I was just wondering if we could find out who had the worst job on here? Superdrug isn't exactly the best place in the world (crappy minimum wage, contracted for 8 hours but get 23 hours in a week, expected to work bank holidays without any overtime cos I'm only part time (tho we've got new part-timers and they did last bank holiday woo) ridiculous amounts of promotion changes which they don't always tell us about, and you won't even believe how filthy the place is!)
We always hear Nic complain about her rubbish job, haha, so can anyone else give her a run for her money?
Also vaguely intrigued as to what sort of jobs most of the LGBTers go for (retail, bar work, data entry, AQA when they can be bothered )
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Coffee shop work has to be the worst... and Im sure some of you must have heard me moaning about it already. Working 50 hours a week for £5 p/h, get about 50p in tips a day cos theres so many ppl to split it between, half hour break for a 9 hour shift, and an endless queue of ****ty customers. My worst time there was at christmas when I burnt all of the back of my hand but my manager decided to keep me working for 4 hours till they were less busy until I was allowed to leave to go to A&E during which time I was in agony! But then they have no first aiders and no first aid kit which is stupid in itself.
Its all good tho as Im currently sueing their asses off!
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Why isn't cleaning up there? ITS THE BEST! You aren't supervised properly so you get to mess around, and if the public are wandering around they assume you are simple because you are a cleaner and don't ask you anything!
I am currently a full-time letter opener and data entry monkey.
It is good because you can chat and listen to music and nip of for food and drink when you want, and it is £6.30 an hour.
However, it is the other side of town and I am not an early morning person! Also opening letters for hours at a time is not the most exciting way to spend your days.
Though we are in the process of trying to make the biggest elastic band ball ever...
I love my job - am I allowed to post this on the forum?
I work in several places so I'll give you a rundown
1) I work in the local town library full time during university vacations. Started when I was 15 doing weekends and occasional evenings and have stayed on there. The people are fantastic, we all go out and get slaughtered on a friday after finishing work.
2) I work in the uni library on campus (health sci) not the most thrilling place but not exactly bad either
3) Helped with some research for my department, basically handing out and collecting questionnaires at hyde park picture house but I got to watch some films for free in adition to being paid.
i workdd last summer picking...it was the mot boring job.. but the plus points were that you could listen to music, get on with it blah blah but it was jus so boring... my brain went dead
i start my new job tmrw... should b good...a bit more interestin at least... and £7 hr, only downside is my desk is right under my mothers nose! could be suicide! hehe
i wrked in mcds for a very long time... that was awful bt good to meet friends!
I currently work 37.5 hours a week stamping forms, sorting out dodgy imported cars and dealing with leery truckers wanting tax for their trucks for the DVLA.
Pros: about £8.50 per hour, and I get to gossip with Mike/ChallengeTheMighty in my lunch break.
Cons: everything else.
Last year it was bearable enough as I could listen to my iPod. But this year, MP3 players have been banned as being a safety hazard. There's also a rather minging uniform of a light blue t-shirt with DVLA stamped across the right boob area. And my draconian manager had a go at me one for coming in one minute late.
Polo fiend wrote: We always hear Nic complain about her rubbish job, haha, so can anyone else give her a run for her money?
Good Luck! Full time work at Wetherspoons is crap, reasons for this are:
5.05 an hour No set shift patterns... changes every week early afternoon til close shifts, these bastards generally turn in2 13/14 hour shifts 38-48 hours a week (depends what ur thrown on) - bank holidays can be anywhere upto 56 hours in 5days. last minute rota changes that ur uninformed about at least one 12hour shift a week completely anally retentive company standards that have to be adhered to night shifts backing on2 early/midday shifts (generally been given 11 hours between shift... quite a few times less) having 2 dress in a uniform that makes u look like ur goin 2 a funeral n is a bitch 2 work in no music - try doing routine work in a silent bar (unless u count the muffled blurb that is background noise from ppl talking) without music... suicidal. ****ty chavvy bar, drunken twats... loadsa abuse/dealing with dicks n having to be polite. little protection for staff welfare not allowed to take tips taxi's home not paid 4 job combines bar work/waitressing/cleaning/bouncer/heavy lifting & kitchen work all in one & don't even get me started on the regulars...
As u can tell, I love it. Saving grace I guess is that the managers, supervisors n workmates are a decent bunch. It's not the worst job I've had, its just that i hate it and want out ASAP!
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Tell ya what I'll go thru all my jobs :o), there's some in there I loved.
