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Why does your job suck?

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cubber
Posts: 1933 - Karma: 638
I've never hated a job more than this one, in the oilfields in north Dakota
We're on night shift, 12 hour shifts, in 15 degrees and 40mph winds for the last week
Cold and wet all night and the shelter they give us is an unfurnished horse trailer with no electricity, heat, or light
All the management is fucking dumb. I hate everyone!
I'm quitting in two weeks though

This is either a rant thread I guess, or looking for some people I can relate to and form a NS support group to raise morale
Do you hate your job?
Nov 7 2011 2:00AM
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yuck
Posts: 8384 - Karma: 2,090
what exactly do you do? other than sit in the rain all night
Nov 7 2011 2:02AM
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rudager
Posts: 11335 - Karma: 4,626
Well there's your problem! You're in the oilfields of North Dakota!
Making big monies though right?


I can't really say my job sucks. I do work all alone though sometimes, it gets boring.
Nov 7 2011 2:03AM
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cubber
Posts: 1933 - Karma: 638
Frac support, I pump water from a storage pad to where the frac is, so I hook up tanks and empty them, then switch to the next tanks and back semis up to the empty ones to fill them in the meantime.
At least I'm busy I guess
Nov 7 2011 2:05AM
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cubber
Posts: 1933 - Karma: 638
I make about 2 grand (at 100+ hours) a week, which is easy up here, if anyone wants a job, head to Dickinson or Williston! Housing is a problem, big time! Jobs everywhere though, you'll be working within a couple days
Nov 7 2011 2:09AM
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Toasty.
Posts: 6198 - Karma: 2,330
i work in a frame shop and make pictures all day and my boss lets me listen to wu-tang and all rap because he likes wu-tang. So i love my job...... sorry
Nov 7 2011 2:22AM
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cubber
Posts: 1933 - Karma: 638
I'm going back to my home hill (powder ridge mn) this year to be an instructor again, I love that job, couldn't be more stoked!
Nov 7 2011 2:26AM
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Lt-Aldo-Raine
Posts: 2309 - Karma: 120
McDonalds is hiring for 18 bucks an hour in the boom towns
Nov 7 2011 2:45AM
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Casey
Posts: 7875 - Karma: 24,674

For one week's pay you could get a decently functional RV and get out of a fucking horse trailer. I mean shit man.

Nov 7 2011 3:56AM
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theabortionator
Posts: 51744 - Karma: 163,523
I think those are the jobs my cousin just told me about.




My job sucks cause I don't have a job.


26+ applications deep. Big money big money no whammies.
Nov 7 2011 3:59AM
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cubber
Posts: 1933 - Karma: 638
I live in an apt, usually we have work trucks on the locations, the trailers are provided when 'we don't have enough trucks' they wouldn't let an rv onto the site, a whole lot of douchebaggery out here
Nov 7 2011 4:33AM
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Skiingsnow
Posts: 1567 - Karma: 797
holy shit balls!!!
i am going back to my regular job in 3 weeks that maks on average $400 a fortnight.. thankfull im a ski instructor too..
Nov 7 2011 6:15AM
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Chupacabraj
Posts: 798 - Karma: 40
i make minumum wage ($7.50) an hour for cleaning mountains of dishes and taking food and plates to parties. My boss is often drunk, and sometimes pays me drunk so i get more or less than i really should. oh and im 14 and ive had this job all summer
Nov 7 2011 6:55AM
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GBS
Posts: 1386 - Karma: 33
Cuz I dont work...
Nov 7 2011 10:23AM
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Milksteak
Posts: 9948 - Karma: 833
I love my job.
Nov 7 2011 10:26AM
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PANDA_SWAGGA
Posts: 490 - Karma: 16
cause the whole time id rather go skiing, and it goes by so slow, but its worth it gettin that cash.
Nov 7 2011 10:30AM
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KrazyistKarl
Posts: 1725 - Karma: 599
get a ticketed trade job and work in the oilfields, way better money
Nov 7 2011 10:41AM
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Raz.
Posts: 7456 - Karma: 1,611
because i dont get payed, at ALL. but I do get to go to every dubstep concert in richmond free. and if I keep my hustle goin I get to keep going backstage.
Nov 7 2011 10:43AM
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corona
Posts: 12804 - Karma: 32,822
I love my job now, and I love my job in the winter.

currently getting paid way too much to fill in my breaks at school and get paid 23.50/hour doing practically nothing.

winter I get to ski almost all day and get paid for it, and when there's an injury I get a very rewarding satisfaction of helping someone out. win win win.

only problem is that I don't and can't work nearly enough hours.
Nov 7 2011 10:52AM
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k-fred
Posts: 5363 - Karma: 1,598
I do not like it because I clean the construction site in the mud all day long. But at least I work as many hours as I want and I just work the summer so I can ski all winter long.
Nov 7 2011 11:12AM
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J.D.
Posts: 21362 - Karma: 5,143

Good lord, I actually know what you're talking about. When did this happen.

Um, my job doesn't suck on the whole. But like all jobs sometimes it does. Like working 12 hours on a Sunday trying to find an answer to something that has no answer. But even that has its upside, like it's challenging and the issue is interesting.

Nov 7 2011 11:15AM
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act.resist
Posts: 8875 - Karma: 513
well...i used to work at mcdonalds so it sucked, but now im a hostess and its easy so yay :D
Nov 7 2011 12:16PM
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iSmokeweed
Posts: 4793 - Karma: 1,370
i worked in VENEZUELA for a MONTH on CONSTRUCTION working 5AM TO 5PM making $2 an hour!

