Home | Community | Message Board

MushroomMan Mycology
This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.


Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Jump to first unread post Pages: 1 | 2  [ show all ]
OfflineKamek
Male User Gallery

Registered: 01/08/05
Posts: 2,923
Last seen: 8 months, 7 days
How long until you'll quit your job?
    #14574764 - 06/07/11 02:27 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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?


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Invisibleifoundwaldo


Registered: 09/28/10
Posts: 8,389
Loc: Denver, CO Flag
Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: Kamek]
    #14574769 - 06/07/11 02:28 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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.


--------------------


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineBeanhead
IS IRONIC PARADOX
 User Gallery

Registered: 10/11/08
Posts: 17,257
Loc: Geospatial inversion.
Last seen: 3 years, 5 months
Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: ifoundwaldo]
    #14574820 - 06/07/11 02:39 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

I have none since roughly a month ago, it's a fucking bummer. :mad2:


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineNoOneImportant
Just a pawn in the game
Male


Folding@home Statistics
Registered: 03/07/09
Posts: 424
Loc: Midwest
Last seen: 3 years, 5 months
Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: Beanhead]
    #14574830 - 06/07/11 02:40 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Hopefully till next summer.  My job pays pretty decent but I wanna find one that I'm actually interested in.


--------------------
Take when in need.  Give when you can.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinemellowparty
legitimate researcher

Registered: 05/17/09
Posts: 18,467
Last seen: 10 years, 2 months
Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: NoOneImportant]
    #14574843 - 06/07/11 02:43 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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 :awecid:


--------------------


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Invisiblemirage


Registered: 09/25/09
Posts: 1,241
Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: mellowparty]
    #14574908 - 06/07/11 02:56 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

This is my last week at my current job.
:awebig:


--------------------
something :mushroom2:
__̴ı̴̴̡̡̡ ̡͌l̡̡̡ ̡͌l̡*̡̡ ̴̡ı̴̴̡ ̡̡͡|̲̲̲͡͡͡ ̲▫̲͡ ̲̲̲͡͡π̲̲͡͡ ̲̲͡▫̲̲͡͡ ̲|̡̡̡ ̡ ̴̡ı̴̡̡ ̡͌l̡̡̡̡.
:pm: SPORES FOR TRADE: :pm: None atm :frown:
WANTED: Stamps... pachanoi... achuma... posters... art... fun, interesting, or useful items

:heart::heart::heart::heart::heart:


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflinePatlal
You ask too many questions
Male User Gallery

Registered: 10/09/10
Posts: 44,797
Loc: Ottawa Flag
Last seen: 22 hours, 13 minutes
Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: mirage] * 1
    #14575003 - 06/07/11 03:17 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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.


--------------------


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineKada
Asha'man
Male User Gallery

Registered: 02/15/05
Posts: 12,394
Loc: Buckeye Flag
Last seen: 2 months, 22 days
Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: Kamek] * 1
    #14575156 - 06/07/11 03:47 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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.


--------------------
~The Cultivators Motherload~

"I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them.
I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do." -Robert A. Heinlein

"There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies.
My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness."-Dalai Lama

Live long and prosper.



Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Invisibleowls
just let go!


Registered: 02/22/09
Posts: 6,485
Loc: dancing Flag
Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: Kada]
    #14575252 - 06/07/11 04:07 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

how can one pull off being a bum and handle life's financial expenses? this is what i want to know


--------------------
i love you

you are beautiful! :rockon:



COME TOGETHER, JOIN THE PARTY!!

"what beith a man if he doth not enjoy cannabis?" :mushroom2:


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Invisibleifoundwaldo


Registered: 09/28/10
Posts: 8,389
Loc: Denver, CO Flag
Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: owls]
    #14575267 - 06/07/11 04:10 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Quote:

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...


--------------------


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleMad_Larkin

Registered: 11/29/07
Posts: 18,606
Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: mellowparty] * 1
    #14575304 - 06/07/11 04:19 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Quote:

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 :awecid:




That's cool man. :thumbup:


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Invisiblebadchad
Mad Scientist

Registered: 03/02/05
Posts: 13,372
Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: Kamek]
    #14575313 - 06/07/11 04:20 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Current goal is 5 years.

Would like to make 25 to get the full pension.


--------------------
...the whole experience is (and is as) a profound piece of knowledge.  It is an indellible experience; it is forever known.  I have known myself in a way I doubt I would have ever occurred except as it did.

Smith, P.  Bull. Menninger Clinic (1959) 23:20-27; p. 27.

...most subjects find the experience valuable, some find it frightening, and many say that is it uniquely lovely.