Queens Court
I loved it there despite others who worked there been lazy until a fat, anti-lesbian, druggy, drama queen, fag hag started, got every1 in2 ket (dirty scummy drug) n turned it in2 a kinda 'if u don't take it ur not good enuff 2 hang with us' group, started stealing from the tills & giving out free drinks to everyone. It all lead to everyone's hours getting cut to 12hours a week... couldn't afford to live on that & I got sick of the whole drugs r brilliant lets go out and take them 6days a week mentality. I ever see the silly fat cow again, I'll quite happily rip her head off, she got on my tits from day one.
Queens Hotel
Its treatment of staff was FAB! U'd get taxi home paid 4 by the hotel, meals 4 staff were prepared by the chef's at 9 (breakfast), 12-2 (dinner) & 4-6 (tea). If u were doing a night shift the chefs would cook extra starters & mains for the night staff to eat (bout 10.30pm), at the end of the night u'd get free drinks from the bar & u'd be allowed to keep all ur tips (up2 30quid a night).
The perks were great, but there was a flipside... shifts were long (12-15 hours), the head of security is a complete tosser who would take a dislike 2u 4 no apparent reason & constantly accuse u of stealing money from tills, been talked down to by posh/more money than sense twats, christmas time... ugh! All the xmas parties were carbon copies n ran from nov-jan... imagine 2 months of crappy xmas party disco's n songs. Also over the 3 weeks leading up2 xmas day, hours per week would rocket from 24 to 70, however the pain of a 70 hour week was lessened by the fact that if u had less than 9hours between shifts they'd let u stay in 1 of the guest rooms free of charge.
Sodexho Catering Services - Chesterfield hospital
the perk of the job was that u got free entry to clubs in town when u showed them ur NHS card. Other perk for me was working on the mental health wards... I'd originally been put on them as punishment cos i'd wound up a nurse on old biddys ward & the mental ward i got put on was known 4 been a nightmare 2 work on, I went down there made it known i wouldnt take any crap, the rest is history, i got along gr8 with the patients & ended up been kept on there at the request of the mental health staff n patients.
the downside... well at first the workmates were a bunch of girls who had a bitchy playground mentality & were fairly homophobic (never met a lesbian b4), thankfully sum gobby lass (now the mother of my god daughter) were blunt wi me n i wer proper blunt back, we clicked n everyone started 2 loosen up, turned out really good cos every1 got really close, i was every1's token dyke friend n work do's ended up been alot of fun, mind u so did work. uniform was ****, the kitchen jobs were **** n patients/visitors could be right twats.
Biggest downside was the attitude of the supervisors n managers. the supervisors were proper homophobic, crap i got from them ranged from rumours been spread about me, accusations of me sexually harrassing them (she looked like mrs doubtfire), been sexually harrassed by the same supervisor, constantly singled out for worst jobs, bollockings 4 minor things that no1 else got bollocked for, refused days off when requested. The managers always sided with the supervisors and had the general attitude of (no word of a lie, a boss sat there n said this 2 me) "if ur different, ur bound to get talked about aren't you? deal with it". It took me 6months 2 get them 2 deal with it n thats only cos the Employment Equality (sexual orientation) Regulations 2003 came in2 power. Was a horrible place to work in.
Lifestyles Gym
Easy work, fairly quiet gym tho so i got pretty bored. But i liked it. Only probs wer that it was crap pay n 12hours a week. due to family stuff I needed a better paid job.
Fitness First
Loved the job, loved the customers, loved everything really, apart from the General manager, she kept tryin to treat me like a kid (i wer 16) n patronise me, i kept puttin her right... guess it was a personality clash really. Got worse after I pushed to be trained n go 4 my gym instructor qualifications (had been there since school work experience, so i knew a hell of alot n wanted 2 move up), she rose 2 the challenge n decided 2 book me on the 2month intensive course (2yrs NVQ crammed in2 2months) that clashed wi my GCSE exams, refused 2 change the dates n threatened 2 charge me an admin charge if i did.. i couldnt afford it so stuck with the original dates & then told me that if i failed the G.I.A course, I'd be charged the full 500quid cost. U all know am a gobby sod n will rise 2 pretty much any challenge, especially if its 2 prove a point.... so I did it, passed the course n all my gcses with higher than expected marks and naturally rubbed it in abit, so she started been an even bigger twat with me, so i left.
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I left Queens Court (lets not even go there) - thank god. And have been working in Edward Boyle Library for some time now at weekends. Today was my last day as graduating - yeah!!! So anyone want the vacancy keep an eye out for the advertisement.
Anyway, the hours were great! Not to much, not to littel. My Team was great! And the pay was much better than bar or shop work. And your evenings/nights are always free. Edward Boyle was fantastic. Worked shifts in most other libraries, but they just didn't have the same appeal. Besides your team manager bringing in choc biscuits, sweets and cola every shift kinda rocks!!!