I WIN WITH THE WORST JOB!!!!

but now im a busser/host at a 4 star restaurant so im straight chill
Nov 7 2011 12:21PM
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Yung_Gnarley
Posts: 9092 - Karma: 3,022
I wanna job.
Nov 7 2011 12:24PM
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JzD.
Posts: 1615 - Karma: 153
I push carts for my local store.  It sucks when its busy, we're pushing in 20-30 carts at a time, working in the hot 95 degree weather and the managers dont allow us to take water breaks.  they dont even give us a cooler.  it sucks but im making 8/hr.  sure as hell pays the ski bills
Nov 7 2011 12:26PM
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snwbrdmilf
Posts: 22441 - Karma: 2,806
I don't hate my job, cause I do help people and it feels good. But, I answer phone calls for a health insurance company, and talking to foreign providers and ridiculous self righteous people can really get on my nerves, and get old and makes me want to smash faces.
Nov 7 2011 12:26PM
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DasGoatenshafter
Posts: 580 - Karma: 307
katimavic? wait no.. they get two beans a day. there were some at the ontario park where i worked.
Nov 7 2011 12:26PM
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CassiusClay
Posts: 1757 - Karma: 2
Not to make fun of your job at all, but how did you have enough $ to get a plane ticket home on $2/hr wages?
Nov 7 2011 12:26PM
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DUKES
Posts: 5150 - Karma: 691
You are complaining about having a job...............really cause there is a large percentage of people that would love to have it and i am not referring to the 99% douchebags

Nov 7 2011 12:31PM
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hey-dude-its-me
Posts: 4238 - Karma: 412
I just hate work in general, but my job isn't so bad besides having to deal with deal with a few store managers who have what I call a "prince complex", they don't have a whole lot of power in deciding what direction the chain will go, but they have the power to say no to salesmen so they do, even if its not in the store's best interest. you have to fucking baby them even tho they're 20 years older and have no business education bc they are actually dumb enough to just blow off a profitable opportunity only bc they're busy or having a bad day.
Nov 7 2011 12:51PM
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Valhalla.
Posts: 587 - Karma: 154

I have three. Plus 13 credit hours this semester.

I shoot and edit photos for the University of Wyoming, I love it. I get to edit photos and sit on NS and facebook when i'm not out on assignment.

Also, bartend at a local bar. Make $400plus usually per week. I get drunk for free. Worst thing about it is the hours..

And I work ten or so hours at Quiznos, it's gross, min. wage. Shitty boss. Quitting as soon as season starts up, so in two weeks or so. I'll miss making over $1000 a month and going to school. it's sick.

Nov 7 2011 12:55PM
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TechnoPotamus
Posts: 11626 - Karma: 3,522
Ok I have a good one for you guys. I used to work as a financial advisor for a major bank. like one of the biggest in the U.S.

My job was real simple - get on the phone or get out there in person and solicit business. AKA bring in new clients and their money to the company.

On a daily basis, my only role was to cold call people and businesses and try to convince them to come in or set up a meeting to discuss managing their money. Cold calling, for those of you who don't know, is basically like opening up a phone book and just dialing every single number in it and trying to sell your services to complete strangers. It doesn't work at all, it's miserable, and it makes you feel like shit.

On top of that, every 3 months, my salary was cut 25% because of all the commissions I was supposed to be making from new clients and new money coming in (yeah, didn't happen at all).



Resigned in mid-october, realized I absolutely LOATHE financial services and sales, and starting in the spring I'm going to grad school to do a master's in accounting so I can be a CPA upon completion of that and the CPA exam. If you hate what you do, make a change before it's too late.
Nov 7 2011 1:39PM
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Yung_Gnarley
Posts: 9092 - Karma: 3,022
Cold calling is literally the worst. It kills your spirit.
Nov 7 2011 1:49PM
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Daph
Posts: 5978 - Karma: 5,010
I hate that my job doesn't start until Dec. 1st
Nov 7 2011 1:55PM
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PaleCelery
Posts: 7228 - Karma: 609
I work for Leitner-Poma building chairlifts. We are currently installing the new chairlift at mount snow. We work 12 hour days 7 days a week. Rain or shine. (or snow) it's cool because I get to work on the mountain and learn about ski lifts, but it's a lot of hard, dirty work . I just can't wait until its done and I can ride it lol
Nov 7 2011 1:55PM
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howlongcanausern
Posts: 4982 - Karma: 1,737
9% is a 'large percentage'?
Nov 7 2011 2:28PM
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mathmansam
Posts: 293 - Karma: 40
I work in a hospital cleaning blood off surgical instruments...It's pretty fuckin awful
Nov 7 2011 2:43PM
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soulskier
Posts: 17806 - Karma: 3,841
well, i love my job but there are days when there is nothing i can do but people expect me to magically fix their problems, that wears me out every now and then
Nov 7 2011 2:49PM
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bigbromskier
Posts: 1175 - Karma: 330
I work at a restaurant part time now; usually make at least 10/hr in tips plus 9 or 7.35/hr wage depending if i'm serving or not. feels good to walk out with 90 bucks cash after four hours of 'work'. love it, but it's starting to get slow so the hours aren't as good at the moment. Restaurants can be a real downer of a job, but if you get the right place with the right people it can be a great way to make decent money with minimal input.

I go to school full time and I always hear kids in my major complaining, saying they should've just stayed back home in north dakota and made 50K+ per year on the oil fields with their deadbeat high school friends. If you're all about the money--sure, do it. Too bad your quality of life is absolute horseshit and you have no time to actually do anything with all the money you're making. With that said, it is a good way to save up a bunch and move on to something way cooler afterwards.
Nov 7 2011 2:55PM
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theabortionator
Posts: 51744 - Karma: 163,523
Scratch that.


Now hopefully it'll be a good one
Nov 9 2011 5:30PM
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