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Ganga 2006-06-15 05:56 AM

Full Time Job
 
This is first time I am working full time (40+ Hours a week), on top of that, I am taking a summer class. But dam, I never expect shits can be this hard. It has only been two weeks, and I am breaking down already. Whoever says office works is easier than manual labors lies, instead of your body getting tire, my eyes right now is blind, and my brain is fried. I give my absolute respects for any adults that are working full time.

Titusfied 2006-06-15 09:05 AM

Welcome to the real world. Don't be in a rush to get here. I've been working 60+ hours a week for about a year now. You get used to it, but in the beginning it really sucks. The money is damn good though!

Thanatos 2006-06-15 09:27 AM

Err.. manual labor is definitely harder than office work. Think about it... 40+ hours in a factory where you are constantly lifting things, walking around, using your hands/body whenever needed.

OR

40+ hours in a office where you sit at a desk and type, fill out reports, etc.

I've yet to experience the office work, but I've been working in various factories for a while now and it takes a toll on your body. I'm constantly sore.

Ganga 2006-06-15 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thanatos
40+ hours in a office where you sit at a desk and type, fill out reports, etc.

If only it sounds that easy. Usually you get a project where you sit your ass on the desk stare at the monitor for 8 hours straight for few days. Titu is dead on the money, don't try to rush or anything. What I did was I try to be like superman, since I just begin to work. I barely took any breaks and just typing and working like crazy, that shit burn you out like hell. Don't try shits like that.

And yea, the money is just too dam good.

Willkillforfood 2006-06-15 11:06 AM

40 hours a week isn't that bad. I work 30+ over a 3 day period sometimes, lol.

Titusfied 2006-06-15 01:05 PM

If you want to compare working hours, don't come knocking over here. A normal work day for me is 12 hours. During hurricaine season, when a storm makes landfall and causes a lot of power outages and structural damage, I'll be working 16 hour days, 7 days a week until everything is fixed. Last year, I had almost 4 months straight like that. The pay is RIDICULOUS during that time, which is the only motivation to keep going.

Willkillforfood 2006-06-15 02:37 PM

That shit will age you fast.

Sovereign 2006-06-15 03:23 PM

Damn. Most I ever worked was 55 hrs during the back to school season at OfficeMax. I'm part time though.

Isn't anything more then 40 hrs overtime? In Illinois it is.

Kaneda 2006-06-15 05:07 PM

I used to work a job with 12hr shifts 3-4 days a week. Thing was we got unlimited over time pretty much. So I would work like 60hrs a week. Omg 40 regular hours. 8 time and a half hours. and 12 double time hours! I was making bank. I miss that job. Plus it was easy.

Acer 2006-06-15 09:44 PM

at my job during season i was working an easy 65+ hours a week doing hard ass labor... i dont care what you say, that shit is the worst. all my free time was sleep because i was so worn out

Great-Thanatos 2006-06-16 11:22 PM

After I graduated high school I started working 96 hours a week, manual labor.

iceman887 2006-06-17 12:01 AM

holy crap how can you work so much......

Great-Thanatos 2006-06-18 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iceman887
holy crap how can you work so much......

Have a kid WAY to early and you'll start piling up bills...It only hurts for the first week... then its a cake.

gruesomeBODY 2006-06-19 06:33 AM

My summer job was 7 days a week 9-10 hours, on commission. So i had to do work at the office or i didnt get any money. But the product i sold was needed pretty much in every telecommunications department across the country so i made a shitload. Easy to say that i made enough in 2 summers that i can sit back and relax now before getting a full time job after college.

Lenny 2006-06-19 07:49 AM

Lucky bugger. :p

I've got a Summer Job, starting tomorrow - loading and unloading trucks at my friend's dad's factory down the road.

9 hours a day, 5 days a week (5 hours on the Friday - 39 hours in total), 8 weeks out of the 11 I've got off school, at about £4 an hour ($7.40), which is a tidy little sum altogether. And it's all solely for a PS3 and HDTV. A lot of work for someone who's never had a job before, but it'll be worth it. :p

Willkillforfood 2006-06-19 09:33 AM

you'll save up enough money for a ps3 over the Summer but it'll take you a while for a HDTV :P.

Lenny 2006-06-19 10:42 AM

I've got it all planned - £1200 from the job, plus £500 I've already got, plus my parents are putting about £300 towards it.

£500/600 for PS3 and games, £1400 for HDTV. Sor'ed. :p And hopefully, by November the prices of TV's will have gone down a bit.

Grav 2006-06-19 10:47 AM

What about the amount that's taken out by taxes? Or is it off the books.

I'm about to have 2 jobs, methinks. Between the two, that's like... 60 hours.

Lenny 2006-06-19 11:12 AM

No taxes for me. I've got to be earning something like £2000 a month.

Titusfied 2006-06-19 11:49 AM

Oh yeah! Well I have 4 jobs, work 10 days a week, and gather about 212 hours a week. All double time!


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