Now on a low notes, my graduate job as a Social Worker seems less appealing - kids of Leeds. Joking - sure I'll love it. lol.
Irish Dom wrote: I left Queens Court (lets not even go there) - thank god.
hahahahahaha. Did u leave b4 or after that tosser known as Maz started? Remember u been mega rude 2 her in mission n making her cry tho, that was quality!
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I spent last summer at a garden centre but its wasnt the nice type with a cafe/ppl browsing etc... was a nursery where landscapers came to order stuff (snooty ppl wanting hundreds of plants!) It was a bit rural/manual for my liking and the bad was awful!!! but i did get a really good tan!! xxx
lol dave, just had a mental image of u luggin sacks of compost around.
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Polo fiend wrote: IAQA when they can be bothered )
How rude! I was busy being active in the LGBT!
Oh well. Tomorrow, I'll be getting a job. Or, at least handing out my C.V.
I don't want to wait on again. I did it for 2 years, and although I was absolutely ace at it, it just wasn't a good job. Having wanky customers talk to you like ****. Great.
JohnK wrote: Don't moan though guys, wait till you have to do 60 hour weeks and pay tax!
U get 2 sit on ur arse 4 most of it tho :oP
Try 48-50 hours a week on ur feet, with no set shift patterns & a tax guff up which means that ur still on emergency tax havin 25% of ya wage deducted. Think am entitled 2 moan like a bitch about this.
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i'm enjoying being back at the dvla again. i know the job, i know the people, i have a right laugh with my mates, the money is good, i get to listen to the radio all day and drink lotsa tea. plus i'm off to work in manchester so i can get away from leeds for a bit and stay with my friend over there, and get paid even more.
Rt hon NickyDyke85 wrote: Irish Dom wrote: I left Queens Court (lets not even go there) - thank god.
hahahahahaha. Did u leave b4 or after that tosser known as Maz started? Remember u been mega rude 2 her in mission n making her cry tho, that was quality!
Now Now Nic - I never make anybody cry lol. She deserved it - the fact cow. She looked like roadkill. Eww she was a nasty person. xx
Rt hon NickyDyke85 wrote: JohnK wrote: Don't moan though guys, wait till you have to do 60 hour weeks and pay tax!
U get 2 sit on ur arse 4 most of it tho :oP
Try 48-50 hours a week on ur feet, with no set shift patterns & a tax guff up which means that ur still on emergency tax havin 25% of ya wage deducted. Think am entitled 2 moan like a bitch about this.
On my arse?! I should be so lucky. I hardly ever sit down at school.
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U've got this teaching thing all wrong... ur meant 2 wear tweed jackets with leather patches n sit on ur arse drinkin cups of tea all lesson, well my junior school teachers did.
Or are ya at a secondary? We wer evil 2 teachers at ours, they didn't dare sit down or turn their backs on us
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When at college I actually shovelled horse sh*t and cleaned out stables for £3.16/hr. But I really enjoyed it. Love horses and horse riding - crap pay, great job. However the 5am starts were hell on earth!!
i remember the heady days of delivering newspapers...the 2.30 Quid an hour to deliver them...i had a huge round that took me from 4pm til 9pm, so what i decided to do after a while is go to the quarry BEHIND the estate i delivered to, and just dump the papers, hehe...
then of course there was the plant nursery i worked in. that was cool. during the summer i did all kinds of labouring around the plant nursery (including landscaping projects) from 8.30am - 5.30pm, 5 days a week....for 80 Quid a week...did that for three months over the summer, then started AS : ) wasn“t a bad job, i was a fairly lazy, built up muscles (R.I.P muscles...), and got away with **** because the boss thought i had a lovely smile, lol.
the two worst jobs have to be Capita (Barry knows what i“m talking about!) at 6.00 quid an hour i think, and the NHS Shared Business Services on the outskirts of Leeds (about 7 quid an hour)...Capita was DHSS data processing (ie, monkey work), and wasn“t too bad because i got to start work at about 2pm and finish at 10pm, which is perfect for me! at the NHS, it was all about learning how to screw up invoices (i lost them a fair bit of money, haha - they deserved it for bullying me) as well as listening to shrill complaints 8 hours a day...the frottage cottage crew know how unhappy that job made me : (
moral is: no matter how good the pay, don“t work a job that will grind your mind and soul into dog chow.
sash xxx
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chemicalfears wrote: at the NHS, it was all about learning how to screw up invoices (i lost them a fair bit of money, haha - they deserved it for bullying me) as well as listening to shrill complaints 8 hours a day...the frottage cottage crew know how unhappy that job made me : (
Yeah, I remember that, same as u can probs remember how much I loved it at Queens til that fat evil cvnt started. It's not the same coming in from work at 3am n bellydancin in the living room wi u. Seriously, when u coming 2 the frottage cottage again??? We need 2 top up our tans n dance on the roof.
