Esau. Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Love:- great pay- 36 hr work week (half day fridays)- all overtime (incl. wknds) is double time- extremely good benefits and medical coverage- with an inter-provincial license, I can go anywhere in Canada or the USA that has a local and work hassle and application free- never stuck in the same place for too long- no questions or job searches from or for EI if I get laid off because I'm in a trade union- free training for many other things (CPR/Welding/fire alarms systems etc)- I just have to make a phone call and can go to work the very next day if there is a job available, no paperwork except tax forms.- If I choose, I can quit, or request a lay off and still get EI.- 7/12s for 60 daysHateDislike:- the toll taken on my back - but in all honesty, thats due to the two spinal surgeries I've had.- not always alot of local area work- working outside in jan/feb- working in rain (as an electrician, I've never been overly comfortable with that) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 love: everythingdon't: spotty/seasonal highs and lows - great for taking time off but not for budgeting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 I work in a research group at a telecommunications company. It's not product development; instead, we take on (and initiate) projects to try and create new things, often in the form of prototype or demonstrator systems.What I love:the freedom I have to create stuffthe lack of externally imposed controls* on what I do and how I do itthe freedom I have to re-envision what I do**flexible hoursthe moneythe way my productivity is allowed to vary, from periods of severe slack, to bursts of massive resultsWhat I hate:nothing, reallyAloha,Brad* A lot of product development (in most industries) is done according to a pre-defined "development process," which defines how you develop stuff, including the documents you have to produce (and how they get reviewed and approved), how (and how much) you have to test the systems, the form/style of, say, program code you produce, etc. While it's essential to producing a safe, functional product, it's onerous and imposing.** I recently was tackling a big snag with the project I'm on now, and got around it by tossing out a whole big facet of the project. It was a decision I made over the course of about 15 minutes spent staring at my whiteboard..."Hmmm. This is really hanging us up. What would happen if we just didn't include that part of the problem?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 love: the people.hate: the people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 love: the people.hate: the people.yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 I love pretty much everything about my job. I sit in a chair with a guitar in my lap and a stereo at my side and every half-hour someone walks in and together we explore the music they're into. Though I've been at it pretty steady for a dozen years or so it still boggles my mind that that is my job description. The hours are great and so are the other people that work there. I can take time off whenever I want and the pay is pretty good too. I get to keep in touch with newer music that I'd likely not otherwise and generally hear lots of stuff that's new to me. The other day a kid brought in an AC/DC cd and wanted to learn Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution. I'd always liked that song but had never sat down and learned it, so now I get paid to sit down and learn it!sighThere's nothing I hate about my job (if there was I wouldn't be doing it) but the one thing I can think of that I don't like is when I come across a student who just kinda bugs me. This is rare, and when it happens it's rarely a long-standing problem, but it can put a bit of a taint on the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonyak Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 (edited) Love: Money, hours, people I work with, getting to play with millions of dollars of high tech electronic instruments that are sometimes the only ones in canada.Hate: Sometimes it gets really boreing and there is nothing to do... so I surf the internet.. I guess thats not too bad... Edited November 8, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low rain Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 Love: I get to play with play dough, toys, blocks, and sing songs. I can plan what I feel like doing that day. I can act silly and like a kid! I sometimes go to the movies, the zoo, parks, beaches, and other places. I work with awesome people, and get to help special needs children. I get to be creative. I have fun! Don't like: listening to yelling and whining kids, standing outside in the middle of winter for 1 hour everyday. Constantly problem solving between others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ol'Hickster Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 What I hate is working outside in the cold and Rain, but what I really love about my job is when people take pictures of heritage buildings in all there glory and say "They Dont Make them like they used to" even though we restorted the Masonry , but they could never tell The best work goes un noticed! I get to help keep these buildings around for another couple hundred years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questcequecest? Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 I like the traveling aspect of my job. Last week I was in Big Spring Texas, this week: Nova Scotia --> New Brunswick --> Ferry across St-Lawrence to Sept-Rivieres --> Victoriaville, then back home. YAY! Today I was snowmobiling in two feet of snow (and calling it work!)...and we learned this week that we won two power gen contracts to produce renewable (wind) energy on the east coast! YAY again! Time to build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ol'Hickster Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 Oh yea I also love all the things Alabama man said aswell Im a Union Boy too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 I like the traveling aspect of my job. Last week I was in Big Spring Texas, this week: Nova Scotia --> New Brunswick --> Ferry across St-Lawrence to Sept-Rivieres --> Victoriaville, then back home. YAY! Today I was snowmobiling in two feet of snow (and calling it work!)...and we learned this week that we won two power gen contracts to produce renewable (wind) energy on the east coast! YAY again! Time to build. right on weebs! sounds great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Johnson Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 Love: My old Job. The freedom. Hell I used to squeeze in a round or two of disc golf a day.Hate: My new job, or my decision to take on the corporate world ripe with delusions of grandeur. F'n sucks ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchoulia Posted November 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 Hate: My new job, or my decision to take on the corporate world ripe with delusions of grandeur. F'n sucks ass. Dear Hal, Sounds like you could use some cheering up! http://www.jambands.ca/sanctuary/showtopic.php?tid/243697/ Sincerely, SP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Johnson Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 ^^thanks SP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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