I'm a tax accountant. Basically I have 5 deadlines throughout the year and a certain number of entities that need to be completed before each deadline. As long as I complete the entities tax returns then I can coast for a while. I've spent the last month or so working about 5 hours per week and spending the rest playing online poker and reading Clutchfans. I love my job and don't plan on leaving unless I get an offer that just blows me away. I have a great boss, work with great people, and work for a great company, and am close to home, I couldn't ask for much better. One of the best things is, the owners are Jewish so we get Yom Kippur and Rash Hashasn (sp?) off, on top of the other usual holiday's. Pugs
I'm an office manager with a small local pest control company in Seattle. I had never done anything within the industry beforehand, but I had just moved to Seattle and needed to find a job fast - and this one turned out to be right down the street from where I live. But I love my job - it's a good industry to be in during a recession (is there a good industry?), particularly for our commercial clients who really can't afford to skimp on it. But the company has fantastic ownership in that they genuinely take care of their people, even sometimes at the expense of growth and higher profits. Plus, I was going to leave the company once to move further north and go to school, and my boss pulled some strings to get me into a closer school and paid me more on top of it. I really love my job, even though I hate being here - it's weird.
I'm working part time for a small company that does Petrochemical Testing out on the Ship Channel. I sit alone out in a shack on a parking lot and anywhere from 75 to 100% of my day consists of goofing off in the internet and playing Xbox 360 while waiting to see if any tanker trucks drive by and need to be sampled and tested. Finishing up my degree in Philosophy next year with a minor in English, from there I will probably write many award winning novels, blogs, screenplays, rock operas and obituaries from the comfort of my living room... making stacks of money without every having to enter the corporate world. Looking forward to that.
I'm with a non-profit and i run an afterschool program at a Hollywood middle school, where we offer Sports, Arts , Music, and HW tutoring 5 days a week, after school. Our rock band played House of Blues and our company was recognized at a Dodgers game and the directors got to stand on the infield as our kids from 4 schools lined the warning track... I say all this because deep down I know we are helping the community and keeping kids involved and engaged in something positive, but working in a non-profit that receives funds from the State of California has been an absolute nightmare in the past year. The budget cuts have left us with little options but to cut a few classes here and there, and then the funders demand that we increase our attendance numbers while keeping our struggling ship afloat.
I work as an intern at a small PR agency in Chicago...hopefully going to advance and land a job at one of the bigger ones and make it big in the PR world. A word of advice: if you're looking for girls, PR is where it's at. The ratio is ridiculously skewed, and half the guys are gay. Best kept secret in the world...my freshman year in college I walked into my first PR class and I knew I'd made the right decision. It's beautiful.
I suppose you actually have to be employed to contribute to this thread, but I am currently in school again and studying Air Traffic Control. It's a two-year program that I can get done in a year due to the fact that my undergrad covered all the BS college prereqs. For me, it's a calculated move. ATC jobs not only pay extremely well but they're recession proof. I've always had an interest in aviation, plus the FAA will be hiring thousands of new ATC's over the next 10 years. It's a smart decision if you have the interest and can handle the stress.
I believe the cutoff age for which you must be hired is 31. I just turned 26 today so I should be gravy but there's people in my classes that are all 27 or older. They should be fine too but I would be nervous cutting it that close.
I've been a loan officer and seen what some pastor's make, so my answer will probably contradict what you are implying. but the good lord doth payeth some of his pastors enough to make heaven on earth
