 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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mellowparty said: My job pays jack shit and I hate it. I hate my boss, I hate the people I work with, I hate what I do. I hate every fucking bit about it. But I need the money so...
On the bright side im starting a new job on monday. It doesnt pay much (its a stipend actually) but I get to do what my dream job basically is all about. Working in a lab with nerve cells and stuff 
That's cool man.
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Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: Kamek]
#14575313 - 06/07/11 04:20 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Current goal is 5 years.
Would like to make 25 to get the full pension.
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Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: badchad]
#14575326 - 06/07/11 04:22 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Leaving my job next month finally.
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Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: owls]
#14575327 - 06/07/11 04:23 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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owls said: how can one pull off being a bum and handle life's financial expenses? this is what i want to know
Social security 
but also
Edited by Beanhead (06/07/11 04:23 PM)
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Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: Beanhead]
#14575330 - 06/07/11 04:24 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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hm. i wouldn't actually not want to do ANYTHING, i like to work hard and be active but i want to do something i really enjoy
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Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: owls]
#14575345 - 06/07/11 04:27 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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I think about the cash (which is rather weak) to make me feel better.
I fucking hate working for the minimal wage. I FUCKING HATE MY LIFE
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Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: badchad] 1
#14575349 - 06/07/11 04:28 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: Dest]
#14575510 - 06/07/11 05:07 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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I think i'll be at my current gig for 8-15 months (i am wait listed to get into school, so whenever i can get in, i will be quitting.)
I like my current situation - it's not the greatest pay although i do get by alright. I am learning lots and generally like my work life.
1 hang up might be - the guy i work with, and who i really like and learn tons from, might quit depending on upcoming wage negotiations. If he quits, i'll probably quit.
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Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: Dest]
#14575540 - 06/07/11 05:16 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Dest said: Fuck it I'm retired...
Starvation is motivation ^_^.
I'm trying to stop working myself, legitimately.
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Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: Humility]
#14575570 - 06/07/11 05:20 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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MY job will quit me before I quit my job.
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Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: CarnivalBarker]
#14575626 - 06/07/11 05:33 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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About two and a half months, then on to college!
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Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: Tritium]
#14575915 - 06/07/11 06:27 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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i'll quit my job if i ever get an offer for a better job someplace else. but thats unlikely since most companies' starting wages are around $10-$15/hr. i'd also quit my job if my reggae band took off and i was able to make a comfortable living touring and recording with them.. also unlikely.
i love my job. my boss is cool as shit. i make just under $20/hr. and i'm already being groomed to take my boss's job when he finishes training me and moves back to his home state. its the first job i've had with the opportunity for advancement, let alone the guarantee of advancement.
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Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: BoneMan]
#14575964 - 06/07/11 06:39 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Hopefully in two years, when I move to the Middle East to teach English to rich oil business men. 
That's when my Masters will be done.
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Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: mellowparty]
#14575988 - 06/07/11 06:43 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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mellowparty said: My job pays jack shit and I hate it. I hate my boss, I hate the people I work with, I hate what I do. I hate every fucking bit about it. But I need the money so...
yep  I really need to get off my ass and find something else before jobhunting season is over.
And in the meantime I need to figure out a longer term plan, fuck. I'm almost 24 and still have no idea what I want to do with my life. Maybe I should just get some certs and find a cushy job as a network admin or something.
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Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: Kamek]
#14576304 - 06/07/11 07:45 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Longest I've made is a few years as a builders labourer. Otherwise I'm a jack of all trades and change regularly.
I'm also a bum a lot of the time but what I did was put all my money in investments when I was young and working more so that I can be a bum more now
At one point I worked 3 jobs and put everything other than bill/food money into a fixed rate bond investment. Its been sweet for the past few years being a bum though. I only work a couple of days per week at the mo and the investments are ticking over nicely generating income
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Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: owls]
#14576349 - 06/07/11 07:52 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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owls said: how can one pull off being a bum and handle life's financial expenses? this is what i want to know
The same way all the other parasites have done it - you get the others to work for you top business owners, managers, financiers and bankers - they all do it the same way at the core.
I suggest starting a business and hiring someone to do the hard work for you. Its difficult today cuz everythings monopolised but if you stick to labour like cleaning (or gutter cleaning as suggested is a good one) then theres usually always room for these types of dirty jobs.
A few years of graft and soon you can bum off the company. Until you get there - live thrifty and invest wisely.
Mellow, well done amigo! Its your foot in the door. You will work up to better pay but doing what you want to do is a greater reward in itself.
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