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Where's my post gone on this! Surely my comparison of working in GE to working in a Nazi concentration camp isn't that offensive! Plus, you should see it!
tut tut tut naughty dave! Its not funny 2 joke about concentration camps...
actually it is...
Q: Why did Hitler kill himself???
A: He got the gas bill!
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ChallengeTheMighty wrote: i'm enjoying being back at the dvla again. i know the job, i know the people, i have a right laugh with my mates, the money is good, i get to listen to the radio all day and drink lotsa tea. plus i'm off to work in manchester so i can get away from leeds for a bit and stay with my friend over there, and get paid even more.
yay!!!
mike x
See, there is blatant favouritism at the DVLA.
Mike gets to spend his days doing Cherished Transfers, which means sitting down and typing in a few bits of information into a computer. When he is not doing this, he is cashier which means he spends most of the day listening to the radio and gossiping.
Conversely, I have to spend most of my days on the EPOS system printing off hundreds of tax discs, or interacting with the wonderful general public on the counter. Even better, next week I'm being trained to be a 'meeter greeter'. All while Mike sits there and drinks his voluminous cups of tea. Grr.
Still, I know the job and the people there are nice, and it's right next to leeds Market so I can always get loads and loads of cheap cherries for lunch!
Dirty little leeds chavs are great aren't they? They drive me right round the bend.
Saying that, I secretly wanna work 4 Soccer Sports so I can get paid 6.50 an hour 4 wearing trackies
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AliceH wrote: Mike gets to spend his days doing Cherished Transfers, which means sitting down and typing in a few bits of information into a computer. When he is not doing this, he is cashier which means he spends most of the day listening to the radio and gossiping.
gossip?! me?!
get trained on CT's. you can join in all the delightful conversations about microwave gammon bolognese and what testicles taste of.
Might try n get in2 gym work again... trackies, free gym membership n opportunities 2 perv on fit women in lycra.... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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I can't believe how crap some of these jobs are turning out to be! And the pay of some of them!!!
My store is rubbish. In the winter I get blue lips cos we have to keep the door open (the automaticness is broken) and now I almost melted cos we can't turn off the heater thing! I'm sure they actually want to kill us there.
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I've caught a foot disease from my work cleaning up a flood other day. Quality!
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cos the high up people think they r all 2 big n important to do the low stuff... when actually we r smarter than them.
Still gonna hunt down the prat who left the staff room tap on which lead 2 the flood in the first place
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ROFL.... ermmmm well 2nite at work has been amusing, sum1 got in2 our staff room n stole 3 members of staffs phones. Luckily mine isn't one of them cos the management have constantly lost an on-going battle with me, they kept sayin i should put my wallet, phone etc in staff room n i refused 2 unless they gave me a locker. I got proved right tonight.
Funniest thing about tonight is that, the managers have given me a development pack (YAY homework!) to fill in, for progression to a supervisor level. I really hope that the prison job works out...
but in the meanwhile I'm filling out the development pack stating, the bleeding obvious about everything.
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The government is apparently doing a Counter Terror Check on me as we speak because my mother's got dual nationality and I'm apparently a terrorist. Or a German bomber. Or something.
We knew u wer a terrorist all along luv, can we have ricin for tea???
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AliceH wrote: The government is apparently doing a Counter Terror Check on me as we speak because my mother's got dual nationality and I'm apparently a terrorist. Or a German bomber. Or something.
alice you poor thing!!
maybe they“ll do that to me...my mum“s got dual citizenship...and i““m in germany...oh heavens to betsy, the Police State has only just begun in earnest!
Alice, don“t tell them about our little shipping arrangement!
sash xxx
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I personally think I have had the worst job. One summer I worked for McVities, packing crackers into boxes, shifts were 6am til 2pm and had to stand all day cos there weren't enought chairs. only paid £5 an hour, and it was the most mind-numbingly soul-destroyingly BORING job i have ever done. And those bloody Carr's Table Water biscuits, they're the worst to pack cos they break so easily. I was only there for a week, stopped going in cos I couldn't take it any more. I am not a morning person, and had to get up at 5am. it was enough to put me off crackers for life. Add to that the awful hairnets and the heat, and the manky steel toe capped boots, the miles of corridors like a maze, the constant hand washing that was demanded and gloves that made your hands sweat, and the petty bitchyness of the other staff. not to mention the things that I was shown that had got into biscuits and been sent back, I even heard someone found a bit of crack in a cookie, and it wouldn't surprise me.
I also worked at matalan for a year and a half but that was almost tolerable.
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