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How does work make you feel today?

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CentralMOBuck said:
I've been throwing around the idea of looking for a new job for quite a while. I currently have a very good job, but the location is really lacking for myself. I've lived here almost all of my life and I wouldn't mind moving to a bigger city where there are more things to do and places to go. Ideally I'd like to move west and be closer to the mountains (Denver, Phoenix, Seattle, Portland, etc). What would my fellow BPers do? Stick with my current employer or make the move?
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Personally, if I had the means and my wife were okay with it, I'd probably be out that way by now. I absolutely want to be out close to the Rockies and canyon lands, but our industry is pretty much Orlando and SoCal-based, so those other areas have lower job availability making it less attractive and harder to pull the trigger on it. If you have the opportunity, though, I'd say take it. Can't beat the hiking/nature/eco-tourism options on that half of the country if you're really into that (also photography, my main motivator).
 
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I'm trying to figure out whether it's feasible at all to try to re-build a client base (professional services) for a third time in my career (I've moved twice already). I'm no spring chicken, but I really need to get the heck out of Ohio winters. And I don't see complete retirement as desirable, either.
 
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muffler dragon said:
Not a place where you can discuss what you'd like to do? Maybe I'm reading into too much, but if they like what you do and how you do it well enough to promote you, then might they consider listening that you're looking for more manual than desk work?
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Yeah they would definitely listen. The thing is, I started as an equipment operator. I was loaned out to Shipping for peak season. I was "promoted" to backup lead. Since little equipment is needed to load trailers, usually people in shipping make about $2 less per hour than operators. I was allowed to keep my rate of pay due to them desperately needing me in that dept. They've since hired a couple people. If i were to go back, they'd most likely take my pay. So with my current lead pay, I make about $3.25 more than I would in Shipping. I can't really afford to take that loss.
 
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BUCKYLE said:
Yeah they would definitely listen. The thing is, I started as an equipment operator. I was loaned out to Shipping for peak season. I was "promoted" to backup lead. Since little equipment is needed to load trailers, usually people in shipping make about $2 less per hour than operators. I was allowed to keep my rate of pay due to them desperately needing me in that dept. They've since hired a couple people. If i were to go back, they'd most likely take my pay. So with my current lead pay, I make about $3.25 more than I would in Shipping. I can't really afford to take that loss.
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Understand completely. Hope it works out for the best amigo!
 
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Our ship starting its Europe sailings today is already on my bad side because I have to be in the office by 5:30. I'm not that early of a morning person. The only silver lining is that its a Sunday, and there are only one or two other people coming in today after 8 on my floor, so I'm wearing shorts and a t-shirt since I'm out of here by 10 (if nothing goes wrong).
 
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MaxBuck said:
I'm trying to figure out whether it's feasible at all to try to re-build a client base (professional services) for a third time in my career (I've moved twice already). I'm no spring chicken, but I really need to get the heck out of Ohio winters. And I don't see complete retirement as desirable, either.
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don't know what you do for a living, but south Louisiana hasn't had a winter since 1989.
 
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I very nearly came home unemployed today.

closest I've ever come to putting my job on the line to prevent something from happening.

but it opened my eyes a bit to the fact that some people don't actually give a shit about other people's safety when $$ is involved.

so I probably need to start looking at other options.
 
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Why is it so hard to scan in forms and then just not fuck with them and send the original scans straight to us? Had to waste 4+ hours because a ship couldn't follow some simple instructions.

Some days I have to make sure I don't rip any heads off via e-mail, and today was one of them.
 
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It's rare (football field aside) when anyone see's me mad. Being annoyed is a different story, then you'll get the appropriate dose of sarcasm.
I don't take too much seriously and am pretty easy going. You know, slow to anger yada, yada, yada...

So when you say some shit to me at work that makes me set down my stuff, follow your tuckered old ass out to the parking
lot and proceed to unleash a hellstorm of words (that almost went past words) on you with zero caution for my employment - you know you fucked up.

It's sad day when I'm known as one of the more intelligent and logical people in the building.
 
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The KSB said:
You don't know he'll until you've been stuck at the Newark airport for 9 hours. Fuck Delta.


Edit: and fuck ms project.
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I, my friend, have your hell beat.

Back when the blackout happened in. . . whenever that happened, I was on a train just arriving near the Newark airport for a fun trip to L.A. to see some friends. Obviously, the train shut down without power, and we were stuck first on the train forever, then in Newark airport forever, then finally a hotel, or motel, or dive called Best Western for a few hours. To give you an idea of the room, there was an old school bottle opener mounted next to the toilet. I have no idea why people would be opening beers on a toilet, but whatever. I was stuck in these variations of Newark hell for 24 hours before I managed to get a PATH train back to the city, on a tip from an awesome cabbie. So we were the only ones on the train, which stopped at 23rd in Manhattan. Since the power was off on the Manhattan side, we were a level or two underground and to feel our way out of the station.

And that may be my best experience with Newark.
 
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