Osmond, H.  Annals, NY Acad Science (1957) 66:418-434; p.436


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineTangerines
 User Gallery

Folding@home Statistics
Registered: 04/17/05
Posts: 17,918
Loc: woodwork Flag
Last seen: 4 years, 24 days
Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: badchad]
    #14575326 - 06/07/11 04:22 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Leaving my job next month finally.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineBeanhead
IS IRONIC PARADOX
 User Gallery

Registered: 10/11/08
Posts: 17,257
Loc: Geospatial inversion.
Last seen: 3 years, 5 months
Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: owls]
    #14575327 - 06/07/11 04:23 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Quote:

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 :thumbdown:

but also :thumbup:


Edited by Beanhead (06/07/11 04:23 PM)


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Invisibleowls
just let go!


Registered: 02/22/09
Posts: 6,485
Loc: dancing Flag
Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: Beanhead]
    #14575330 - 06/07/11 04:24 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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


--------------------
i love you

you are beautiful! :rockon:



COME TOGETHER, JOIN THE PARTY!!

"what beith a man if he doth not enjoy cannabis?" :mushroom2:


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinemellowparty
legitimate researcher

Registered: 05/17/09
Posts: 18,467
Last seen: 10 years, 2 months
Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: owls]
    #14575345 - 06/07/11 04:27 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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 :zomgwtf:


--------------------


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineDest
Roller-Derby Coach
 User Gallery

Registered: 06/14/09
Posts: 2,444
Last seen: 6 years, 5 months
Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: badchad] * 1
    #14575349 - 06/07/11 04:28 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Fuck it I'm retired...


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflinePDU
travel kid vs.amerika
 User Gallery


Registered: 12/03/02
Posts: 10,675
Loc: beautiful BC
Last seen: 8 years, 4 months
Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: Dest]
    #14575510 - 06/07/11 05:07 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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.


--------------------
GO OUTSIDE.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineHumility
Working on it
 User Gallery


Registered: 10/07/08
Posts: 6,745
Last seen: 6 years, 11 months
Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: Dest]
    #14575540 - 06/07/11 05:16 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Quote:

Dest said:
Fuck it I'm retired...






Starvation is motivation ^_^.


I'm trying to stop working myself, legitimately.


--------------------


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineCarnivalBarker
wizard
Male

Registered: 04/19/10
Posts: 2,668
Last seen: 11 years, 2 months
Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: Humility]
    #14575570 - 06/07/11 05:20 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

MY job will quit me before I quit my job.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineTritium
 User Gallery


Registered: 03/22/11
Posts: 152
Last seen: 3 years, 9 months
Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: CarnivalBarker]
    #14575626 - 06/07/11 05:33 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

About two and a half months, then on to college!


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineBoneMan
Shrimpin ain't easy
Male

Registered: 02/09/05
Posts: 2,032
Loc: new new england
Last seen: 12 years, 2 months
Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: Tritium]
    #14575915 - 06/07/11 06:27 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisiblePenguarky Tunguin
f n o r d
Male User Gallery

Registered: 08/08/04
Posts: 17,192
Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: BoneMan]
    #14575964 - 06/07/11 06:39 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Hopefully in two years, when I move to the Middle East to teach English to rich oil business men.  :cool:

That's when my Masters will be done.


--------------------
Every mistake, intentional or otherwise, in the above post, is the fault of the reader.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Invisibledaiy

Registered: 01/09/08
Posts: 2,989
Loc: Flag
Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: mellowparty]
    #14575988 - 06/07/11 06:43 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Quote:

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 :sad:
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.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinenice1
Not the droid your looking for
 User Gallery


Registered: 09/26/09
Posts: 10,449
Loc: earth
Last seen: 11 years, 29 days
Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: Kamek]
    #14576304 - 06/07/11 07:45 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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 :grin:

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 :grin:


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinenice1
Not the droid your looking for
 User Gallery


Registered: 09/26/09
Posts: 10,449
Loc: earth
Last seen: 11 years, 29 days
Re: How long until you'll quit your job? [Re: owls]
    #14576349 - 06/07/11 07:52 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Quote:

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 :smile: 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.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: 1 | 2  [ show all ]


Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* Quitting Marijuana
( 1 2 all )
frank_grimes 5,575 34 02/02/03 05:35 AM
by Killjoy
* Funny Job Interview
( 1 2 all )
pattern 4,807 32 09/15/03 02:44 PM
by Annom
* Quitting Smoking
( 1 2 all )
JustSomeGuy 4,268 20 07/23/16 08:38 AM
by Buddy Boy
* Jesus, don't you wait up, Jesus I'll be home soon... PapaverS 827 2 08/08/03 12:50 PM
by Papaver
* I need an online job annielicious 1,267 7 03/11/06 09:03 PM
by HELLA_TIGHT
* I just might have the coolest job in the world Anonymous 998 11 09/22/03 01:49 PM
by Anonymous
* I need a job in NOLA eve69 641 5 10/28/03 07:15 AM
by eve69
* Canadian Tech Jobs... lucid 726 4 08/24/03 03:49 PM
by Irradiated_Feces

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: Entire Staff
907 topic views. 3 members, 65 guests and 39 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2024 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.033 seconds spending 0.009 seconds on 14 queries.