What does everyone do for work?

[benb404]

I'm pretty bored at work at the moment so I was wondering. What does everyone else do for work? or what people did by they were unfortuantly laid off?

I'm a trainee HP Exstream Developer in letter developement. Been doing it for 7-8 months now. I basically create letters and put heaps of code behind them so they come out with the correct peoples data.

So how about you?

[Major_Tom]

I used to work for the council a year ago.. now I'm unemployed and on the sick.

Sucks.. worked full time since I was 18. Never been on benefits before.

But I write and do cars and I am to take part in some studies.. I've seen what happens to people who are off for ages with nothing to do, they go wierd!

[benb404]

I feel for the people that either loose their jobs or have to leave for certain reasons. You just get stuck in the unemployment circle.

Do you reckon the weirdness has started yet?

[Major_Tom]

Not yet.. like I say its important to keep busy.. bit like Ghouls from the Fallout universe.. got to keep doing stuff or they go feral!

[340truck]

Agency driver - I drive everything from delivering cars to 44 tonne artics.

[Sean007]

agricultural engineer been doing it for just over a year started a few days after i left school

[BNR32]

i work for a construction company http://www.ccf-finishers.co.uk/
dont listen to the media . the construction industry never slowed down, apart from the house builders. we as a company have never been busier.

[340truck]

Know what you mean - currently working delivery driver for a builders merchant. Absolutely heaving busy, even the weather hasn't slowed it down.

[Craigorypeck]

2nd fix joinery and playing drums.

2 things that have been hit hard, house building and record sales. Ha

[benb404]

There seems to be a bit of a mix then!

Your not all members of CI5, as I was hoping!

[Bigdek67]

Oil industry for the last 27 years. Qualified as a Draughtsman but spent the last few years in Data Management. Currently getting back into the Drafting side.

[pablomonkey]

I work for a company that makes video games It's my job to play them and break them. Not nearly as much fun as it sounds...

[benb404]

I wanted to be a games tester as a kid. Then heard you had to test stupid stuff over and over. Like walking through a doorway at different angles, crawling, etc over and over.

Is that true?

[Ghia15]

Technically im unemployed,

Just finnished being a lazy student. lol

[benb404]

A student?? With four classic Fords??

Did you take out a student millionnaire loan?

[Bandit]

Operations Manager in distribution working for a large American owned retailer.
Been in the distribution/logistics game since 1985. Made redundant three times during my working life so I know how tough it can be. I set myself three month targets to find another job, this included writing & posting 100's of letters with a reply rate of less than 1% and knocking on doors with my CV.

I actually got a job by doing this. They weren't actually looking for someone at the time but were impressed that I had got off my arse and knocked on their door. I sympathise with anyone out of work when it is not of their making.

[MrCox]

Finished uni and started a year ago as a Component Engineer at Ford doing exhausts

[pablomonkey]

I wanted to be a games tester as a kid. Then heard you had to test stupid stuff over and over. Like walking through a doorway at different angles, crawling, etc over and over.

Is that true?

Pretty much! It's not all bad, but spending days on end pulling network cables out of an Xbox in every area of a game gets old pretty quick...

[Bug]

23 years in the RAF as a propulsion and aiframes technician. Got to the giddy heights of Chief Technician. Worked on Tornado, VC10, Canberra, then Tornado again. Went all over the world, including the 1st Gulf War with 617 Sqn. (so technically I'm a war veteran!) Got out on a redundancy programme in 2005. Learned to drive artics on a resettlement course. Spent three years driving all round the UK and Europe for Abels Removals, the Queen's removal company. Then the housing crisis hit the trade so I managed to wriggle back into RAF Marham ,this time subcontracting to BAESystems. I control all the documentation and build the new Log Books for the Tornado fleet as they pass through Marham on their in-depth maintenance cycles.

[dan the capri fan]

bug i salute you sir i have a hobbie for ww2 aircraft my favourite is the lancaster